The first table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Rank 418 429 404
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -25
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 15 10 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.068% 0.042% 0.087%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.286% 0.192% 0.460%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 5
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-22.72% +57.14%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5238 5199 4346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.67% 21.86% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4207 4409 3625
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East DWDM Salary Trend

DWDM
Salary Histogram

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

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire - 6 £40,000 -
Buckinghamshire -7 5 - -
Surrey - 3 £35,000 -
Hampshire -8 1 £65,000 +14.53%
DWDM
England

DWDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 36 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 28 (58.33%) SDH
3 21 (43.75%) Linux
4 17 (35.42%) SQL
4 17 (35.42%) Oracle
4 17 (35.42%) MPLS
5 16 (33.33%) Cisco
5 16 (33.33%) Ethernet
6 15 (31.25%) OSPF
6 15 (31.25%) BGP
7 14 (29.17%) VPN
8 13 (27.08%) SQL Server
8 13 (27.08%) Sybase
8 13 (27.08%) UNIX
8 13 (27.08%) Solaris
8 13 (27.08%) Veritas
9 11 (22.92%) Internet
9 11 (22.92%) IPsec
10 10 (20.83%) Network Design
10 10 (20.83%) Degree
10 10 (20.83%) Nortel
11 8 (16.67%) HP
11 8 (16.67%) Symantec
11 8 (16.67%) VRRP
11 8 (16.67%) HSRP
11 8 (16.67%) Service Delivery
12 7 (14.58%) EIGRP
12 7 (14.58%) Juniper
13 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (12.50%) Python

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 4 (8.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.083%) SharePoint Foundation
1 1 (2.083%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 28 (58.33%) SDH
2 17 (35.42%) MPLS
3 16 (33.33%) Ethernet
4 15 (31.25%) OSPF
4 15 (31.25%) BGP
5 14 (29.17%) VPN
6 11 (22.92%) Internet
6 11 (22.92%) IPsec
7 8 (16.67%) VRRP
7 8 (16.67%) HSRP
8 7 (14.58%) EIGRP
9 6 (12.50%) IPv4
9 6 (12.50%) IPv6
10 5 (10.42%) WAN
10 5 (10.42%) LAN
11 4 (8.333%) TACACS
11 4 (8.333%) SSL
11 4 (8.333%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (4.167%) ATM
12 2 (4.167%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.083%) Big Data
3 1 (2.083%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Subversion
General
1 36 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (10.42%) Advertising
3 1 (2.083%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Support Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 8 (16.67%) Microwave Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Administrator
3 7 (14.58%) Network Administrator
3 7 (14.58%) Network Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) Architect
4 6 (12.50%) Senior Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Senior Network Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Technical Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Senior Technical Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Network Architect
6 4 (8.333%) Coordinator
6 4 (8.333%) Field Engineer
6 4 (8.333%) Network Technical Architect
6 4 (8.333%) Technical Design Architect
6 4 (8.333%) Transmission Engineer
6 4 (8.333%) Network Design Architect
7 3 (6.250%) Operations Engineer
7 3 (6.250%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.083%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 21 (43.75%) Linux
2 13 (27.08%) UNIX
2 13 (27.08%) Solaris
3 6 (12.50%) OpenBSD
4 1 (2.083%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.083%) CentOS
4 1 (2.083%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.83%) Network Design
2 8 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 6 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 4 (8.333%) Security Management
4 4 (8.333%) Change Control
5 3 (6.250%) Network Management
5 3 (6.250%) Network Architecture
6 2 (4.167%) Project Management
6 2 (4.167%) ITIL
6 2 (4.167%) Change Management
6 2 (4.167%) Migration
6 2 (4.167%) Capacity Management
7 1 (2.083%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (2.083%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.083%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 17 (35.42%) SQL
2 6 (12.50%) Python
2 6 (12.50%) Perl
2 6 (12.50%) PHP
2 6 (12.50%) Bash shell
3 4 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) Degree
2 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (8.333%) CCIE
4 1 (2.083%) JNCIA
4 1 (2.083%) CCNA
4 1 (2.083%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) SLA
2 4 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (8.333%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Netcool
2 4 (8.333%) OpenView
2 4 (8.333%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 17 (35.42%) Oracle
2 16 (33.33%) Cisco
3 13 (27.08%) Sybase
3 13 (27.08%) Veritas
4 10 (20.83%) Nortel
5 8 (16.67%) HP
5 8 (16.67%) Symantec
6 7 (14.58%) Juniper
7 4 (8.333%) Microsoft
7 4 (8.333%) Infovista
7 4 (8.333%) SAP
7 4 (8.333%) Blue Coat
8 3 (6.250%) Avaya
8 3 (6.250%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 2 (4.167%) Ericsson
9 2 (4.167%) Huawei
10 1 (2.083%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 1 (2.083%) Foundry
10 1 (2.083%) Cramer
10 1 (2.083%) BT
Berkshire, Thames Valley
You'll need Systems Administration experience of infrastructure services, based on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS) and OpenBSD. ISP networking knowledge of BGP, OSPF, DWDM, VRRP,HSRP, IPsec, all...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
The candidate will be helping to maintain and enhance a multi-vendor ISP networking environment covering BGP, OSPF, routing, switching, DWDM fibre, load balancing, firewalls etc, across multiple...
Recruitment Genius Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013