The first table below looks at the demand for BIG-IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BIG-IP over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5 Networks BIG-IP
Rank 186 203 195
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -8
Permanent jobs citing BIG-IP 21 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.387% 0.247% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.966% 1.416% 0.454%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 4
Average salary £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -3.15%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +12.50%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1068 918 882
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 19.67% 17.42% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 820 700 763
Average salary £36,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.38% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,547 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BIG-IP
England

BIG-IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Yorkshire BIG-IP Jobs Demand Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire BIG-IP Salary Trend

BIG-IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BIG-IP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire BIG-IP Salary Histogram

BIG-IP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BIG-IP within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire -6 10 £41,250 -10.32%
North Yorkshire - 10 £50,000 -
BIG-IP
England

BIG-IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing BIG-IP 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 BIG-IP.

1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (96.00%) Cisco ASA
3 22 (88.00%) F5
4 21 (84.00%) CheckPoint
5 19 (76.00%) Firewall
6 18 (72.00%) BGP
7 17 (68.00%) OSPF
7 17 (68.00%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (68.00%) CCNP
8 14 (56.00%) Cisco IOS
9 11 (44.00%) Blue Coat
9 11 (44.00%) CCSE
9 11 (44.00%) E-Commerce
10 10 (40.00%) NetScreen
10 10 (40.00%) Imperva
10 10 (40.00%) DMVPN
11 9 (36.00%) ITIL
11 9 (36.00%) DNS
12 7 (28.00%) VPN
12 7 (28.00%) DHCP
12 7 (28.00%) Citrix
12 7 (28.00%) Linux
12 7 (28.00%) VMware
13 6 (24.00%) LAN
13 6 (24.00%) WAN
13 6 (24.00%) SolarWinds
13 6 (24.00%) SolarWinds Orion
13 6 (24.00%) Infoblox
14 5 (20.00%) Degree
14 5 (20.00%) Network Security

BIG-IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing BIG-IP 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 BIG-IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (12.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) IIS
2 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.000%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.000%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (4.000%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 24 (96.00%) Cisco ASA
2 19 (76.00%) Firewall
3 18 (72.00%) BGP
4 17 (68.00%) OSPF
5 14 (56.00%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (40.00%) NetScreen
6 10 (40.00%) DMVPN
7 9 (36.00%) DNS
8 7 (28.00%) VPN
8 7 (28.00%) DHCP
9 6 (24.00%) LAN
9 6 (24.00%) WAN
10 5 (20.00%) Network Security
10 5 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (20.00%) Wireless
10 5 (20.00%) EIGRP
10 5 (20.00%) MPLS
11 4 (16.00%) Internet
11 4 (16.00%) DMZ
11 4 (16.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Team Leader
1 6 (24.00%) Network Team Leader
2 4 (16.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Technical Leader
3 3 (12.00%) Network Architect
3 3 (12.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.000%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Systems Architect
4 2 (8.000%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Windows Server Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Thin Client
1 4 (16.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (8.000%) SecurID
3 1 (4.000%) Statistics
3 1 (4.000%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (8.000%) UNIX
3 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.000%) CentOS
4 1 (4.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.000%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) E-Commerce
2 9 (36.00%) ITIL
3 4 (16.00%) Change Management
3 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (16.00%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (12.00%) Load Balancing
4 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 2 (8.000%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.000%) B2B
5 2 (8.000%) High Availability
5 2 (8.000%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.000%) Supplier Management
6 1 (4.000%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (68.00%) CCNP
2 11 (44.00%) CCSE
3 5 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (12.00%) CCDP
4 3 (12.00%) MCSE
4 3 (12.00%) MCP
4 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.000%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (8.000%) CCIE
5 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.000%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.000%) MCITP
6 1 (4.000%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (4.000%) CCNA
6 1 (4.000%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (12.00%) SLA
3 2 (8.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (12.00%) vSphere
2 3 (12.00%) XenServer
2 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.000%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (4.000%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (4.000%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (88.00%) F5
3 21 (84.00%) CheckPoint
4 11 (44.00%) Blue Coat
5 10 (40.00%) Imperva
6 7 (28.00%) Citrix
6 7 (28.00%) VMware
7 6 (24.00%) SolarWinds
7 6 (24.00%) Infoblox
8 4 (16.00%) Avaya
8 4 (16.00%) Juniper
9 3 (12.00%) Brocade
9 3 (12.00%) ProCurve
9 3 (12.00%) HP
9 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
10 2 (8.000%) NetApp
11 1 (4.000%) Syncsort
11 1 (4.000%) ArcSight
11 1 (4.000%) Nokia
11 1 (4.000%) Red Hat
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