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 18 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
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 289 242
Rank change year-on-year -60 -47 +138
Contract jobs citing F5 305 218 327
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.79% 0.99%
As % of the Vendors category 1.60% 1.67% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 119 218
10th Percentile £380 £375 £357
25th Percentile £425 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £591 £609 £583
90th Percentile £688 £651 £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% -66.00%
UK median hourly rate - £66.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year - +179.41% -66.00%

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 19,039 13,034 14,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.62% 47.21% 43.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,986 8,232 9,238
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £614 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £716 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,032 642 732
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.61 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £29.39
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% -14.41% -21.64%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £62.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%

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 18 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 18 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 -15 118 £575 +21.05% 10
North West +9 85 £575 +21.05% 10
West Midlands 0 78 £573 +28.76% 2
Midlands -6 78 £573 +27.33% 2
London -84 72 £500 +8.11% 28
South East -45 55 £510 -2.86% 4
Yorkshire -44 26 £488 -0.41%
South West -47 17 £495 -10.00% 4
North East -27 13 £650 +18.18%
East of England -21 5 £530 +24.71% 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 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.64%) nginx
2 5 (1.64%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.98%) Apache
3 3 (0.98%) Confluence
3 3 (0.98%) IIS
3 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.98%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.33%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (2.95%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (18.03%) Azure
2 49 (16.07%) AWS
3 23 (7.54%) OCI
4 19 (6.23%) GitHub
5 15 (4.92%) SaaS
6 9 (2.95%) GCP
6 9 (2.95%) IaaS
7 8 (2.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.97%) Cloudflare
9 6 (1.97%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.64%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.98%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.98%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.33%) Akamai
13 1 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.33%) CloudBees
13 1 (0.33%) Route 53
13 1 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 157 (51.48%) Firewall
2 142 (46.56%) BGP
3 132 (43.28%) DNS
4 111 (36.39%) BIG-IP
5 107 (35.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 95 (31.15%) WAN
7 91 (29.84%) OSPF
8 86 (28.20%) VPN
9 65 (21.31%) VXLAN
10 62 (20.33%) Network Security
11 60 (19.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 59 (19.34%) LAN
12 59 (19.34%) TCP/IP
13 53 (17.38%) Multicast
14 47 (15.41%) SSL
15 43 (14.10%) DMZ
15 43 (14.10%) VLAN
16 41 (13.44%) Cisco Nexus
16 41 (13.44%) Ethernet VPN
17 40 (13.11%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.31%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.98%) MySQL
3 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (7.87%) JIRA
2 20 (6.56%) GitLab
3 17 (5.57%) Fiddler
4 12 (3.93%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.31%) Git
7 1 (0.33%) MSI
7 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (15.08%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.75%) Banking
3 34 (11.15%) Finance
4 33 (10.82%) Investment Banking
5 25 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.23%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.23%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.95%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.30%) Retail
9 6 (1.97%) Legal
10 5 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Military
12 2 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.33%) Law
13 1 (0.33%) Police
13 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 153 (50.16%) Network Engineer
2 60 (19.67%) Security Engineer
3 56 (18.36%) Senior
4 52 (17.05%) Network Security Engineer
5 41 (13.44%) Cisco Engineer
6 39 (12.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 36 (11.80%) Data Network Engineer
8 33 (10.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (10.49%) Architect
9 32 (10.49%) Data Engineer
9 32 (10.49%) Web Engineer
10 31 (10.16%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 25 (8.20%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (6.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (5.90%) IP Network Engineer
13 18 (5.90%) Network Architect
14 16 (5.25%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 14 (4.59%) Network Specialist
16 10 (3.28%) Automation Engineer
16 10 (3.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.18%) 802.1X
2 10 (3.28%) YAML
3 8 (2.62%) JSON
4 7 (2.30%) SAML
5 6 (1.97%) NETCONF
5 6 (1.97%) OpenConfig
5 6 (1.97%) RESTCONF
5 6 (1.97%) YANG
6 5 (1.64%) REST
7 4 (1.31%) LDAP
8 3 (0.98%) LAMP
8 3 (0.98%) LEMP Stack
9 2 (0.66%) eBPF
10 1 (0.33%) .NET
10 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.33%) Bun
10 1 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.33%) JWT
10 1 (0.33%) OpenID
10 1 (0.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 94 (30.82%) Data Centre
2 40 (13.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (7.21%) Management Information System
4 21 (6.89%) Cloud Native
5 17 (5.57%) PKI
6 14 (4.59%) Clustering
7 13 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.62%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.62%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.97%) Distributed Applications
11 4 (1.31%) Digital Signage
11 4 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
14 1 (0.33%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.16%) Windows
2 25 (8.20%) Linux
3 8 (2.62%) Unix
4 4 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.98%) CentOS
5 3 (0.98%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.33%) CatOS
6 1 (0.33%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (47.87%) Load Balancing
2 52 (17.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (15.08%) CI/CD
4 45 (14.75%) High Availability
5 44 (14.43%) Zero Trust
6 40 (13.11%) Network Design
7 38 (12.46%) Project Delivery
8 32 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (9.84%) Migration
10 29 (9.51%) Agile
11 27 (8.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (8.85%) Network Architecture
12 25 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (7.21%) Change Management
13 22 (7.21%) DevOps
13 22 (7.21%) ITIL
14 20 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 18 (5.90%) Observability
17 17 (5.57%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 86 (28.20%) Python
2 12 (3.93%) SQL
3 10 (3.28%) ActionScript
3 10 (3.28%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.95%) Bash
5 8 (2.62%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.30%) Perl
6 7 (2.30%) VBA
7 3 (0.98%) C++
7 3 (0.98%) Lisp
7 3 (0.98%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (24.92%) Security Cleared
2 51 (16.72%) SC Cleared
3 41 (13.44%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (6.23%) CCNP
5 18 (5.90%) DV Cleared
6 17 (5.57%) CCIE
7 13 (4.26%) Degree
8 6 (1.97%) JNCIE
9 4 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.98%) CCIE Security
10 3 (0.98%) CEH
10 3 (0.98%) JNCIA
10 3 (0.98%) JNCIP
10 3 (0.98%) JNCIS
10 3 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.66%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.66%) CISSP
11 2 (0.66%) GIAC
11 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.64%) NCSC
2 3 (0.98%) NIST
2 3 (0.98%) SLA
3 2 (0.66%) GDPR
3 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.66%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.33%) GRC
4 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 47 (15.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (7.54%) VMware NSX
3 19 (6.23%) Firmware
4 15 (4.92%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.98%) Docker
5 3 (0.98%) Dovecot
5 3 (0.98%) Postfix
5 3 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.98%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) IAG
6 1 (0.33%) KVM
6 1 (0.33%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 74 (24.26%) Ansible
2 44 (14.43%) Terraform
3 36 (11.80%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.30%) WMI
5 6 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.64%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.31%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (1.31%) Grafana
8 3 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.98%) HAProxy
8 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.66%) Avamar
9 2 (0.66%) Puppet
9 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.33%) Istio
10 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.33%) vRealize
Vendors
1 183 (60.00%) Cisco
2 104 (34.10%) Palo Alto
3 62 (20.33%) Fortinet
4 58 (19.02%) Juniper
5 56 (18.36%) VMware
6 40 (13.11%) CheckPoint
7 39 (12.79%) Arista
8 33 (10.82%) SolarWinds
9 28 (9.18%) Microsoft
10 27 (8.85%) Aruba
11 26 (8.52%) Blue Coat
12 24 (7.87%) Infoblox
13 20 (6.56%) Splunk
14 16 (5.25%) McAfee
14 16 (5.25%) NetApp
15 14 (4.59%) ServiceNow
15 14 (4.59%) Zscaler
16 12 (3.93%) Extreme Networks
17 5 (1.64%) Meraki
18 4 (1.31%) Citrix