The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridgeshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing F5 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.183% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.365% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274 324 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 50.09% 47.23% 38.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 159 78
Average daily rate £325 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £219 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 31 50
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.75 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.04% +164.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
F5
East of England

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire F5 Daily 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Peterborough - 1 - -
F5
East of England

F5
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) CCSA
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) BIG-IP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCSA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper