The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 23 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 Belfast 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing F5 28 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 11.52% - -
As % of the Vendors category 24.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.06% +21.25%
All Vendors
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
115 108 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 47.33% 51.43% 62.30%
Number of salaries quoted 67 50 43
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £17,000 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
County Antrim

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast F5 Salary Trend

F5
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 29 (100.00%) Juniper
1 29 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 28 (96.55%) Blue Coat
3 25 (86.21%) Cisco
4 24 (82.76%) Websense
5 16 (55.17%) Firewall
6 15 (51.72%) Network Security
7 4 (13.79%) Wireless Security
7 4 (13.79%) DNS
7 4 (13.79%) Wireless
8 3 (10.34%) LogLogic
8 3 (10.34%) SIEM
8 3 (10.34%) Q1 Labs
9 2 (6.897%) VLAN
9 2 (6.897%) IPsec
9 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
9 2 (6.897%) VPN
10 1 (3.448%) UNIX
10 1 (3.448%) Windows
10 1 (3.448%) AIX
10 1 (3.448%) CCNA
10 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
10 1 (3.448%) CISSP
10 1 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (3.448%) CCSA
10 1 (3.448%) Information Security
10 1 (3.448%) JNCIA

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 16 (55.17%) Firewall
2 15 (51.72%) Network Security
3 4 (13.79%) Wireless Security
3 4 (13.79%) DNS
3 4 (13.79%) Wireless
4 2 (6.897%) VLAN
4 2 (6.897%) IPsec
4 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.897%) VPN
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Security Engineer
2 12 (41.38%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Network Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) UNIX
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
1 1 (3.448%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.34%) SIEM
2 1 (3.448%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) CCNA
1 1 (3.448%) CISSP
1 1 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.448%) CCSA
1 1 (3.448%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Juniper
1 29 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 28 (96.55%) Blue Coat
3 25 (86.21%) Cisco
4 24 (82.76%) Websense
5 3 (10.34%) LogLogic
5 3 (10.34%) Q1 Labs