The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 - - -
Permanent jobs citing F5 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.06% +21.25%
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
462 586 578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 43.42% 42.87% 36.44%
Number of salaries quoted 297 428 423
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
Scotland

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh F5 Salary Trend

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 9 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco
2 7 (77.78%) CCNA
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (55.56%) Network Design
3 5 (55.56%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) Blue Coat
4 4 (44.44%) Juniper
4 4 (44.44%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
6 2 (22.22%) LogLogic
6 2 (22.22%) SIEM
6 2 (22.22%) Q1 Labs
6 2 (22.22%) Wireless Security
6 2 (22.22%) JNCIA
6 2 (22.22%) VLAN
6 2 (22.22%) CCSA
6 2 (22.22%) Wireless
6 2 (22.22%) IPsec
6 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
6 2 (22.22%) CISSP
6 2 (22.22%) UNIX
6 2 (22.22%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) AIX
6 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (22.22%) VPN
6 2 (22.22%) DNS

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless Security
3 2 (22.22%) VLAN
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless
3 2 (22.22%) IPsec
3 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Network Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (44.44%) Security Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (22.22%) Network Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Network Design
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (22.22%) SIEM
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CCNA
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) JNCIA
3 2 (22.22%) CCSA
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Blue Coat
3 4 (44.44%) Juniper
4 2 (22.22%) LogLogic
4 2 (22.22%) Q1 Labs
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft