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The table below looks at the demand for Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DWDM over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank177185
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.154 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£513£344
% change on same period last year+48.83 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£24.50
% change on same period last year+83.67 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads649689
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.022 %0.738 %
Daily rates quoted321272
Average minimum daily rate£367£394
Average daily rate£384£406
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted5565
Average minimum hourly rate£23.66£21.76
Average hourly rate£25.50£23.30
% change on same period last year+9.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.35£24.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
DWDM LondonDWDM
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DWDM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DWDM across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London DWDM Demand Trend

DWDM
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DWDM across the City of London region.

City of London DWDM Daily Rate Trend

DWDM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DWDM across the City of London region.

City of London DWDM Hourly Rate Trend

DWDM
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing DWDM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DWDM.

14 (66.67 %)SDH
23 (50.00 %)WAN
23 (50.00 %)MPLS
23 (50.00 %)Telecoms
32 (33.33 %)Oracle ERP
32 (33.33 %)Network Design
32 (33.33 %)Business Development
32 (33.33 %)VPN
32 (33.33 %)Microsoft
32 (33.33 %)SONET
32 (33.33 %)Ethernet
32 (33.33 %)VoIP
32 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (33.33 %)MS Office
32 (33.33 %)CRM
32 (33.33 %)ERP
32 (33.33 %)MS Visio
41 (16.67 %)MS Excel
41 (16.67 %)RIP
41 (16.67 %)B2B
41 (16.67 %)Cisco
41 (16.67 %)OSPF
41 (16.67 %)BGP
41 (16.67 %)Banking
41 (16.67 %)Gigabit Ethernet
41 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
41 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
41 (16.67 %)Finance

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing DWDM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DWDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Office
12 (33.33 %)MS Visio
21 (16.67 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)Oracle ERP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)SDH
23 (50.00 %)WAN
23 (50.00 %)MPLS
32 (33.33 %)Ethernet
32 (33.33 %)VoIP
32 (33.33 %)VPN
32 (33.33 %)SONET
41 (16.67 %)RIP
41 (16.67 %)OSPF
41 (16.67 %)BGP
41 (16.67 %)Gigabit Ethernet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Banking
21 (16.67 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Presales Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Technical Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Technical Specialist
31 (16.67 %)Project Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Presales Technical Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Technical Presales Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Provisioning Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Sales Consultant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)CRM
12 (33.33 %)ERP
12 (33.33 %)Network Design
12 (33.33 %)Business Development
21 (16.67 %)B2B
21 (16.67 %)Service Delivery
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)Oracle
12 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)Cisco