BIG-IP Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

F5 Networks BIG-IP
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring BIG-IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% - 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.47% - 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate - £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

BIG-IP 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 68 67 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.78% 11.02% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 33 47
10th Percentile £188 £159 £167
25th Percentile £408 £250 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £646
90th Percentile £686 £624 £735
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £525
% change year-on-year - -19.05% +15.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 10
10th Percentile - - £15.95
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.88 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +227.87% -47.11% +18.07%
75th Percentile - £29.48 £60.75
90th Percentile - £48.57 £60.83
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £22.88 £60.00
% change year-on-year +227.87% -61.88% +464.44%

BIG-IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

BIG-IP job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

BIG-IP
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing BIG-IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing BIG-IP

BIG-IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5