F5 Contract Job Trends in England

F5
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 30 August 2026, 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
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 296 236
Rank change year-on-year -45 -60 +146
Contract jobs citing F5 296 222 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.80% 1.01%
As % of the Vendors category 1.55% 1.70% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 118 221
10th Percentile £380 £371 £363
25th Percentile £425 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £489 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -6.95% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £688 £660 £650
UK median daily rate £503 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +3.08% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £66.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year - +179.41% -67.17%
UK median hourly rate - £66.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year - +179.41% -67.17%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,123 13,078 14,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.60% 47.13% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,965 8,300 9,045
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £615 £630
90th Percentile £705 £704 £733
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,047 622 661
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.46 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -16.17% -28.53%
75th Percentile £65.58 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £28.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% -11.75% -33.72%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing F5 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

F5 job vacancy trend in England

F5
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing F5.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing F5

F5
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in England

F5
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing F5.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing F5

F5
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -16 118 £534 +10.65% 6
North West 0 87 £575 +21.05% 5
West Midlands -4 75 £581 +32.05% 3
Midlands -10 75 £581 +32.05% 3
London -91 70 £525 +10.53% 18
South East -39 48 £450 -16.28% 7
Yorkshire -53 24 £475 -2.96% 1
South West -43 19 £495 -13.91% 5
North East -25 13 £650 +18.18%
East of England -21 5 £530 +24.71%
F5
UK

F5
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.69%) nginx
2 5 (1.69%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.01%) Apache
3 3 (1.01%) IIS
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.01%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (2.70%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (18.24%) Azure
2 49 (16.55%) AWS
3 23 (7.77%) OCI
4 18 (6.08%) GitHub
5 15 (5.07%) SaaS
6 9 (3.04%) GCP
6 9 (3.04%) IaaS
7 8 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.03%) Cloudflare
9 6 (2.03%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.01%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.01%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.34%) Akamai
12 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.34%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.34%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 154 (52.03%) Firewall
2 134 (45.27%) BGP
3 128 (43.24%) DNS
4 108 (36.49%) BIG-IP
5 107 (36.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 93 (31.42%) VPN
7 92 (31.08%) WAN
8 85 (28.72%) OSPF
9 66 (22.30%) Network Security
10 62 (20.95%) VXLAN
11 60 (20.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 57 (19.26%) TCP/IP
13 52 (17.57%) LAN
14 50 (16.89%) Multicast
15 49 (16.55%) SSL
16 46 (15.54%) VLAN
17 43 (14.53%) Wireless
18 42 (14.19%) DMZ
19 41 (13.85%) Cisco Nexus
20 38 (12.84%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.01%) MySQL
1 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (7.43%) JIRA
2 20 (6.76%) GitLab
3 16 (5.41%) Fiddler
4 10 (3.38%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.35%) Git
7 1 (0.34%) MSI
7 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (15.88%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.20%) Banking
3 34 (11.49%) Finance
4 32 (10.81%) Investment Banking
5 25 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.42%) Telecoms
7 18 (6.08%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.70%) Legal
9 7 (2.36%) Retail
10 5 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.69%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Military
12 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Police
13 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 151 (51.01%) Network Engineer
2 59 (19.93%) Security Engineer
3 54 (18.24%) Senior
4 51 (17.23%) Network Security Engineer
5 40 (13.51%) Cisco Engineer
6 38 (12.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 34 (11.49%) Data Network Engineer
7 34 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (10.81%) Architect
9 30 (10.14%) Data Engineer
9 30 (10.14%) Web Engineer
10 29 (9.80%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 24 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (6.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (6.08%) Network Architect
14 16 (5.41%) IP Network Engineer
15 15 (5.07%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 12 (4.05%) Network Specialist
16 12 (4.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
17 10 (3.38%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.53%) Terraform
2 25 (8.45%) 802.1X
3 9 (3.04%) YAML
4 8 (2.70%) JSON
5 7 (2.36%) SAML
6 6 (2.03%) NETCONF
6 6 (2.03%) RESTCONF
7 5 (1.69%) OpenConfig
7 5 (1.69%) YANG
8 4 (1.35%) LDAP
8 4 (1.35%) REST
9 3 (1.01%) LAMP
9 3 (1.01%) LEMP Stack
10 2 (0.68%) eBPF
11 1 (0.34%) .NET
11 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.34%) gRPC
11 1 (0.34%) JWT
11 1 (0.34%) OpenID
11 1 (0.34%) React
Miscellaneous
1 94 (31.76%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (7.43%) Management Information System
4 21 (7.09%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.05%) PKI
6 10 (3.38%) Clustering
7 8 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.70%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.36%) Distributed Applications
8 7 (2.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.69%) Digital Signage
10 3 (1.01%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.34%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.12%) Windows
2 25 (8.45%) Linux
3 9 (3.04%) Unix
4 4 (1.35%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.01%) CentOS
5 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.34%) CatOS
7 1 (0.34%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (48.65%) Load Balancing
2 52 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (15.20%) CI/CD
3 45 (15.20%) Zero Trust
4 41 (13.85%) High Availability
4 41 (13.85%) Project Delivery
5 37 (12.50%) Network Design
6 31 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (10.14%) Migration
8 28 (9.46%) Agile
9 27 (9.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (9.12%) Network Architecture
10 22 (7.43%) Change Management
10 22 (7.43%) DevOps
10 22 (7.43%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (6.76%) ITIL
11 20 (6.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 18 (6.08%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (5.74%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.70%) Python
2 10 (3.38%) ActionScript
2 10 (3.38%) JavaScript
2 10 (3.38%) SQL
3 8 (2.70%) Perl
3 8 (2.70%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.36%) VBA
5 5 (1.69%) Bash
6 4 (1.35%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.01%) Lisp
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 53 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 38 (12.84%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (6.42%) CCNP
5 18 (6.08%) CCIE
6 16 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.05%) Degree
8 6 (2.03%) JNCIE
9 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.01%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.01%) CEH
10 3 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.68%) CISSP
11 2 (0.68%) GIAC
11 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.35%) NCSC
2 2 (0.68%) GDPR
2 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.68%) NIST
3 1 (0.34%) GRC
3 1 (0.34%) QA
3 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (15.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (7.77%) VMware NSX
3 18 (6.08%) Firmware
4 15 (5.07%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.01%) Docker
5 3 (1.01%) Dovecot
5 3 (1.01%) Postfix
5 3 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.01%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 71 (23.99%) Ansible
2 32 (10.81%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.36%) WMI
4 5 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.01%) Grafana
6 3 (1.01%) HAProxy
6 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.68%) Avamar
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.34%) Puppet
8 1 (0.34%) SCCM
8 1 (0.34%) vRealize
Vendors
1 178 (60.14%) Cisco
2 108 (36.49%) Palo Alto
3 63 (21.28%) Fortinet
4 56 (18.92%) VMware
5 53 (17.91%) Juniper
6 39 (13.18%) Arista
7 38 (12.84%) CheckPoint
8 31 (10.47%) SolarWinds
9 27 (9.12%) Aruba
9 27 (9.12%) Blue Coat
10 26 (8.78%) Microsoft
11 23 (7.77%) Infoblox
12 16 (5.41%) Splunk
12 16 (5.41%) Zscaler
13 15 (5.07%) McAfee
13 15 (5.07%) NetApp
14 12 (4.05%) ServiceNow
15 9 (3.04%) Meraki
16 8 (2.70%) Extreme Networks
17 6 (2.03%) Citrix