DWDM Contracts in England

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DWDM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DWDM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 519 636
Rank change year-on-year +51 +117 +95
Contract jobs citing DWDM 17 23 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.062% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.53% 0.46% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 12
10th Percentile £400 £421 £363
25th Percentile £447 £430 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +31.03%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £500
90th Percentile £600 £588 -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £20.75 -
25th Percentile - £27.50 £24.50
Median hourly rate - £31.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £25.50
90th Percentile - £36.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £31.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -6.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DWDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DWDM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DWDM in England.

Daily rate trend for DWDM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DWDM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DWDM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DWDM in England.

Hourly rate trend for DWDM in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +19 9 £475 +10.47% 16
London +33 6 £600 +20.00% 13
North West - 5 £500 - 7
Yorkshire +3 4 £345 -19.77% 7
South East +45 1 £463 - 24
East of England - 1 - - 12
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DWDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (47.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Akamai
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 13 (76.47%) VPN
3 12 (70.59%) Firewall
3 12 (70.59%) Network Security
4 10 (58.82%) DNS
5 9 (52.94%) LAN
6 7 (41.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (41.18%) MPLS
7 6 (35.29%) Ethernet
7 6 (35.29%) Internet
7 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
8 5 (29.41%) BGP
8 5 (29.41%) OSPF
8 5 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (29.41%) Wireless
9 4 (23.53%) IPsec
9 4 (23.53%) Multicast
9 4 (23.53%) SSL
10 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (17.65%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Network Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Senior
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) NOC Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Capacity Planner
6 1 (5.88%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Network Capacity Planner
6 1 (5.88%) Network Deployment Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Network Planner
6 1 (5.88%) WAN Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) 802.1X
2 2 (11.76%) XML
3 1 (5.88%) HTML
3 1 (5.88%) ISPF
3 1 (5.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) FMCG
1 1 (5.88%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (5.88%) LPAR
1 1 (5.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Network Architecture
2 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (17.65%) Architecture Roadmap
4 3 (17.65%) B2B
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Product Management
4 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Runbook
4 3 (17.65%) Task Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Validation
4 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) Perl
2 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.88%) CLIST
3 1 (5.88%) JCL
3 1 (5.88%) REXX
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (47.06%) CCNP
3 7 (41.18%) Degree
4 6 (35.29%) CCNA
5 5 (29.41%) JNCIA
5 5 (29.41%) JNCIS
6 4 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (17.65%) CCIE
8 2 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
8 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
9 1 (5.88%) CCDP
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (5.88%) Microcode
1 1 (5.88%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) Ansible
2 6 (35.29%) Terraform
3 1 (5.88%) Nagios
3 1 (5.88%) OpenView
3 1 (5.88%) OPNET
3 1 (5.88%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Cisco
2 10 (58.82%) Arista
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Fortinet
4 3 (17.65%) HP
4 3 (17.65%) McAfee
4 3 (17.65%) Splunk
5 2 (11.76%) Aruba
5 2 (11.76%) Juniper
6 1 (5.88%) Blue Coat
6 1 (5.88%) Ciena
6 1 (5.88%) Citrix
6 1 (5.88%) F5
6 1 (5.88%) IBM
6 1 (5.88%) Nokia
6 1 (5.88%) Riverbed
6 1 (5.88%) Zscaler