The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 125 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing F5 21 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.800% 0.379% -
As % of the Vendors category 1.650% 0.791% -
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 0
Average salary £42,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £49,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +22.50%
All Vendors
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1273 1011 842
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 48.48% 47.91% 46.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1027 843 718
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
West Yorkshire

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds F5 Salary Histogram

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 48 (97.96%) Cisco
2 42 (85.71%) CheckPoint
2 42 (85.71%) Firewall
3 41 (83.67%) Cisco ASA
4 34 (69.39%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (65.31%) Juniper
5 32 (65.31%) Network Security
6 27 (55.10%) CCNP
7 25 (51.02%) Cisco PIX
8 23 (46.94%) Finance
9 20 (40.82%) Blue Coat
10 19 (38.78%) CCSE
10 19 (38.78%) JNCIS
10 19 (38.78%) Telecoms
10 19 (38.78%) Websense
11 16 (32.65%) BIG-IP
12 11 (22.45%) OSPF
12 11 (22.45%) BGP
13 9 (18.37%) CCIE
13 9 (18.37%) CCSP
13 9 (18.37%) VPN
13 9 (18.37%) ITIL
13 9 (18.37%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (16.33%) DMZ
14 8 (16.33%) Load Balancing
14 8 (16.33%) SolarWinds
14 8 (16.33%) SolarWinds Orion
15 7 (14.29%) Wireless
15 7 (14.29%) EIGRP
15 7 (14.29%) MPLS

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 Development
1 4 (8.163%) .NET
2 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.122%) IIS
2 2 (4.082%) Apache
2 2 (4.082%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.082%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.082%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 42 (85.71%) Firewall
2 41 (83.67%) Cisco ASA
3 32 (65.31%) Network Security
4 25 (51.02%) Cisco PIX
5 16 (32.65%) BIG-IP
6 11 (22.45%) OSPF
6 11 (22.45%) BGP
7 9 (18.37%) VPN
7 9 (18.37%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (16.33%) DMZ
9 7 (14.29%) Wireless
9 7 (14.29%) EIGRP
9 7 (14.29%) MPLS
9 7 (14.29%) WAN
10 5 (10.20%) FWSM
11 4 (8.163%) Internet
11 4 (8.163%) DNS
11 4 (8.163%) SSL
11 4 (8.163%) LAN
11 4 (8.163%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.082%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.041%) MySQL
2 1 (2.041%) Data Mining
General
1 23 (46.94%) Finance
2 19 (38.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (55.10%) Network Engineer
2 21 (42.86%) Security Engineer
2 21 (42.86%) Network Security Engineer
3 19 (38.78%) Firewall Engineer
4 11 (22.45%) Architect
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Network Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Data Centre Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Data Architect
6 5 (10.20%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (8.163%) Network Team Leader
7 4 (8.163%) Team Leader
8 3 (6.122%) Security Architect
8 3 (6.122%) Network Security Architect
9 2 (4.082%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Windows Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Systems Architect
9 2 (4.082%) Server Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Windows Server Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.082%) Statistics
2 1 (2.041%) Replication
2 1 (2.041%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.041%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Windows
2 5 (10.20%) Linux
3 3 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (6.122%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.082%) UNIX
4 2 (4.082%) CentOS
4 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.041%) Debian
5 1 (2.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.37%) ITIL
2 8 (16.33%) Load Balancing
3 5 (10.20%) Network Design
4 4 (8.163%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (8.163%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (8.163%) Change Management
4 4 (8.163%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.082%) Project Management
5 2 (4.082%) Incident Management
5 2 (4.082%) Network Load Balancing
5 2 (4.082%) Problem Management
5 2 (4.082%) High Availability
5 2 (4.082%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (4.082%) Change Control
6 1 (2.041%) SIEM
6 1 (2.041%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.122%) SQL
2 1 (2.041%) Bash shell
2 1 (2.041%) C#
2 1 (2.041%) C++
2 1 (2.041%) Java
2 1 (2.041%) Perl
2 1 (2.041%) PHP
Qualifications
1 34 (69.39%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (55.10%) CCNP
3 19 (38.78%) CCSE
3 19 (38.78%) JNCIS
4 9 (18.37%) CCIE
4 9 (18.37%) CCSP
5 5 (10.20%) CCDE
6 4 (8.163%) CISSP
6 4 (8.163%) CEH
6 4 (8.163%) GCWN
6 4 (8.163%) CWSP
7 3 (6.122%) SC Cleared
7 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.122%) MCSE
7 3 (6.122%) MCP
7 3 (6.122%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (4.082%) CCDP
8 2 (4.082%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (4.082%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (4.082%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.163%) SLA
1 4 (8.163%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (6.122%) XenServer
1 3 (6.122%) vSphere
1 3 (6.122%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.041%) Xen
2 1 (2.041%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.041%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.041%) PureDisk
2 1 (2.041%) Nagios
Vendors
1 48 (97.96%) Cisco
2 42 (85.71%) CheckPoint
3 32 (65.31%) Juniper
4 20 (40.82%) Blue Coat
5 19 (38.78%) Websense
6 8 (16.33%) SolarWinds
7 4 (8.163%) Avaya
8 3 (6.122%) VMware
8 3 (6.122%) Brocade
8 3 (6.122%) Microsoft
8 3 (6.122%) Citrix
8 3 (6.122%) NetApp
9 2 (4.082%) Red Hat
9 2 (4.082%) HP
9 2 (4.082%) ProCurve
10 1 (2.041%) LogLogic
10 1 (2.041%) Q1 Labs
10 1 (2.041%) Syncsort