F5
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited F5 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within F5 Networks, Inc.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 672 663 755
Rank change year-on-year -9 +92 -149
Permanent jobs citing F5 236 291 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.31% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 0.74% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 214 206 407
10th Percentile £36,620 £41,250 £38,550
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,350 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,548 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -9.09%

All Vendors
UK

F5 is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,055 39,374 65,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.21% 41.54% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,982 23,486 33,183
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the UK

F5
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing F5.

Salary trend for F5 in the UK

F5
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing F5 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for F5 in the UK

F5
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +56 231 £60,000 +9.09% 59
UK excluding London -75 146 £53,000 +0.95% 40
London +99 85 £75,000 +23.46% 21
Work from Home -13 79 £70,000 +27.27% 38
South East -6 49 £53,000 -2.75% 14
North of England +33 48 £45,000 -14.29% 11
North West +15 33 £60,000 -13.60% 5
Midlands -11 28 £60,000 +38.73% 5
West Midlands -12 24 £60,000 +38.73% 3
Yorkshire +45 15 £40,000 -39.85% 6
East of England -3 14 £60,000 +9.09% 2
South West -42 6 £47,500 -13.64% 5
East Midlands -13 4 £37,500 +1.06% 2
Wales -4 1 - -

F5
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 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.12%) nginx
3 3 (1.27%) Apache
3 3 (1.27%) SAS
4 2 (0.85%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.27%) SPSS
3 1 (0.42%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.42%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.49%) Azure
2 30 (12.71%) AWS
3 17 (7.20%) GCP
4 12 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.54%) dbt
5 6 (2.54%) Fivetran
5 6 (2.54%) Snowflake
6 4 (1.69%) SaaS
6 4 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.27%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.27%) IaaS
7 3 (1.27%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.85%) Cloudflare
8 2 (0.85%) GitHub
8 2 (0.85%) Kong
8 2 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (29.24%) Firewall
2 61 (25.85%) Cisco Firepower
3 49 (20.76%) WAN
4 47 (19.92%) VPN
5 37 (15.68%) Network Security
6 35 (14.83%) BGP
7 32 (13.56%) DNS
8 30 (12.71%) LAN
9 29 (12.29%) Cisco Nexus
9 29 (12.29%) OSPF
10 27 (11.44%) Cisco ASA
10 27 (11.44%) Wireless
11 26 (11.02%) SSL
12 25 (10.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 24 (10.17%) MPLS
14 23 (9.75%) SD-WAN
15 22 (9.32%) TCP/IP
16 20 (8.47%) BIG-IP
17 19 (8.05%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 18 (7.63%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.68%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.08%) BigQuery
2 12 (5.08%) Data Hub
2 12 (5.08%) DB2
2 12 (5.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 12 (5.08%) MongoDB
3 10 (4.24%) Tableau
4 9 (3.81%) Data Mining
5 8 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.12%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.69%) MySQL
8 3 (1.27%) Power BI
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.08%) JIRA
2 11 (4.66%) Git
3 6 (2.54%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 89 (37.71%) Social Skills
2 57 (24.15%) Finance
3 24 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.32%) Banking
5 20 (8.47%) Health Technology
6 17 (7.20%) Financial Institution
7 16 (6.78%) Law
8 9 (3.81%) Games
8 9 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.12%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.27%) Retail
12 2 (0.85%) Electronics
12 2 (0.85%) Military
12 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Billing
13 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (30.51%) Network Engineer
2 52 (22.03%) Senior
3 37 (15.68%) Developer
4 22 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (8.05%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.78%) Analyst
7 15 (6.36%) Linux Engineer
7 15 (6.36%) Security Engineer
8 14 (5.93%) Network Security Engineer
8 14 (5.93%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
9 13 (5.51%) Consultant
10 12 (5.08%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.66%) Architect
11 11 (4.66%) Cisco Engineer
11 11 (4.66%) Network Architect
12 10 (4.24%) Administrator
12 10 (4.24%) Applications Developer
12 10 (4.24%) Junior
13 9 (3.81%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.78%) CSS
1 16 (6.78%) HTML
2 13 (5.51%) .NET
3 11 (4.66%) 802.1X
4 8 (3.39%) REST
5 7 (2.97%) LDAP
5 7 (2.97%) Web Services
6 6 (2.54%) PyTorch
6 6 (2.54%) TensorFlow
6 6 (2.54%) Vue
7 5 (2.12%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.69%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.69%) React
9 1 (0.42%) Ajax
9 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.42%) JSON
9 1 (0.42%) Laravel
9 1 (0.42%) Next.js
9 1 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.64%) Data Centre
2 26 (11.02%) Public Cloud
3 12 (5.08%) Cyberattack
3 12 (5.08%) Data Fabric
4 10 (4.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 10 (4.24%) Replication
5 8 (3.39%) FPGA
6 6 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.69%) Life Science
7 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.27%) IoT
8 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.85%) FlexPod
9 2 (0.85%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.85%) PropTech
10 1 (0.42%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 59 (25.00%) Linux
2 33 (13.98%) Windows
3 16 (6.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (5.08%) zOS
5 10 (4.24%) CentOS
6 9 (3.81%) Windows Server
7 7 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (2.54%) Oracle Linux
8 6 (2.54%) Windows 10
8 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.69%) Unix
10 1 (0.42%) AIX
10 1 (0.42%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (19.92%) Agile
3 39 (16.53%) Load Balancing
4 29 (12.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (11.02%) ITIL
6 22 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (8.90%) Migration
8 20 (8.47%) Computer Science
9 19 (8.05%) Analytics
9 19 (8.05%) Software Engineering
10 17 (7.20%) Decision-Making
10 17 (7.20%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.36%) Project Management
12 14 (5.93%) Mentoring
13 13 (5.51%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (5.51%) ETL
14 12 (5.08%) Data Management
14 12 (5.08%) Database Optimisation
14 12 (5.08%) Incident Response
14 12 (5.08%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 77 (32.63%) SQL
2 46 (19.49%) Python
3 33 (13.98%) C#
4 26 (11.02%) Java
5 22 (9.32%) JavaScript
6 10 (4.24%) R
6 10 (4.24%) T-SQL
7 8 (3.39%) Bash
7 8 (3.39%) Perl
8 6 (2.54%) Scala
9 5 (2.12%) PHP
10 4 (1.69%) Delphi
11 3 (1.27%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.85%) C
12 2 (0.85%) C++
13 1 (0.42%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (21.61%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (20.34%) CCNP
3 47 (19.92%) Security Cleared
4 39 (16.53%) SC Cleared
5 29 (12.29%) Degree
6 23 (9.75%) CCNA
7 16 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (4.66%) CCIE
9 10 (4.24%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.54%) JNCIS
11 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.69%) MCSA
12 4 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.27%) CCDA
13 3 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.85%) CCSA
14 2 (0.85%) CCSE
14 2 (0.85%) CISSP
15 1 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.08%) SLA
2 6 (2.54%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.27%) NIST
4 1 (0.42%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 18 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.97%) vSphere
4 5 (2.12%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.27%) Firmware
5 3 (1.27%) NFS
5 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.42%) Docker
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (10.59%) Ansible
2 14 (5.93%) Terraform
3 12 (5.08%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.54%) Endace
4 6 (2.54%) Nagios
5 4 (1.69%) Nessus
5 4 (1.69%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 3 (1.27%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.27%) SCCM
6 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.27%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.27%) VxRail
6 3 (1.27%) WSUS
7 2 (0.85%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.85%) Packer
7 2 (0.85%) SCOM
7 2 (0.85%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 103 (43.64%) Cisco
2 38 (16.10%) Juniper
3 32 (13.56%) CheckPoint
4 29 (12.29%) Palo Alto
4 29 (12.29%) VMware
5 27 (11.44%) Microsoft
6 24 (10.17%) Oracle
7 22 (9.32%) Fortinet
8 21 (8.90%) Red Hat
9 16 (6.78%) SolarWinds
10 13 (5.51%) Meraki
11 12 (5.08%) Databricks
12 8 (3.39%) Aruba
13 7 (2.97%) Avaya
13 7 (2.97%) Salesforce
14 6 (2.54%) Dataiku
14 6 (2.54%) Dell
14 6 (2.54%) IBM
14 6 (2.54%) Infoblox
15 5 (2.12%) ServiceNow