DWDM Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring DWDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 105 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing DWDM 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.34% 0.067% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.02% 0.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% - -
South East median daily rate £450 £508 £200
% change year-on-year -11.33% +153.75% -60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
75th Percentile £21.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 - £30.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

DWDM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 247 296 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.66% 19.73% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 130 271
10th Percentile £255 £231 £200
25th Percentile £325 £352 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% +11.76% -10.53%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £616 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £22.28 £24.41
25th Percentile £19.00 £27.94 £55.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £38.25 £71.07
Median % change year-on-year +96.08% -46.18% +202.40%
75th Percentile £86.00 £48.94 £77.85
90th Percentile £90.65 £54.83 £85.36
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DWDM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

DWDM job vacancy trend in Berkshire

DWDM
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DWDM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DWDM

DWDM
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DWDM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing DWDM

DWDM
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +18 4 £450 -2.70%
DWDM
South East

DWDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SDH
2 1 (20.00%) 5G
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) NGN
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Fibre Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (40.00%) Boundary Protection
1 2 (40.00%) BPMN
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Spectrum Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Nokia
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
3 2 (40.00%) F5
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Ciena
4 1 (20.00%) Cramer