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 15 October 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
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 239 378
Rank change year-on-year -54 +139 +27
Contract jobs citing F5 244 335 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.04% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.81% 2.34% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 212 146
10th Percentile £380 £400 £325
25th Percentile £413 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £518
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +0.24% -3.04%
75th Percentile £624 £583 £600
90th Percentile £713 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -4.49% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - £68.75
Median hourly rate £66.50 £23.80 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +179.41% -67.17% +34.26%
75th Percentile £67.25 - £77.19
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £23.80 £72.50
% change year-on-year +179.41% -67.17% +34.26%

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 13,466 14,325 18,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.83% 44.62% 44.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,575 8,572 11,950
10th Percentile £275 £300 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £645
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 659 502 619
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £25.08 £35.18 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.72% -20.94% +85.42%
75th Percentile £43.10 £65.00 £63.52
90th Percentile £69.72 £71.13 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -24.24% -24.83% +83.61%

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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 2025. 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 -2 85 £496 +1.22% 8
London -28 75 £488 -2.50% 10
West Midlands +36 56 £440 -12.00% 4
Midlands +22 56 £440 -31.20% 4
North West -12 49 £500 +2.04% 6
Yorkshire +4 45 £490 -0.10% 1
South East -59 25 £523 -5.00% 11
South West -2 14 £550 +18.92% 4
East of England -15 4 £520 -5.88% 3
North East -9 1 £550 - 1
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 7 (2.87%) Confluence
2 6 (2.46%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.46%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.82%) CICS
4 2 (0.82%) nginx
4 2 (0.82%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 88 (36.07%) AWS
2 45 (18.44%) Azure
3 37 (15.16%) GCP
4 36 (14.75%) Akamai
5 25 (10.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 24 (9.84%) Amazon ELB
7 23 (9.43%) Amazon EC2
7 23 (9.43%) Amazon S3
7 23 (9.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (3.28%) SaaS
9 6 (2.46%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.46%) PaaS
10 5 (2.05%) IaaS
11 4 (1.64%) Cloudflare
11 4 (1.64%) GitHub
12 3 (1.23%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.82%) AWS CloudTrail
13 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
13 2 (0.82%) OCI
13 2 (0.82%) VULTR
Communications & Networking
1 146 (59.84%) Firewall
2 91 (37.30%) Network Security
3 90 (36.89%) DNS
4 57 (23.36%) SSL
5 55 (22.54%) VPN
6 51 (20.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 50 (20.49%) TCP/IP
8 48 (19.67%) Wireless
9 46 (18.85%) WAN
10 40 (16.39%) BGP
11 36 (14.75%) OSPF
12 35 (14.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 35 (14.34%) Wireshark
13 33 (13.52%) Cisco ISE
14 31 (12.70%) LAN
15 27 (11.07%) BIG-IP
15 27 (11.07%) Cisco Nexus
16 25 (10.25%) DMZ
17 21 (8.61%) HTTP
18 20 (8.20%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
1 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 33 (13.52%) Jenkins
2 29 (11.89%) Git
3 24 (9.84%) GitLab
4 14 (5.74%) JIRA
5 9 (3.69%) Fiddler
6 8 (3.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (1.64%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 61 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (12.70%) Banking
3 29 (11.89%) Finance
4 28 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.02%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.97%) Investment Banking
6 17 (6.97%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.46%) Legal
9 5 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.05%) Military
10 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (38.11%) Network Engineer
2 38 (15.57%) Senior
3 30 (12.30%) Architect
4 24 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (9.84%) Security Engineer
5 15 (6.15%) Network Architect
6 14 (5.74%) Network Security Engineer
7 13 (5.33%) Designer
8 12 (4.92%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (4.92%) Operations Engineer
8 12 (4.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 12 (4.92%) Senior DevOps
8 12 (4.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.51%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (4.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Analyst
10 10 (4.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.51%) 802.1X
2 9 (3.69%) Middleware
3 4 (1.64%) REST
3 4 (1.64%) SailPoint
4 3 (1.23%) JSON
4 3 (1.23%) XML
5 2 (0.82%) LDAP
5 2 (0.82%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 56 (22.95%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.84%) Management Information System
3 19 (7.79%) Security Posture
4 13 (5.33%) Private Cloud
5 11 (4.51%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.28%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.28%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.82%) Clustering
10 2 (0.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.82%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.82%) Replication
10 2 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.79%) Linux
2 18 (7.38%) Windows
3 12 (4.92%) Unix
4 8 (3.28%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.23%) VMS
6 2 (0.82%) Solaris
6 2 (0.82%) zOS
7 1 (0.41%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (28.28%) Load Balancing
2 42 (17.21%) High Availability
3 39 (15.98%) DevOps
4 37 (15.16%) DevSecOps
5 34 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (13.11%) CI/CD
7 31 (12.70%) Incident Response
8 29 (11.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (11.89%) Migration
9 26 (10.66%) Infrastructure Automation
10 25 (10.25%) Agile
11 22 (9.02%) Application Security
11 22 (9.02%) ITIL
12 21 (8.61%) Change Management
12 21 (8.61%) Test Automation
13 20 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
14 19 (7.79%) Ethical Hacking
14 19 (7.79%) OWASP
15 18 (7.38%) Network Monitoring
15 18 (7.38%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 70 (28.69%) Python
2 27 (11.07%) Bash
3 13 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.51%) Perl
5 8 (3.28%) SQL
6 5 (2.05%) VB
7 4 (1.64%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 69 (28.28%) Security Cleared
2 55 (22.54%) SC Cleared
3 44 (18.03%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (13.11%) CCNP
5 20 (8.20%) CCIE
6 13 (5.33%) Degree
7 11 (4.51%) JNCIE
8 10 (4.10%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.69%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.05%) CCSA
12 4 (1.64%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 4 (1.64%) CCSE
13 3 (1.23%) CCNA
13 3 (1.23%) CEH
13 3 (1.23%) GIAC
13 3 (1.23%) GWAPT
13 3 (1.23%) JNCIP
13 3 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.87%) SLA
2 4 (1.64%) GRC
3 2 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (0.82%) COBIT
4 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (15.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (9.43%) Docker
3 18 (7.38%) VMware NSX
4 10 (4.10%) Active Directory
4 10 (4.10%) Firmware
5 6 (2.46%) vSphere
6 3 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.82%) KVM
7 2 (0.82%) Snort
8 1 (0.41%) NFS
8 1 (0.41%) SRDF
8 1 (0.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (33.20%) Ansible
2 58 (23.77%) Terraform
3 18 (7.38%) CSIRT
4 16 (6.56%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.05%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.64%) CA Spectrum
6 4 (1.64%) OpenView
7 3 (1.23%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.23%) vRealize
8 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.82%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.41%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 114 (46.72%) Cisco
2 64 (26.23%) CheckPoint
3 60 (24.59%) Palo Alto
4 55 (22.54%) Juniper
5 52 (21.31%) VMware
6 38 (15.57%) Fortinet
7 34 (13.93%) SolarWinds
8 25 (10.25%) Blue Coat
9 20 (8.20%) Splunk
10 18 (7.38%) Microsoft
11 16 (6.56%) Zscaler
12 14 (5.74%) McAfee
12 14 (5.74%) Meraki
13 11 (4.51%) Citrix
13 11 (4.51%) NetApp
14 9 (3.69%) LogicMonitor
14 9 (3.69%) Oracle
14 9 (3.69%) ServiceNow
15 7 (2.87%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (2.87%) IBM