The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BIG-IP over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank 70 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 1 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.118% 0.563% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.518% 1.348% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £398
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 - -
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
193 445 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.84% 41.74% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 104 69
Average daily rate £275 £280 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -24.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £160 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 5
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.04 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.00% -8.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £14.50 £12.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
BIG-IP
Berkshire

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading BIG-IP Daily Rate Trend

BIG-IP
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) F5