DWDM Contracts

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 665 790
Rank change year-on-year +111 +125 -90
Contract jobs citing DWDM 21 17 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.030% 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.39% 0.24% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 30
10th Percentile £419 £313 £303
25th Percentile £430 £363 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £450
90th Percentile £588 - £552
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £375 £363
% change year-on-year +14.67% +3.45% -14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £18.05 £15.05 -
25th Percentile £24.13 £16.63 £25.50
Median hourly rate £31.25 £19.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.26% -25.00% +36.84%
75th Percentile £34.06 £22.63 £26.50
90th Percentile £34.63 £24.35 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 -
% change year-on-year +53.85% - -

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,426 7,124 9,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.60% 12.71% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,603 6,376
10th Percentile £206 £240 £240
25th Percentile £350 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £688 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 443 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.24 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.30% -29.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.54 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -1.15%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DWDM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DWDM over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DWDM in the UK

DWDM
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DWDM within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +91 20 £500 +11.11% 3
UK excluding London +44 12 £430 +14.67% 1
North of England +31 10 £430 +14.67%
Work from Home +114 9 £430 -1.71% 3
Yorkshire - 9 £430 -
London +93 8 £500 - 1
North West +20 1 - -
South East +8 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) ArcGIS
1 1 (4.76%) Smallworld
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) MicroStation
2 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) SDH
1 6 (28.57%) WAN
2 4 (19.05%) IP Telephony
2 4 (19.05%) VoIP
3 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 3 (14.29%) MPLS
4 2 (9.52%) CDMA
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (9.52%) GSM
4 2 (9.52%) Internet
4 2 (9.52%) NGN
4 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
4 2 (9.52%) SONET
5 1 (4.76%) DNS
5 1 (4.76%) Firewall
5 1 (4.76%) LAN
5 1 (4.76%) Network Security
5 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Cisco Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Network Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Mainframe Systems Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) z/OS Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) OSS Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Hardware Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) z/OS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) LPAR
1 9 (42.86%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 4 (19.05%) Change Management
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Fault Management
3 4 (19.05%) ITIL
3 4 (19.05%) ITSM
3 4 (19.05%) Statistics
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
4 2 (9.52%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) Network Architecture
4 2 (9.52%) Network Planning
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.52%) Validation
5 1 (4.76%) Data Management
5 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) CLIST
1 9 (42.86%) JCL
1 9 (42.86%) REXX
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) CCNA
1 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) BC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) CCNP
4 1 (4.76%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.76%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 9 (42.86%) Microcode
1 9 (42.86%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Netcool
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) IBM
2 8 (38.10%) Cisco
3 4 (19.05%) Avaya
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 2 (9.52%) Arista
5 2 (9.52%) Ciena
5 2 (9.52%) Juniper
5 2 (9.52%) Nokia
6 1 (4.76%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (4.76%) Amdocs
6 1 (4.76%) Autodesk
6 1 (4.76%) Cramer
6 1 (4.76%) HP
6 1 (4.76%) Huawei