BIG-IP Contract Job Trends in Reading

F5 Networks BIG-IP
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring BIG-IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.13% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 108 180 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.54% 20.59% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 69 150
10th Percentile £255 £290 £205
25th Percentile £333 £389 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +15.15% -21.43%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £668 £650 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £427 £463 £400
% change year-on-year -7.68% +15.63% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £72.40 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £84.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.09% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £89.88 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £92.20 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £38.25 £68.63
% change year-on-year +96.08% -44.27% +158.98%

BIG-IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

BIG-IP job vacancy trend in Reading

BIG-IP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing BIG-IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing BIG-IP

BIG-IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki