The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BIG-IP over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing BIG-IP 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.365% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.465% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £70,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
273 241 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.91% 24.64% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 247 194 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BIG-IP
East of England

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire BIG-IP Jobs Demand Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire BIG-IP Salary Trend

BIG-IP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing BIG-IP 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 BIG-IP.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) MCSE
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (100.00%) SLA
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) MPLS
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 7 (100.00%) F5
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing BIG-IP 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 BIG-IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (100.00%) MPLS
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Architect
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) IT Consultant
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) MCSE
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft