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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.54% - 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.17% - 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £576
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.08%
75th Percentile £650 - £613
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £600 - £576
% change year-on-year - - -4.08%

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 96 58 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.92% 9.35% 11.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 26 54
10th Percentile £154 £220 £185
25th Percentile £205 £413 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £455 £328
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +38.67% -27.09%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £531
90th Percentile £603 £572 £617
Scotland median daily rate £350 £445 £415
% change year-on-year -21.35% +7.23% -17.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £19.33 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £25.75 £17.30 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +48.84% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £18.27
90th Percentile - - £35.29
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £17.30 £18.27
% change year-on-year -2.54% -5.31% -64.43%

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) NGFW
3 2 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCDP
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (50.00%) Splunk
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Zscaler