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 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
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 297 239
Rank change year-on-year -33 -58 +151
Contract jobs citing F5 316 217 334
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.78% 1.00%
As % of the Vendors category 1.66% 1.66% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 119 222
10th Percentile £381 £375 £360
25th Percentile £425 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £488 £523
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% -6.70% -0.48%
75th Percentile £588 £609 £581
90th Percentile £688 £651 £650
UK median daily rate £505 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +3.59% -7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 £65.75 -
Median hourly rate £57.02 £66.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +179.41% -66.00%
75th Percentile £65.01 £67.25 -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.02 £66.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year -14.26% +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 19,062 13,061 14,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.60% 47.18% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,004 8,264 9,264
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 £613 £620 £627
90th Percentile £700 £716 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,028 639 754
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.52 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% -16.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -28.40%

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 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing F5 in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for F5 in England

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 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 -4 118 £575 +21.05% 13
North West +7 85 £575 +21.05% 12
West Midlands +1 78 £573 +28.76% 2
Midlands 0 78 £573 +27.33% 2
London -80 74 £500 +8.11% 34
South East -28 64 £520 -0.95% 5
Yorkshire -43 26 £488 -0.41% 1
South West -56 17 £495 -10.00% 4
North East -31 13 £650 +18.18%
East of England -17 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 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.58%) nginx
2 5 (1.58%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.95%) Apache
3 3 (0.95%) Confluence
3 3 (0.95%) IIS
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.95%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (2.85%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (17.41%) Azure
2 49 (15.51%) AWS
3 23 (7.28%) OCI
4 19 (6.01%) GitHub
5 15 (4.75%) SaaS
6 9 (2.85%) GCP
6 9 (2.85%) IaaS
7 8 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.90%) Cloudflare
9 6 (1.90%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.58%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.95%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.95%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.32%) Akamai
13 1 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.32%) CloudBees
13 1 (0.32%) Route 53
13 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 167 (52.85%) Firewall
2 152 (48.10%) BGP
3 142 (44.94%) DNS
4 121 (38.29%) BIG-IP
5 107 (33.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 104 (32.91%) WAN
7 101 (31.96%) OSPF
8 86 (27.22%) VPN
9 75 (23.73%) VXLAN
10 69 (21.84%) LAN
11 63 (19.94%) Network Security
12 60 (18.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 59 (18.67%) TCP/IP
14 53 (16.77%) Multicast
15 52 (16.46%) Ethernet VPN
16 50 (15.82%) DHCP
17 46 (14.56%) SSL
18 43 (13.61%) DMZ
18 43 (13.61%) VLAN
19 42 (13.29%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.95%) MySQL
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (7.59%) JIRA
2 20 (6.33%) GitLab
3 17 (5.38%) Fiddler
4 12 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.27%) Git
7 1 (0.32%) MSI
7 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (14.56%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.24%) Banking
3 34 (10.76%) Finance
4 33 (10.44%) Investment Banking
5 25 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.01%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.01%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.85%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.22%) Retail
9 6 (1.90%) Legal
10 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.27%) Military
12 3 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Law
14 1 (0.32%) Police
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 158 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 61 (19.30%) Senior
3 59 (18.67%) Security Engineer
4 52 (16.46%) Network Security Engineer
5 41 (12.97%) Cisco Engineer
6 39 (12.34%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 36 (11.39%) Data Network Engineer
8 33 (10.44%) Architect
8 33 (10.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (10.13%) Data Engineer
9 32 (10.13%) Web Engineer
10 31 (9.81%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 30 (9.49%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (6.01%) Network Architect
12 19 (6.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (5.70%) IP Network Engineer
13 18 (5.70%) Network Specialist
14 16 (5.06%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 13 (4.11%) Firewall Specialist
16 11 (3.48%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.71%) 802.1X
2 10 (3.16%) YAML
3 8 (2.53%) JSON
4 7 (2.22%) SAML
5 6 (1.90%) NETCONF
5 6 (1.90%) OpenConfig
5 6 (1.90%) RESTCONF
5 6 (1.90%) YANG
6 5 (1.58%) REST
7 4 (1.27%) LDAP
8 3 (0.95%) LAMP
8 3 (0.95%) LEMP Stack
9 2 (0.63%) eBPF
10 1 (0.32%) .NET
10 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.32%) Bun
10 1 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.32%) JWT
10 1 (0.32%) OpenID
10 1 (0.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (32.28%) Data Centre
2 40 (12.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 26 (8.23%) PKI
4 24 (7.59%) Clustering
5 22 (6.96%) Management Information System
6 21 (6.65%) Cloud Native
7 13 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.85%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.53%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.53%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.90%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (1.27%) Digital Signage
12 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.95%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
15 1 (0.32%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.97%) Windows
2 26 (8.23%) Linux
3 9 (2.85%) Unix
4 4 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.95%) CentOS
5 3 (0.95%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) CatOS
6 1 (0.32%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (49.37%) Load Balancing
2 55 (17.41%) High Availability
3 52 (16.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (14.56%) CI/CD
5 44 (13.92%) Zero Trust
6 40 (12.66%) Network Design
7 38 (12.03%) Project Delivery
8 31 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (9.49%) Migration
10 29 (9.18%) Agile
11 28 (8.86%) Observability
12 27 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (8.54%) ITIL
12 27 (8.54%) Network Architecture
13 24 (7.59%) Identity Access Management
14 22 (6.96%) DevOps
15 21 (6.65%) Change Management
16 20 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (6.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (27.22%) Python
2 12 (3.80%) SQL
3 11 (3.48%) ActionScript
4 10 (3.16%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.85%) Bash
6 8 (2.53%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.22%) Perl
7 7 (2.22%) VBA
8 3 (0.95%) C++
8 3 (0.95%) Lisp
8 3 (0.95%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (26.90%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 49 (15.51%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (7.91%) DV Cleared
5 19 (6.01%) CCNP
6 17 (5.38%) CCIE
7 13 (4.11%) Degree
8 7 (2.22%) JNCIA
8 7 (2.22%) JNCIP
8 7 (2.22%) JNCIS
9 6 (1.90%) JNCIE
10 4 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.95%) CCIE Security
11 3 (0.95%) CEH
11 3 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.63%) CISSP
12 2 (0.63%) GIAC
12 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.58%) NCSC
2 3 (0.95%) NIST
2 3 (0.95%) SLA
3 2 (0.63%) GDPR
3 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.63%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.32%) GRC
4 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 47 (14.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (7.28%) VMware NSX
3 19 (6.01%) Firmware
4 15 (4.75%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.95%) Docker
6 3 (0.95%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.95%) Postfix
6 3 (0.95%) vSphere
7 1 (0.32%) IAG
7 1 (0.32%) KVM
7 1 (0.32%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (24.05%) Ansible
2 46 (14.56%) FortiGate
3 44 (13.92%) Terraform
4 7 (2.22%) WMI
5 6 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.58%) Grafana
6 5 (1.58%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (1.27%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.95%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.63%) Avamar
9 2 (0.63%) Puppet
9 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.32%) Istio
10 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) vRealize
Vendors
1 194 (61.39%) Cisco
2 105 (33.23%) Palo Alto
3 67 (21.20%) Juniper
4 62 (19.62%) Fortinet
5 56 (17.72%) VMware
6 43 (13.61%) SolarWinds
7 40 (12.66%) Arista
7 40 (12.66%) CheckPoint
8 31 (9.81%) Splunk
9 28 (8.86%) Aruba
9 28 (8.86%) Microsoft
10 25 (7.91%) Blue Coat
10 25 (7.91%) Infoblox
11 20 (6.33%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (5.06%) McAfee
12 16 (5.06%) NetApp
13 15 (4.75%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.11%) Zscaler
15 5 (1.58%) Meraki
16 4 (1.27%) Citrix