Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 702 816
Rank change year-on-year +146 +114 -140
Contract jobs citing DWDM 22 14 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.024% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.19% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 32
10th Percentile £421 £289 £278
25th Percentile £430 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £450
90th Percentile £588 £530 £527
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +14.67% +7.14% -17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £19.40 - -
25th Percentile £27.50 £24.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +36.84%
75th Percentile £33.75 £25.50 £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,560 7,312 9,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.81% 12.38% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 4,755 6,337
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 474 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.95
25th Percentile £16.93 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DWDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DWDM over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DWDM.

Hourly rate trend for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DWDM over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +116 21 £500 +11.11% 5
UK excluding London +66 12 £430 +14.67% 2
Work from Home +133 9 £430 +14.67% 3
London +113 9 £500 - 1
North of England +34 9 £430 +14.67%
Yorkshire - 9 £430 -
South East +20 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

DWDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) SDH
2 6 (27.27%) Ethernet
2 6 (27.27%) WAN
3 4 (18.18%) IP Telephony
3 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 4 (18.18%) VoIP
4 3 (13.64%) SONET
5 2 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (9.09%) MPLS
6 1 (4.55%) CDMA
6 1 (4.55%) DNS
6 1 (4.55%) Firewall
6 1 (4.55%) GSM
6 1 (4.55%) Internet
6 1 (4.55%) LAN
6 1 (4.55%) Network Security
6 1 (4.55%) NGN
6 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.55%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.55%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) z/OS Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) BSS Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Data Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Hardware Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Optical Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) OSS Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (4.55%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) LPAR
1 9 (40.91%) Mainframe
2 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
2 8 (36.36%) Incident Management
3 4 (18.18%) Change Management
3 4 (18.18%) Customer Experience
3 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 4 (18.18%) Fault Management
3 4 (18.18%) ITIL
3 4 (18.18%) ITSM
3 4 (18.18%) Statistics
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 2 (9.09%) Migration
4 2 (9.09%) Network Architecture
4 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.09%) Validation
5 1 (4.55%) Data Security
5 1 (4.55%) Network Planning
5 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.55%) Six Sigma
5 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) CLIST
1 9 (40.91%) JCL
1 9 (40.91%) REXX
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) CCNA
1 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.55%) CCNP
4 1 (4.55%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.55%) JNCIS
4 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 9 (40.91%) Microcode
1 9 (40.91%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
1 1 (4.55%) Netcool
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) IBM
3 5 (22.73%) Ciena
4 4 (18.18%) Avaya
4 4 (18.18%) Juniper
4 4 (18.18%) Nokia
5 2 (9.09%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 2 (9.09%) Arista
5 2 (9.09%) Huawei
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.55%) Amdocs
6 1 (4.55%) Cramer
6 1 (4.55%) HP