F5 Contracts in the South East

F5
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited F5 over the 6 months to 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within F5 Networks, Inc.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 179 219
Rank change year-on-year +79 +40 -33
Contract jobs citing F5 95 37 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.69% 0.66% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 3.59% 1.30% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 26 26
10th Percentile £263 £400 £370
25th Percentile £455 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +15.56%
75th Percentile £581 £525 £617
90th Percentile £634 £550 £704
England median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +16.67%

All Vendors
South East

F5 is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,646 2,838 3,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.02% 50.43% 44.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 1,933 2,380
10th Percentile £232 £205 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +5.41%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £695 £675
England median daily rate £515 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -2.83% +0.95% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 128 141
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £46.25 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +136.94% -11.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.19 £43.95
90th Percentile £67.37 £75.75 £57.38
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year -39.60% +73.26% +7.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing F5 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for F5 in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in the South East over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing F5 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for F5 in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +38 60 £550 +10.00% 5
Thames Valley +13 21 £500 - 5
Berkshire +5 15 £550 +37.50% 2
Surrey - 8 £460 - 1
Buckinghamshire +19 6 £225 -55.88% 2
West Sussex - 3 £450 - 1
East Sussex - 1 £500 -
Kent - 1 £425 -
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England

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 9 (9.47%) AWS
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.16%) Azure
4 2 (2.11%) GCP
5 1 (1.05%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 39 (41.05%) Cisco Firepower
2 37 (38.95%) WAN
3 36 (37.89%) Firewall
4 33 (34.74%) BGP
5 32 (33.68%) MPLS
6 27 (28.42%) SSL
7 15 (15.79%) VPN
8 11 (11.58%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (11.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 9 (9.47%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (7.37%) Cisco ISE
10 7 (7.37%) NetScaler
10 7 (7.37%) SD-WAN
11 6 (6.32%) DNS
11 6 (6.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 6 (6.32%) IPsec
11 6 (6.32%) OSPF
12 5 (5.26%) Network Security
13 4 (4.21%) DHCP
14 3 (3.16%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
General
1 32 (33.68%) Finance
2 8 (8.42%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.11%) Law
5 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.05%) Advertising
6 1 (1.05%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 30 (31.58%) Architect
2 30 (31.58%) Network Architect
3 10 (10.53%) Senior
4 7 (7.37%) Senior Architect
4 7 (7.37%) Senior Network Architect
5 4 (4.21%) Build Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) Network Build Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) Network Specialist
5 4 (4.21%) Virtualisation Specialist
6 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (3.16%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (2.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (2.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (2.11%) Consultant
7 2 (2.11%) IT Support
7 2 (2.11%) Network Consultant
7 2 (2.11%) Network Security Consultant
7 2 (2.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) JSON
2 3 (3.16%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.37%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.11%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.05%) PKI
5 1 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.32%) Linux
2 4 (4.21%) Mac OS
2 4 (4.21%) Windows
2 4 (4.21%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (30.53%) Network Design
2 26 (27.37%) Network Management
3 25 (26.32%) Customer Requirements
4 23 (24.21%) Technical Leadership
5 16 (16.84%) Migration
6 15 (15.79%) Network Architecture
7 9 (9.47%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.42%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (8.42%) ITIL
9 7 (7.37%) Service Delivery
10 6 (6.32%) Knowledge Transfer
10 6 (6.32%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (5.26%) Analytics
11 5 (5.26%) Converged Infrastructure
11 5 (5.26%) High Availability
11 5 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
12 4 (4.21%) Biometrics
12 4 (4.21%) Load Balancing
13 3 (3.16%) Computer Science
14 2 (2.11%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.21%) ActionScript
2 1 (1.05%) C
2 1 (1.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (58.95%) Security Cleared
2 21 (22.11%) DV Cleared
3 18 (18.95%) SC Cleared
4 17 (17.89%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (12.63%) CCNP
6 10 (10.53%) CCNA
7 4 (4.21%) Degree
8 3 (3.16%) CCIE
9 2 (2.11%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.21%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (15.79%) VMware NSX
2 5 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.21%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 32 (33.68%) Endace
2 4 (4.21%) AirWatch
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.05%) Ansible
3 1 (1.05%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 60 (63.16%) Cisco
2 40 (42.11%) Juniper
3 18 (18.95%) SolarWinds
4 15 (15.79%) VMware
5 10 (10.53%) CheckPoint
6 9 (9.47%) Palo Alto
7 6 (6.32%) Blue Coat
8 5 (5.26%) Fortinet
9 4 (4.21%) Apple
9 4 (4.21%) Dell
9 4 (4.21%) HP
9 4 (4.21%) Meraki
9 4 (4.21%) Planview
9 4 (4.21%) ServiceNow
10 3 (3.16%) Citrix
10 3 (3.16%) McAfee
10 3 (3.16%) Nokia
10 3 (3.16%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.11%) Aruba
12 1 (1.05%) Forcepoint