DWDM Contracts in England

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DWDM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DWDM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 646 728
Rank change year-on-year +134 +82 -116
Contract jobs citing DWDM 23 17 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.034% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.46% 0.28% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 32
10th Percentile £421 £338 £278
25th Percentile £430 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £363
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +27.59% -19.44%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £450
90th Percentile £588 - £527
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £375
% change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £20.75 - £25.58
25th Percentile £27.50 £24.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.54% +40.79%
75th Percentile £33.75 £25.50 £28.19
90th Percentile £36.25 - £28.53
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.54% +40.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DWDM is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

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 27 April 2024.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DWDM in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 27 April 2024. 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
London +104 11 £500 +5.26% 1
North of England +40 9 £430 +14.67% 1
Yorkshire - 9 £430 -
South East +22 2 - - 1
West Midlands +29 1 - -
Midlands +21 1 - -
DWDM
UK

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 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Ethernet
1 6 (26.09%) SDH
1 6 (26.09%) WAN
2 4 (17.39%) IP Telephony
2 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
2 4 (17.39%) VoIP
3 3 (13.04%) Internet
3 3 (13.04%) MPLS
3 3 (13.04%) SONET
3 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.70%) BGP
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (8.70%) IPv4
4 2 (8.70%) IPv6
4 2 (8.70%) OSPF
4 2 (8.70%) RSVP
4 2 (8.70%) VRRP
5 1 (4.35%) DNS
5 1 (4.35%) LAN
5 1 (4.35%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) z/OS Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) NOC Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Data Centre Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Data Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Full Stack Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Hardware Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Optical Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (39.13%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) LPAR
1 9 (39.13%) Mainframe
2 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.70%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) zOS
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Risk Management
2 8 (34.78%) Incident Management
3 4 (17.39%) Change Management
3 4 (17.39%) Customer Experience
3 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
3 4 (17.39%) Fault Management
3 4 (17.39%) ITIL
3 4 (17.39%) ITSM
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) Statistics
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.70%) Migration
5 2 (8.70%) Network Architecture
5 2 (8.70%) Validation
6 1 (4.35%) Capacity Management
6 1 (4.35%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) Network Management
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) CLIST
1 9 (39.13%) JCL
1 9 (39.13%) REXX
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (21.74%) CCNA
3 4 (17.39%) Degree
4 3 (13.04%) CCNP
5 2 (8.70%) CCIE
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.70%) JNCIE
5 2 (8.70%) JNCIP
6 1 (4.35%) BC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.35%) JNCIA
6 1 (4.35%) JNCIS
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 9 (39.13%) Microcode
1 9 (39.13%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Cisco
2 9 (39.13%) IBM
3 5 (21.74%) Ciena
4 4 (17.39%) Avaya
4 4 (17.39%) Juniper
4 4 (17.39%) Nokia
5 2 (8.70%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 2 (8.70%) Arista
5 2 (8.70%) Huawei
5 2 (8.70%) Microsoft