The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 80 85 73
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -12
Contract jobs citing F5 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.317% 0.073% 0.146%
As % of the Vendors category 0.691% 0.177% 0.339%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-8.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
579 564 590
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 45.92% 41.32% 43.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 271 209
Average daily rate £325 £331 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% -1.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £180 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 49 68
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.03 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
F5
England

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands F5 Daily Rate Trend

F5
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire - 4 £350 -
F5
England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) Firewall
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco PIX
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (53.85%) Juniper
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (53.85%) CCNP
4 6 (46.15%) CheckPoint
4 6 (46.15%) BIG-IP
5 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
5 5 (38.46%) Network Security
5 5 (38.46%) Internet
5 5 (38.46%) BGP
5 5 (38.46%) DNS
5 5 (38.46%) SMTP
5 5 (38.46%) HTTP
5 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
6 4 (30.77%) CCNA
6 4 (30.77%) FWSM
7 3 (23.08%) Blue Coat
7 3 (23.08%) CCSA
7 3 (23.08%) Validation
7 3 (23.08%) VMware
7 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
7 3 (23.08%) PBX
7 3 (23.08%) WAN
7 3 (23.08%) IIS

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) IIS
1 3 (23.08%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco PIX
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (46.15%) BIG-IP
4 5 (38.46%) BGP
4 5 (38.46%) SMTP
4 5 (38.46%) HTTP
4 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
4 5 (38.46%) DNS
4 5 (38.46%) Internet
4 5 (38.46%) Network Security
5 4 (30.77%) FWSM
6 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (23.08%) PBX
6 3 (23.08%) WAN
7 2 (15.38%) OSPF
8 1 (7.692%) VPN
8 1 (7.692%) NetScreen
8 1 (7.692%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (7.692%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Network Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Network Security Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) UNIX
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Validation
1 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
2 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.692%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) CCNP
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) CCNA
3 3 (23.08%) CCSA
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) CCSE
4 2 (15.38%) CCSP
5 1 (7.692%) CCIE
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) MetaFrame
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Tivoli
1 3 (23.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 7 (53.85%) Juniper
3 6 (46.15%) CheckPoint
4 3 (23.08%) McAfee
4 3 (23.08%) Clearswift
4 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 3 (23.08%) Blue Coat
4 3 (23.08%) Citrix
5 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
5 2 (15.38%) Crossbeam
5 2 (15.38%) IBM
6 1 (7.692%) Dell
6 1 (7.692%) Nortel
6 1 (7.692%) Websense
6 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds
6 1 (7.692%) Avaya
6 1 (7.692%) Sourcefire
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Posted: 14 May 2013