The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F5
Rank 153 193 179
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -14
Permanent jobs citing F5 60 23 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.100% 0.443% 0.395%
As % of the Vendors category 2.340% 0.977% 0.809%
Number of salaries quoted 51 11 20
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £36,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,750 £40,750
% change year-on-year
-0.52% +17.17%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2564 2354 2473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 47.00% 45.35% 48.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2032 1858 2083
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,750 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire F5 Salary Trend

F5
Salary Histogram

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

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 Yorkshire 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
North Yorkshire +28 36 £50,000 -
West Yorkshire 0 23 £42,500 -5.55%
F5
England

F5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 90 (96.77%) Cisco
2 77 (82.80%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (81.72%) Firewall
4 64 (68.82%) CheckPoint
5 60 (64.52%) CCNP
6 57 (61.29%) Juniper
7 48 (51.61%) Cisco ASA
8 39 (41.94%) Finance
8 39 (41.94%) Network Security
9 36 (38.71%) BGP
10 30 (32.26%) ITIL
11 29 (31.18%) OSPF
11 29 (31.18%) Cisco PIX
12 28 (30.11%) Telecoms
13 27 (29.03%) EIGRP
14 25 (26.88%) WAN
15 24 (25.81%) Blue Coat
16 22 (23.66%) CCSE
16 22 (23.66%) VoIP
17 21 (22.58%) Cisco Nexus
18 19 (20.43%) BIG-IP
18 19 (20.43%) JNCIS
18 19 (20.43%) Websense
18 19 (20.43%) Wireless
19 18 (19.35%) MPLS
19 18 (19.35%) TCP/IP
20 16 (17.20%) SSL
20 16 (17.20%) Linux
21 15 (16.13%) Microsoft
22 14 (15.05%) CCIE

F5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 6 (6.452%) .NET
2 2 (2.151%) Web Services
2 2 (2.151%) XML
2 2 (2.151%) XSD
2 2 (2.151%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.075%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.376%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 5 (5.376%) IIS
2 4 (4.301%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (3.226%) Apache
4 2 (2.151%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.151%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.151%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.151%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (2.151%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 7 (7.527%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 76 (81.72%) Firewall
2 48 (51.61%) Cisco ASA
3 39 (41.94%) Network Security
4 36 (38.71%) BGP
5 29 (31.18%) OSPF
5 29 (31.18%) Cisco PIX
6 27 (29.03%) EIGRP
7 25 (26.88%) WAN
8 22 (23.66%) VoIP
9 21 (22.58%) Cisco Nexus
10 19 (20.43%) BIG-IP
10 19 (20.43%) Wireless
11 18 (19.35%) MPLS
11 18 (19.35%) TCP/IP
12 16 (17.20%) SSL
13 13 (13.98%) VPN
14 12 (12.90%) LAN
15 11 (11.83%) RIP
16 9 (9.677%) FWSM
17 7 (7.527%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.301%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.151%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (2.151%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (2.151%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.151%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.075%) Data Mining
General
1 39 (41.94%) Finance
2 28 (30.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (48.39%) Network Engineer
2 24 (25.81%) Architect
3 22 (23.66%) Senior Network Engineer
4 21 (22.58%) Security Engineer
4 21 (22.58%) Network Security Engineer
5 19 (20.43%) Firewall Engineer
6 14 (15.05%) Network Architect
7 9 (9.677%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (9.677%) Network Specialist
8 8 (8.602%) Senior Network Specialist
8 8 (8.602%) Data Centre Architect
8 8 (8.602%) Data Architect
9 4 (4.301%) Team Leader
9 4 (4.301%) Network Support Engineer
9 4 (4.301%) Network Support
9 4 (4.301%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.301%) Network Team Leader
9 4 (4.301%) Voice Specialist
10 3 (3.226%) Network Security Architect
10 3 (3.226%) Senior Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.151%) Client/Server
1 2 (2.151%) Statistics
1 2 (2.151%) Open Source
2 1 (1.075%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.075%) IVR
2 1 (1.075%) Firmware
2 1 (1.075%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.20%) Linux
2 12 (12.90%) UNIX
3 11 (11.83%) Windows
3 11 (11.83%) Solaris
4 5 (5.376%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (3.226%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.151%) AIX
6 2 (2.151%) SUSE
6 2 (2.151%) CentOS
6 2 (2.151%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.075%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.26%) ITIL
2 13 (13.98%) Change Control
3 11 (11.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (10.75%) Network Management
5 9 (9.677%) PRINCE2
5 9 (9.677%) Network Design
6 8 (8.602%) Load Balancing
7 6 (6.452%) Change Management
8 4 (4.301%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (4.301%) Network Load Balancing
8 4 (4.301%) Incident Management
8 4 (4.301%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (4.301%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (3.226%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (3.226%) Service Delivery
9 3 (3.226%) E-Commerce
10 2 (2.151%) SOA
10 2 (2.151%) Project Management
10 2 (2.151%) Benchmarking
10 2 (2.151%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.226%) SQL
1 3 (3.226%) Java
2 2 (2.151%) VBScript
3 1 (1.075%) PHP
3 1 (1.075%) C#
3 1 (1.075%) C++
Qualifications
1 77 (82.80%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (64.52%) CCNP
3 22 (23.66%) CCSE
4 19 (20.43%) JNCIS
5 14 (15.05%) CCIE
6 13 (13.98%) CCSP
7 10 (10.75%) CCNA
8 9 (9.677%) CCDA
8 9 (9.677%) CCDE
9 6 (6.452%) Degree
9 6 (6.452%) CCVP
10 4 (4.301%) CISSP
10 4 (4.301%) Check Point Certification
10 4 (4.301%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (4.301%) GCWN
10 4 (4.301%) CWSP
10 4 (4.301%) CEH
11 3 (3.226%) Security Cleared
11 3 (3.226%) SC Cleared
11 3 (3.226%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.05%) SLA
2 4 (4.301%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (3.226%) vSphere
1 3 (3.226%) XenServer
1 3 (3.226%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.151%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.075%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (7.527%) SolarWinds Orion
2 5 (5.376%) OpenView
3 1 (1.075%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.075%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.075%) PureDisk
3 1 (1.075%) Nagios
Vendors
1 90 (96.77%) Cisco
2 64 (68.82%) CheckPoint
3 57 (61.29%) Juniper
4 24 (25.81%) Blue Coat
5 19 (20.43%) Websense
6 15 (16.13%) Microsoft
7 11 (11.83%) Infoblox
8 9 (9.677%) HP
9 7 (7.527%) SolarWinds
10 6 (6.452%) VMware
11 5 (5.376%) Avaya
12 4 (4.301%) Citrix
12 4 (4.301%) NetApp
12 4 (4.301%) Red Hat
13 3 (3.226%) Imperva
13 3 (3.226%) Brocade
14 2 (2.151%) IBM
14 2 (2.151%) Oracle
14 2 (2.151%) ProCurve
15 1 (1.075%) Syncsort
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