The first table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DWDM over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Reading 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Rank 68 64 73
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +9
Contract jobs citing DWDM 7 15 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.787% 1.329% 0.100%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.070% 3.212% 0.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £275 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +57.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £175 £283 £280
% change year-on-year
-38.05% +0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £175.00 - -
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
228 467 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 25.65% 41.36% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 117 67
Average daily rate £273 £275 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -25.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £215 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £601
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 12
Average hourly rate £23.50 £16.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.42% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £14.56 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £44.00 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
DWDM
Berkshire

DWDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading DWDM Daily Rate Trend

DWDM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DWDM across the Reading region.

Reading DWDM Hourly Rate Trend

DWDM
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (100.00%) SDH
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (75.00%) ATM
2 6 (75.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 4 (50.00%) 2G
3 4 (50.00%) Ericsson
3 4 (50.00%) 3G
3 4 (50.00%) MPLS
4 3 (37.50%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Wireless
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (25.00%) DSL
5 2 (25.00%) PMP
5 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) SDH
2 6 (75.00%) ATM
2 6 (75.00%) Ethernet
3 4 (50.00%) 2G
3 4 (50.00%) 3G
3 4 (50.00%) MPLS
4 2 (25.00%) Wireless
4 2 (25.00%) DSL
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Design Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Transmission Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 4 (50.00%) Ericsson