The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 England 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 322 359 350
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -9
Contract jobs citing F5 220 190 242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.508% 0.359% 0.423%
As % of the Vendors category 1.087% 0.776% 0.906%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 99 142
Average daily rate £398 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £304 £313 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 3
Average hourly rate £37.88 £33.00 £65.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.77% -49.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year
+6.06% -
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20241 24494 26701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.78% 46.25% 46.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11110 12869 13881
Average daily rate £400 £395 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.26% -4.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1142 1229 1552
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -4.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.37 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
F5
UK

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England 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 England region.

England F5 Hourly Rate Trend

F5
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing F5 across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England F5 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +21 102 £475 +26.66% 36
Yorkshire +40 38 £311 -11.07% 3
South East +23 37 £340 -9.33% 19
North West +25 20 £310 -13.58% 8
East of England +21 13 £413 +32.00%
South West +25 3 £500 +33.33% 10
West Midlands +2 3 £560 +49.33% 1
East Midlands - 3 £350 -
Midlands - 2 - -
North East - - - -
F5
UK

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 250 (65.45%) Cisco
2 228 (59.69%) Firewall
3 140 (36.65%) Linux
4 135 (35.34%) Windows
5 132 (34.55%) BIG-IP
6 124 (32.46%) Cisco Certification
7 113 (29.58%) CheckPoint
8 106 (27.75%) Juniper
9 105 (27.49%) Cisco ASA
10 92 (24.08%) UNIX
11 89 (23.30%) Microsoft
12 84 (21.99%) Load Balancing
13 83 (21.73%) Red Hat
14 82 (21.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 79 (20.68%) CCNP
16 76 (19.90%) VMware
17 75 (19.63%) Citrix
17 75 (19.63%) WAN
18 71 (18.59%) TCP/IP
19 70 (18.32%) VPN
19 70 (18.32%) DNS
20 67 (17.54%) HP
20 67 (17.54%) E-Commerce
21 66 (17.28%) IIS
22 65 (17.02%) LAN
23 64 (16.75%) Apache
24 62 (16.23%) SAN
25 61 (15.97%) Network Security
26 58 (15.18%) VMware Infrastructure
27 57 (14.92%) Java

