The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 73 76 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing F5 2 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.209% 0.405% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.475% 0.838% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £290 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 -
% change year-on-year
+6.06% -
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
421 597 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 43.90% 48.38% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 253 185
Average daily rate £320 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 38 38
Average hourly rate £16.50 £20.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.51% +46.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £9.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £33.30 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
F5
North West

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Cheadle - - - - 2
F5
North West

F5
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Change Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis