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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 644 713
Rank change year-on-year -22 +69 +91
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 106 36 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.073% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.45% 0.50% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 69 34 96
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,025 £28,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £37,500 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +25.87% -5.30%
75th Percentile £39,716 £47,500 £50,313
90th Percentile £54,500 - £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -10.45% +3.08% -7.14%

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 7,308 7,162 11,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.30% 14.56% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,710 4,135 7,838
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,880 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.84% -15.56% -

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +16 101 £31,500 -30.00% 107
UK excluding London -6 76 £30,000 -10.45% 88
North of England -3 24 £29,000 -47.27% 19
South East -10 24 £32,500 -6.47% 28
London -12 24 £37,500 -16.67% 33
North West +14 20 £29,000 -47.27% 10
South West -44 17 £31,189 -8.27% 13
East of England +1 13 £26,250 +2.94% 10
Work from Home - 8 £85,000 - 8
West Midlands - 4 £30,000 - 8
Midlands - 4 £30,000 - 11
Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 - 7
North East - 1 - - 2

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 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (10.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.77%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.72%) Azure
3 1 (0.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (37.74%) Wi-Fi
2 14 (13.21%) Firewall
2 14 (13.21%) VoIP
3 13 (12.26%) VLAN
4 12 (11.32%) DHCP
4 12 (11.32%) DNS
4 12 (11.32%) TCP/IP
4 12 (11.32%) Wireless
5 9 (8.49%) Network Security
6 6 (5.66%) Broadband
7 4 (3.77%) 5G
8 3 (2.83%) 2G
8 3 (2.83%) 3G
8 3 (2.83%) 4G
8 3 (2.83%) Internet
8 3 (2.83%) LAN
8 3 (2.83%) TETRA
8 3 (2.83%) VPN
8 3 (2.83%) WAN
9 2 (1.89%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.70%) Organisational Skills
3 17 (16.04%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.49%) Retail
5 8 (7.55%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.55%) Military
6 7 (6.60%) Finance
7 3 (2.83%) Aviation
7 3 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.89%) French Language
8 2 (1.89%) German Language
8 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.89%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (27.36%) Cabling Engineer
2 17 (16.04%) IT Support
3 16 (15.09%) Data Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) Installations Engineer
5 11 (10.38%) IT Support Technician
5 11 (10.38%) IT Technician
5 11 (10.38%) Support Technician
6 7 (6.60%) Field Engineer
6 7 (6.60%) Support Specialist
7 6 (5.66%) Analyst
7 6 (5.66%) Business Development Executive
7 6 (5.66%) IT Analyst
7 6 (5.66%) IT Support Analyst
7 6 (5.66%) Support Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 5 (4.72%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Coordinator
10 3 (2.83%) Architect
10 3 (2.83%) Development Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 50 (47.17%) Driving Licence
2 24 (22.64%) Data Centre
3 22 (20.75%) CCTV
4 16 (15.09%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (13.21%) Fibre Optics
6 10 (9.43%) EPoS
7 4 (3.77%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.83%) NHS
9 2 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.09%) Windows
2 13 (12.26%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.49%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.30%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (26.42%) Customer Service
3 15 (14.15%) Break/Fix
3 15 (14.15%) Time Management
4 13 (12.26%) ITIL
5 12 (11.32%) Mentoring
6 10 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (8.49%) Business Development
7 9 (8.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 8 (7.55%) Asset Management
8 8 (7.55%) Project Management
9 7 (6.60%) Coaching
9 7 (6.60%) Decision-Making
9 7 (6.60%) Project Planning
10 6 (5.66%) B2B
10 6 (5.66%) B2B Sales
11 4 (3.77%) Agile
11 4 (3.77%) Data Centre Operations
11 4 (3.77%) Deadline-Driven
11 4 (3.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (17.92%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.15%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (6.60%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.66%) CCNA
5 6 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.77%) Degree
6 4 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.83%) BICSI Certification
7 3 (2.83%) City & Guilds
8 2 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.94%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.94%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.94%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.94%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.94%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.43%) SLA
2 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.83%) PMO
2 3 (2.83%) QA
3 2 (1.89%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.94%) SOC 1
System Software
1 15 (14.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.94%) Firmware
3 1 (0.94%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 9 (8.49%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.89%) SCCM
3 1 (0.94%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.49%) SonicWALL
2 9 (8.49%) Sophos
2 9 (8.49%) VMware
3 7 (6.60%) Cisco
4 6 (5.66%) Draytek
5 3 (2.83%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (1.89%) Logitech
6 2 (1.89%) Meraki
6 2 (1.89%) MikroTik
6 2 (1.89%) Samsung
7 1 (0.94%) HP
7 1 (0.94%) Juniper
7 1 (0.94%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.94%) Starlink
7 1 (0.94%) WatchGuard