The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BIG-IP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank 175 187 166
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -21
Permanent jobs citing BIG-IP 6 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.167% 0.026% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.751% 0.107% 0.392%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
Average salary - £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
799 933 766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 22.27% 24.18% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 644 800 627
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BIG-IP
South East

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire BIG-IP Salary Trend

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke -9 6 - -
BIG-IP
South East

BIG-IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Juniper
2 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (80.00%) MPLS
2 8 (80.00%) OSPF
2 8 (80.00%) BGP
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) F5
3 6 (60.00%) OSCP
3 6 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (60.00%) DWDM
3 6 (60.00%) IPsec
3 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 6 (60.00%) SSH
3 6 (60.00%) PKI
3 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (60.00%) Network Security
3 6 (60.00%) EIGRP
3 6 (60.00%) VoIP
3 6 (60.00%) WAN
3 6 (60.00%) Ethernet
3 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (60.00%) VPN
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) Linux
4 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (30.00%) SSL
6 3 (30.00%) Internet

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Apache
1 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Lync
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Office 365
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) MPLS
1 8 (80.00%) OSPF
1 8 (80.00%) BGP
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (60.00%) DWDM
2 6 (60.00%) IPsec
2 6 (60.00%) SSH
2 6 (60.00%) Network Security
2 6 (60.00%) EIGRP
2 6 (60.00%) VoIP
2 6 (60.00%) WAN
2 6 (60.00%) Ethernet
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (60.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (30.00%) SSL
4 3 (30.00%) Internet
4 3 (30.00%) WAAS
5 2 (20.00%) NetScaler
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) IaaS
2 2 (20.00%) Social Media
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) AIX
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) ERP
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) OSCP
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CCIE
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (20.00%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (20.00%) IAG
3 2 (20.00%) UAG
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (20.00%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Juniper
2 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (80.00%) F5
3 6 (60.00%) VMware
4 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Riverbed
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) Websense
5 2 (20.00%) Avaya