The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 21 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 Edinburgh 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 56 64 70
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +6
Contract jobs citing F5 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.122% 0.091% 0.154%
As % of the Vendors category 0.345% 0.290% 0.472%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
290 345 424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 35.41% 31.45% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 148 167
Average daily rate £375 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 18
Average hourly rate £20.25 £16.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.56% +4.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £14.75 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £23.75 £21.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
F5
Scotland

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh F5 Daily Rate Trend

F5
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing