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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 623 749
Rank change year-on-year +19 +126 +137
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 129 44 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.42% 0.67% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 73 34 113
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +38.46% -10.96%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £43,500 £57,500 £67,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £42,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% +30.77% -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 9,092 6,588 13,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.76% 15.13% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,271 3,664 9,404
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,373 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% - -5.94%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% -2.22%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +18 123 £32,000 -28.89% 96
UK excluding London +33 95 £30,000 -29.41% 70
South West -28 35 £39,000 +3.31% 1
South East +12 31 £32,500 -6.47% 30
London -17 27 £37,500 -16.67% 33
North of England -11 23 £29,000 -47.27% 26
North West +14 20 £29,000 -47.27% 11
East of England -12 9 £25,625 +0.49% 5
Work from Home - 9 £85,000 - 16
West Midlands - 3 £30,000 - 5
Midlands - 3 £30,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 - 9
North East - 1 - - 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 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.55%) Confluence
2 2 (1.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (12.40%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.65%) Azure
3 2 (1.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (34.11%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (10.08%) VLAN
3 11 (8.53%) Firewall
4 10 (7.75%) VoIP
5 9 (6.98%) Wireless
6 8 (6.20%) DHCP
6 8 (6.20%) DNS
6 8 (6.20%) TCP/IP
7 6 (4.65%) Network Security
8 5 (3.88%) WAN
9 4 (3.10%) Broadband
9 4 (3.10%) LAN
10 3 (2.33%) 5G
10 3 (2.33%) BGP
10 3 (2.33%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (2.33%) Internet
10 3 (2.33%) MPLS
10 3 (2.33%) Multicast
10 3 (2.33%) OSPF
10 3 (2.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (27.13%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.60%) Telecoms
3 23 (17.83%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (13.18%) Manufacturing
5 9 (6.98%) Military
6 7 (5.43%) Finance
6 7 (5.43%) Retail
7 2 (1.55%) Dutch Language
7 2 (1.55%) French Language
7 2 (1.55%) German Language
7 2 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.55%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.78%) Aviation
8 1 (0.78%) Banking
8 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Legal
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (37.21%) Cabling Engineer
2 23 (17.83%) Data Engineer
3 19 (14.73%) Installations Engineer
4 13 (10.08%) IT Support
5 12 (9.30%) Support Specialist
6 7 (5.43%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (5.43%) IT Technician
6 7 (5.43%) Support Technician
7 6 (4.65%) Analyst
7 6 (4.65%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 6 (4.65%) Business Development Executive
7 6 (4.65%) IT Analyst
7 6 (4.65%) IT Support Analyst
7 6 (4.65%) Senior
7 6 (4.65%) Support Analyst
8 5 (3.88%) Data Centre Engineer
8 5 (3.88%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.10%) Coordinator
9 4 (3.10%) Field Engineer
10 3 (2.33%) Business Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 49 (37.98%) Driving Licence
2 37 (28.68%) Data Centre
3 22 (17.05%) Fibre Optics
4 15 (11.63%) EPoS
5 14 (10.85%) CCTV
6 12 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.88%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.55%) NHS
10 1 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.53%) Windows
2 9 (6.98%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.88%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.93%) Customer Service
2 24 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (17.83%) Break/Fix
4 17 (13.18%) Mentoring
5 16 (12.40%) Project Management
6 15 (11.63%) ITIL
7 12 (9.30%) Coaching
7 12 (9.30%) Decision-Making
8 9 (6.98%) Business Development
8 9 (6.98%) Time Management
9 7 (5.43%) Change Control
9 7 (5.43%) Data Centre Operations
10 6 (4.65%) Asset Management
10 6 (4.65%) B2B
10 6 (4.65%) B2B Sales
10 6 (4.65%) Change Management
10 6 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (4.65%) Project Planning
11 5 (3.88%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (3.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (28.68%) Security Cleared
2 29 (22.48%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.30%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.43%) CCNA
4 7 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.88%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (3.10%) Degree
6 4 (3.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.33%) BICSI Certification
7 3 (2.33%) City & Guilds
8 2 (1.55%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.55%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.55%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.78%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.08%) SLA
2 4 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.55%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.55%) PMO
4 2 (1.55%) QA
5 1 (0.78%) GDPR
5 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.78%) SOC 1
System Software
1 11 (8.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.55%) Firmware
4 1 (0.78%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (3.88%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.55%) Ansible
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.53%) Cisco
3 5 (3.88%) SonicWALL
3 5 (3.88%) Sophos
3 5 (3.88%) VMware
4 4 (3.10%) Draytek
5 2 (1.55%) Juniper
5 2 (1.55%) Logitech
5 2 (1.55%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.55%) Samsung
5 2 (1.55%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (0.78%) F5
6 1 (0.78%) HP
6 1 (0.78%) Meraki
6 1 (0.78%) MikroTik
6 1 (0.78%) WatchGuard