F5 BIG-IP GTM Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring F5 BIG-IP GTM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM 20 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.07% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

F5 BIG-IP GTM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 142 77 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 21.78% 10.86% 24.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 42 82
10th Percentile £247 £163 £200
25th Percentile £300 £208 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £378 £385
Median % change year-on-year +10.60% -1.95% -7.78%
75th Percentile £488 £573 £475
90th Percentile £575 £598 £673
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £44.35 £25.13 -
25th Percentile £44.88 £30.94 £62.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £41.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -36.54% -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.94 £67.50
90th Percentile £51.65 £56.38 £69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +34.97%

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing F5 BIG-IP GTM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

F5 BIG-IP GTM job vacancy trend in Birmingham

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing F5 BIG-IP GTM

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 19 (95.00%) DNS
3 16 (80.00%) DMZ
4 12 (60.00%) Network Security
5 9 (45.00%) HTTP
6 8 (40.00%) BIG-IP
6 8 (40.00%) SSL
6 8 (40.00%) TCP/IP
6 8 (40.00%) Wireshark
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (5.00%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Fiddler
General
1 19 (95.00%) Banking
1 19 (95.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Operations Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Network Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) IP Network Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Python Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Web Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Junior
4 3 (15.00%) Junior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (95.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Load Balancing
2 11 (55.00%) Business Strategy
2 11 (55.00%) Design Patterns
3 5 (25.00%) Migration
3 5 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (20.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) CCNP
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 15 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) F5
2 15 (75.00%) VMware
3 8 (40.00%) Blue Coat
3 8 (40.00%) McAfee
3 8 (40.00%) NetApp
4 1 (5.00%) Arista
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Fortinet