F5 Contracts in Bristol

F5
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring knowledge or experience of F5 products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited F5 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within F5 Networks, Inc.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 70 95
Rank change year-on-year +28 +25 +3
Contract jobs citing F5 13 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.42% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 5.46% 0.86% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - - £444
25th Percentile £382 £469 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £511 £519
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% -1.45% +40.20%
75th Percentile £550 £553 £580
90th Percentile £571 - £608
South West median daily rate £513 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +2.50% +2.56% -5.34%

All Vendors
Bristol

F5 falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 238 463 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 44.32% 43.80% 33.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 242 298
10th Percentile £213 £201 £263
25th Percentile £335 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £674 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £516 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.57% -2.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 107 32
10th Percentile £18.17 £32.75 £16.66
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £45.50
Median hourly rate £56.25 £62.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% -4.62% +72.07%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.75
South West median hourly rate £40.84 £47.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -14.02% -24.60% +33.74%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing F5 in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for F5 in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing F5 in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for F5 in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) PaaS
1 7 (53.85%) SaaS
2 1 (7.69%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) PBX
1 8 (61.54%) VoIP
2 5 (38.46%) Network Security
3 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 4 (30.77%) Wireless
4 3 (23.08%) 4G
4 3 (23.08%) 5G
5 2 (15.38%) DHCP
5 2 (15.38%) DNS
5 2 (15.38%) Unified Communications
General
1 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Security Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Senior
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (46.15%) Blackberry
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (61.54%) Commercial Awareness
2 8 (61.54%) Migration
3 7 (53.85%) Impact Assessments
3 7 (53.85%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (46.15%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (46.15%) Service Design
4 6 (46.15%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (46.15%) Validation
5 5 (38.46%) Cost Reduction
5 5 (38.46%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
6 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (15.38%) Zero Trust
7 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
7 1 (7.69%) Data Security
7 1 (7.69%) Network Security Management
7 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (7.69%) Security Management
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) DV Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) CCNP
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 6 (46.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (7.69%) CCSA
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Cisco
1 8 (61.54%) Ericsson
1 8 (61.54%) Juniper
1 8 (61.54%) Nokia
1 8 (61.54%) Palo Alto
2 6 (46.15%) Avaya
2 6 (46.15%) Ribbon
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) Aruba
3 4 (30.77%) CheckPoint
3 4 (30.77%) Extreme Networks
3 4 (30.77%) Infoblox
3 4 (30.77%) Ruckus Wireless
3 4 (30.77%) Zscaler
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.69%) Google