The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 277 294 344
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +50
Contract jobs citing F5 102 121 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.471% 0.449% 0.319%
As % of the Vendors category 1.047% 1.007% 0.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 61 41
Average daily rate £475 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.37% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Average hourly rate £41.75 - £40.63
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.78 - £40.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.85 - £41.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9744 12013 14055
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 44.99% 44.59% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6123 7282 8491
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £265 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 296 406
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.95 £40.00
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London 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
City of London +3 21 £475 +5.55%
Uxbridge +6 1 - -
Greenwich - 1 £380 -
F5
England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 125 (66.49%) Firewall
2 98 (52.13%) Linux
3 97 (51.60%) Cisco
4 83 (44.15%) Windows
5 77 (40.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 73 (38.83%) Red Hat
7 70 (37.23%) UNIX
8 65 (34.57%) BIG-IP
9 64 (34.04%) Microsoft
10 57 (30.32%) Apache
10 57 (30.32%) IIS
11 53 (28.19%) Citrix
12 52 (27.66%) Java
13 51 (27.13%) Perl
14 50 (26.60%) VMware
15 48 (25.53%) Cisco Certification
16 47 (25.00%) E-Commerce
16 47 (25.00%) WebSphere
17 46 (24.47%) WebSphere Application Server
18 45 (23.94%) HP
18 45 (23.94%) VMware Infrastructure
19 44 (23.40%) Load Balancing
20 42 (22.34%) TCP/IP
20 42 (22.34%) VPN
21 40 (21.28%) JBoss
21 40 (21.28%) Juniper
21 40 (21.28%) NetScaler
22 39 (20.74%) LDAP
22 39 (20.74%) Windows XP
22 39 (20.74%) Java EE

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 47 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 39 (20.74%) Java EE
3 38 (20.21%) SOAP
3 38 (20.21%) XML
3 38 (20.21%) XSLT
4 32 (17.02%) COM+
5 17 (9.043%) Web Services
5 17 (9.043%) .NET
6 10 (5.319%) ASP.NET
7 9 (4.787%) Middleware
8 7 (3.723%) ADSI
9 1 (0.532%) Spring Security
9 1 (0.532%) jQuery
9 1 (0.532%) Spring
9 1 (0.532%) JDBC
9 1 (0.532%) JSP
9 1 (0.532%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 57 (30.32%) Apache
1 57 (30.32%) IIS
2 46 (24.47%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (3.723%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (3.723%) Oracle Application Server
3 7 (3.723%) MS Exchange
4 6 (3.191%) WebSphere MQ
4 6 (3.191%) IBM HTTP Server
5 4 (2.128%) WebLogic
5 4 (2.128%) CloudStack
6 3 (1.596%) Liferay
7 2 (1.064%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (1.064%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.532%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.532%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 27 (14.36%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.532%) MS Office
2 1 (0.532%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 125 (66.49%) Firewall
2 65 (34.57%) BIG-IP
3 42 (22.34%) TCP/IP
3 42 (22.34%) VPN
4 40 (21.28%) NetScaler
5 39 (20.74%) LDAP
6 38 (20.21%) Cisco ASA
7 34 (18.09%) SAN
8 31 (16.49%) DNS
9 30 (15.96%) WAN
10 29 (15.43%) BGP
11 28 (14.89%) LAN
12 25 (13.30%) OSPF
13 23 (12.23%) DHCP
13 23 (12.23%) NAS
14 20 (10.64%) SSL
15 19 (10.11%) Network Security
16 18 (9.574%) MPLS
17 17 (9.043%) Internet
18 15 (7.979%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.851%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.723%) MySQL
3 2 (1.064%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (3.191%) Introscope
2 2 (1.064%) ClearCase
2 2 (1.064%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (1.064%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.532%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.532%) AppScan
3 1 (0.532%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.532%) IntelliJ
General
1 31 (16.49%) Finance
2 10 (5.319%) Banking
3 8 (4.255%) Investment Banking
3 8 (4.255%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.596%) Financial Institution
4 3 (1.596%) Advertising
5 2 (1.064%) Legal
6 1 (0.532%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.532%) Law
6 1 (0.532%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (17.55%) Network Engineer
2 26 (13.83%) Support Engineer
3 22 (11.70%) Senior Support Engineer
4 21 (11.17%) Firewall Engineer
4 21 (11.17%) Architect
5 17 (9.043%) Consultant
6 13 (6.915%) Security Engineer
6 13 (6.915%) UNIX Engineer
