DWDM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 461 597
Rank change year-on-year +133 +136 -122
Contract jobs citing DWDM 9 6 28
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.059% 0.023% 0.063%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.58% 0.20% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 23
10th Percentile - £333 £272
25th Percentile - £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% +7.14% -22.22%
75th Percentile £522 £500 £425
90th Percentile £588 - £698
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £375
% change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% -3.85% +36.84%
75th Percentile - £25.50 £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +36.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,565 2,953 4,336
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 11.55% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,964 2,940
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £600
90th Percentile £704 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 97 102
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.70 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.50 £63.19
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DWDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DWDM trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DWDM.

DWDM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DWDM.

DWDM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Ethernet
1 2 (22.22%) SDH
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) MPLS
2 1 (11.11%) SONET
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) z/OS Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Hardware Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Optical Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) LPAR
1 7 (77.78%) Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Network Management
3 1 (11.11%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (11.11%) Network Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Order Management
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) CLIST
1 7 (77.78%) JCL
1 7 (77.78%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 7 (77.78%) Microcode
1 7 (77.78%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Ciena
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft