F5 Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 22 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 North West 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 108 119 105
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -14
Contract jobs citing F5 15 11 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.637% 0.346% 0.697%
As % of the Vendors category 1.410% 0.667% 1.512%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 17
Average daily rate £313 £359 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.89% -9.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £341 £287
10% offered a daily rate of more than £377 £368 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 1064 1650 1389
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.20% 51.95% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 756 673
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 81 97
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West F5 Hourly 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 North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire +11 14 £313 -12.89%
Lancashire - 1 £450 -
F5
England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 17 (65.38%) Cisco
2 10 (38.46%) CCNP
2 10 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (34.62%) Wireless
3 9 (34.62%) CCDP
3 9 (34.62%) ITIL
3 9 (34.62%) VPN
3 9 (34.62%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (30.77%) CCNA
4 8 (30.77%) Firewall
5 6 (23.08%) Juniper
6 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
6 5 (19.23%) Telecoms
6 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
6 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (19.23%) IronPort
6 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
7 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
7 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 4 (15.38%) Finance
7 4 (15.38%) WAN
8 3 (11.54%) SSL
8 3 (11.54%) LAN
8 3 (11.54%) NetScreen
8 3 (11.54%) Internet
8 3 (11.54%) CCIE
8 3 (11.54%) Network Design
8 3 (11.54%) BIG-IP
8 3 (11.54%) Network Security
9 2 (7.692%) WebSphere

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.846%) SOAP
2 1 (3.846%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
1 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Wireless
1 9 (34.62%) VPN
1 9 (34.62%) Cisco Nexus
2 8 (30.77%) Firewall
3 4 (15.38%) WAN
4 3 (11.54%) SSL
4 3 (11.54%) LAN
4 3 (11.54%) NetScreen
4 3 (11.54%) Internet
4 3 (11.54%) BIG-IP
4 3 (11.54%) Network Security
5 2 (7.692%) TACACS
5 2 (7.692%) TCP/IP
5 2 (7.692%) DNS
5 2 (7.692%) DHCP
6 1 (3.846%) HTTP
6 1 (3.846%) SMTP
6 1 (3.846%) LDAP
6 1 (3.846%) OSPF
6 1 (3.846%) BGP
General
1 5 (19.23%) Telecoms
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.846%) Banking
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
3 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Architect
2 7 (26.92%) Network Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Exchange Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) Designer
5 2 (7.692%) Network Technical Architect
6 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Designer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Designer
6 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.846%) UNIX
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) ITIL
2 3 (11.54%) Network Design
3 2 (7.692%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (3.846%) Service Management
4 1 (3.846%) ITSM
4 1 (3.846%) Network Management
4 1 (3.846%) Network Architecture
4 1 (3.846%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.692%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) CCNP
1 10 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (34.62%) CCDP
3 8 (30.77%) CCNA
4 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 3 (11.54%) CCIE
6 1 (3.846%) CCSP
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (3.846%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) Juniper
3 5 (19.23%) IronPort
4 2 (7.692%) HP
4 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.846%) McAfee
5 1 (3.846%) IBM
5 1 (3.846%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.846%) Sourcefire
5 1 (3.846%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.846%) FatWire
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