Structured Cabling Jobs

Structured Cabling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Structured Cabling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 719 839 1195
Rank change year-on-year +120 +356 -233
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 123 48 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.059% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 0.37% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 87 47 68
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £28,100
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,375 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £37,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -1.32% -11.63%
75th Percentile £53,625 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £87,500 - £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +6.06% -13.16%

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 11,133 12,974 22,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.32% 16.08% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,152 7,381 12,357
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £38,367
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,083 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% 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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Top 14 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 26 July 2024. 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 +105 109 £37,500 -21.05% 41
UK excluding London +8 74 £32,000 -8.57% 38
London +108 36 £55,000 - 5
South West - 29 £32,000 - 3
South East - 26 £32,500 - 10
Work from Home +41 19 £67,000 +30.73% 4
North of England 0 10 £31,000 -43.64% 10
North West -16 8 £31,000 -43.64% 4
East of England - 5 £60,000 - 8
Midlands -28 3 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Yorkshire +59 2 - - 5
East Midlands - 2 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands -13 1 £28,001 -20.00% 4
Scotland -48 1 £27,000 -3.57%

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:

Applications
1 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.25%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.44%) Revit
5 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (11.38%) Azure
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.94%) AWS
4 9 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.32%) OCI
4 9 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.25%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.63%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.81%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (17.89%) LAN
2 19 (15.45%) WAN
3 18 (14.63%) Wireless
4 17 (13.82%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (11.38%) DHCP
5 14 (11.38%) DNS
5 14 (11.38%) Firewall
6 11 (8.94%) VLAN
7 6 (4.88%) Internet
8 5 (4.07%) WLAN
9 4 (3.25%) Extranet
9 4 (3.25%) Network Security
9 4 (3.25%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.44%) VPN
11 2 (1.63%) IP Telephony
11 2 (1.63%) NAS
11 2 (1.63%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.81%) 4G
12 1 (0.81%) 5G
12 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) Power BI
General
1 36 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 30 (24.39%) Telecoms
3 16 (13.01%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (12.20%) Finance
5 6 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.07%) Retail
7 4 (3.25%) Banking
7 4 (3.25%) Legal
7 4 (3.25%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Local Government
10 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Electronics
10 1 (0.81%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
10 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (34.96%) Data Engineer
2 35 (28.46%) Cabling Engineer
2 35 (28.46%) Senior
3 18 (14.63%) Senior Data Engineer
4 14 (11.38%) Data Centre Engineer
5 13 (10.57%) Project Manager
6 12 (9.76%) Analyst
6 12 (9.76%) Designer
6 12 (9.76%) IT Analyst
7 9 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Help Desk Support
7 9 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 9 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (7.32%) Communications Engineer
7 9 (7.32%) Help Desk Analyst
7 9 (7.32%) Help Desk Support
7 9 (7.32%) Help Desk Support Analyst
7 9 (7.32%) IT Support
7 9 (7.32%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 42 (34.15%) Data Centre
2 20 (16.26%) Fibre Optics
3 16 (13.01%) Driving Licence
4 11 (8.94%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.69%) CCTV
6 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.44%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.44%) EPoS
8 3 (2.44%) IPTV
8 3 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.63%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.81%) iPhone
10 1 (0.81%) PKI
10 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.70%) Windows
2 13 (10.57%) Apple iOS
3 10 (8.13%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (7.32%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.07%) OS/2
5 5 (4.07%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.25%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.44%) Android
8 2 (1.63%) VMS
9 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (17.89%) Project Delivery
1 22 (17.89%) Project Management
2 21 (17.07%) Customer Service
3 18 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (12.20%) Break/Fix
5 13 (10.57%) Service Delivery
6 12 (9.76%) PRINCE2
7 11 (8.94%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (8.13%) IT Strategy
8 10 (8.13%) Technology Strategy
9 9 (7.32%) Agile
9 9 (7.32%) Data Loss Prevention
10 8 (6.50%) Programme Management
10 8 (6.50%) Project Governance
11 6 (4.88%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (4.07%) Bill of Materials
12 5 (4.07%) Change Management
12 5 (4.07%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.81%) Bash
1 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (11.38%) SC Cleared
1 14 (11.38%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.57%) Degree
3 10 (8.13%) RIBA
4 9 (7.32%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.69%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.07%) CCNA
6 5 (4.07%) DBS Check
6 5 (4.07%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.63%) BICSI RCDD
8 2 (1.63%) CCNP
8 2 (1.63%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.63%) MCSA
8 2 (1.63%) MCSE
8 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.81%) BICSI Certification
9 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.20%) GDPR
2 6 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.44%) PMO
5 2 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.81%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 13 (10.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.81%) Nagios
2 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.32%) Adobe
2 9 (7.32%) Avaya
2 9 (7.32%) Citrix
2 9 (7.32%) Oracle
3 6 (4.88%) Cisco
4 4 (3.25%) Apple
5 3 (2.44%) Juniper
5 3 (2.44%) Meraki
6 2 (1.63%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.63%) Canon
6 2 (1.63%) Dell
6 2 (1.63%) Google
6 2 (1.63%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.63%) Samsung
6 2 (1.63%) Sophos
6 2 (1.63%) VMware
7 1 (0.81%) Commvault
7 1 (0.81%) Polycom
7 1 (0.81%) SolarWinds