The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited F5 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 Vendors for the Cambridgeshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 123 - 150
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing F5 20 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.760% - 0.101%
As % of the Vendors category 1.729% - 0.329%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 2
Average salary £48,750 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £49,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +22.50%
All Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1157 1088 912
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 43.96% 37.90% 30.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1002 988 804
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing F5 across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge - 20 £48,750 -
F5
East of England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 23 (82.14%) CheckPoint
2 21 (75.00%) Cisco
3 19 (67.86%) Juniper
4 15 (53.57%) Windows
5 12 (42.86%) Firewall
6 10 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (35.71%) Linux
7 9 (32.14%) TCP/IP
7 9 (32.14%) CCNP
7 9 (32.14%) Symantec
7 9 (32.14%) Sourcefire
7 9 (32.14%) SIEM
8 8 (28.57%) Load Balancing
8 8 (28.57%) ITIL
9 7 (25.00%) Perl
9 7 (25.00%) Oracle
9 7 (25.00%) Apache
9 7 (25.00%) Tomcat
9 7 (25.00%) Python
9 7 (25.00%) SAN
9 7 (25.00%) Red Hat
9 7 (25.00%) Debian
9 7 (25.00%) VMware
9 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
9 7 (25.00%) Fortinet
9 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (25.00%) vSphere
10 6 (21.43%) German Language
10 6 (21.43%) Blue Coat
11 5 (17.86%) UNIX

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) Apache
1 7 (25.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) Firewall
2 9 (32.14%) TCP/IP
3 7 (25.00%) SAN
4 5 (17.86%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (14.29%) Network Security
6 1 (3.571%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (3.571%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.571%) BIG-IP
6 1 (3.571%) Wireless
6 1 (3.571%) MPLS
6 1 (3.571%) OSPF
6 1 (3.571%) BGP
6 1 (3.571%) EIGRP
6 1 (3.571%) LAN
6 1 (3.571%) WAN
General
1 6 (21.43%) German Language
2 4 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Analyst
2 9 (32.14%) Security Analyst
3 8 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
3 8 (28.57%) Senior Security Analyst
4 7 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 7 (25.00%) Linux Support
5 4 (14.29%) Security Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Team Leader
5 4 (14.29%) Network Support
5 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Network Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) NOC Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Project Support Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Project Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.571%) Support Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 2 (7.143%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Linux
3 7 (25.00%) Debian
4 5 (17.86%) UNIX
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.571%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) SIEM
2 8 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL
3 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (7.143%) Cyber Security
6 1 (3.571%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (3.571%) Operations Management
6 1 (3.571%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.571%) ITSM
6 1 (3.571%) Service Management
6 1 (3.571%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Perl
1 7 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (32.14%) CCNP
3 4 (14.29%) JNCIS
3 4 (14.29%) CCNA
3 4 (14.29%) CCSE
4 2 (7.143%) CISSP
4 2 (7.143%) GCIA
4 2 (7.143%) GCIH
4 2 (7.143%) CEH
5 1 (3.571%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) PCI DSS
2 3 (10.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (10.71%) SLA
3 2 (7.143%) ISO 9001
3 2 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (25.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 23 (82.14%) CheckPoint
2 21 (75.00%) Cisco
3 19 (67.86%) Juniper
4 9 (32.14%) Symantec
4 9 (32.14%) Sourcefire
5 7 (25.00%) Oracle
5 7 (25.00%) Red Hat
5 7 (25.00%) VMware
5 7 (25.00%) Fortinet
6 6 (21.43%) Blue Coat
7 5 (17.86%) Qualys
8 4 (14.29%) Websense
9 2 (7.143%) McAfee
9 2 (7.143%) Crossbeam
9 2 (7.143%) Twitter
9 2 (7.143%) ArcSight
9 2 (7.143%) LogLogic
10 1 (3.571%) ProCurve
10 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
10 1 (3.571%) HP