F5 Contracts in the North of England

F5
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 27 August 2025, 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 122 168
Rank change year-on-year -12 +46 +45
DemandTrendContract jobs citing F5 53 47 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.32% 1.12% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 2.75% 2.75% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 16
10th Percentile £413 £475 £319
25th Percentile £436 - £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £438
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +12.00% -20.45%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £513
90th Percentile £588 £750 £550
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £23.80 £72.50
% change year-on-year +179.41% -67.17% +34.26%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,927 1,708 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 47.98% 40.58% 45.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,238 989 1,454
10th Percentile £268 £310 £219
25th Percentile £374 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £593
90th Percentile £649 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 121 108
10th Percentile £13.93 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £12.40 £17.65
Median hourly rate £24.62 £17.00 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year +44.82% -41.98% +46.50%
75th Percentile £59.65 £41.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.25 £50.00 £53.59
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.52% -25.58% +77.78%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the North of England

F5
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing F5.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing F5

F5
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in the North of England

F5
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing F5.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing F5

F5
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +2 29 £490 -2.10% 5
North West -13 28 £475 -3.06% 2
North East - 1 £550 - 1
F5
England

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.43%) WebSphere
2 4 (7.55%) Confluence
3 2 (3.77%) CICS
3 2 (3.77%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.89%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.08%) Azure
2 16 (30.19%) GCP
3 14 (26.42%) AWS
4 5 (9.43%) Akamai
5 3 (5.66%) IaaS
5 3 (5.66%) PaaS
5 3 (5.66%) SaaS
6 2 (3.77%) GitHub
7 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.89%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.89%) OCI
7 1 (1.89%) VULTR
Communications & Networking
1 27 (50.94%) Firewall
2 23 (43.40%) Network Security
3 18 (33.96%) DNS
4 15 (28.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 13 (24.53%) DMZ
5 13 (24.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 10 (18.87%) Wireless
7 9 (16.98%) WAN
8 8 (15.09%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (13.21%) BGP
9 7 (13.21%) LAN
9 7 (13.21%) SAN
10 6 (11.32%) VPN
11 5 (9.43%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (9.43%) Cisco Wireless
11 5 (9.43%) MPLS
11 5 (9.43%) TCP/IP
12 4 (7.55%) OSPF
12 4 (7.55%) VLAN
12 4 (7.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Jenkins
2 5 (9.43%) JIRA
3 3 (5.66%) Git
3 3 (5.66%) GitLab
4 1 (1.89%) Fiddler
4 1 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (22.64%) Banking
1 12 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Finance
3 6 (11.32%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Legal
5 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Network Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Architect
3 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (9.43%) Operations Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Designer
4 4 (7.55%) Implementation Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Network Designer
4 4 (7.55%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (5.66%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Migration Specialist
5 3 (5.66%) Server Migration Specialist
5 3 (5.66%) Server Specialist
6 2 (3.77%) Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Senior
6 2 (3.77%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.09%) Middleware
2 2 (3.77%) LDAP
3 1 (1.89%) Regular Expression
3 1 (1.89%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Management Information System
2 10 (18.87%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.66%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (5.66%) Private Cloud
4 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.77%) Clustering
5 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.77%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.77%) Replication
6 1 (1.89%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.98%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Linux
3 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.66%) Unix
4 3 (5.66%) VMS
5 2 (3.77%) Solaris
5 2 (3.77%) zOS
6 1 (1.89%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) Load Balancing
2 10 (18.87%) Business Strategy
3 9 (16.98%) Agile
4 6 (11.32%) Computer Science
4 6 (11.32%) Design Patterns
4 6 (11.32%) Network Design
4 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (11.32%) Scrum
5 5 (9.43%) Change Management
5 5 (9.43%) High Availability
5 5 (9.43%) Migration
5 5 (9.43%) Project Delivery
6 4 (7.55%) Analytics
6 4 (7.55%) CI/CD
6 4 (7.55%) Decision-Making
6 4 (7.55%) ITSM
6 4 (7.55%) Network Architecture
6 4 (7.55%) Roadmaps
6 4 (7.55%) TOGAF
6 4 (7.55%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) Python
2 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.55%) SQL
4 3 (5.66%) Perl
5 2 (3.77%) Java
5 2 (3.77%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.98%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) CCNP
4 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (11.32%) Degree
5 4 (7.55%) CCIE
5 4 (7.55%) JNCIE
5 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
6 3 (5.66%) CCDP
7 2 (3.77%) VCAP
7 2 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.89%) COBIT
2 1 (1.89%) GRC
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (32.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (13.21%) VMware NSX
3 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
4 5 (9.43%) vSphere
5 3 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
6 2 (3.77%) KVM
6 2 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.89%) NFS
7 1 (1.89%) Snort
7 1 (1.89%) SRDF
7 1 (1.89%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (1.89%) Xen
Systems Management
1 7 (13.21%) Ansible
2 5 (9.43%) Terraform
2 5 (9.43%) vCenter Server
3 3 (5.66%) CSIRT
3 3 (5.66%) vRealize
4 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.77%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.89%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Cisco
2 22 (41.51%) VMware
3 11 (20.75%) SolarWinds
4 8 (15.09%) LogicMonitor
4 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
5 6 (11.32%) Oracle
5 6 (11.32%) Palo Alto
6 5 (9.43%) Fortinet
7 4 (7.55%) HP
7 4 (7.55%) IBM
7 4 (7.55%) Meraki
8 3 (5.66%) Citrix
8 3 (5.66%) NetApp
8 3 (5.66%) Splunk
9 2 (3.77%) Broadcom
9 2 (3.77%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.77%) Computacenter
9 2 (3.77%) EMC
9 2 (3.77%) Google
10 1 (1.89%) Juniper