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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 664 673
Rank change year-on-year +89 +9 +380
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 81 82 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 1.05% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 34 38 63
10th Percentile £29,000 - £30,850
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £34,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - -17.07% +6.49%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,438 £51,250
90th Percentile £47,500 £73,750 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £32,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -21.95% +9.33%

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 7,653 7,806 8,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 11.63% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,185 3,947 6,596
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 +60 75 £34,000 - 106
UK excluding London +82 57 £34,000 +6.25% 82
South West +27 23 £34,000 +6.25% 20
London +46 22 £45,000 -37.93% 37
Midlands +63 14 £35,000 -6.67% 8
East Midlands - 9 - - 1
South East +39 8 - - 34
North of England +35 6 £30,500 -28.24% 7
North West +26 6 £30,500 -28.24% 6
Work from Home +66 5 £45,000 -52.63% 16
West Midlands +47 5 £35,000 - 7
Scotland +7 4 - - 3
East of England +7 2 - - 6

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 (2.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.94%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.47%) Smartsheet
2 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (53.09%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (3.70%) LAN
2 3 (3.70%) WAN
3 2 (2.47%) Broadband
3 2 (2.47%) Network Security
3 2 (2.47%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.47%) VLAN
4 1 (1.23%) DHCP
4 1 (1.23%) DNS
4 1 (1.23%) Firewall
4 1 (1.23%) ISDN
4 1 (1.23%) PBX
4 1 (1.23%) PSTN
4 1 (1.23%) RTP
4 1 (1.23%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.23%) VoIP
4 1 (1.23%) Wireless
General
1 32 (39.51%) Legal
2 21 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.05%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.94%) Billing
5 4 (4.94%) Finance
5 4 (4.94%) Retail
6 3 (3.70%) Law
7 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.47%) Military
8 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.23%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 34 (41.98%) Cabling Engineer
2 29 (35.80%) Data Engineer
3 11 (13.58%) Support Specialist
4 8 (9.88%) Installations Engineer
5 6 (7.41%) Data Centre Technician
5 6 (7.41%) Data Technician
6 5 (6.17%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) Data Centre Operations Technician
7 4 (4.94%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.94%) Operations Technician
8 3 (3.70%) Consultant
8 3 (3.70%) Desktop Manager
8 3 (3.70%) Desktop Support Manager
8 3 (3.70%) Support Manager
9 2 (2.47%) Accountant
9 2 (2.47%) Assistant Accountant
9 2 (2.47%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
9 2 (2.47%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 2 (2.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.47%) Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 48 (59.26%) Driving Licence
2 26 (32.10%) Onboarding
3 13 (16.05%) EPoS
4 12 (14.81%) Data Centre
5 9 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (6.17%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (4.94%) Digital Signage
8 3 (3.70%) CCTV
9 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
9 1 (1.23%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Windows
2 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (45.68%) Customer Service
2 31 (38.27%) Mentoring
3 20 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.75%) Break/Fix
5 11 (13.58%) Coaching
5 11 (13.58%) Decision-Making
6 8 (9.88%) High Availability
7 7 (8.64%) Project Management
8 6 (7.41%) Data Centre Operations
9 4 (4.94%) Asset Management
9 4 (4.94%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (4.94%) CRM
9 4 (4.94%) Preventative Maintenance
10 3 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (3.70%) ITIL
10 3 (3.70%) People Management
11 2 (2.47%) Roadmaps
11 2 (2.47%) Systems Engineering
12 1 (1.23%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 39 (48.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (4.94%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (4.94%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (3.70%) CCNA
3 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.47%) AAT
4 2 (2.47%) ACCA
4 2 (2.47%) CIMA
4 2 (2.47%) Degree
4 2 (2.47%) MCSA
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.23%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.23%) CCNP
5 1 (1.23%) City & Guilds
5 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) SLA
2 2 (2.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.47%) Cisco
2 2 (2.47%) Computacenter
2 2 (2.47%) Sage
2 2 (2.47%) Xero
3 1 (1.23%) Aruba
3 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.23%) SolarWinds