The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 193 202 202
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs citing F5 31 37 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.398% 0.365% 0.492%
As % of the Vendors category 0.787% 0.741% 1.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 45
Average daily rate £340 £385 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.68% +13.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £313 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 4993 5071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.54% 49.21% 48.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1932 2185 1996
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 378 421
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £11.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East 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
West Sussex +27 12 £370 +13.40%
Berkshire +16 9 £319 -29.16%
Kent - 3 £319 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £340 -
Surrey +10 1 £338 -18.18%
Middlesex +6 1 - -
Buckinghamshire -2 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 £365 -
F5
England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 42 (60.87%) CheckPoint
1 42 (60.87%) Firewall
2 41 (59.42%) Cisco
3 29 (42.03%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (40.58%) Juniper
5 22 (31.88%) Network Security
6 21 (30.43%) CCNP
6 21 (30.43%) LAN
7 19 (27.54%) VPN
7 19 (27.54%) DMZ
7 19 (27.54%) Load Balancing
8 18 (26.09%) TCP/IP
9 17 (24.64%) WAN
10 16 (23.19%) HP
10 16 (23.19%) Blue Coat
11 15 (21.74%) SAN
11 15 (21.74%) DNS
12 13 (18.84%) Wireless
12 13 (18.84%) VMware
12 13 (18.84%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (17.39%) Telecoms
13 12 (17.39%) DHCP
14 11 (15.94%) ITIL
15 10 (14.49%) Windows
15 10 (14.49%) Internet
15 10 (14.49%) BIG-IP
15 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (14.49%) Network Load Balancing
15 10 (14.49%) Wireless Security
15 10 (14.49%) NLBS

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 9 (13.04%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.449%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (1.449%) Apache
1 1 (1.449%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.449%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 42 (60.87%) Firewall
2 22 (31.88%) Network Security
3 21 (30.43%) LAN
4 19 (27.54%) VPN
4 19 (27.54%) DMZ
5 18 (26.09%) TCP/IP
6 17 (24.64%) WAN
7 15 (21.74%) SAN
7 15 (21.74%) DNS
8 13 (18.84%) Wireless
8 13 (18.84%) Cisco ASA
9 12 (17.39%) DHCP
10 10 (14.49%) Internet
10 10 (14.49%) BIG-IP
10 10 (14.49%) Wireless Security
11 9 (13.04%) Junos
11 9 (13.04%) BGP
11 9 (13.04%) VoIP
12 8 (11.59%) OSPF
12 8 (11.59%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.449%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.449%) WebLOAD
General
1 12 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 8 (11.59%) Finance
3 2 (2.899%) Back Office
4 1 (1.449%) Advertising
4 1 (1.449%) Billing
4 1 (1.449%) Banking
4 1 (1.449%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (30.43%) Network Engineer
2 18 (26.09%) Security Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 12 (17.39%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 12 (17.39%) Cisco Engineer
5 9 (13.04%) Consultant
5 9 (13.04%) Network Security Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Firewall Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (7.246%) IP Engineer
8 5 (7.246%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (7.246%) Security Consultant
8 5 (7.246%) Firewall Consultant
8 5 (7.246%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (5.797%) Network Analyst
9 4 (5.797%) Project Manager
9 4 (5.797%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
10 3 (4.348%) Network Security Consultant
10 3 (4.348%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Clustering
2 7 (10.14%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.899%) Handset
3 2 (2.899%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.449%) iSeries
4 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.449%) e-Health
4 1 (1.449%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.49%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) UNIX
3 4 (5.797%) Linux
4 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.449%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Load Balancing
2 11 (15.94%) ITIL
3 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (14.49%) Network Load Balancing
4 9 (13.04%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (8.696%) Change Management
5 6 (8.696%) Migration
5 6 (8.696%) Network Architecture
6 4 (5.797%) Supplier Management
7 3 (4.348%) Business Analysis
7 3 (4.348%) Project Management
7 3 (4.348%) Service Management
8 2 (2.899%) Network Design
8 2 (2.899%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.899%) Data Security
8 2 (2.899%) Risk Management
8 2 (2.899%) DRM
8 2 (2.899%) Data Protection
8 2 (2.899%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (2.899%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.449%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (42.03%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (30.43%) CCNP
3 8 (11.59%) CCNA
3 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
5 6 (8.696%) MCSE
5 6 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (5.797%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.348%) CISSP
7 3 (4.348%) CCIE
7 3 (4.348%) CCSA
8 2 (2.899%) JNCIS
8 2 (2.899%) CCSP
9 1 (1.449%) CCDP
9 1 (1.449%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) SLA
2 2 (2.899%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (14.49%) NLBS
2 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.246%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.246%) ProxySG
4 2 (2.899%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (11.59%) Backup Exec
1 8 (11.59%) WSUS
2 6 (8.696%) HP SIM
3 2 (2.899%) OpenView
4 1 (1.449%) OVSD
Vendors
1 42 (60.87%) CheckPoint
2 41 (59.42%) Cisco
3 28 (40.58%) Juniper
4 16 (23.19%) HP
4 16 (23.19%) Blue Coat
5 13 (18.84%) VMware
6 9 (13.04%) ProCurve
7 8 (11.59%) NetApp
8 7 (10.14%) Nokia
9 6 (8.696%) Altiris
9 6 (8.696%) TippingPoint
10 4 (5.797%) Business Objects
10 4 (5.797%) Riverbed
11 3 (4.348%) Crossbeam
11 3 (4.348%) Sourcefire
11 3 (4.348%) Redknee
12 2 (2.899%) Citrix
12 2 (2.899%) Avaya
12 2 (2.899%) Microsoft
12 2 (2.899%) Fortinet
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