BIG-IP Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

F5 Networks BIG-IP
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring BIG-IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland - - 1.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £480 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +9.71% -7.89% -26.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

BIG-IP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 21 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.35% 11.17% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile £126 £134 £516
25th Percentile £163 £135 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £150 £563
Median % change year-on-year +91.67% -73.33% +198.01%
75th Percentile £393 £165 £569
90th Percentile £487 £375 -
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -32.82% +3.75% +116.22%

BIG-IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BIG-IP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

BIG-IP job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland