BIG-IP Contracts with Work from Home Options

F5 Networks BIG-IP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for BIG-IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BIG-IP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 432 614
Rank change year-on-year +86 +182 -155
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 1 35 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.14% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.064% 1.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 32 3
10th Percentile - £506 £333
25th Percentile £575 £541 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +31.58% +18.75%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £513
90th Percentile - - £528
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% +12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

BIG-IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,895 4,322
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.52% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,922 2,924
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

BIG-IP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing BIG-IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BIG-IP trend for jobs with a WFH option

BIG-IP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing BIG-IP.

BIG-IP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

BIG-IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) EPiServer
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CA
1 1 (100.00%) F5