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 June 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 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 334 271
Rank change year-on-year +15 -63 +124
Contract jobs citing F5 315 162 321
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.65% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 1.79% 1.36% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 90 216
10th Percentile £381 £400 £400
25th Percentile £421 £445 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +3.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £587 £575
90th Percentile £675 £628 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £44.28 - -
25th Percentile £48.68 - -
Median hourly rate £57.02 - £23.80
75th Percentile £65.01 - -
90th Percentile £69.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.02 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -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 17,642 11,870 15,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.61% 47.39% 42.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,289 7,537 10,007
10th Percentile £313 £280 £273
25th Percentile £413 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.51% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 947 540 1,063
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.31
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.45 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.38 £26.75 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +28.50% +9.50% -34.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £52.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.69 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.30 £24.18
% change year-on-year +34.35% +4.63% -42.15%

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 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +19 123 £575 +19.23% 9
North West +29 87 £575 +21.05% 7
Midlands +2 76 £550 -0.18% 3
West Midlands -1 76 £550 -0.18% 3
South East -13 68 £525 -8.70% 2
London -71 64 £475 -0.52% 3
Yorkshire -36 29 £478 -2.45%
South West -38 17 £495 -8.29%
North East -23 13 £650 +18.18% 2
East of England -28 4 £530 +1.92% 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 11 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.90%) Confluence
3 3 (0.95%) Apache
3 3 (0.95%) IIS
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.95%) nginx
3 3 (0.95%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (4.44%) MS Visio
2 9 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.87%) AWS
1 50 (15.87%) Azure
2 22 (6.98%) OCI
3 15 (4.76%) SaaS
4 14 (4.44%) GitHub
5 9 (2.86%) IaaS
6 7 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.90%) GCP
7 6 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.27%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.95%) Cloudflare
10 3 (0.95%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.95%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 1 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.32%) CloudBees
12 1 (0.32%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 161 (51.11%) Firewall
2 149 (47.30%) DNS
3 141 (44.76%) BGP
4 135 (42.86%) BIG-IP
5 108 (34.29%) WAN
6 99 (31.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 99 (31.43%) OSPF
7 79 (25.08%) VPN
8 77 (24.44%) LAN
9 74 (23.49%) VXLAN
10 63 (20.00%) TCP/IP
11 61 (19.37%) Network Security
12 56 (17.78%) Ethernet VPN
13 54 (17.14%) Multicast
14 50 (15.87%) DHCP
15 48 (15.24%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 46 (14.60%) SSL
17 39 (12.38%) DMZ
18 38 (12.06%) Cisco Nexus
18 38 (12.06%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.95%) MySQL
3 2 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (10.48%) JIRA
2 24 (7.62%) Fiddler
3 21 (6.67%) GitLab
4 11 (3.49%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.27%) Git
6 3 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.32%) MSI
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (15.56%) Banking
2 39 (12.38%) Social Skills
3 36 (11.43%) Investment Banking
4 31 (9.84%) Finance
5 24 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.13%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.81%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.90%) Military
10 4 (1.27%) Retail
11 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.95%) Legal
12 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Billing
13 1 (0.32%) Law
13 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Police
13 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 147 (46.67%) Network Engineer
2 62 (19.68%) Senior
3 53 (16.83%) Security Engineer
4 49 (15.56%) Network Security Engineer
5 42 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
6 40 (12.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 40 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (12.38%) Web Engineer
