DWDM Contracts in the North West

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 - 164
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DWDM 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% - 0.063%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile £560 - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +31.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 328 359 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 16.67% 13.08% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 249 300
10th Percentile £190 £199 £288
25th Percentile £300 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £528 £653 £575
90th Percentile £600 £825 £650
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.92
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.48 £19.17
Median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £51.45
90th Percentile £25.90 £83.76 £52.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.66
% change year-on-year -30.00% +114.36% -21.96%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing DWDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for DWDM in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DWDM in the North West.

Daily rate trend for DWDM in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DWDM in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DWDM in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Manchester - 4 £488 - 3
Cheshire - 1 £600 - 2
DWDM
England

DWDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (60.00%) Internet
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (60.00%) Wireless
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (40.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (20.00%) BGP
5 1 (20.00%) DMZ
5 1 (20.00%) DNS
5 1 (20.00%) IPsec
5 1 (20.00%) L2TP
5 1 (20.00%) Multicast
5 1 (20.00%) OSPF
5 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) NOC Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
1 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Perl
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Aruba
2 2 (40.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Arista
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk