The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within F5 Networks, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 111 125 124
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -1
Contract jobs citing F5 8 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.329% 0.392% 0.137%
As % of the Vendors category 0.658% 0.767% 0.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
Average daily rate £319 £450 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.16% +30.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £450 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £450 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-9.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1216 1564 1528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 49.98% 51.03% 52.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 523 543
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 80 91
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -40.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £11.00 £10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
F5
South East

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing F5 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire F5 Jobs Demand Trend

F5
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing F5 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire F5 Daily Rate Trend

F5
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing F5 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire F5 Daily Rate Histogram

F5
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing F5 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire F5 Hourly Rate Trend

F5
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +6 3 £344 -
Slough - 1 £285 -
F5
South East

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing F5 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited F5.

1 17 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 16 (94.12%) Cisco
3 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (52.94%) Load Balancing
4 9 (52.94%) Firewall
5 8 (47.06%) CCNP
6 6 (35.29%) Blue Coat
6 6 (35.29%) Network Security
7 5 (29.41%) ProxySG
8 4 (23.53%) Juniper
8 4 (23.53%) IPsec
8 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
8 4 (23.53%) Linux
8 4 (23.53%) UNIX
9 3 (17.65%) VPN
9 3 (17.65%) LAN
9 3 (17.65%) WAN
9 3 (17.65%) SSL
9 3 (17.65%) FWSM
9 3 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (17.65%) Redknee
9 3 (17.65%) CCSA
9 3 (17.65%) Crossbeam
9 3 (17.65%) CISSP
9 3 (17.65%) Sourcefire
9 3 (17.65%) BIG-IP
10 2 (11.76%) Cisco PIX
10 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
10 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing F5 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited F5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Firewall
2 6 (35.29%) Network Security
3 4 (23.53%) IPsec
4 3 (17.65%) BIG-IP
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (17.65%) FWSM
4 3 (17.65%) LAN
4 3 (17.65%) WAN
4 3 (17.65%) VPN
4 3 (17.65%) SSL
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (5.882%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (5.882%) 3G
6 1 (5.882%) DAB
6 1 (5.882%) DNS
6 1 (5.882%) SMTP
6 1 (5.882%) DHCP
6 1 (5.882%) SNMP
General
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.882%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Security Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Network Engineer
3 7 (41.18%) Network Security Engineer
4 6 (35.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (35.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (35.29%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 4 (23.53%) IP Engineer
6 3 (17.65%) Network Security Consultant
6 3 (17.65%) Network Consultant
6 3 (17.65%) Consultant
6 3 (17.65%) Security Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) Administrator
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX Systems Administrator
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX Administrator
7 1 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (5.882%) OSS Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Lead Network Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Data Network Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) UNIX Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) UNIX
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Load Balancing
2 1 (5.882%) Change Control
2 1 (5.882%) Validation
2 1 (5.882%) Migration
2 1 (5.882%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (47.06%) CCNP
3 3 (17.65%) CISSP
3 3 (17.65%) CCSA
4 1 (5.882%) JNCIS
4 1 (5.882%) CCIE
4 1 (5.882%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 16 (94.12%) Cisco
3 6 (35.29%) Blue Coat
4 4 (23.53%) Juniper
5 3 (17.65%) Redknee
5 3 (17.65%) Sourcefire
5 3 (17.65%) Crossbeam
6 2 (11.76%) Citrix
6 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
7 1 (5.882%) HP
7 1 (5.882%) ProCurve
Berkshire
Cisco - CCNP - Checkpoint - R&S - Load Balancing - Juniper - F5 - BAU - Project - Troubleshooting - PCI Compliance... This is a really exciting and URGENT opportunity for a Cisco Network and Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 15 May 2013