DWDM Contract Job Trends in Reading

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring DWDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DWDM 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.61% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 102 204 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 15.64% 18.82% 21.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 92 151
10th Percentile £255 £325 £205
25th Percentile £293 £400 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +14.44% -8.35%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £649 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £58.63 - £72.40
25th Percentile £64.06 £56.25 £73.38
Median hourly rate £73.75 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -23.33% -
75th Percentile £84.06 £58.75 £76.12
90th Percentile £89.88 - £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

DWDM job vacancy trend in Reading

DWDM
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing DWDM

DWDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Fibre Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Boundary Protection
1 2 (50.00%) BPMN
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
1 3 (75.00%) Nokia
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto