DWDM Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 188 164 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing DWDM 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.024% 0.024% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.20% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
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
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 493 532 715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.07% 12.86% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 279 514
10th Percentile £161 £196 £259
25th Percentile £325 £358 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £588
90th Percentile £649 £688 £659
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 20
10th Percentile - £12.93 £15.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.55 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 £35.00 £19.82
Median % change year-on-year -44.29% +76.59% -4.62%
75th Percentile £44.58 £51.45 £31.21
90th Percentile £67.25 £52.26 £46.97
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 the North of England

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

DWDM job vacancy trend in the North of England

DWDM
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DWDM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DWDM

DWDM
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DWDM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing DWDM

DWDM
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West -11 1 £475 - 1
DWDM
England

DWDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP