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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 668 682
Rank change year-on-year +84 +14 +406
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 77 81 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.15% 1.04% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 34 41 63
10th Percentile £28,700 - £32,700
25th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £34,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.06% -17.07% +6.49%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £51,250
90th Percentile - £100,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £32,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -21.95% +24.24%

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 6,690 7,806 8,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 11.29% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,954 4,112 6,753
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £28,369 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,750 £84,964 £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 20 October 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 20 October 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 +79 69 £39,000 +14.71% 96
UK excluding London +68 48 £34,000 +6.25% 83
London +69 25 £45,000 -37.93% 27
South West +38 18 £34,000 +6.25% 12
Midlands +38 14 £35,000 - 6
East Midlands - 9 - - 2
South East +42 8 - - 23
West Midlands +50 5 £35,000 - 4
Work from Home +48 4 £45,000 -52.63% 15
Scotland - 4 - - 2
North West +18 3 £35,000 +7.69% 17
North of England +15 3 £35,000 +7.69% 26
East of England -2 1 £26,000 -18.75% 8

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 (2.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.19%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.60%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 32 (41.56%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (5.19%) PBX
3 3 (3.90%) Broadband
3 3 (3.90%) LAN
3 3 (3.90%) WAN
4 2 (2.60%) Network Security
4 2 (2.60%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.30%) DHCP
5 1 (1.30%) DNS
5 1 (1.30%) Firewall
5 1 (1.30%) ISDN
5 1 (1.30%) PSTN
5 1 (1.30%) RTP
5 1 (1.30%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.30%) VLAN
5 1 (1.30%) VoIP
General
1 30 (38.96%) Legal
2 18 (23.38%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.39%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.79%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.19%) Billing
5 4 (5.19%) Finance
5 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.19%) Retail
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (41.56%) Cabling Engineer
2 27 (35.06%) Data Engineer
3 13 (16.88%) Desktop Support
4 9 (11.69%) Desktop Manager
4 9 (11.69%) Desktop Support Manager
4 9 (11.69%) Support Manager
5 7 (9.09%) Installations Engineer
6 6 (7.79%) Data Centre Technician
6 6 (7.79%) Data Technician
7 5 (6.49%) Audio Visual Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Data Centre Operations Technician
8 4 (5.19%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) IT Support
8 4 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Operations Technician
8 4 (5.19%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.60%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.60%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 39 (50.65%) Driving Licence
2 24 (31.17%) Onboarding
3 12 (15.58%) Data Centre
4 9 (11.69%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (6.49%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (5.19%) CCTV
6 4 (5.19%) Digital Signage
6 4 (5.19%) EPoS
7 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.88%) Windows
2 4 (5.19%) Windows 10
2 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.06%) Customer Service
2 19 (24.68%) Mentoring
3 11 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (11.69%) People Management
5 8 (10.39%) High Availability
6 7 (9.09%) Break/Fix
7 6 (7.79%) Data Centre Operations
7 6 (7.79%) Project Management
8 5 (6.49%) CRM
9 4 (5.19%) Asset Management
9 4 (5.19%) Preventative Maintenance
10 3 (3.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (3.90%) ITIL
11 2 (2.60%) Business Development
11 2 (2.60%) Coaching
11 2 (2.60%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (2.60%) Decision-Making
11 2 (2.60%) Roadmaps
11 2 (2.60%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 35 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.19%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (5.19%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (3.90%) CCNA
3 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.60%) AAT
4 2 (2.60%) ACCA
4 2 (2.60%) CIMA
4 2 (2.60%) MCSA
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) CCNP
5 1 (1.30%) City & Guilds
5 1 (1.30%) Degree
5 1 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.99%) SLA
2 2 (2.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (16.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.60%) Sage
2 2 (2.60%) Xero
3 1 (1.30%) Aruba
3 1 (1.30%) Cisco
3 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds