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The table below looks at the demand for F5 Networks BIG-IP skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BIG-IP over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkF5 Networks BIG-IP
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank333334
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads82
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.296 %0.086 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£51,875£60,000
Average salary£53,125£75,000
% change on same period last year-29.16 %
Average maximum salary£54,375£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,250£47,400
% change on same period last year-10.86 %
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads27002322
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.552 %0.995 %
Salaries quoted23781780
Average minimum salary£45,390£45,192
Average salary£49,057£48,161
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
Average maximum salary£52,723£51,130
UK excluding London average salary£37,878£38,976
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
BIG-IP LondonBIG-IP
London

BIG-IP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London BIG-IP Demand Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the City of London region.

City of London BIG-IP Salary Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the City of London region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

City of London BIG-IP Salary Histogram

BIG-IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

112 (70.59 %)Firewall
210 (58.82 %)Cisco
39 (52.94 %)DNS
39 (52.94 %)Cisco PIX
48 (47.06 %)Linux
48 (47.06 %)Apache
57 (41.18 %)UNIX
57 (41.18 %)MySQL
57 (41.18 %)E-Commerce
57 (41.18 %)Finance
57 (41.18 %)Perforce
57 (41.18 %)Squid
57 (41.18 %)Load Balancing
57 (41.18 %)Unit Testing
66 (35.29 %)VPN
66 (35.29 %)CheckPoint
75 (29.41 %)Cisco Certification
84 (23.53 %)LAN
84 (23.53 %)WAN
84 (23.53 %)ITIL
84 (23.53 %)Nokia
84 (23.53 %)Cisco ASA
93 (17.65 %)Network Security
93 (17.65 %)VLAN
93 (17.65 %)Blue Coat
93 (17.65 %)CCNA
93 (17.65 %)Wireless
93 (17.65 %)SNMP
102 (11.76 %)Ethernet
102 (11.76 %)RIP

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (47.06 %)Apache
21 (5.882 %)Tomcat
21 (5.882 %)GlassFish
21 (5.882 %)WebLogic
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (70.59 %)Firewall
29 (52.94 %)DNS
29 (52.94 %)Cisco PIX
36 (35.29 %)VPN
44 (23.53 %)LAN
44 (23.53 %)WAN
44 (23.53 %)Cisco ASA
53 (17.65 %)Network Security
53 (17.65 %)SNMP
53 (17.65 %)Wireless
53 (17.65 %)VLAN
62 (11.76 %)Nortel Alteon
62 (11.76 %)MPLS
62 (11.76 %)OSPF
62 (11.76 %)BGP
62 (11.76 %)EIGRP
62 (11.76 %)Ethernet
62 (11.76 %)RIP
62 (11.76 %)VoIP
71 (5.882 %)SSL
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (41.18 %)MySQL
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server
21 (5.882 %)PostgreSQL
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (41.18 %)Finance
21 (5.882 %)Games
21 (5.882 %)Banking
21 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (47.06 %)Network Engineer
27 (41.18 %)Systems Engineer
27 (41.18 %)Lead Systems Engineer
32 (11.76 %)Senior Network Engineer
41 (5.882 %)Network Consultant
41 (5.882 %)IT Manager
41 (5.882 %)Consultant
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.882 %)Clustering
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Linux
27 (41.18 %)UNIX
31 (5.882 %)Solaris
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)E-Commerce
17 (41.18 %)Load Balancing
17 (41.18 %)Unit Testing
24 (23.53 %)ITIL
31 (5.882 %)Time Management
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (29.41 %)Cisco Certification
23 (17.65 %)CCNA
32 (11.76 %)CCDP
32 (11.76 %)CCIE
32 (11.76 %)CCSP
32 (11.76 %)CCNP
32 (11.76 %)CCSA
32 (11.76 %)CCSE
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (41.18 %)Squid
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (58.82 %)Cisco
27 (41.18 %)Perforce
36 (35.29 %)CheckPoint
44 (23.53 %)Nokia
53 (17.65 %)Blue Coat
62 (11.76 %)Nortel
71 (5.882 %)Avaya
71 (5.882 %)Juniper
71 (5.882 %)Oracle
71 (5.882 %)Sybase