DWDM Contract Job Trends in London

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring DWDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 389 428
Rank change year-on-year +31 +39 +157
Contract jobs citing DWDM 4 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% 0.037% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.30% 0.39% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £365 - £450
25th Percentile £388 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £540 - £530
England median daily rate £400 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +7.69% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,321 1,548 2,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.79% 9.57% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 967 1,551
10th Percentile £283 £256 £250
25th Percentile £404 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £631 £650
90th Percentile £711 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 18 47
10th Percentile £18.69 £23.80 £19.56
25th Percentile - £24.39 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.75 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.10% +46.23% +10.83%
75th Percentile £40.00 £57.94 £64.38
90th Percentile £59.40 £67.06 £78.50
England median hourly rate £36.25 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -36.79% +1.52% +37.73%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DWDM job vacancy trend in London

DWDM
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DWDM

DWDM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DWDM in London over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DWDM in London

DWDM
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DWDM

DWDM
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the London region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
South London - 1 £600 -
DWDM
England

DWDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) DMZ
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) L2TP
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) Multicast
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design
1 3 (75.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Arista
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) McAfee
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk