The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BIG-IP 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Milton Keynes 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank - 61 54
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes - 0.139% 0.168%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.840% 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £375 £398
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 - -
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
52 119 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 9.924% 16.57% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 45
Average daily rate £425 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.43% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £180 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £454 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 10
Average hourly rate £14.96 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.81% -35.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
BIG-IP
Buckinghamshire

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BIG-IP across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Milton Keynes BIG-IP Jobs Demand Trend

BIG-IP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BIG-IP across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes BIG-IP Daily Rate Trend

BIG-IP
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing BIG-IP 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 BIG-IP.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Brocade
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ProCurve
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing BIG-IP 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 BIG-IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Brocade
2 1 (50.00%) ProCurve
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) HP