The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bedford region.

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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank - 36 -
Permanent jobs citing F5 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - 2.632% -
As % of the Vendors category - 4.762% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £50,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-1.55% +13.52%
All Vendors
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
157 105 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 64.08% 55.26% 41.25%
Number of salaries quoted 156 97 60
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,750 £30,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
Bedfordshire

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford F5 Jobs Demand Trend

F5
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing F5 across the Bedford region.

Bedford F5 Salary Trend

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited F5.

1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) RIP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) CCDP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) MPLS
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 4 (80.00%) CEH
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) Network Management
2 4 (80.00%) CISA
2 4 (80.00%) CISM
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited F5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VoIP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) RIP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) MPLS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) CCDP
2 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) CISA
2 4 (80.00%) CISM
2 4 (80.00%) CEH
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
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