communication infrastructure maintainer
Communication infrastructure maintainers install, repair, run and maintain infrastructure for communication systems.
communication infrastructure maintainer communication infrastructure maintainers install, repair, run and maintain infrastructure for communication systems. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include ICT network routing, ICT network security risks, procurement of ICT network equipment, telecommunication trunking, ICT communications protocols.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £39,998 a year for Telecoms and related network installers and repairers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £34,515 to £46,505 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5242). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only communication infrastructure maintainer, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Telecommunications
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Public Safety and Security
- Computers and Electronics
- Mechanical
- Education and Training
- Communications and Media
What you'd actually do
- Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.
- Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.
- Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.
- Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
- Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
- Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does communication infrastructure maintainer do?
Communication infrastructure maintainers install, repair, run and maintain infrastructure for communication systems.
What skills does communication infrastructure maintainer need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include ICT network routing, ICT network security risks, procurement of ICT network equipment, telecommunication trunking, ICT communications protocols, ICT network cable limitations. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace communication infrastructure maintainer?
Our AI-durability model gives communication infrastructure maintainer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.