DWDM Jobs in the Thames Valley

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 242 258
Rank change year-on-year +67 +16 +16
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 5 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.030% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.92% 0.21% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £55,750 - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 -
% change year-on-year +3.13% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 543 959 941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.98% 14.33% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 217 676 529
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £69,750 £74,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -5.26%

DWDM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing DWDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for DWDM in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DWDM in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for DWDM in the Thames Valley

DWDM
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing DWDM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DWDM in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire - 3 £80,000 - 7
Buckinghamshire +33 2 £85,000 +6.25%
DWDM
South East

DWDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) MPLS
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) DMZ
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) GPON
3 2 (40.00%) Internet
3 2 (40.00%) IPv4
3 2 (40.00%) IPv6
3 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Grafana
2 1 (20.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Nokia
2 2 (40.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) VMware