7 11 (5.851%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.319%) Web Engineer
9 8 (4.255%) Administrator
9 8 (4.255%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.255%) Infrastructure Architect
10 7 (3.723%) Wintel Engineer
11 6 (3.191%) Analyst
11 6 (3.191%) Senior Network Engineer
11 6 (3.191%) Technical Specialist
12 5 (2.660%) Security Consultant
12 5 (2.660%) Network Consultant
12 5 (2.660%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.74%) PKI
2 27 (14.36%) Clustering
3 18 (9.574%) CLARiiON
4 12 (6.383%) Computer Science
5 6 (3.191%) EqualLogic
6 4 (2.128%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.128%) Open Source
6 4 (2.128%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.596%) DataPower
8 2 (1.064%) Celerra
9 1 (0.532%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.532%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 98 (52.13%) Linux
2 83 (44.15%) Windows
3 77 (40.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 70 (37.23%) UNIX
5 39 (20.74%) Windows XP
6 21 (11.17%) Solaris
7 16 (8.511%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (7.447%) HPUX
9 9 (4.787%) CentOS
10 8 (4.255%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (3.723%) Windows NT
11 7 (3.723%) Windows 2000
12 5 (2.660%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (1.596%) Gentoo
14 2 (1.064%) Debian
15 1 (0.532%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.532%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 44 (23.40%) Load Balancing
3 29 (15.43%) Change Control
4 22 (11.70%) Time Management
5 20 (10.64%) ITIL
6 16 (8.511%) Network Design
7 15 (7.979%) Network Management
8 13 (6.915%) Migration
8 13 (6.915%) Network Architecture
9 10 (5.319%) Service Delivery
10 9 (4.787%) Release Management
11 8 (4.255%) High Availability
12 7 (3.723%) Capacity Management
12 7 (3.723%) Problem Management
12 7 (3.723%) Project Planning
12 7 (3.723%) PRINCE2
13 6 (3.191%) Load Testing
13 6 (3.191%) Software Deployment
14 5 (2.660%) Configuration Management
14 5 (2.660%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (27.66%) Java
2 51 (27.13%) Perl
3 9 (4.787%) SQL
4 7 (3.723%) PHP
5 5 (2.660%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.128%) VBScript
6 4 (2.128%) VB
6 4 (2.128%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.064%) C
8 1 (0.532%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 48 (25.53%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (9.574%) Degree
3 16 (8.511%) CCNP
4 15 (7.979%) CCIE
5 12 (6.383%) Security Cleared
6 11 (5.851%) CCNA
7 10 (5.319%) GIAC
7 10 (5.319%) GWAPT
7 10 (5.319%) GPEN
8 9 (4.787%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (4.255%) MCSE
9 8 (4.255%) CCSA
10 7 (3.723%) JNCIE
11 6 (3.191%) OCA
11 6 (3.191%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (3.191%) CISSP
11 6 (3.191%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (2.660%) CCSE
13 4 (2.128%) DV Cleared
14 3 (1.596%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.319%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.596%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.064%) SLA
4 1 (0.532%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (23.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (13.30%) VMware ESX
3 18 (9.574%) vSphere
3 18 (9.574%) ProxySG
4 14 (7.447%) Active Directory
5 7 (3.723%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 7 (3.723%) XenApp
6 4 (2.128%) vCloud
7 3 (1.596%) NFS
8 2 (1.064%) OpenSSO
9 1 (0.532%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.532%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.532%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.532%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (5.319%) FortiGate
2 8 (4.255%) SCOM
3 7 (3.723%) NetBackup
3 7 (3.723%) Backup Exec
3 7 (3.723%) Legato
3 7 (3.723%) Nagios
4 6 (3.191%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (3.191%) HP SiteScope
5 4 (2.128%) Zenoss
6 3 (1.596%) SCCM
6 3 (1.596%) Puppet
7 2 (1.064%) CiscoWorks
7 2 (1.064%) BladeLogic
8 1 (0.532%) CA Wily
8 1 (0.532%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.532%) WMI
8 1 (0.532%) OpenView
8 1 (0.532%) Netcool
8 1 (0.532%) CA SiteMinder
8 1 (0.532%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 97 (51.60%) Cisco
2 73 (38.83%) Red Hat
3 64 (34.04%) Microsoft
4 53 (28.19%) Citrix
5 50 (26.60%) VMware
6 45 (23.94%) HP
7 40 (21.28%) JBoss
7 40 (21.28%) Juniper
8 36 (19.15%) CheckPoint
9 22 (11.70%) Blue Coat
10 21 (11.17%) Veritas
11 20 (10.64%) EMC
12 14 (7.447%) Sun
12 14 (7.447%) Fortinet
13 13 (6.915%) Sourcefire
13 13 (6.915%) Dell
13 13 (6.915%) Oracle
14 12 (6.383%) NetApp
15 10 (5.319%) Imperva
16 9 (4.787%) IBM
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