DWDM Contracts in the West Midlands

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 141 165
Rank change year-on-year +30 +24 -39
Contract jobs citing DWDM 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.052% 0.084% 0.084%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.25% 0.56% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% -
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £463 £363
% change year-on-year +8.11% +27.59% -19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
England median hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.54% +40.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 394 354 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.44% 14.80% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 219 272
10th Percentile £201 £263 £165
25th Percentile £313 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £504
90th Percentile £688 £700 £617
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 19
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.94
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DWDM in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for DWDM in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for DWDM in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Birmingham +8 1 - -
DWDM
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) SONET
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft