Structured Cabling Job Trends in the West Midlands

Structured Cabling
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 220 186
Rank change year-on-year +38 -34 +121
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 1 5 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.029% 0.079% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.64% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - £33,000
25th Percentile £32,500 - £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.06%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £36,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -8.54% +9.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 441 781 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.75% 12.32% 19.67%
Number of salaries quoted 347 441 538
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,700 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -12.59%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,094
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £71,625
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Structured Cabling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the West Midlands

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Structured Cabling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Structured Cabling within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 August 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
Staffordshire - 1 £35,000 - 1
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft