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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 661 645
Rank change year-on-year +91 -16 +372
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 91 89 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.23% 1.11% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 31 43 59
10th Percentile £29,000 - £30,059
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% +20.59%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £73,750 £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 7,415 8,040 7,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.75% 11.97% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,158 4,141 6,382
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,279 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £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 27 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 27 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 +91 85 £34,000 +2.26% 72
UK excluding London +98 63 £34,000 +6.25% 60
London +53 26 £38,250 -47.24% 18
South West +29 25 £34,000 +6.25% 11
Midlands +54 16 £35,000 -6.67% 5
Work from Home +100 10 £47,500 -50.00% 12
South East +58 10 - - 25
East Midlands - 9 - - 1
West Midlands +66 7 £35,000 - 4
North of England +56 6 £30,500 -28.24% 10
North West +54 6 £30,500 -28.24% 9
Scotland +14 4 - - 1
East of England +22 2 - - 9

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 (2.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.40%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 45 (49.45%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.40%) WAN
3 3 (3.30%) LAN
3 3 (3.30%) Network Security
3 3 (3.30%) VLAN
4 2 (2.20%) Broadband
4 2 (2.20%) DHCP
4 2 (2.20%) DNS
4 2 (2.20%) Firewall
4 2 (2.20%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.20%) Wireless
5 1 (1.10%) DMZ
5 1 (1.10%) Internet
5 1 (1.10%) IPv4
5 1 (1.10%) ISDN
5 1 (1.10%) MPLS
5 1 (1.10%) PSTN
5 1 (1.10%) RTP
5 1 (1.10%) VPN
5 1 (1.10%) VRRP
General
1 37 (40.66%) Legal
2 22 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (8.79%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.79%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.40%) Billing
5 4 (4.40%) Finance
5 4 (4.40%) Military
5 4 (4.40%) Retail
6 3 (3.30%) Law
7 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.10%) Electronics
8 1 (1.10%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 43 (47.25%) Cabling Engineer
2 33 (36.26%) Data Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) Support Specialist
4 8 (8.79%) Installations Engineer
5 6 (6.59%) Data Centre Technician
5 6 (6.59%) Data Technician
6 5 (5.49%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Data Centre Operations Technician
7 4 (4.40%) Data Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Operations Technician
8 3 (3.30%) Consultant
8 3 (3.30%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (3.30%) Data Centre Manager
8 3 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.30%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Accountant
9 2 (2.20%) Assistant Accountant
9 2 (2.20%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Coordinator
9 2 (2.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 55 (60.44%) Driving Licence
2 28 (30.77%) Onboarding
3 17 (18.68%) Data Centre
4 13 (14.29%) EPoS
5 9 (9.89%) Fibre Optics
6 6 (6.59%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (4.40%) CCTV
7 4 (4.40%) Digital Signage
8 1 (1.10%) FMCG
8 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.10%) NHS
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (46.15%) Customer Service
2 31 (34.07%) Mentoring
3 21 (23.08%) Break/Fix
3 21 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (12.09%) Coaching
4 11 (12.09%) Decision-Making
5 9 (9.89%) Data Centre Operations
6 8 (8.79%) High Availability
6 8 (8.79%) Project Management
7 5 (5.49%) Asset Management
7 5 (5.49%) ITIL
8 4 (4.40%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (4.40%) CRM
8 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (4.40%) Preventative Maintenance
9 3 (3.30%) Project Delivery
10 2 (2.20%) Commercial Awareness
10 2 (2.20%) Roadmaps
10 2 (2.20%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 49 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (6.59%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (5.49%) CCNA
5 4 (4.40%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.30%) Degree
6 3 (3.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.20%) AAT
7 2 (2.20%) ACCA
7 2 (2.20%) CCNP
7 2 (2.20%) CIMA
7 2 (2.20%) MCSA
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.10%) BICSI Certification
8 1 (1.10%) BICSI RCDD
8 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.59%) SLA
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 17 (18.68%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.49%) Cisco
3 2 (2.20%) Computacenter
3 2 (2.20%) Sage
3 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds
3 2 (2.20%) Xero
4 1 (1.10%) Aruba
4 1 (1.10%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.10%) Meraki
4 1 (1.10%) NetApp
4 1 (1.10%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.10%) Splunk