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 30 September 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
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 297 236
Rank change year-on-year -77 -61 +139
Contract jobs citing F5 279 234 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.84% 1.03%
As % of the Vendors category 1.44% 1.77% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 124 212
10th Percentile £380 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.72% -7.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £631 £615 £588
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 £65.75 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £66.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +179.41% -67.17%
75th Percentile £63.00 £67.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £66.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year -6.77% +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 19,337 13,221 14,302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.65% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,933 8,428 8,568
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £623 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £703 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,192 629 541
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.82 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £62.13 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.65 £25.15 £32.50
% change year-on-year +1.97% -22.62% -24.42%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -44 117 £575 +17.47% 24
North West -10 83 £588 +23.68% 18
Midlands -24 68 £581 +32.05% 5
West Midlands -30 67 £581 +32.05% 3
London -92 67 £500 +5.26% 19
South East -43 40 £433 -17.22% 9
Yorkshire -56 27 £488 -0.41% 6
South West -36 17 £480 -16.52% 4
North East -27 13 £650 +18.18%
East of England -24 4 £530 +1.92% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
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 8 (2.87%) IIS
2 6 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.79%) nginx
3 5 (1.79%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.08%) Apache
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.72%) Confluence
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.15%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (19.00%) Azure
2 44 (15.77%) AWS
3 24 (8.60%) GitHub
4 23 (8.24%) OCI
5 16 (5.73%) IaaS
5 16 (5.73%) SaaS
6 11 (3.94%) GCP
7 8 (2.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (2.15%) Cloudflare
8 6 (2.15%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.15%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.08%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.72%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.36%) Akamai
13 1 (0.36%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.36%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 146 (52.33%) Firewall
2 124 (44.44%) DNS
3 113 (40.50%) BGP
4 104 (37.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 101 (36.20%) BIG-IP
6 83 (29.75%) VPN
7 78 (27.96%) WAN
8 73 (26.16%) OSPF
9 68 (24.37%) Network Security
10 66 (23.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 54 (19.35%) TCP/IP
12 53 (19.00%) VXLAN
13 49 (17.56%) SSL
14 48 (17.20%) VLAN
15 41 (14.70%) Multicast
16 39 (13.98%) Wireless
17 38 (13.62%) LAN
18 36 (12.90%) DHCP
19 35 (12.54%) Cisco Nexus
20 33 (11.83%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.08%) MySQL
1 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (8.60%) JIRA
2 20 (7.17%) GitLab
3 17 (6.09%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.66%) Fiddler
5 6 (2.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.43%) Git
7 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.36%) MSI
7 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.36%) Selenium
7 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (17.56%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.70%) Banking
3 36 (12.90%) Finance
4 26 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.32%) Investment Banking
5 19 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.09%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.87%) Legal
8 6 (2.15%) Retail
9 4 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.72%) Local Government
11 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Military
12 1 (0.36%) Police
12 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (45.88%) Network Engineer
2 54 (19.35%) Security Engineer
3 45 (16.13%) Senior
4 41 (14.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 39 (13.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (12.19%) Architect
7 31 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
8 29 (10.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 24 (8.60%) Data Network Engineer
10 23 (8.24%) Cisco Security Engineer
10 23 (8.24%) Data Engineer
10 23 (8.24%) Web Engineer
11 18 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 17 (6.09%) Senior Network Engineer
