The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 24 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 Bedfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 84 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing F5 10 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.918% 0.946% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.555% 1.711% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 0
Average salary £54,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,750 £40,750
% change year-on-year
-0.52% +17.17%
All Vendors
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
643 526 319
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 59.04% 55.31% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 577 431 302
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +16.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,600 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
East of England

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing F5 across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire F5 Salary Histogram

F5
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable -13 4 £54,500 +11.22%
Luton - 4 £54,500 -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £67,500 -
F5
East of England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 17 (100.00%) Firewall
2 14 (82.35%) TCP/IP
3 11 (64.71%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) WAN
3 11 (64.71%) MPLS
4 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (58.82%) Cisco
4 10 (58.82%) MS Excel
4 10 (58.82%) ITIL
5 9 (52.94%) CCNP
6 8 (47.06%) CheckPoint
6 8 (47.06%) Linux
7 7 (41.18%) UNIX
7 7 (41.18%) Windows
8 6 (35.29%) MCSE
8 6 (35.29%) SQL
8 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
8 6 (35.29%) VPN
8 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (35.29%) Juniper
8 6 (35.29%) VMware
8 6 (35.29%) SLA
8 6 (35.29%) BIG-IP
8 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (29.41%) Network Security
9 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
9 5 (29.41%) CCDP
9 5 (29.41%) Citrix
9 5 (29.41%) SSL

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Applications
1 10 (58.82%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) Firewall
2 14 (82.35%) TCP/IP
3 11 (64.71%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) WAN
3 11 (64.71%) MPLS
4 6 (35.29%) VPN
4 6 (35.29%) BIG-IP
5 5 (29.41%) Network Security
5 5 (29.41%) SSL
5 5 (29.41%) DHCP
5 5 (29.41%) RIP
5 5 (29.41%) VoIP
5 5 (29.41%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (23.53%) DNS
6 4 (23.53%) VLAN
7 1 (5.882%) BGP
7 1 (5.882%) WLAN
7 1 (5.882%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.882%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Consultant
3 5 (29.41%) Network Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Network Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (23.53%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (23.53%) Technical Architect
4 4 (23.53%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) IT Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Security Administrator
6 1 (5.882%) Security Architect
6 1 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.882%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
2 7 (41.18%) UNIX
2 7 (41.18%) Windows
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (23.53%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Change Control
3 4 (23.53%) Network Management
3 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
3 4 (23.53%) Change Management
3 4 (23.53%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (5.882%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.882%) Network Design
4 1 (5.882%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (5.882%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (52.94%) CCNP
3 6 (35.29%) MCSE
3 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (29.41%) CCDP
5 4 (23.53%) CISSP
5 4 (23.53%) CCNA
5 4 (23.53%) CCDA
5 4 (23.53%) CISA
5 4 (23.53%) CISM
5 4 (23.53%) CEH
6 1 (5.882%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Cisco
2 8 (47.06%) CheckPoint
3 6 (35.29%) Juniper
3 6 (35.29%) VMware
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 5 (29.41%) Citrix
5 1 (5.882%) Symantec
5 1 (5.882%) HP
5 1 (5.882%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.882%) Brocade
5 1 (5.882%) Blue Coat