Structured Cabling Jobs

Structured Cabling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Structured Cabling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 870 1196
Rank change year-on-year +123 +326 -271
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 157 49 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.053% 0.039%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.13% 0.32% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 114 39 55
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,950 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.94% +10.39% -9.41%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,000 £86,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -22.35%

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 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +129 135 £33,000 -40.00% 29
UK excluding London +5 93 £32,500 -7.14% 20
London +130 45 £37,500 -31.82% 8
South East +10 42 £30,000 +5.26% 9
Work from Home +36 25 £65,000 +36.84% 10
South West -23 22 £35,347 -57.15% 4
North of England +11 12 £31,000 -43.64% 2
East of England - 10 £50,000 - 5
North West -24 9 £31,000 -43.64% 2
Midlands -39 4 £41,500 +18.57% 1
Yorkshire +68 3 £43,000 +1.18%
Scotland -72 3 £38,000 +35.71%
West Midlands -13 2 £28,001 -20.00% 1
East Midlands -28 2 £55,000 +96.43%

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 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.55%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.91%) Revit
5 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.19%) Azure
2 15 (9.55%) OCI
3 14 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.01%) AWS
5 9 (5.73%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.73%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.91%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 28 (17.83%) LAN
2 26 (16.56%) WAN
3 22 (14.01%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (14.01%) Wireless
4 14 (8.92%) Firewall
5 13 (8.28%) DHCP
5 13 (8.28%) DNS
5 13 (8.28%) VLAN
6 9 (5.73%) Extranet
7 5 (3.18%) Internet
7 5 (3.18%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.18%) WLAN
8 4 (2.55%) FTP
8 4 (2.55%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.91%) Network Security
9 3 (1.91%) VPN
10 2 (1.27%) IP Telephony
10 2 (1.27%) NAS
11 1 (0.64%) 4G
11 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) DTS
1 2 (1.27%) Power BI
General
1 42 (26.75%) Telecoms
2 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.46%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (10.83%) Finance
5 11 (7.01%) Banking
5 11 (7.01%) Retail
6 10 (6.37%) Legal
7 7 (4.46%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.91%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.27%) Local Government
11 1 (0.64%) Advertising
11 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Electronics
11 1 (0.64%) Law
11 1 (0.64%) Marketing
11 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (35.03%) Data Engineer
2 49 (31.21%) Senior
3 40 (25.48%) Cabling Engineer
4 32 (20.38%) Senior Data Engineer
5 26 (16.56%) Data Centre Engineer
6 18 (11.46%) Designer
7 13 (8.28%) Analyst
8 12 (7.64%) Communications Engineer
8 12 (7.64%) Project Manager
9 11 (7.01%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
9 11 (7.01%) IT Analyst
10 10 (6.37%) DataOps Engineer
10 10 (6.37%) Lead
10 10 (6.37%) Lead Data Engineer
10 10 (6.37%) Senior Communications Engineer
11 9 (5.73%) 1st/2nd Line Help Desk Support
11 9 (5.73%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 9 (5.73%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
11 9 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 9 (5.73%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 57 (36.31%) Data Centre
2 23 (14.65%) Driving Licence
3 18 (11.46%) Onboarding
4 16 (10.19%) Fibre Optics
5 8 (5.10%) CCTV
6 5 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.91%) Acoustics
8 3 (1.91%) EPoS
8 3 (1.91%) iPhone
8 3 (1.91%) IPTV
8 3 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.27%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.64%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.29%) Windows
2 12 (7.64%) Apple iOS
3 10 (6.37%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (5.73%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.82%) Windows 10
6 5 (3.18%) Android
7 3 (1.91%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.27%) OS/2
8 2 (1.27%) VMS
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (14.65%) Customer Service
1 23 (14.65%) Project Management
2 21 (13.38%) Project Delivery
3 19 (12.10%) Break/Fix
4 18 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (8.28%) Service Delivery
6 11 (7.01%) PRINCE2
7 10 (6.37%) DataOps
7 10 (6.37%) IT Strategy
7 10 (6.37%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (6.37%) Technology Strategy
8 9 (5.73%) B2B
8 9 (5.73%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (5.10%) Agile
9 8 (5.10%) Programme Management
9 8 (5.10%) Project Governance
10 7 (4.46%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (4.46%) ITIL
10 7 (4.46%) Presales
11 5 (3.18%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.64%) Bash
1 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (9.55%) Security Cleared
2 14 (8.92%) Degree
2 14 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.28%) DBS Check
4 10 (6.37%) RIBA
5 9 (5.73%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.18%) CCNA
7 5 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.27%) BICSI RCDD
9 2 (1.27%) CCNP
9 2 (1.27%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.27%) MCSA
9 2 (1.27%) MCSE
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.64%) BICSI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.55%) GDPR
2 6 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.27%) PMO
5 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.64%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (8.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.73%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.64%) Nagios
2 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.55%) Oracle
3 12 (7.64%) Cisco
4 9 (5.73%) Adobe
4 9 (5.73%) Avaya
4 9 (5.73%) Citrix
5 3 (1.91%) Apple
5 3 (1.91%) Juniper
5 3 (1.91%) Meraki
5 3 (1.91%) Polycom
6 2 (1.27%) Google
6 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.27%) Sophos
6 2 (1.27%) VMware
7 1 (0.64%) Canon
7 1 (0.64%) Commvault
7 1 (0.64%) Dell
7 1 (0.64%) NetApp
7 1 (0.64%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (0.64%) Samsung