13 16 (5.73%) Network Architect
14 14 (5.02%) IP Network Engineer
15 12 (4.30%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 11 (3.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
17 10 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
17 10 (3.58%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.62%) Terraform
2 22 (7.89%) 802.1X
3 9 (3.23%) YAML
4 8 (2.87%) JSON
5 7 (2.51%) SAML
6 6 (2.15%) NETCONF
6 6 (2.15%) RESTCONF
7 5 (1.79%) REST
8 4 (1.43%) LDAP
8 4 (1.43%) OpenConfig
8 4 (1.43%) YANG
9 3 (1.08%) LAMP
9 3 (1.08%) LEMP Stack
10 2 (0.72%) eBPF
10 2 (0.72%) gRPC
10 2 (0.72%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.36%) .NET
11 1 (0.36%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.36%) Bun
11 1 (0.36%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 100 (35.84%) Data Centre
2 36 (12.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (8.60%) Management Information System
4 21 (7.53%) Cloud Native
5 19 (6.81%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.94%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (3.58%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.87%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.51%) Distributed Applications
9 7 (2.51%) PKI
10 6 (2.15%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.79%) Clustering
11 5 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.79%) Mobile Payment
11 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.79%) Smartcard
12 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.11%) Linux
2 29 (10.39%) Windows
3 9 (3.23%) Unix
3 9 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.08%) CentOS
4 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.36%) CatOS
6 1 (0.36%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (43.37%) Load Balancing
2 60 (21.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (19.00%) CI/CD
4 47 (16.85%) Zero Trust
5 41 (14.70%) Project Delivery
6 35 (12.54%) Network Design
7 33 (11.83%) Agile
8 31 (11.11%) High Availability
9 29 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 28 (10.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (9.68%) Network Architecture
11 27 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (9.32%) Migration
13 23 (8.24%) Change Management
13 23 (8.24%) DevOps
14 22 (7.89%) ITIL
15 20 (7.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 19 (6.81%) Cloud Security
16 19 (6.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (6.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 85 (30.47%) Python
2 16 (5.73%) ActionScript
3 10 (3.58%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.58%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.58%) SQL
4 8 (2.87%) Perl
5 7 (2.51%) VBA
6 5 (1.79%) Bash
7 4 (1.43%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.08%) Lisp
9 1 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (21.15%) Security Cleared
2 47 (16.85%) SC Cleared
3 40 (14.34%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (7.17%) CCNP
5 18 (6.45%) CCIE
6 14 (5.02%) Degree
7 8 (2.87%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.51%) CISSP
9 6 (2.15%) CCSP
9 6 (2.15%) JNCIE
10 5 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.79%) CISA
10 5 (1.79%) CISM
10 5 (1.79%) CLAS
10 5 (1.79%) CREST Certified
10 5 (1.79%) IISP
11 3 (1.08%) CCIE Security
11 3 (1.08%) CCNA
11 3 (1.08%) CEH
11 3 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.51%) GDPR
2 7 (2.51%) NIST
3 6 (2.15%) GRC
4 5 (1.79%) ISO 31000
4 5 (1.79%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 5 (1.79%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.43%) NCSC
6 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 37 (13.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (7.17%) VMware NSX
3 16 (5.73%) Active Directory
4 15 (5.38%) Firmware
5 5 (1.79%) ISA Server
6 4 (1.43%) Docker
7 3 (1.08%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.08%) Postfix
7 3 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.08%) vSphere
8 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 66 (23.66%) Ansible
2 26 (9.32%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.51%) WMI
4 6 (2.15%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.79%) CASB
5 5 (1.79%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.08%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.08%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.72%) Avamar
9 1 (0.36%) Istio
9 1 (0.36%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) Puppet
9 1 (0.36%) SCCM
9 1 (0.36%) vRealize
Vendors
1 154 (55.20%) Cisco
2 95 (34.05%) Palo Alto
3 60 (21.51%) Fortinet
4 50 (17.92%) VMware
5 43 (15.41%) Juniper
6 35 (12.54%) Arista
6 35 (12.54%) CheckPoint
7 32 (11.47%) Microsoft
8 29 (10.39%) Aruba
9 26 (9.32%) Blue Coat
10 25 (8.96%) SolarWinds
11 18 (6.45%) Infoblox
12 17 (6.09%) Splunk
12 17 (6.09%) Zscaler
13 12 (4.30%) McAfee
13 12 (4.30%) NetApp
14 10 (3.58%) ServiceNow
15 9 (3.23%) Meraki
16 7 (2.51%) Google
17 6 (2.15%) Citrix