8 37 (11.75%) Data Network Engineer
9 34 (10.79%) Architect
9 34 (10.79%) Data Engineer
10 32 (10.16%) Cisco Security Engineer
11 26 (8.25%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (6.03%) IP Network Engineer
12 19 (6.03%) Network Specialist
12 19 (6.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (5.40%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 16 (5.08%) Network Architect
15 14 (4.44%) Firewall Specialist
16 8 (2.54%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (10.48%) 802.1X
2 10 (3.17%) JSON
3 7 (2.22%) LDAP
3 7 (2.22%) SAML
4 6 (1.90%) YAML
5 4 (1.27%) REST
6 3 (0.95%) LAMP
6 3 (0.95%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (0.95%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.95%) OpenConfig
6 3 (0.95%) RESTCONF
6 3 (0.95%) YANG
7 1 (0.32%) .NET
7 1 (0.32%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.32%) Bun
7 1 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 98 (31.11%) Data Centre
2 32 (10.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (8.89%) PKI
4 25 (7.94%) Clustering
5 18 (5.71%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.71%) Management Information System
6 16 (5.08%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (2.22%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.95%) iSeries
12 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.95%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
13 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.29%) Windows
2 23 (7.30%) Linux
3 9 (2.86%) Unix
4 6 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.95%) CatOS
5 3 (0.95%) CentOS
5 3 (0.95%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.32%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (46.98%) Load Balancing
2 57 (18.10%) High Availability
3 49 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (11.75%) Zero Trust
5 36 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 35 (11.11%) Agile
6 35 (11.11%) Network Design
6 35 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (10.48%) Observability
7 33 (10.48%) Project Delivery
8 28 (8.89%) Migration
9 27 (8.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (7.94%) Identity Access Management
12 24 (7.62%) ITIL
12 24 (7.62%) Network Architecture
13 23 (7.30%) Data Loss Prevention
13 23 (7.30%) Malware Detection/Protection
14 22 (6.98%) DevOps
15 21 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 80 (25.40%) Python
2 13 (4.13%) ActionScript
3 10 (3.17%) Bash
3 10 (3.17%) JavaScript
3 10 (3.17%) SQL
4 9 (2.86%) VBA
5 8 (2.54%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.95%) C++
6 3 (0.95%) Lisp
7 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.32%) Perl
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 47 (14.92%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (13.97%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 21 (6.67%) CCNP
6 13 (4.13%) CCIE
7 11 (3.49%) Degree
8 9 (2.86%) JNCIP
9 8 (2.54%) JNCIS
10 7 (2.22%) JNCIA
11 5 (1.59%) JNCIE
12 4 (1.27%) CCIE Security
12 4 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.63%) CCNA
13 2 (0.63%) CCSE
13 2 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 1 (0.32%) CCDP
14 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.59%) NCSC
2 3 (0.95%) JSP 440
2 3 (0.95%) SLA
3 2 (0.63%) GDPR
3 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.63%) NIST
4 1 (0.32%) GRC
4 1 (0.32%) QA
4 1 (0.32%) RMADS
System Software
1 40 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (8.25%) VMware NSX
3 19 (6.03%) Firmware
4 18 (5.71%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.27%) vSphere
6 3 (0.95%) Docker
6 3 (0.95%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.95%) Postfix
6 3 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.32%) IAG
8 1 (0.32%) KVM
8 1 (0.32%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 75 (23.81%) Ansible
2 44 (13.97%) FortiGate
3 38 (12.06%) Terraform
4 11 (3.49%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.17%) Grafana
6 9 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.22%) WMI
8 5 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.27%) Salt
9 4 (1.27%) SCCM
10 3 (0.95%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.63%) Avamar
11 2 (0.63%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.32%) Nagios
12 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.32%) Puppet
12 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.32%) vRealize
Vendors
1 184 (58.41%) Cisco
2 101 (32.06%) Palo Alto
3 66 (20.95%) Juniper
4 55 (17.46%) VMware
5 48 (15.24%) Fortinet
6 43 (13.65%) SolarWinds
7 41 (13.02%) Arista
7 41 (13.02%) CheckPoint
8 37 (11.75%) Splunk
9 34 (10.79%) Aruba
10 29 (9.21%) Blue Coat
11 26 (8.25%) Microsoft
12 25 (7.94%) Infoblox
13 24 (7.62%) McAfee
13 24 (7.62%) ServiceNow
14 22 (6.98%) Extreme Networks
15 17 (5.40%) NetApp
16 10 (3.17%) Zscaler
17 6 (1.90%) Meraki
18 5 (1.59%) Red Hat