Structured Cabling
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Structured Cabling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 946 1153
Rank change year-on-year +174 +207 -273
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 139 53 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.051% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 0.33% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 108 37 53
10th Percentile £27,050 £26,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,188 £27,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £31,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -22.50% -4.91%
75th Percentile £48,000 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,600 £79,500 £63,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £29,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +6.90% -10.77% -31.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Structured Cabling is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +168 117 £32,500 -25.20% 54
UK excluding London +34 82 £31,000 +6.90% 45
South East +43 39 £30,000 +5.26% 13
London +148 38 £37,500 -37.50% 14
Work from Home +83 19 £50,000 +61.29% 5
South West -13 13 £30,385 -63.17% 8
North of England +43 12 £31,000 -17.33% 12
East of England +31 10 £50,000 +75.44% 6
North West +18 9 £31,000 -25.75% 8
Midlands +16 5 £30,000 +0.84% 3
Yorkshire +92 3 £43,000 +1.18% 4
West Midlands +17 3 £28,001 -5.88% 3
Scotland -70 3 £38,000 +33.33% 2
East Midlands -14 2 £55,000 +80.33%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.88%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.16%) Revit
5 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.23%) Azure
2 15 (10.79%) OCI
3 14 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.63%) AWS
5 9 (6.47%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.47%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.44%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.44%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.44%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.27%) LAN
2 23 (16.55%) Wireless
3 22 (15.83%) WAN
4 18 (12.95%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (10.07%) Firewall
6 13 (9.35%) VLAN
7 12 (8.63%) DHCP
7 12 (8.63%) DNS
8 9 (6.47%) Extranet
9 5 (3.60%) Internet
9 5 (3.60%) VPN
9 5 (3.60%) WLAN
10 4 (2.88%) FTP
10 4 (2.88%) TCP/IP
11 3 (2.16%) Unified Communications
12 2 (1.44%) IP Telephony
12 2 (1.44%) NAS
12 2 (1.44%) Network Security
13 1 (0.72%) SAN
13 1 (0.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.44%) DTS
1 2 (1.44%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
General
1 41 (29.50%) Telecoms
2 36 (25.90%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.23%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (10.07%) Finance
5 11 (7.91%) Banking
5 11 (7.91%) Retail
6 10 (7.19%) Legal
7 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Advertising
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Electronics
9 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (33.09%) Data Engineer
2 45 (32.37%) Senior
3 34 (24.46%) Cabling Engineer
4 28 (20.14%) Senior Data Engineer
5 25 (17.99%) Data Centre Engineer
6 18 (12.95%) Designer
7 13 (9.35%) Analyst
8 11 (7.91%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Communications Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) DataOps Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) IT Analyst
9 10 (7.19%) IT Support
9 10 (7.19%) Lead
9 10 (7.19%) Lead Data Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Senior Communications Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (6.47%) Help Desk Analyst
10 9 (6.47%) Help Desk Support
10 9 (6.47%) Help Desk Support Analyst
10 9 (6.47%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 54 (38.85%) Data Centre
2 20 (14.39%) Driving Licence
3 16 (11.51%) Onboarding
4 13 (9.35%) Fibre Optics
5 8 (5.76%) CCTV
6 5 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (2.16%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.16%) EPoS
8 3 (2.16%) iPhone
8 3 (2.16%) IPTV
8 3 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.44%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.27%) Windows
2 11 (7.91%) Apple iOS
3 10 (7.19%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.19%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (3.60%) Android
4 5 (3.60%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.44%) OS/2
5 2 (1.44%) VMS
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (16.55%) Customer Service
2 19 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (12.95%) Break/Fix
4 14 (10.07%) Project Management
5 13 (9.35%) Project Delivery
6 11 (7.91%) B2B
6 11 (7.91%) Service Delivery
7 10 (7.19%) DataOps
8 9 (6.47%) Data Loss Prevention
8 9 (6.47%) ITIL
8 9 (6.47%) Mobile Device Management
9 7 (5.04%) Presales
10 5 (3.60%) Change Management
10 5 (3.60%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (3.60%) IT Strategy
10 5 (3.60%) PRINCE2
10 5 (3.60%) Service Management
10 5 (3.60%) Technology Strategy
11 4 (2.88%) Agile
11 4 (2.88%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.07%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.91%) DBS Check
4 9 (6.47%) AWS Certification
4 9 (6.47%) Degree
5 6 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.60%) CCNA
6 5 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (3.60%) RIBA
7 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.88%) MCSA
7 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.44%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.44%) BICSI RCDD
8 2 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.44%) MCSE
9 1 (0.72%) BICSI Certification
9 1 (0.72%) CCNP
9 1 (0.72%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) GDPR
2 6 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.44%) PMO
5 1 (0.72%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (10.07%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.72%) Nagios
2 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.79%) Oracle
3 12 (8.63%) Cisco
4 9 (6.47%) Adobe
4 9 (6.47%) Avaya
4 9 (6.47%) Citrix
5 3 (2.16%) Meraki
5 3 (2.16%) Polycom
5 3 (2.16%) VMware
6 2 (1.44%) Apple
6 2 (1.44%) Google
6 2 (1.44%) Juniper
6 2 (1.44%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.44%) Sophos
7 1 (0.72%) Commvault
7 1 (0.72%) HP
7 1 (0.72%) Mitel
7 1 (0.72%) NetApp
7 1 (0.72%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (0.72%) Zerto