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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 762 917 1179
Rank change year-on-year +155 +262 -291
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 140 55 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.054% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.04% 0.35% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 109 39 44
10th Percentile £27,200 £26,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £33,494
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £48,000 £57,500 £52,813
90th Percentile £67,000 £86,250 £64,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £29,000 £36,483
% change year-on-year +6.90% -20.51% -14.66%

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 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

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 9 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 9 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 +176 118 £32,500 -25.20% 54
UK excluding London +46 82 £31,000 +6.90% 40
London +133 39 £37,500 -42.31% 16
South East +28 39 £30,000 +5.26% 13
Work from Home +76 19 £50,000 +61.29% 5
South West -13 14 £30,540 -62.98% 7
North of England +61 12 £31,000 -27.06% 11
East of England +29 10 £50,000 +75.44% 6
North West +20 9 £31,000 -43.64% 7
Midlands -12 4 £41,500 +39.50% 3
Yorkshire +92 3 £43,000 +1.18% 4
Scotland -71 3 £38,000 +33.33% 1
West Midlands +11 2 £28,001 -9.68% 2
East Midlands -17 2 £55,000 +92.98% 1

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:

Applications
1 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.86%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.14%) Revit
5 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.43%) Azure
2 15 (10.71%) OCI
3 14 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.86%) AWS
5 9 (6.43%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.43%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.14%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.43%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.43%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.71%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.14%) LAN
2 22 (15.71%) WAN
2 22 (15.71%) Wireless
3 19 (13.57%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (10.00%) Firewall
5 13 (9.29%) VLAN
6 12 (8.57%) DHCP
6 12 (8.57%) DNS
7 9 (6.43%) Extranet
8 5 (3.57%) Internet
8 5 (3.57%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.57%) WLAN
9 4 (2.86%) FTP
9 4 (2.86%) VPN
10 3 (2.14%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.43%) IP Telephony
11 2 (1.43%) NAS
11 2 (1.43%) Network Security
12 1 (0.71%) MPLS
12 1 (0.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.43%) DTS
1 2 (1.43%) Power BI
General
1 40 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 37 (26.43%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.14%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (10.71%) Finance
5 11 (7.86%) Banking
5 11 (7.86%) Retail
6 10 (7.14%) Legal
7 7 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.71%) Advertising
10 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Electronics
10 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Law
10 1 (0.71%) Marketing
10 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (32.86%) Data Engineer
2 45 (32.14%) Senior
3 34 (24.29%) Cabling Engineer
4 28 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
5 25 (17.86%) Data Centre Engineer
6 18 (12.86%) Designer
7 14 (10.00%) Analyst
8 11 (7.86%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
8 11 (7.86%) IT Analyst
9 10 (7.14%) Communications Engineer
9 10 (7.14%) DataOps Engineer
9 10 (7.14%) Lead
9 10 (7.14%) Lead Data Engineer
9 10 (7.14%) Senior Communications Engineer
10 9 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (6.43%) Help Desk Analyst
10 9 (6.43%) Help Desk Support
10 9 (6.43%) Help Desk Support Analyst
10 9 (6.43%) IT Support
10 9 (6.43%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.71%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 54 (38.57%) Data Centre
2 20 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 16 (11.43%) Onboarding
4 13 (9.29%) Fibre Optics
5 8 (5.71%) CCTV
6 5 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (2.14%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.14%) EPoS
8 3 (2.14%) iPhone
8 3 (2.14%) IPTV
8 3 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.43%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.14%) Windows
2 12 (8.57%) Apple iOS
3 10 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (6.43%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.29%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.57%) Android
7 3 (2.14%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.43%) OS/2
8 2 (1.43%) VMS
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (16.43%) Customer Service
2 19 (13.57%) Break/Fix
2 19 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (10.71%) Project Delivery
3 15 (10.71%) Project Management
4 11 (7.86%) Service Delivery
5 10 (7.14%) B2B
5 10 (7.14%) DataOps
5 10 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (6.43%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (5.71%) ITIL
8 7 (5.00%) Presales
9 6 (4.29%) IT Strategy
9 6 (4.29%) PRINCE2
9 6 (4.29%) Technology Strategy
10 5 (3.57%) Agile
10 5 (3.57%) Change Management
10 5 (3.57%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (3.57%) Programme Management
10 5 (3.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.71%) Bash
1 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.86%) DBS Check
4 10 (7.14%) Degree
5 9 (6.43%) AWS Certification
6 6 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.29%) RIBA
7 5 (3.57%) CCNA
7 5 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.14%) MCSA
9 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.43%) BICSI RCDD
10 2 (1.43%) MCSE
11 1 (0.71%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.71%) BICSI Certification
11 1 (0.71%) CCNP
11 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.71%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.71%) GDPR
2 6 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.43%) PMO
5 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.71%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.71%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.71%) Nagios
2 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.71%) Oracle
3 11 (7.86%) Cisco
4 9 (6.43%) Adobe
4 9 (6.43%) Avaya
4 9 (6.43%) Citrix
5 3 (2.14%) Apple
5 3 (2.14%) Meraki
5 3 (2.14%) Polycom
6 2 (1.43%) Google
6 2 (1.43%) Juniper
6 2 (1.43%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.43%) Sophos
6 2 (1.43%) VMware
7 1 (0.71%) Arista
7 1 (0.71%) Canon
7 1 (0.71%) Commvault
7 1 (0.71%) Dell
7 1 (0.71%) NetApp
7 1 (0.71%) Samsung