Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DWDM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DWDM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 878 962 1138
Rank change year-on-year +84 +176 -270
Permanent jobs citing DWDM 16 23 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.022% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.14% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 53
10th Percentile £44,750 - £33,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £55,000 £106,250
90th Percentile - £56,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year +4.17% +28.86% -37.92%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,616 16,119 20,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.90% 15.28% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,527 8,302 11,842
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DWDM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +130 16 £82,500 +96.43% 7
London +167 8 £85,000 +102.38% 2
UK excluding London +17 7 £50,000 +4.17% 4
Work from Home +97 4 £80,000 +33.33% 4
South West -13 4 £50,000 -9.09% 2
East of England +27 1 £80,000 +90.48%
South East +20 1 £80,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) AWS
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) AWS Direct Connect
2 5 (31.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 15 (93.75%) MPLS
2 11 (68.75%) SNMP
3 10 (62.50%) BGP
3 10 (62.50%) OSPF
3 10 (62.50%) WAN
4 9 (56.25%) DHCP
4 9 (56.25%) DNS
4 9 (56.25%) Firewall
4 9 (56.25%) GLBP
4 9 (56.25%) IGRP
5 8 (50.00%) EIGRP
5 8 (50.00%) IPsec
5 8 (50.00%) LAN
5 8 (50.00%) Multicast
5 8 (50.00%) VPN
6 7 (43.75%) DMVPN
6 7 (43.75%) HTTP
6 7 (43.75%) HTTPS
6 7 (43.75%) SSL
7 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Architect
2 7 (43.75%) Senior
2 7 (43.75%) Systems Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Senior Systems Architect
4 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (18.75%) Technical Support
5 3 (18.75%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
7 1 (6.25%) Azure Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Cisco Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Core Network Architect
7 1 (6.25%) Juniper Consultant
7 1 (6.25%) Juniper Engineer
7 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
7 1 (6.25%) Network Design Architect
7 1 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (56.25%) 802.1X
2 7 (43.75%) HTML
2 7 (43.75%) XML
3 1 (6.25%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (31.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) LPAR
3 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Linux
2 8 (50.00%) Unix
3 3 (18.75%) Windows
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Solaris
5 1 (6.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Network Management
2 9 (56.25%) Roadmaps
2 9 (56.25%) Technology Roadmap
3 8 (50.00%) DevOps
3 8 (50.00%) Load Balancing
3 8 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 8 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
4 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
4 7 (43.75%) Open Source
4 7 (43.75%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (12.50%) Network Design
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
6 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.25%) ITIL
6 1 (6.25%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.25%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) CLIST
2 1 (6.25%) JCL
2 1 (6.25%) REXX
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CCNA
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) HNC
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (6.25%) Microcode
1 1 (6.25%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Progress Chef
1 8 (50.00%) Puppet
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Juniper
2 9 (56.25%) Arista
2 9 (56.25%) Cisco
3 8 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 8 (50.00%) Tufin
4 5 (31.25%) Google
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.25%) Dell
6 1 (6.25%) IBM
6 1 (6.25%) Nokia
6 1 (6.25%) Riverbed