The first table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DWDM over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Rank 113 - 124
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing DWDM 5 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.215% - 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.678% - 0.423%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £175 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £350 £240
% change year-on-year
-50.00% +45.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £175.00 - -
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
298 563 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.78% 18.10% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 222 238
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £462 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.13% -38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
DWDM
England

DWDM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DWDM across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West DWDM Jobs Demand Trend

DWDM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DWDM across the North West region.

North West DWDM Daily Rate Trend

DWDM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester - 3 £175 -
DWDM
England

DWDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (33.33%) SDH
3 4 (33.33%) ATM
3 4 (33.33%) Network Design
4 3 (25.00%) RNC
4 3 (25.00%) Huawei
4 3 (25.00%) 2G
4 3 (25.00%) ETL
4 3 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 3 (25.00%) 3G
4 3 (25.00%) Network Management
5 2 (16.67%) CCNA
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
6 1 (8.333%) Cramer
6 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 1 (8.333%) Wireless
6 1 (8.333%) Brocade
6 1 (8.333%) NetScout
6 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (8.333%) Degree
6 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) JNCIA
6 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
6 1 (8.333%) Windows
6 1 (8.333%) LAN
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco
6 1 (8.333%) CCNP

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (33.33%) SDH
2 4 (33.33%) ATM
3 3 (25.00%) RNC
3 3 (25.00%) 2G
3 3 (25.00%) 3G
4 1 (8.333%) Wireless
4 1 (8.333%) LAN
4 1 (8.333%) MPLS
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Network Specialist
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Leader
3 1 (8.333%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Network Design
2 3 (25.00%) ETL
2 3 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CCNA
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) JNCIA
2 1 (8.333%) CCNP
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Huawei
1 3 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (8.333%) Cramer
2 1 (8.333%) Brocade
2 1 (8.333%) NetScout
2 1 (8.333%) Cisco