The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited F5 over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 173 183 167
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -16
Permanent jobs citing F5 31 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.617% 0.044% 0.216%
As % of the Vendors category 1.219% 0.091% 0.436%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 4
Average salary £48,750 £48,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +39.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,250 £41,750 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £69,250 £55,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,750 £40,750
% change year-on-year
-0.52% +17.17%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2544 2198 2063
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 50.60% 48.22% 49.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2048 1844 1705
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
England

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing F5 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands F5 Salary Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham +3 23 £45,000 -7.69%
Shropshire - 8 £55,000 -
F5
England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 (84.21%) Cisco
2 40 (70.18%) Juniper
3 39 (68.42%) CheckPoint
4 37 (64.91%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (63.16%) Network Security
6 33 (57.89%) CCNP
7 32 (56.14%) Firewall
7 32 (56.14%) Blue Coat
8 27 (47.37%) Finance
9 24 (42.11%) Cisco PIX
9 24 (42.11%) Cisco ASA
10 23 (40.35%) JNCIS
10 23 (40.35%) Telecoms
10 23 (40.35%) Websense
10 23 (40.35%) CCSE
11 16 (28.07%) Network Design
12 12 (21.05%) BIG-IP
13 11 (19.30%) HP
14 10 (17.54%) OSPF
14 10 (17.54%) BGP
14 10 (17.54%) Change Management
15 9 (15.79%) CCIE
15 9 (15.79%) Windows
16 8 (14.04%) CiscoWorks
16 8 (14.04%) Nokia
16 8 (14.04%) Intrusion Detection
17 7 (12.28%) Junos
17 7 (12.28%) Cisco IOS
17 7 (12.28%) JNCIP
17 7 (12.28%) CCDA

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (1.754%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.263%) Apache
1 3 (5.263%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.509%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 36 (63.16%) Network Security
2 32 (56.14%) Firewall
3 24 (42.11%) Cisco PIX
3 24 (42.11%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (21.05%) BIG-IP
5 10 (17.54%) OSPF
5 10 (17.54%) BGP
6 8 (14.04%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (12.28%) Junos
7 7 (12.28%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (7.018%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (3.509%) VoIP
9 2 (3.509%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.509%) EIGRP
10 1 (1.754%) Wireless
10 1 (1.754%) IPsec
10 1 (1.754%) VPN
10 1 (1.754%) WLAN
10 1 (1.754%) WAN
10 1 (1.754%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.263%) MySQL
General
1 27 (47.37%) Finance
2 23 (40.35%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.018%) Advertising
4 1 (1.754%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 45 (78.95%) Network Engineer
2 29 (50.88%) Network Security Engineer
2 29 (50.88%) Security Engineer
3 23 (40.35%) Firewall Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Implementation Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 7 (12.28%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Consultant
7 3 (5.263%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.509%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.509%) Technical Specialist
8 2 (3.509%) Principal Consultant
8 2 (3.509%) Principle Consultant
8 2 (3.509%) Infrastructure Team Leader
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco Consultant
9 1 (1.754%) Data Consultant
9 1 (1.754%) Network Team Leader
9 1 (1.754%) Network Project Manager
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco Engineer
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.509%) Blackberry
1 2 (3.509%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.754%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.754%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 3 (5.263%) UNIX
2 3 (5.263%) Solaris
2 3 (5.263%) Linux
3 2 (3.509%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Network Design
2 10 (17.54%) Change Management
3 6 (10.53%) SIEM
4 5 (8.772%) Load Balancing
5 3 (5.263%) Project Management
6 2 (3.509%) ITIL
6 2 (3.509%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.509%) Problem Management
6 2 (3.509%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (3.509%) Change Control
6 2 (3.509%) ITIL V3
7 1 (1.754%) Time Management
7 1 (1.754%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.263%) Perl
1 3 (5.263%) PHP
1 3 (5.263%) SQL
2 2 (3.509%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (64.91%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (57.89%) CCNP
3 23 (40.35%) JNCIS
3 23 (40.35%) CCSE
4 9 (15.79%) CCIE
5 7 (12.28%) JNCIP
5 7 (12.28%) CCDA
5 7 (12.28%) CCDP
6 3 (5.263%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.263%) CCNA
7 2 (3.509%) MCSE
7 2 (3.509%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.754%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (8.772%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (14.04%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 48 (84.21%) Cisco
2 40 (70.18%) Juniper
3 39 (68.42%) CheckPoint
4 32 (56.14%) Blue Coat
5 23 (40.35%) Websense
6 11 (19.30%) HP
7 8 (14.04%) Nokia
8 6 (10.53%) VMware
8 6 (10.53%) LogLogic
8 6 (10.53%) Q1 Labs
9 1 (1.754%) Twitter
9 1 (1.754%) Computacenter
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills o Excellent written and oral communications skills o Strong facilitation and negotiation skills o Ability to moderate and build consensus o Ability to articulate and sell a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £59000 - £61000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Overtime
Posted: 21 May 2013