The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing F5 7 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.224% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.446% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.06% +21.25%
All Vendors
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1571 1653 1611
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 50.27% 48.01% 45.73%
Number of salaries quoted 974 1150 1202
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £59,375
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
UK

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland F5 Salary Trend

F5
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the Scotland 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
Glasgow - 6 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £42,500 -
F5
UK

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 29 (96.67%) CheckPoint
2 28 (93.33%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (93.33%) Cisco
3 27 (90.00%) Firewall
4 24 (80.00%) Juniper
4 24 (80.00%) Network Security
5 23 (76.67%) Blue Coat
5 23 (76.67%) Finance
6 20 (66.67%) Telecoms
6 20 (66.67%) CCNP
6 20 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
7 19 (63.33%) CCSE
7 19 (63.33%) JNCIS
7 19 (63.33%) Cisco PIX
7 19 (63.33%) Websense
8 9 (30.00%) CCNA
9 5 (16.67%) Network Design
10 4 (13.33%) Information Security
10 4 (13.33%) VPN
11 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
11 3 (10.00%) CISSP
11 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
11 3 (10.00%) Wireless
11 3 (10.00%) IPsec
11 3 (10.00%) VLAN
11 3 (10.00%) Degree
11 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
12 2 (6.667%) Wireless Security
12 2 (6.667%) LogLogic
12 2 (6.667%) SIEM

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (3.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (90.00%) Firewall
2 24 (80.00%) Network Security
3 20 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
4 19 (63.33%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (13.33%) VPN
6 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (10.00%) Wireless
6 3 (10.00%) IPsec
6 3 (10.00%) VLAN
7 2 (6.667%) Wireless Security
7 2 (6.667%) DNS
8 1 (3.333%) LAN
8 1 (3.333%) WLAN
General
1 23 (76.67%) Finance
2 20 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (90.00%) Network Engineer
2 24 (80.00%) Security Engineer
3 21 (70.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (63.33%) Firewall Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Cisco Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) UNIX
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
1 2 (6.667%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Network Design
2 4 (13.33%) Information Security
3 3 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 2 (6.667%) SIEM
5 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.333%) Project Management
5 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.333%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.333%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 28 (93.33%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (66.67%) CCNP
3 19 (63.33%) CCSE
3 19 (63.33%) JNCIS
4 9 (30.00%) CCNA
5 3 (10.00%) CISSP
5 3 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (6.667%) JNCIA
6 2 (6.667%) CCSA
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 29 (96.67%) CheckPoint
2 28 (93.33%) Cisco
3 24 (80.00%) Juniper
4 23 (76.67%) Blue Coat
5 19 (63.33%) Websense
6 2 (6.667%) LogLogic
6 2 (6.667%) Q1 Labs
7 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.333%) Riverbed