The first table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DWDM over the 3 months to 17 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Rank 205 213 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.095% 0.036% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.548% 0.215% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
Average salary £42,500 £36,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.43% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £50,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +53.84%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
912 929 1016
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.38% 16.84% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 778 755 838
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South 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 South West region.

South West DWDM Salary Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol - 5 £42,500 -
DWDM
England

DWDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) SDH
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) 2G
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Clustering
2 5 (83.33%) Huawei
2 5 (83.33%) Xen
2 5 (83.33%) NGN
2 5 (83.33%) DSL
2 5 (83.33%) IPv4
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) Perl
2 5 (83.33%) IPsec
2 5 (83.33%) Load Balancing
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 5 (83.33%) Windows 7
2 5 (83.33%) ZTE
2 5 (83.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Ethernet
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) WSH
2 5 (83.33%) DNS

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) SDH
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Ethernet
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 5 (83.33%) SSL
2 5 (83.33%) IPv4
2 5 (83.33%) Internet
2 5 (83.33%) 3G
2 5 (83.33%) MPLS
2 5 (83.33%) OSPF
2 5 (83.33%) BGP-4
2 5 (83.33%) DSL
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) IPsec
2 5 (83.33%) 2G
2 5 (83.33%) NGN
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 5 (83.33%) ATM
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Administrator
1 5 (83.33%) Test Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Systems Test Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Systems Administrator
1 5 (83.33%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows XP
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (83.33%) Windows 7
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Solaris
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (83.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) Xen
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Nortel
1 5 (83.33%) Juniper
1 5 (83.33%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 5 (83.33%) Siemens
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
1 5 (83.33%) Huawei
1 5 (83.33%) ZTE
1 5 (83.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (16.67%) Veritas
2 1 (16.67%) Symantec
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Sybase
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Experience of building, securing and supporting...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
An exciting opportunity to work with leading Data Communication Consultancy Main purpose of the role: - Responsible for the installation, maintenance and health of our clients Data Network - Evaluating...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Data Communications, Data Networks, MPLS, VPLS, DWDM, DS / IPS, SIEM, NAC/NAP, Team Leading, Cisco, Juniper... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: Proven Team Leader Experience...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013