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 Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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 149 146 135
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Permanent jobs citing F5 23 20 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.633% 0.623% 0.562%
As % of the Vendors category 1.323% 1.360% 1.128%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 17
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £48,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.06% +21.25%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1739 1471 1507
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 47.87% 45.83% 49.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1397 1153 1273
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
F5
Yorkshire

F5
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing F5 across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -6 22 £42,500 -11.45%
F5
Yorkshire

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 52 (92.86%) Cisco
2 46 (82.14%) Firewall
3 45 (80.36%) CheckPoint
4 43 (76.79%) Cisco ASA
5 39 (69.64%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (64.29%) Network Security
7 34 (60.71%) Juniper
8 29 (51.79%) CCNP
9 27 (48.21%) Cisco PIX
10 23 (41.07%) Finance
11 21 (37.50%) Blue Coat
12 19 (33.93%) CCSE
12 19 (33.93%) JNCIS
12 19 (33.93%) Websense
12 19 (33.93%) Telecoms
13 16 (28.57%) BIG-IP
14 13 (23.21%) BGP
14 13 (23.21%) OSPF
14 13 (23.21%) Cisco Nexus
15 12 (21.43%) Windows
16 11 (19.64%) ITIL
16 11 (19.64%) CCIE
16 11 (19.64%) CCSP
16 11 (19.64%) VPN
17 10 (17.86%) Load Balancing
18 9 (16.07%) WAN
18 9 (16.07%) MPLS
18 9 (16.07%) EIGRP
18 9 (16.07%) Wireless
19 8 (14.29%) Linux

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (12.50%) .NET
2 3 (5.357%) WebSphere
2 3 (5.357%) Web Services
2 3 (5.357%) XML
2 3 (5.357%) XSD
3 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.71%) IIS
2 5 (8.929%) Apache
3 3 (5.357%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (5.357%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.357%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (3.571%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.571%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 46 (82.14%) Firewall
2 43 (76.79%) Cisco ASA
3 36 (64.29%) Network Security
4 27 (48.21%) Cisco PIX
5 16 (28.57%) BIG-IP
6 13 (23.21%) BGP
6 13 (23.21%) OSPF
6 13 (23.21%) Cisco Nexus
7 11 (19.64%) VPN
8 9 (16.07%) WAN
8 9 (16.07%) MPLS
8 9 (16.07%) EIGRP
8 9 (16.07%) Wireless
9 7 (12.50%) DMZ
9 7 (12.50%) FWSM
10 6 (10.71%) FTP
10 6 (10.71%) HTTP
10 6 (10.71%) TCP/IP
10 6 (10.71%) LAN
11 5 (8.929%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.929%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.357%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (5.357%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (5.357%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (5.357%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.786%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.786%) MySQL
General
1 23 (41.07%) Finance
2 19 (33.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (51.79%) Network Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Network Security Engineer
2 21 (37.50%) Security Engineer
3 19 (33.93%) Firewall Engineer
4 13 (23.21%) Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) Data Centre Architect
6 6 (10.71%) Data Architect
7 5 (8.929%) Network Architect
8 4 (7.143%) Team Leader
8 4 (7.143%) Network Team Leader
8 4 (7.143%) Technical Support
9 3 (5.357%) Network Security Architect
9 3 (5.357%) Applications Support
9 3 (5.357%) Applications Consultant
9 3 (5.357%) Technical Consultant
9 3 (5.357%) Support Consultant
9 3 (5.357%) Consultant
9 3 (5.357%) Applications Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.357%) Open Source
1 3 (5.357%) Client/Server
2 2 (3.571%) Statistics
3 1 (1.786%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.786%) Firmware
3 1 (1.786%) Replication
3 1 (1.786%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.43%) Windows
2 8 (14.29%) Linux
3 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (8.929%) UNIX
5 3 (5.357%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.357%) AIX
5 3 (5.357%) Solaris
5 3 (5.357%) SUSE
6 2 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.571%) CentOS
7 1 (1.786%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.786%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.64%) ITIL
2 10 (17.86%) Load Balancing
3 7 (12.50%) Network Design
4 4 (7.143%) Incident Management
4 4 (7.143%) Change Management
4 4 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (7.143%) Change Control
4 4 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (7.143%) Network Load Balancing
4 4 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (5.357%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (5.357%) Integration Testing
5 3 (5.357%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 3 (5.357%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (5.357%) SOA
5 3 (5.357%) Benchmarking
6 2 (3.571%) Project Management
6 2 (3.571%) High Availability
6 2 (3.571%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.786%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.143%) Java
2 3 (5.357%) SQL
2 3 (5.357%) VBScript
3 1 (1.786%) Bash shell
3 1 (1.786%) Perl
3 1 (1.786%) PHP
3 1 (1.786%) C#
3 1 (1.786%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (69.64%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (51.79%) CCNP
3 19 (33.93%) CCSE
3 19 (33.93%) JNCIS
4 11 (19.64%) CCIE
4 11 (19.64%) CCSP
5 7 (12.50%) CCDE
6 4 (7.143%) GCWN
6 4 (7.143%) CEH
6 4 (7.143%) CWSP
6 4 (7.143%) CISSP
6 4 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (7.143%) Degree
7 3 (5.357%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.357%) Security Cleared
7 3 (5.357%) MCP
7 3 (5.357%) MCSE
7 3 (5.357%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.571%) MCITP
8 2 (3.571%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) SLA
2 4 (7.143%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (5.357%) XenServer
1 3 (5.357%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.357%) vSphere
1 3 (5.357%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.786%) Xen
2 1 (1.786%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.786%) NFS
2 1 (1.786%) ISA Server
2 1 (1.786%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (1.786%) PureDisk
2 1 (1.786%) Nagios
Vendors
1 52 (92.86%) Cisco
2 45 (80.36%) CheckPoint
3 34 (60.71%) Juniper
4 21 (37.50%) Blue Coat
5 19 (33.93%) Websense
6 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 7 (12.50%) SolarWinds
7 6 (10.71%) VMware
7 6 (10.71%) NetApp
8 5 (8.929%) Red Hat
8 5 (8.929%) Avaya
9 3 (5.357%) Oracle
9 3 (5.357%) IBM
9 3 (5.357%) Citrix
9 3 (5.357%) Brocade
10 2 (3.571%) HP
10 2 (3.571%) ProCurve
11 1 (1.786%) Syncsort
11 1 (1.786%) LogLogic
11 1 (1.786%) Q1 Labs