DWDM Jobs in England

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring DWDM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DWDM over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 812 918
Rank change year-on-year +139 +106 +165
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 17 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.034% 0.020% 0.009%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.20% 0.14% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 4
10th Percentile £42,875 £45,625 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £81,250 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +93.45% -23.64%
75th Percentile £85,563 £87,500 £43,500
90th Percentile £87,475 - £46,200
UK median annual salary £82,500 £81,250 £42,000
% change year-on-year +1.54% +93.45% -23.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DWDM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,302 12,055 13,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.79% 13.97% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,742 8,533 7,173
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DWDM in England

DWDM
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DWDM in England.

Salary trend for DWDM in England

DWDM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DWDM in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DWDM in England

DWDM
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +88 6 £82,500 +3.13% 9
Yorkshire +67 6 £72,500 - 2
North of England +48 6 £72,500 - 5
London +106 3 £85,000 - 8
East of England +47 1 £80,000 -
DWDM
UK

DWDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (35.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 13 (76.47%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) Firewall
4 10 (58.82%) DNS
4 10 (58.82%) MPLS
5 8 (47.06%) VPN
6 7 (41.18%) Network Security
7 6 (35.29%) BGP
7 6 (35.29%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (35.29%) OSPF
7 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
8 5 (29.41%) Wireless
9 4 (23.53%) 802.11
9 4 (23.53%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (23.53%) DHCP
9 4 (23.53%) Ethernet
9 4 (23.53%) GLBP
9 4 (23.53%) GPON
9 4 (23.53%) IGRP
9 4 (23.53%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Network Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Azure Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Juniper Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Network Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) NOC Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Computer Science
3 6 (35.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
3 6 (35.29%) Migration
3 6 (35.29%) Network Architecture
3 6 (35.29%) Runbook
3 6 (35.29%) Task Automation
3 6 (35.29%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (35.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Network Management
4 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
4 4 (23.53%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (23.53%) WAN Optimisation
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
5 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) CCNP
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (41.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (41.18%) Degree
3 6 (35.29%) CCNA
3 6 (35.29%) JNCIA
3 6 (35.29%) JNCIS
4 1 (5.88%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Ansible
2 6 (35.29%) Terraform
3 1 (5.88%) Grafana
3 1 (5.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Cisco
2 10 (58.82%) Arista
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (23.53%) Juniper
3 4 (23.53%) Riverbed
4 3 (17.65%) Nokia
5 2 (11.76%) Dell
5 2 (11.76%) Splunk
6 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.88%) VMware