Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for DWDM skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DWDM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkDense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank589616852
Rank change year-on-year
Up+27Up+236
Matching permanent IT job ads8754112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.101 %0.064 %0.055 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.710 %0.377 %0.328 %
Salaries quoted754892
Average salary£40,000£37,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£31,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£61,500£67,750£62,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
--6.250 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
122521432934154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.26 %16.90 %16.73 %
Salaries quoted101681202028461
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

DWDM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing DWDM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

DWDM Demand Trend

DWDM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DWDM within the UK.

DWDM Salary Trend

DWDM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DWDM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

DWDM Salary Histogram

DWDM
Top 27 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1577£40,000+6.66 %
LondonDown-2138£55,000+46.66 %
South EastDown-427£37,500-
BuckinghamshireUp+1120£37,000+28.69 %
City of LondonDown-5214£48,000-18.29 %
Milton KeynesNo change07£24,000-16.52 %
East of EnglandUp+85£28,000-62.66 %
WalesUp+15£27,500-15.38 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-5£60,000-
South WalesNew entry-5£27,500-
BelfastNew entry-5£60,000-
County AntrimNew entry-5£60,000-
HertfordshireNew entry-5£28,000-
North WestUp+154£41,250+33.06 %
BerkshireDown-54£36,250-3.33 %
ManchesterNew entry-4£41,250-
HertfordNew entry-4£28,000-
OxfordshireNew entry-3£49,200-
BracknellNew entry-2£36,250-
HullNew entry-2£52,500-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-2£40,000-
YorkshireNew entry-2£52,500-
East YorkshireNew entry-2£52,500-
South WestNew entry-1--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1--
High WycombeNew entry-1£40,000-

DWDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1108 (61.36 %)Telecoms
2103 (58.52 %)SDH
372 (40.91 %)Cisco
470 (39.77 %)MPLS
566 (37.50 %)WAN
662 (35.23 %)LAN
752 (29.55 %)Ethernet
848 (27.27 %)VPN
942 (23.86 %)Cisco Certification
1039 (22.16 %)Nortel
1135 (19.89 %)VoIP
1231 (17.61 %)CCNP
1231 (17.61 %)Network Design
1330 (17.05 %)WLAN
1330 (17.05 %)ATM
1428 (15.91 %)Juniper
1428 (15.91 %)BGP
1527 (15.34 %)Lucent
1626 (14.77 %)TCP/IP
1725 (14.20 %)Ericsson
1824 (13.64 %)Firewall
1824 (13.64 %)OSPF
1824 (13.64 %)Internet
1824 (13.64 %)xDSL
1923 (13.07 %)SONET
2022 (12.50 %)Alcatel
2022 (12.50 %)Frame Relay
2120 (11.36 %)Finance
2218 (10.23 %)X.25
2218 (10.23 %)OpenView

DWDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (1.136 %)XML
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (3.977 %)MS Visio
21 (0.568 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1103 (58.52 %)SDH
270 (39.77 %)MPLS
366 (37.50 %)WAN
462 (35.23 %)LAN
552 (29.55 %)Ethernet
648 (27.27 %)VPN
735 (19.89 %)VoIP
830 (17.05 %)WLAN
830 (17.05 %)ATM
928 (15.91 %)BGP
1026 (14.77 %)TCP/IP
1124 (13.64 %)Internet
1124 (13.64 %)OSPF
1124 (13.64 %)Firewall
1124 (13.64 %)xDSL
1223 (13.07 %)SONET
1322 (12.50 %)Frame Relay
1418 (10.23 %)X.25
1514 (7.955 %)BGP-4
169 (5.114 %)EIGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (1.705 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1108 (61.36 %)Telecoms
220 (11.36 %)Finance
36 (3.409 %)Law
44 (2.273 %)Marketing
53 (1.705 %)Investment Banking
53 (1.705 %)Pensions
53 (1.705 %)Banking
62 (1.136 %)Health
71 (0.568 %)Online Gambling
71 (0.568 %)Multimedia
71 (0.568 %)Games
71 (0.568 %)Education
71 (0.568 %)Electric
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
125 (14.20 %)Network Engineer
224 (13.64 %)NOC Engineer
317 (9.659 %)Analyst
317 (9.659 %)Network Analyst
412 (6.818 %)Account Manager
510 (5.682 %)Architect
510 (5.682 %)Technical Leader
69 (5.114 %)Support Engineer
69 (5.114 %)Pre Sales Engineer
77 (3.977 %)IP Engineer
77 (3.977 %)Operations Engineer
77 (3.977 %)Network Operations Engineer
77 (3.977 %)Senior Network Engineer
77 (3.977 %)Network Specialist
86 (3.409 %)Network Architect
86 (3.409 %)Network Manager
86 (3.409 %)Technical Support
86 (3.409 %)Sales Engineer
95 (2.841 %)Solutions Architect
95 (2.841 %)Technical Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (2.273 %)Handset
23 (1.705 %)CCTV
32 (1.136 %)SCADA
32 (1.136 %)PMI
32 (1.136 %)Blackberry
41 (0.568 %)e-Health
41 (0.568 %)Computer Science
41 (0.568 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (5.114 %)Windows
28 (4.545 %)UNIX
35 (2.841 %)HPUX
35 (2.841 %)Solaris
41 (0.568 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
131 (17.61 %)Network Design
211 (6.250 %)Project Management
39 (5.114 %)ITIL
48 (4.545 %)Service Delivery
57 (3.977 %)Incident Management
66 (3.409 %)Load Balancing
74 (2.273 %)Problem Management
74 (2.273 %)Capacity Planning
74 (2.273 %)Service Management
83 (1.705 %)PRINCE2
83 (1.705 %)CRM
83 (1.705 %)BCP
83 (1.705 %)Business Continuity
83 (1.705 %)Fault Management
83 (1.705 %)Product Management
83 (1.705 %)Network Architecture
92 (1.136 %)Financial Analysis
92 (1.136 %)Product Marketing
92 (1.136 %)Business Development
92 (1.136 %)Quality Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18 (4.545 %)SQL
25 (2.841 %)VBScript
25 (2.841 %)VB
32 (1.136 %)Shell Script
41 (0.568 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
142 (23.86 %)Cisco Certification
231 (17.61 %)CCNP
317 (9.659 %)CCNA
412 (6.818 %)Degree
58 (4.545 %)CCIP
67 (3.977 %)ITIL Certification
67 (3.977 %)JNCIE
73 (1.705 %)Security Cleared
73 (1.705 %)PMI Certification
73 (1.705 %)CCVP
82 (1.136 %)CCDP
82 (1.136 %)CCIE
82 (1.136 %)SC Cleared
91 (0.568 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (8.523 %)SLA
25 (2.841 %)QA
32 (1.136 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.568 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
118 (10.23 %)OpenView
214 (7.955 %)CiscoWorks
35 (2.841 %)Netcool
43 (1.705 %)WhatsUp Gold
52 (1.136 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
172 (40.91 %)Cisco
239 (22.16 %)Nortel
328 (15.91 %)Juniper
427 (15.34 %)Lucent
525 (14.20 %)Ericsson
622 (12.50 %)Alcatel
717 (9.659 %)HP
811 (6.250 %)Huawei
98 (4.545 %)Oracle
106 (3.409 %)Infovista
115 (2.841 %)BT
115 (2.841 %)Redback
115 (2.841 %)Fujitsu
115 (2.841 %)SolarWinds
124 (2.273 %)Nokia
124 (2.273 %)IBM
133 (1.705 %)Genesys
133 (1.705 %)Avaya
133 (1.705 %)CA
133 (1.705 %)Remedy