The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BIG-IP 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank 709 746 748
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +2
Permanent jobs citing BIG-IP 127 114 122
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.126% 0.101% 0.102%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.646% 0.570% 0.639%
Number of salaries quoted 74 70 112
Average salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,300 £37,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19648 19988 19081
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.52% 17.63% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 15983 16808 15943
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £64,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BIG-IP
UK

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England BIG-IP Jobs Demand Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the England region.

England BIG-IP Salary Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England BIG-IP Salary Histogram

BIG-IP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BIG-IP within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +18 42 £52,500 -12.50%
South East +11 40 £57,500 +6.97%
Yorkshire -4 13 £42,500 -7.60%
West Midlands -10 11 £45,000 -
East of England +16 9 £70,000 +66.66%
East Midlands 0 6 £32,750 +9.16%
North West - 4 £34,000 -
South West - 2 - -
BIG-IP
UK

BIG-IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 208 (87.03%) F5
2 170 (71.13%) Cisco
3 144 (60.25%) Firewall
4 140 (58.58%) CheckPoint
5 99 (41.42%) Cisco ASA
6 98 (41.00%) Cisco Certification
7 65 (27.20%) WAN
7 65 (27.20%) Windows
8 64 (26.78%) Linux
9 62 (25.94%) LAN
9 62 (25.94%) CCNP
10 60 (25.10%) TCP/IP
10 60 (25.10%) VMware
11 59 (24.69%) ITIL
12 55 (23.01%) Cisco PIX
13 54 (22.59%) Cisco Nexus
14 50 (20.92%) Juniper
15 49 (20.50%) CCNA
16 48 (20.08%) DNS
17 44 (18.41%) CCSE
18 42 (17.57%) Blue Coat
18 42 (17.57%) BGP
19 41 (17.15%) Internet
20 40 (16.74%) MPLS
20 40 (16.74%) VPN
20 40 (16.74%) CCSA
20 40 (16.74%) Network Security
21 39 (16.32%) CCIE
22 38 (15.90%) DHCP
23 37 (15.48%) Microsoft

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 21 (8.787%) Web Services
2 16 (6.695%) Ruby on Rails
3 10 (4.184%) Middleware
4 9 (3.766%) XML
4 9 (3.766%) .NET
5 8 (3.347%) WebSphere
6 7 (2.929%) Java EE
7 4 (1.674%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.674%) CSS
7 4 (1.674%) J2EE
8 3 (1.255%) JMX
8 3 (1.255%) JMS
9 2 (0.837%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.418%) COM
Application Platforms
1 26 (10.88%) MS Exchange
2 24 (10.04%) Apache
3 23 (9.623%) IIS
4 20 (8.368%) Rackspace Cloud
4 20 (8.368%) SharePoint
5 19 (7.950%) Amazon AWS
6 18 (7.531%) Exchange Server 2010
7 17 (7.113%) Amazon EC2
8 11 (4.603%) Tomcat
9 10 (4.184%) Office Communications Server
10 7 (2.929%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 7 (2.929%) SharePoint 2010
11 4 (1.674%) Lync
11 4 (1.674%) Oracle Coherence
12 2 (0.837%) Windows Azure
12 2 (0.837%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.837%) SharePoint 2013
12 2 (0.837%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.837%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.837%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 22 (9.205%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.184%) MS Office
3 5 (2.092%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.837%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 144 (60.25%) Firewall
2 99 (41.42%) Cisco ASA
3 65 (27.20%) WAN
4 62 (25.94%) LAN
5 60 (25.10%) TCP/IP
6 55 (23.01%) Cisco PIX
7 54 (22.59%) Cisco Nexus
8 48 (20.08%) DNS
9 42 (17.57%) BGP
10 41 (17.15%) Internet
11 40 (16.74%) MPLS
11 40 (16.74%) VPN
11 40 (16.74%) Network Security
12 38 (15.90%) DHCP
13 36 (15.06%) OSPF
14 29 (12.13%) FWSM
15 28 (11.72%) Wireless
16 25 (10.46%) Cisco IOS
17 23 (9.623%) SNMP
17 23 (9.623%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.72%) MySQL
2 21 (8.787%) SQL Server
2 21 (8.787%) MongoDB
2 21 (8.787%) Redis
3 17 (7.113%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.929%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (1.255%) DB2
6 2 (0.837%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.418%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (1.674%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (14.23%) Finance
2 31 (12.97%) Back Office
3 14 (5.858%) Telecoms
3 14 (5.858%) Retail
4 11 (4.603%) Billing
5 5 (2.092%) Games
6 4 (1.674%) Marketing
6 4 (1.674%) Advertising
6 4 (1.674%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.255%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.837%) Law
9 1 (0.418%) Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (26.78%) Network Engineer
2 32 (13.39%) Security Engineer
3 25 (10.46%) Administrator
3 25 (10.46%) Architect
4 23 (9.623%) Consultant
4 23 (9.623%) Systems Administrator
5 19 (7.950%) Analyst
6 18 (7.531%) Linux Administrator
6 18 (7.531%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 15 (6.276%) IP Engineer
8 14 (5.858%) Senior Network Engineer
8 14 (5.858%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (5.858%) Network Architect
9 13 (5.439%) Team Leader
10 12 (5.021%) Designer
11 11 (4.603%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.603%) Network Support
11 11 (4.603%) Deployment Engineer
11 11 (4.603%) Implementation Engineer
12 10 (4.184%) Lead Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.55%) Replication
2 26 (10.88%) Clustering
3 7 (2.929%) Blackberry
3 7 (2.929%) PKI
3 7 (2.929%) Computer Science
4 6 (2.510%) SecurID
5 4 (1.674%) Open Source
5 4 (1.674%) EqualLogic
5 4 (1.674%) Statistics
5 4 (1.674%) Firmware
6 3 (1.255%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.255%) Grid Computing
6 3 (1.255%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.255%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.255%) SaaS
7 2 (0.837%) Social Media
7 2 (0.837%) IaaS
7 2 (0.837%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.418%) IVR
8 1 (0.418%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 65 (27.20%) Windows
2 64 (26.78%) Linux
3 36 (15.06%) Windows Server 2008
4 31 (12.97%) UNIX
5 30 (12.55%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (7.531%) CentOS
6 18 (7.531%) Debian
7 17 (7.113%) Ubuntu
8 11 (4.603%) Windows 2000
9 5 (2.092%) Solaris
10 3 (1.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.255%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.837%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.837%) AIX
11 2 (0.837%) HPUX
12 1 (0.418%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (24.69%) ITIL
2 28 (11.72%) E-Commerce
3 21 (8.787%) Project Management
3 21 (8.787%) Load Balancing
4 18 (7.531%) Change Management
5 17 (7.113%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (6.276%) Network Design
6 15 (6.276%) Configuration Management
7 13 (5.439%) Network Load Balancing
8 12 (5.021%) Problem Management
9 11 (4.603%) CRM
9 11 (4.603%) Change Control
10 9 (3.766%) Service Delivery
11 7 (2.929%) B2B
11 7 (2.929%) Incident Management
11 7 (2.929%) Performance Management
11 7 (2.929%) Capacity Planning
12 6 (2.510%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.510%) Data Protection
12 6 (2.510%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.623%) Ruby
2 22 (9.205%) Perl
3 20 (8.368%) Java
4 18 (7.531%) SQL
5 10 (4.184%) PHP
6 9 (3.766%) Python
7 8 (3.347%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.255%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.255%) AWK
8 3 (1.255%) sed
8 3 (1.255%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 98 (41.00%) Cisco Certification
2 62 (25.94%) CCNP
3 49 (20.50%) CCNA
4 44 (18.41%) CCSE
5 40 (16.74%) CCSA
6 39 (16.32%) CCIE
7 26 (10.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (10.04%) CCSP
9 19 (7.950%) Degree
9 19 (7.950%) Security Cleared
10 18 (7.531%) MCSE
11 13 (5.439%) SC Cleared
12 11 (4.603%) CCDP
13 9 (3.766%) MCITP
14 6 (2.510%) CCDE
14 6 (2.510%) JNCIA
14 6 (2.510%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (1.255%) MCP
16 2 (0.837%) CTC Cleared
16 2 (0.837%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.787%) SLA
2 8 (3.347%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.510%) QA
3 6 (2.510%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.418%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (14.64%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.623%) ProxySG
3 23 (9.623%) Xen
4 15 (6.276%) VMware ESX
5 9 (3.766%) vSphere
6 8 (3.347%) ISA Server
7 7 (2.929%) Oracle RAC
8 6 (2.510%) Terminal Services
9 5 (2.092%) NLBS
9 5 (2.092%) Hyper-V
10 4 (1.674%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.255%) Samba
11 3 (1.255%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (1.255%) XenServer
12 2 (0.837%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (0.837%) IAG
12 2 (0.837%) UAG
12 2 (0.837%) XenApp
13 1 (0.418%) Snort
Systems Management
1 28 (11.72%) Puppet
2 16 (6.695%) SCOM
3 13 (5.439%) CiscoWorks
3 13 (5.439%) SolarWinds Orion
4 12 (5.021%) SCCM
5 8 (3.347%) Cisco CUCM
5 8 (3.347%) WSUS
5 8 (3.347%) Backup Exec
6 5 (2.092%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (2.092%) NetBackup
6 5 (2.092%) BladeLogic
7 4 (1.674%) Cacti
7 4 (1.674%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.674%) Tivoli
7 4 (1.674%) Nagios
8 3 (1.255%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.837%) Cisco UCCX
9 2 (0.837%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.418%) CA SiteMinder
10 1 (0.418%) WMI
Vendors
1 208 (87.03%) F5
2 170 (71.13%) Cisco
3 140 (58.58%) CheckPoint
4 60 (25.10%) VMware
5 50 (20.92%) Juniper
6 42 (17.57%) Blue Coat
7 37 (15.48%) Microsoft
8 26 (10.88%) HP
9 25 (10.46%) Red Hat
9 25 (10.46%) SolarWinds
10 23 (9.623%) Nokia
11 22 (9.205%) Citrix
12 15 (6.276%) JBoss
12 15 (6.276%) Oracle
13 14 (5.858%) Infoblox
13 14 (5.858%) Dell
14 11 (4.603%) Websense
15 9 (3.766%) NetApp
15 9 (3.766%) Veritas
16 8 (3.347%) Avaya
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