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 55 (14.40%) WebSphere
2 40 (10.47%) Java EE
3 39 (10.21%) XML
4 38 (9.948%) XSLT
4 38 (9.948%) SOAP
5 32 (8.377%) COM+
6 18 (4.712%) .NET
6 18 (4.712%) Web Services
7 14 (3.665%) Middleware
8 9 (2.356%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.356%) CSS
9 7 (1.832%) WebSphere MQ
10 4 (1.047%) ADSI
11 2 (0.524%) HTML
11 2 (0.524%) JSP
11 2 (0.524%) Servlets
11 2 (0.524%) CGI
11 2 (0.524%) Spring
12 1 (0.262%) jQuery
12 1 (0.262%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 66 (17.28%) IIS
2 64 (16.75%) Apache
3 47 (12.30%) WebSphere Application Server
4 35 (9.162%) MS Exchange
5 17 (4.450%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (3.665%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (1.832%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (1.309%) CloudStack
8 5 (1.309%) Tomcat
9 4 (1.047%) WebLogic
9 4 (1.047%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.785%) Liferay
11 2 (0.524%) WebLogic Portal
11 2 (0.524%) Lync
12 1 (0.262%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.262%) GlassFish
12 1 (0.262%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.262%) WorkSite
12 1 (0.262%) Alfresco
12 1 (0.262%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (8.377%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.571%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.309%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.047%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 228 (59.69%) Firewall
2 132 (34.55%) BIG-IP
3 105 (27.49%) Cisco ASA
4 75 (19.63%) WAN
5 71 (18.59%) TCP/IP
6 70 (18.32%) VPN
6 70 (18.32%) DNS
7 65 (17.02%) LAN
8 62 (16.23%) SAN
9 61 (15.97%) Network Security
10 56 (14.66%) Cisco Nexus
11 55 (14.40%) BGP
12 51 (13.35%) OSPF
13 48 (12.57%) DHCP
14 44 (11.52%) Wireless
15 43 (11.26%) NetScaler
16 40 (10.47%) LDAP
17 38 (9.948%) NAS
18 37 (9.686%) Internet
19 34 (8.901%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.592%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.832%) MySQL
3 2 (0.524%) DB2
3 2 (0.524%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.262%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (1.832%) Introscope
2 2 (0.524%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (0.524%) ClearCase
2 2 (0.524%) Git (software)
2 2 (0.524%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (0.524%) Maven
2 2 (0.524%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.262%) WebLOAD
3 1 (0.262%) CruiseControl
3 1 (0.262%) AppScan
3 1 (0.262%) ClearQuest
3 1 (0.262%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.262%) IntelliJ
General
1 48 (12.57%) Finance
2 33 (8.639%) Telecoms
3 17 (4.450%) Banking
4 11 (2.880%) Investment Banking
5 4 (1.047%) Legal
5 4 (1.047%) Advertising
5 4 (1.047%) Retail
6 3 (0.785%) German Language
6 3 (0.785%) Financial Institution
6 3 (0.785%) Back Office
7 2 (0.524%) Law
8 1 (0.262%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.262%) Billing
8 1 (0.262%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.262%) Publishing
8 1 (0.262%) Games
8 1 (0.262%) Military
8 1 (0.262%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (23.30%) Network Engineer
2 44 (11.52%) Security Engineer
3 36 (9.424%) Support Engineer
4 35 (9.162%) Consultant
5 30 (7.853%) Architect
6 29 (7.592%) Analyst
7 28 (7.330%) Firewall Engineer
8 22 (5.759%) Senior Support Engineer
9 21 (5.497%) Network Specialist
10 19 (4.974%) Cisco Engineer
11 17 (4.450%) Network Security Engineer
12 16 (4.188%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.927%) Cisco Security Engineer
14 14 (3.665%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 13 (3.403%) UNIX Engineer
15 13 (3.403%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 12 (3.141%) Administrator
16 12 (3.141%) Security Specialist
16 12 (3.141%) Web Engineer
16 12 (3.141%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.21%) PKI
2 32 (8.377%) Clustering
3 17 (4.450%) CLARiiON
4 12 (3.141%) Computer Science
5 9 (2.356%) Fat Client
5 9 (2.356%) Thin Client
6 6 (1.571%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.571%) EqualLogic
7 5 (1.309%) Open Source
8 4 (1.047%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.047%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.047%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.785%) DataPower
9 3 (0.785%) Handset
9 3 (0.785%) Blackberry
10 2 (0.524%) Celerra
11 1 (0.262%) e-Health
11 1 (0.262%) Frameworx
11 1 (0.262%) iSeries
11 1 (0.262%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 140 (36.65%) Linux
2 135 (35.34%) Windows
3 92 (24.08%) UNIX
4 82 (21.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 51 (13.35%) Windows XP
6 49 (12.83%) Windows Server 2008
7 24 (6.283%) CentOS
8 23 (6.021%) Solaris
9 20 (5.236%) Windows Server 2003
10 16 (4.188%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (3.665%) HPUX
12 7 (1.832%) Debian
13 5 (1.309%) Apple iOS
14 4 (1.047%) Windows 2000
14 4 (1.047%) Windows NT
14 4 (1.047%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.785%) Gentoo
16 1 (0.262%) Windows 2000 Server
16 1 (0.262%) VMS
16 1 (0.262%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.99%) Load Balancing
2 67 (17.54%) E-Commerce
3 43 (11.26%) ITIL
4 32 (8.377%) Change Control
5 27 (7.068%) Migration
6 24 (6.283%) Network Design
6 24 (6.283%) Project Management
7 22 (5.759%) Time Management
8 20 (5.236%) Network Architecture
8 20 (5.236%) Network Management
9 15 (3.927%) Network Load Balancing
9 15 (3.927%) Configuration Management
10 14 (3.665%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (3.403%) Service Delivery
12 12 (3.141%) Change Management
13 10 (2.618%) PRINCE2
13 10 (2.618%) Release Management
13 10 (2.618%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (2.356%) Load Testing
15 8 (2.094%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.92%) Java
2 50 (13.09%) Perl
3 15 (3.927%) SQL
3 15 (3.927%) C
4 9 (2.356%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.356%) PHP
5 5 (1.309%) Lisp
5 5 (1.309%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.785%) VBScript
6 3 (0.785%) VB
7 2 (0.524%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.524%) Python
Qualifications
1 124 (32.46%) Cisco Certification
2 79 (20.68%) CCNP
3 37 (9.686%) CCNA
4 35 (9.162%) CCIE
5 29 (7.592%) Security Cleared
6 27 (7.068%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (6.806%) MCSE
8 19 (4.974%) CCSE
9 18 (4.712%) Degree
10 14 (3.665%) CCDP
10 14 (3.665%) SC Cleared
11 11 (2.880%) CCSA
12 10 (2.618%) GIAC
12 10 (2.618%) GWAPT
12 10 (2.618%) GPEN
13 8 (2.094%) OCA
13 8 (2.094%) Oracle Certification
14 7 (1.832%) JNCIE
15 6 (1.571%) CISSP
15 6 (1.571%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.403%) PCI DSS
2 8 (2.094%) SLA
3 3 (0.785%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.524%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.262%) JSP 440
System Software
1 58 (15.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (9.162%) ProxySG
3 24 (6.283%) Active Directory
4 22 (5.759%) VMware ESX
5 21 (5.497%) vSphere
6 11 (2.880%) NLBS
7 8 (2.094%) XenApp
8 5 (1.309%) vCloud
9 4 (1.047%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.047%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.047%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (0.785%) NFS
10 3 (0.785%) MetaFrame
11 2 (0.524%) ISA Server
11 2 (0.524%) XenServer
11 2 (0.524%) OpenSSO
12 1 (0.262%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 20 (5.236%) Cisco CUCM
2 12 (3.141%) Nagios
3 10 (2.618%) FortiGate
4 9 (2.356%) Cisco UCCX
5 8 (2.094%) Backup Exec
5 8 (2.094%) OpenView
6 7 (1.832%) HP SiteScope
6 7 (1.832%) Puppet
7 5 (1.309%) SCOM
7 5 (1.309%) Zenoss
7 5 (1.309%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.047%) Legato
8 4 (1.047%) HP SIM
8 4 (1.047%) WSUS
9 3 (0.785%) SCCM
9 3 (0.785%) Cacti
9 3 (0.785%) SolarWinds Orion
9 3 (0.785%) Tivoli
9 3 (0.785%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (0.524%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 250 (65.45%) Cisco
2 113 (29.58%) CheckPoint
3 106 (27.75%) Juniper
4 89 (23.30%) Microsoft
5 83 (21.73%) Red Hat
6 76 (19.90%) VMware
7 75 (19.63%) Citrix
8 67 (17.54%) HP
9 50 (13.09%) Blue Coat
10 40 (10.47%) JBoss
11 26 (6.806%) Fortinet
12 24 (6.283%) EMC
13 21 (5.497%) NetApp
14 19 (4.974%) Imperva
15 17 (4.450%) Oracle
15 17 (4.450%) Veritas
16 16 (4.188%) McAfee
16 16 (4.188%) Sourcefire
17 14 (3.665%) Nokia
17 14 (3.665%) BMC
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