The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 18 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 Vendors for the Middlesex 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 53 51 76
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +25
Permanent jobs citing F5 5 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.954% 1.786% 0.150%
As % of the Vendors category 2.212% 4.265% 0.269%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 1
Average salary £80,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-1.55% +13.52%
All Vendors
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
226 211 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 43.13% 41.87% 55.86%
Number of salaries quoted 177 173 310
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,450 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
South East

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing F5 across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Middlesex F5 Salary Histogram

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 13 (100.00%) Cisco
1 13 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
1 13 (100.00%) Wireless
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 12 (92.31%) Cisco Nexus
3 11 (84.62%) WAN
4 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (69.23%) Juniper
4 9 (69.23%) VPN
4 9 (69.23%) MPLS
5 8 (61.54%) BGP
5 8 (61.54%) CCNP
5 8 (61.54%) VMware
5 8 (61.54%) Network Design
5 8 (61.54%) FWSM
6 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (38.46%) Project Management
7 5 (38.46%) LAN
8 4 (30.77%) Oracle
8 4 (30.77%) ITIL
8 4 (30.77%) UNIX
8 4 (30.77%) Linux
8 4 (30.77%) SLA
8 4 (30.77%) Intranet
8 4 (30.77%) Internet
8 4 (30.77%) BIG-IP
8 4 (30.77%) Replication
8 4 (30.77%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (15.38%) CCIE

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
1 13 (100.00%) Wireless
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 12 (92.31%) Cisco Nexus
3 11 (84.62%) WAN
4 9 (69.23%) VPN
4 9 (69.23%) MPLS
5 8 (61.54%) FWSM
5 8 (61.54%) BGP
6 5 (38.46%) LAN
7 4 (30.77%) Intranet
7 4 (30.77%) Internet
7 4 (30.77%) BIG-IP
8 1 (7.692%) EIGRP
8 1 (7.692%) IPsec
8 1 (7.692%) OSPF
8 1 (7.692%) VoIP
8 1 (7.692%) WLAN
8 1 (7.692%) SNMP
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Consultant
1 8 (61.54%) Consultant
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Consultant
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (23.08%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Network Team Leader
5 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) UNIX
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Network Design
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 1 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Capacity Management
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (61.54%) CCNP
3 2 (15.38%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) Juniper
3 8 (61.54%) VMware
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle
5 1 (7.692%) Brocade
5 1 (7.692%) Riverbed