Structured Cabling
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Structured Cabling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 674 1019 1029
Rank change year-on-year +345 +10 -304
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 59 71 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.056% 0.054%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% 0.45% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 58 59 50
10th Percentile £30,059 £27,350 £26,238
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £35,000 £37,242
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -6.02% -37.93%
75th Percentile £51,250 £48,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £33,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year +24.24% +15.79% -43.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Structured Cabling is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,218 15,777 16,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 12.54% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 10,533 11,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Structured Cabling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling.

Salary trend for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Structured Cabling within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +309 59 £41,000 +20.59% 29
UK excluding London +232 54 £41,000 +24.24% 23
Work from Home +267 27 £47,500 -11.63% 6
North of England +134 21 £47,500 +43.94% 2
North West +112 20 £47,500 +43.94% 2
Midlands +136 17 £35,000 +6.06% 3
West Midlands +127 16 £35,000 +6.06% 3
South East +154 13 £41,000 +26.15% 14
London +261 4 £38,750 -18.42% 11
East of England +121 3 £30,450 +6.84% 2
North East +43 1 £32,500 -

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (23.73%) IIS
2 1 (1.69%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (77.97%) AWS
2 44 (74.58%) Azure
3 23 (38.98%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (62.71%) WAN
2 36 (61.02%) LAN
3 32 (54.24%) Wireless
4 28 (47.46%) VPN
5 27 (45.76%) DNS
5 27 (45.76%) Internet
6 26 (44.07%) SAN
7 25 (42.37%) DHCP
8 4 (6.78%) VoIP
8 4 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (5.08%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (5.08%) Firewall
10 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
11 1 (1.69%) Converged Networks
11 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
11 1 (1.69%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (42.37%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (23.73%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (61.02%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (45.76%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.17%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 3 (5.08%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.69%) Marketing
6 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (37.29%) Support Technician
2 11 (18.64%) 3rd Line Support
2 11 (18.64%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 10 (16.95%) Project Manager
4 9 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 6 (10.17%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (10.17%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
5 6 (10.17%) IT Manager
5 6 (10.17%) IT Project Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Business Analyst
7 4 (6.78%) IT Support
8 3 (5.08%) Business Project Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Data Centre Operator
8 3 (5.08%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Junior IT Project Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Project Analyst
8 3 (5.08%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.78%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.08%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.69%) CCTV
4 1 (1.69%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 46 (77.97%) Windows
2 41 (69.49%) Windows Server
3 18 (30.51%) Windows 10
4 14 (23.73%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (23.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.69%) Android
5 1 (1.69%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (62.71%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (57.63%) Customer Service
3 28 (47.46%) ITIL
4 25 (42.37%) ERP
4 25 (42.37%) High Availability
5 10 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (15.25%) Mentoring
6 9 (15.25%) Network Design
7 8 (13.56%) Project Management
8 6 (10.17%) Budget Management
8 6 (10.17%) Contract Negotiation
8 6 (10.17%) Server Migrations
8 6 (10.17%) Work Breakdown Structure
9 5 (8.47%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (8.47%) Business Process Mapping
9 5 (8.47%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (8.47%) Epics
9 5 (8.47%) Sprint Planning
9 5 (8.47%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (42.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (27.12%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) A+ Certification
3 4 (6.78%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (6.78%) MCSA
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.69%) CCNA
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.69%) NEBOSH
2 1 (1.69%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (72.88%) Active Directory
2 34 (57.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (23.73%) vSphere
4 9 (15.25%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (23.73%) Nessus
2 3 (5.08%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (79.66%) Microsoft
2 39 (66.10%) VMware
3 31 (52.54%) Cisco
4 26 (44.07%) HP
5 25 (42.37%) Mitel
5 25 (42.37%) Nimble Storage
5 25 (42.37%) Veeam
5 25 (42.37%) Zerto
6 14 (23.73%) arcserve
6 14 (23.73%) Sophos
7 4 (6.78%) Apple
8 1 (1.69%) Adobe
8 1 (1.69%) AirMagnet
8 1 (1.69%) Aruba
8 1 (1.69%) Dell
8 1 (1.69%) Ekahau