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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing F5 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-8.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
107 132 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 39.93% 51.76% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 67 61
Average daily rate £350 £270 £279
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.44% -3.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £185 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 24
Average hourly rate £12.44 £23.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.91% +6.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.56 £10.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.80 £40.00 £51.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
F5
Yorkshire

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing F5 across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire F5 Daily Rate Trend

F5
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDA
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) ProxySG
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel Alteon
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel Alteon
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat