The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 70 88 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing F5 21 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.650% 0.124% -
As % of the Vendors category 3.723% 0.272% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
Average daily rate £308 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-7.33% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - -
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
564 735 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 44.30% 45.43% 35.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 374 149
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 42
Average hourly rate £14.75 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £31.25 £26.50
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 West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire F5 Daily 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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +21 20 £308 -12.14%
F5
Yorkshire

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 22 (75.86%) Cisco
2 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (51.72%) WAN
4 14 (48.28%) LAN
4 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
4 14 (48.28%) MCSE
4 14 (48.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (48.28%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (44.83%) SAN
5 13 (44.83%) Windows XP
5 13 (44.83%) MS Exchange
5 13 (44.83%) SQL Server
5 13 (44.83%) Exchange Server 2003
5 13 (44.83%) NAS
6 8 (27.59%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (27.59%) BIG-IP
7 7 (24.14%) Red Hat
7 7 (24.14%) Firewall
7 7 (24.14%) Linux
7 7 (24.14%) CentOS
7 7 (24.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (20.69%) Perforce
8 6 (20.69%) Configuration Management
9 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
9 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
10 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (10.34%) CCNP
11 2 (6.897%) Performance Management

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.448%) Middleware
2 1 (3.448%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (44.83%) MS Exchange
1 13 (44.83%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (6.897%) GlassFish
2 2 (6.897%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (3.448%) Apache
3 1 (3.448%) IIS
3 1 (3.448%) WorkSite
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) WAN
2 14 (48.28%) LAN
3 13 (44.83%) SAN
3 13 (44.83%) NAS
4 8 (27.59%) Cisco ASA
4 8 (27.59%) BIG-IP
5 7 (24.14%) Firewall
6 2 (6.897%) SSL
7 1 (3.448%) EIGRP
7 1 (3.448%) BGP
7 1 (3.448%) WLAN
7 1 (3.448%) SMTP
7 1 (3.448%) DHCP
7 1 (3.448%) FTP
7 1 (3.448%) HTTP
7 1 (3.448%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.448%) DNS
7 1 (3.448%) SSH
7 1 (3.448%) DMVPN
7 1 (3.448%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (6.897%) Legal
2 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.448%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Messaging Analyst
1 8 (27.59%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Messaging Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Messaging Specialist
5 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Specialist
6 2 (6.897%) Design Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Server Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Software Manager
6 2 (6.897%) Administrator
7 1 (3.448%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Server Support
7 1 (3.448%) Security Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Configuration Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Messaging Architect
7 1 (3.448%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Firmware
1 1 (3.448%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Windows
1 20 (68.97%) Windows Server 2008
2 14 (48.28%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (44.83%) Windows XP
4 7 (24.14%) Linux
4 7 (24.14%) CentOS
4 7 (24.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (6.897%) Solaris
7 1 (3.448%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Configuration Management
2 2 (6.897%) Performance Management
3 1 (3.448%) Migration
3 1 (3.448%) CRM
3 1 (3.448%) ITIL
3 1 (3.448%) Test Management
3 1 (3.448%) Test Scripting
3 1 (3.448%) Document Management
3 1 (3.448%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) SQL
2 1 (3.448%) Lisp
2 1 (3.448%) C
2 1 (3.448%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) MCSE
1 14 (48.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.34%) CCNP
4 1 (3.448%) MCP
4 1 (3.448%) CCIE
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.448%) XenServer
1 1 (3.448%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (3.448%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 22 (75.86%) Cisco
2 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
3 7 (24.14%) Red Hat
4 6 (20.69%) Perforce
5 2 (6.897%) Sun
6 1 (3.448%) VMware
6 1 (3.448%) OPNET
6 1 (3.448%) Juniper
6 1 (3.448%) BMC
6 1 (3.448%) Motorola
6 1 (3.448%) HP
6 1 (3.448%) Citrix
6 1 (3.448%) TippingPoint
6 1 (3.448%) Syncsort
6 1 (3.448%) Brocade
6 1 (3.448%) Riverbed