Structured Cabling Job Trends

Structured Cabling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 617 700
Rank change year-on-year +78 +83 +249
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 155 64 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.56% 0.99% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 54 31 89
10th Percentile £29,000 - £27,500
25th Percentile £29,188 £28,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £37,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% +22.95% -28.24%
75th Percentile £40,000 £57,500 £45,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £73,750 £51,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,750 £33,000 £33,450
% change year-on-year -0.76% -1.35% -21.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Structured Cabling falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,963 6,473 10,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.39% 13.68% 13.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,957 3,522 8,473
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,613 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +14.94% -3.33%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Structured Cabling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in the UK

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Structured Cabling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Top 13 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 24 February 2026. 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 +105 151 £31,500 -16.00% 89
UK excluding London +79 112 £32,750 -0.76% 78
South West +25 45 £40,000 +21.21% 8
London +35 41 £31,500 -56.55% 21
South East +19 28 £45,000 - 28
Work from Home +58 16 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Midlands +7 16 £35,000 -6.67% 9
North West +7 14 £30,000 -36.84% 16
North of England -15 14 £30,000 -36.84% 18
East Midlands - 9 - - 6
West Midlands +15 7 £35,000 - 3
East of England +5 6 £26,250 -17.97% 9
Scotland -12 3 - - 5

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (14.84%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.87%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.29%) Smartsheet
2 1 (0.65%) AWS
2 1 (0.65%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 67 (43.23%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.16%) VLAN
3 4 (2.58%) WAN
4 3 (1.94%) Firewall
4 3 (1.94%) Multicast
4 3 (1.94%) Wireless
5 2 (1.29%) BGP
5 2 (1.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.29%) DHCP
5 2 (1.29%) DNS
5 2 (1.29%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (1.29%) LAN
5 2 (1.29%) MPLS
5 2 (1.29%) Network Security
5 2 (1.29%) OSPF
5 2 (1.29%) VRRP
6 1 (0.65%) DMZ
6 1 (0.65%) Internet
6 1 (0.65%) IPv4
6 1 (0.65%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (24.52%) Legal
2 27 (17.42%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.77%) Organisational Skills
4 21 (13.55%) Telecoms
5 16 (10.32%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.45%) Military
7 7 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.94%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.29%) Billing
9 2 (1.29%) Finance
9 2 (1.29%) Retail
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) Electronics
10 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.65%) Law
10 1 (0.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 75 (48.39%) Cabling Engineer
2 49 (31.61%) Data Engineer
3 23 (14.84%) Support Specialist
4 19 (12.26%) Installations Engineer
5 8 (5.16%) Data Centre Engineer
6 5 (3.23%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 5 (3.23%) Coordinator
6 5 (3.23%) Senior
7 4 (2.58%) Consultant
7 4 (2.58%) Data Centre Operations Technician
7 4 (2.58%) Data Centre Technician
7 4 (2.58%) Data Technician
7 4 (2.58%) Hardware Engineer
7 4 (2.58%) Operations Technician
8 3 (1.94%) Data Centre Manager
8 3 (1.94%) Data Manager
8 3 (1.94%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 3 (1.94%) Network Engineer
8 3 (1.94%) Senior Audio Visual Engineer
9 2 (1.29%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 68 (43.87%) Driving Licence
2 41 (26.45%) Data Centre
3 29 (18.71%) Onboarding
4 25 (16.13%) Fibre Optics
5 23 (14.84%) EPoS
6 6 (3.87%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.29%) CCTV
8 1 (0.65%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.65%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.65%) NHS
8 1 (0.65%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (32.26%) Customer Service
2 46 (29.68%) Mentoring
3 38 (24.52%) Break/Fix
4 30 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (14.84%) Coaching
5 23 (14.84%) Decision-Making
6 20 (12.90%) Project Management
7 12 (7.74%) Data Centre Operations
8 8 (5.16%) ITIL
9 7 (4.52%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (3.87%) Change Control
10 6 (3.87%) High Availability
10 6 (3.87%) Project Delivery
11 4 (2.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (2.58%) CRM
12 3 (1.94%) Agile
12 3 (1.94%) CAD
12 3 (1.94%) Change Management
12 3 (1.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 2 (1.29%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 82 (52.90%) Security Cleared
2 32 (20.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.03%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.52%) CCNA
5 7 (4.52%) Degree
5 7 (4.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (4.52%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.94%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (1.29%) CCNP
8 1 (0.65%) BICSI Certification
8 1 (0.65%) BICSI RCDD
8 1 (0.65%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.65%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.65%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.03%) SLA
2 2 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.65%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.10%) Cisco
3 3 (1.94%) Computacenter
4 2 (1.29%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.65%) Aruba
5 1 (0.65%) F5
5 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.65%) Juniper
5 1 (0.65%) Meraki
5 1 (0.65%) NetApp
5 1 (0.65%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.65%) Splunk