The first table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Rank 546 583 617
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +34
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 38 53 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.087% 0.099% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.476% 0.596% 0.411%
Number of salaries quoted 31 43 27
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £34,200 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £97,500 £67,900
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-22.72% +57.14%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7980 8891 8023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.25% 16.58% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6552 7523 6778
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DWDM
England

DWDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London DWDM Jobs Demand Trend

DWDM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DWDM across the London region.

London DWDM Salary Trend

DWDM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DWDM across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London DWDM Salary Histogram

DWDM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the London 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -2 13 £36,500 -27.00%
Docklands, London - 2 £67,500 -
Canary Wharf +2 1 - -
DWDM
England

DWDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DWDM.

1 72 (76.60%) SDH
2 60 (63.83%) Telecoms
3 46 (48.94%) MPLS
4 45 (47.87%) Cisco
5 37 (39.36%) TCP/IP
6 36 (38.30%) WAN
7 29 (30.85%) LAN
7 29 (30.85%) Internet
8 28 (29.79%) Finance
9 26 (27.66%) Firewall
9 26 (27.66%) Ethernet
10 25 (26.60%) DNS
10 25 (26.60%) ATM
10 25 (26.60%) Degree
11 24 (25.53%) Huawei
12 22 (23.40%) Network Design
12 22 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (21.28%) Juniper
14 19 (20.21%) Windows
15 17 (18.09%) VPN
15 17 (18.09%) Project Management
16 16 (17.02%) Network Security
16 16 (17.02%) Frame Relay
17 15 (15.96%) Alcatel-Lucent
17 15 (15.96%) CCNA
17 15 (15.96%) VoIP
18 14 (14.89%) HTTP
18 14 (14.89%) SNMP
18 14 (14.89%) SMTP
18 14 (14.89%) SQL

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DWDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (14.89%) DCOM
2 12 (12.77%) ASP
3 2 (2.128%) CSS
Applications
1 5 (5.319%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.255%) MS Project
2 4 (4.255%) MS Office
2 4 (4.255%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 72 (76.60%) SDH
2 46 (48.94%) MPLS
3 37 (39.36%) TCP/IP
4 36 (38.30%) WAN
5 29 (30.85%) LAN
5 29 (30.85%) Internet
6 26 (27.66%) Firewall
6 26 (27.66%) Ethernet
7 25 (26.60%) DNS
7 25 (26.60%) ATM
8 17 (18.09%) VPN
9 16 (17.02%) Network Security
9 16 (17.02%) Frame Relay
10 15 (15.96%) VoIP
11 14 (14.89%) HTTP
11 14 (14.89%) SNMP
11 14 (14.89%) SMTP
12 13 (13.83%) NetScreen
12 13 (13.83%) OSPF
13 12 (12.77%) BGP
General
1 60 (63.83%) Telecoms
2 28 (29.79%) Finance
3 9 (9.574%) Billing
3 9 (9.574%) Electronics
4 7 (7.447%) Marketing
5 2 (2.128%) German Language
5 2 (2.128%) Advertising
6 1 (1.064%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (30.85%) Network Engineer
2 13 (13.83%) Security Engineer
2 13 (13.83%) Network Security Engineer
3 12 (12.77%) Implementation Engineer
4 9 (9.574%) Sales Engineer
5 8 (8.511%) Operations Manager
5 8 (8.511%) Architect
6 7 (7.447%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (7.447%) Senior Implementation Engineer
6 7 (7.447%) Voice Engineer
7 5 (5.319%) VoIP Engineer
7 5 (5.319%) IP Engineer
7 5 (5.319%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 4 (4.255%) Senior IP Engineer
8 4 (4.255%) Implementation Specialist
8 4 (4.255%) Technical Specialist
9 3 (3.191%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.191%) Transmission Engineer
10 2 (2.128%) Account Manager
10 2 (2.128%) IP Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.77%) Computer Science
2 9 (9.574%) Mathematics
2 9 (9.574%) Physics
3 7 (7.447%) Streaming Video
4 3 (3.191%) Equities
5 2 (2.128%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.064%) Derivative
6 1 (1.064%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.064%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.21%) Windows
2 11 (11.70%) UNIX
2 11 (11.70%) Linux
2 11 (11.70%) Windows 2000
2 11 (11.70%) Windows NT
3 4 (4.255%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.40%) Network Design
2 17 (18.09%) Project Management
3 14 (14.89%) Load Balancing
4 10 (10.64%) ITIL
4 10 (10.64%) Service Delivery
5 9 (9.574%) Migration
5 9 (9.574%) Product Management
6 7 (7.447%) Network Architecture
7 4 (4.255%) Financial Analysis
7 4 (4.255%) Workflow
8 3 (3.191%) Performance Improvement
9 2 (2.128%) WAN Optimisation
9 2 (2.128%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (2.128%) Network Management
9 2 (2.128%) Service Management
9 2 (2.128%) Network Planning
9 2 (2.128%) Incident Management
9 2 (2.128%) Business Development
9 2 (2.128%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (1.064%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.89%) SQL
2 4 (4.255%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (26.60%) Degree
2 22 (23.40%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (15.96%) CCNA
4 13 (13.83%) CCNP
5 9 (9.574%) Check Point Certification
6 5 (5.319%) JNCIE
7 4 (4.255%) CCIE
8 2 (2.128%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.383%) QA
2 4 (4.255%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.319%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.319%) Tivoli
1 5 (5.319%) Cacti
2 4 (4.255%) Netcool
Vendors
1 45 (47.87%) Cisco
2 24 (25.53%) Huawei
3 20 (21.28%) Juniper
4 15 (15.96%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 14 (14.89%) CheckPoint
6 13 (13.83%) Nortel
7 12 (12.77%) Telcordia
8 6 (6.383%) NEC
9 5 (5.319%) VMware
9 5 (5.319%) Microsoft
10 4 (4.255%) Sun
10 4 (4.255%) BT
11 2 (2.128%) F5
11 2 (2.128%) Avaya
12 1 (1.064%) HP
12 1 (1.064%) Ericsson
12 1 (1.064%) Nokia