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 24 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
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 306 246
Rank change year-on-year -54 -60 +145
Contract jobs citing F5 295 224 324
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.81% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 1.55% 1.71% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 122 217
10th Percentile £381 £375 £362
25th Percentile £425 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £600 £611 £588
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £505 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +3.59% -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 18,975 13,093 14,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.19% 43.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,908 8,281 9,130
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
75th Percentile £615 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £715 £731
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,033 643 696
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.52 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -28.24%
75th Percentile £65.58 £48.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -10.18% -34.12%

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 24 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 24 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 -5 120 £563 +18.42% 5
North West +13 88 £575 +21.05% 5
Midlands -4 76 £581 +32.05% 3
West Midlands -5 76 £581 +32.05% 3
London -93 70 £513 +7.89% 12
South East -46 47 £450 -14.29% 6
Yorkshire -41 25 £488 -0.41%
South West -47 18 £495 -10.00% 2
North East -27 13 £650 +18.18%
East of England -22 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 7 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.69%) nginx
2 5 (1.69%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.02%) Apache
3 3 (1.02%) Confluence
3 3 (1.02%) IIS
3 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.02%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (3.05%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (18.64%) Azure
2 49 (16.61%) AWS
3 23 (7.80%) OCI
4 19 (6.44%) GitHub
5 15 (5.08%) SaaS
6 9 (3.05%) GCP
6 9 (3.05%) IaaS
7 8 (2.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.03%) Cloudflare
9 6 (2.03%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.69%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.02%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.02%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.34%) Akamai
13 1 (0.34%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.34%) CloudBees
13 1 (0.34%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.34%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 151 (51.19%) Firewall
2 137 (46.44%) BGP
3 130 (44.07%) DNS
4 109 (36.95%) BIG-IP
5 107 (36.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 91 (30.85%) WAN
7 87 (29.49%) VPN
8 86 (29.15%) OSPF
9 62 (21.02%) VXLAN
10 61 (20.68%) Network Security
11 60 (20.34%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 59 (20.00%) TCP/IP
13 54 (18.31%) LAN
14 53 (17.97%) Multicast
15 45 (15.25%) SSL
16 44 (14.92%) DMZ
16 44 (14.92%) VLAN
17 40 (13.56%) Cisco Nexus
18 39 (13.22%) DHCP
18 39 (13.22%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.02%) MySQL
1 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (7.80%) JIRA
2 20 (6.78%) GitLab
3 17 (5.76%) Fiddler
4 11 (3.73%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.36%) Git
7 1 (0.34%) MSI
7 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (15.93%) Banking
1 47 (15.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.53%) Investment Banking
3 33 (11.19%) Finance
4 25 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.10%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.37%) Legal
6 7 (2.37%) Retail
7 6 (2.03%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Military
10 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Police
11 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 152 (51.53%) Network Engineer
2 58 (19.66%) Security Engineer
3 55 (18.64%) Senior
4 51 (17.29%) Network Security Engineer
5 42 (14.24%) Cisco Engineer
6 40 (13.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 36 (12.20%) Data Network Engineer
8 34 (11.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (10.85%) Data Engineer
9 32 (10.85%) Web Engineer
10 31 (10.51%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 30 (10.17%) Architect
12 25 (8.47%) Senior Network Engineer
13 19 (6.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.76%) IP Network Engineer
15 16 (5.42%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 16 (5.42%) Network Architect
16 13 (4.41%) Network Specialist
17 10 (3.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
17 10 (3.39%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.58%) Terraform
2 24 (8.14%) 802.1X
3 8 (2.71%) JSON
3 8 (2.71%) YAML
4 7 (2.37%) SAML
5 6 (2.03%) NETCONF
5 6 (2.03%) OpenConfig
5 6 (2.03%) RESTCONF
5 6 (2.03%) YANG
6 5 (1.69%) REST
7 4 (1.36%) LDAP
8 3 (1.02%) LAMP
8 3 (1.02%) LEMP Stack
9 2 (0.68%) eBPF
10 1 (0.34%) .NET
10 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.34%) Bun
10 1 (0.34%) JWT
10 1 (0.34%) OpenID
10 1 (0.34%) React
Miscellaneous
1 92 (31.19%) Data Centre
2 40 (13.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (7.80%) Management Information System
4 21 (7.12%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.75%) PKI
6 12 (4.07%) Clustering
6 12 (4.07%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.71%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.71%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.03%) Distributed Applications
10 5 (1.69%) Digital Signage
11 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
13 1 (0.34%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.34%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.83%) Windows
2 23 (7.80%) Linux
3 8 (2.71%) Unix
4 4 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.02%) CentOS
5 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.34%) CatOS
6 1 (0.34%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (49.15%) Load Balancing
2 53 (17.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (15.25%) CI/CD
3 45 (15.25%) Zero Trust
4 42 (14.24%) High Availability
5 40 (13.56%) Project Delivery
6 38 (12.88%) Network Design
7 31 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (9.83%) Migration
9 28 (9.49%) Agile
10 27 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (9.15%) Network Architecture
11 23 (7.80%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (7.46%) DevOps
13 21 (7.12%) ITIL
14 20 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.44%) Change Management
15 19 (6.44%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 17 (5.76%) Cloud Security
16 17 (5.76%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.80%) Python
2 10 (3.39%) ActionScript
2 10 (3.39%) JavaScript
2 10 (3.39%) SQL
3 8 (2.71%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.37%) Perl
4 7 (2.37%) VBA
5 6 (2.03%) Bash
6 3 (1.02%) Lisp
6 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.34%) C++
7 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 47 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 39 (13.22%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (6.44%) CCNP
5 17 (5.76%) CCIE
6 16 (5.42%) DV Cleared
7 13 (4.41%) Degree
8 6 (2.03%) JNCIE
9 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.02%) CCIE Security
10 3 (1.02%) CEH
10 3 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.68%) CISSP
11 2 (0.68%) GIAC
11 2 (0.68%) JNCIA
11 2 (0.68%) JNCIP
11 2 (0.68%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.36%) 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 47 (15.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (7.80%) VMware NSX
3 19 (6.44%) Firmware
4 15 (5.08%) Active Directory
5 3 (1.02%) Docker
5 3 (1.02%) Dovecot
5 3 (1.02%) Postfix
5 3 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.02%) vSphere
6 1 (0.34%) IAG
6 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 71 (24.07%) Ansible
2 33 (11.19%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.37%) WMI
4 6 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.69%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.02%) Grafana
6 3 (1.02%) HAProxy
6 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.68%) Avamar
7 2 (0.68%) Puppet
7 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.34%) Istio
8 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.34%) SCCM
8 1 (0.34%) vRealize
Vendors
1 177 (60.00%) Cisco
2 103 (34.92%) Palo Alto
3 62 (21.02%) Fortinet
4 56 (18.98%) VMware
5 52 (17.63%) Juniper
6 39 (13.22%) Arista
7 36 (12.20%) CheckPoint
8 32 (10.85%) SolarWinds
9 28 (9.49%) Microsoft
10 27 (9.15%) Aruba
11 24 (8.14%) Blue Coat
11 24 (8.14%) Infoblox
12 18 (6.10%) Splunk
13 16 (5.42%) McAfee
13 16 (5.42%) NetApp
14 13 (4.41%) ServiceNow
14 13 (4.41%) Zscaler
15 10 (3.39%) Extreme Networks
16 7 (2.37%) Meraki
17 5 (1.69%) Citrix