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 21 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
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 298 243
Rank change year-on-year -55 -55 +147
Contract jobs citing F5 295 220 327
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.80% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 1.55% 1.69% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 122 219
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 £520 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +6.56% -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 19,002 13,019 14,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.25% 43.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,949 8,232 9,198
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £629
90th Percentile £700 £715 £732
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,025 645 719
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.75 £13.52
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.55 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £63.15
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £27.86
% change year-on-year +25.25% -9.73% -31.21%

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 21 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 21 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 -16 115 £575 +21.05% 5
North West +12 83 £575 +21.05% 5
Midlands -10 73 £581 +32.05% 3
West Midlands -11 73 £581 +32.05% 3
London -99 70 £513 +7.89% 11
South East -39 51 £450 -14.29% 5
Yorkshire -43 25 £488 -0.41%
South West -53 18 £495 -10.00% 2
North East -24 13 £650 +18.18%
East of England -12 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%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.34%) CloudBees
13 1 (0.34%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 152 (51.53%) Firewall
2 136 (46.10%) BGP
3 127 (43.05%) DNS
4 110 (37.29%) BIG-IP
5 105 (35.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 91 (30.85%) WAN
7 87 (29.49%) OSPF
8 84 (28.47%) VPN
9 63 (21.36%) VXLAN
10 59 (20.00%) Network Security
11 58 (19.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 58 (19.66%) TCP/IP
12 55 (18.64%) LAN
13 51 (17.29%) Multicast
14 44 (14.92%) SSL
14 44 (14.92%) VLAN
15 41 (13.90%) DMZ
16 40 (13.56%) Cisco Nexus
16 40 (13.56%) DHCP
16 40 (13.56%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.02%) MySQL
1 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (8.14%) JIRA
2 20 (6.78%) GitLab
3 16 (5.42%) 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 46 (15.59%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.25%) Banking
3 33 (11.19%) Finance
4 32 (10.85%) Investment Banking
5 25 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.37%) Legal
7 7 (2.37%) Retail
8 6 (2.03%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Military
11 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Police
12 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (50.51%) Network Engineer
2 56 (18.98%) Security Engineer
3 54 (18.31%) Senior
4 49 (16.61%) Network Security Engineer
5 40 (13.56%) Cisco Engineer
6 38 (12.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 34 (11.53%) Data Network Engineer
8 33 (11.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (10.51%) Architect
10 30 (10.17%) Data Engineer
10 30 (10.17%) Web Engineer
11 29 (9.83%) Cisco Security Engineer
12 24 (8.14%) Senior Network Engineer
13 19 (6.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (5.76%) Network Architect
15 16 (5.42%) IP Network Engineer
16 15 (5.08%) Blue Coat Engineer
17 14 (4.75%) Network Specialist
18 10 (3.39%) Automation Engineer
18 10 (3.39%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.58%) Terraform
2 25 (8.47%) 802.1X
3 9 (3.05%) YAML
4 8 (2.71%) JSON
5 7 (2.37%) SAML
6 6 (2.03%) NETCONF
6 6 (2.03%) OpenConfig
6 6 (2.03%) RESTCONF
6 6 (2.03%) YANG
7 5 (1.69%) REST
8 4 (1.36%) LDAP
9 3 (1.02%) LAMP
9 3 (1.02%) LEMP Stack
10 2 (0.68%) eBPF
11 1 (0.34%) .NET
11 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.34%) JWT
11 1 (0.34%) OpenID
11 1 (0.34%) React
Miscellaneous
1 93 (31.53%) Data Centre
2 40 (13.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.12%) Cloud Native
3 21 (7.12%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.08%) PKI
5 13 (4.41%) 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 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
14 1 (0.34%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.17%) Windows
2 24 (8.14%) 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
1 143 (48.47%) Load Balancing
2 52 (17.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (15.25%) CI/CD
3 45 (15.25%) Zero Trust
4 43 (14.58%) High Availability
5 40 (13.56%) Project Delivery
6 38 (12.88%) Network Design
7 30 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (9.83%) Agile
8 29 (9.83%) Migration
9 27 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (9.15%) Network Architecture
10 25 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (7.46%) DevOps
11 22 (7.46%) ITIL
12 20 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (6.44%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 18 (6.10%) Change Management
15 17 (5.76%) Cloud Security
16 16 (5.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.47%) Python
2 11 (3.73%) SQL
3 10 (3.39%) ActionScript
3 10 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.71%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.37%) Bash
5 7 (2.37%) Perl
5 7 (2.37%) VBA
6 3 (1.02%) Lisp
6 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.68%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (24.41%) Security Cleared
2 48 (16.27%) SC Cleared
3 40 (13.56%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (6.44%) CCNP
5 18 (6.10%) DV Cleared
6 17 (5.76%) CCIE
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%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.34%) QA
3 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (15.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (7.80%) VMware NSX
3 18 (6.10%) 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 72 (24.41%) Ansible
2 34 (11.53%) 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 54 (18.31%) Juniper
4 54 (18.31%) VMware
5 39 (13.22%) Arista
6 36 (12.20%) CheckPoint
7 33 (11.19%) SolarWinds
8 28 (9.49%) Microsoft
9 27 (9.15%) Aruba
10 24 (8.14%) Infoblox
11 23 (7.80%) Blue Coat
12 19 (6.44%) Splunk
13 15 (5.08%) McAfee
13 15 (5.08%) NetApp
14 14 (4.75%) ServiceNow
15 13 (4.41%) Zscaler
16 11 (3.73%) Extreme Networks
17 6 (2.03%) Meraki
18 4 (1.36%) Citrix