Structured Cabling Contracts with Work from Home Options

Structured Cabling
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Structured Cabling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 442 602
Rank change year-on-year +119 +160 -108
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 22 12 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.049% 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.44% 0.42% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 6
10th Percentile £260 £155 £254
25th Percentile £290 £246 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £348 £722 £375
Median % change year-on-year -51.84% +92.40% -15.49%
75th Percentile £438 £743 £438
90th Percentile £500 - £472
UK median daily rate £230 £441 £345
% change year-on-year -47.79% +27.68% -8.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,533 2,844 4,340
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.54% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,882 2,941
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £24.38 £57.50 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +19.69% +17.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

Structured Cabling
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Structured Cabling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Structured Cabling trend for jobs with a WFH option

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Structured Cabling.

Structured Cabling daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Structured Cabling daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (4.55%) AutoCAD
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.55%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (4.55%) DHCP
2 1 (4.55%) DMVPN
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) Internet
2 1 (4.55%) IPsec
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) MPLS
2 1 (4.55%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (86.36%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Audio Visual Technician
3 1 (4.55%) Consultant
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Consultant
3 1 (4.55%) ICT Consultant
3 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
3 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.55%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Project Management
2 16 (72.73%) PRINCE2
3 15 (68.18%) Change Management
3 15 (68.18%) Risk Management
4 12 (54.55%) Line Management
4 12 (54.55%) Project Planning
5 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 3 (13.64%) Time Management
9 1 (4.55%) Agile
9 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
9 1 (4.55%) CAD
9 1 (4.55%) Collaborative Culture
9 1 (4.55%) Migration
9 1 (4.55%) Order Management
9 1 (4.55%) Project Delivery
9 1 (4.55%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
1 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.55%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (4.55%) CCNA
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Atlassian
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft