The first table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DWDM over the 3 months to 23 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Rank - 227 232
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 0 9 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West - 0.126% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.870% 0.484%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 3
Average salary - £60,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +96.72%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-22.72% +57.14%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1142 1034 1034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.98% 14.53% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 920 903 879
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West DWDM Salary Trend

DWDM
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DWDM.

1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) IPX
1 2 (100.00%) IPX/SPX
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DWDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) IPX
1 2 (100.00%) IPX/SPX
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Support
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint