BIG-IP Contract Job Trends in Scotland

F5 Networks BIG-IP
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring BIG-IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs citing BIG-IP 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.31% - 0.054%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.26% - 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £576
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.08%
75th Percentile £650 - £613
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £400 £488
% change year-on-year +37.50% -17.95% -17.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 310 143 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.57% 9.01% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 94 122
10th Percentile £150 £213 £173
25th Percentile £200 £359 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £445 £415
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% +7.23% -17.00%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £531
90th Percentile £600 £580 £619
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 11
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £13.97 - £14.63
Median hourly rate £16.86 £17.30 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% -5.31% -64.43%
75th Percentile £19.33 - £18.89
90th Percentile £65.15 £33.38 £30.75
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -9.09%

BIG-IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

BIG-IP job vacancy trend in Scotland

BIG-IP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

BIG-IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BIG-IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing BIG-IP

BIG-IP
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BIG-IP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Edinburgh - 4 £600 - 2
Glasgow - 3 - - 2
BIG-IP
UK

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (85.71%) Network Security
3 5 (71.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 4 (57.14%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (42.86%) BGP
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (42.86%) EIGRP
5 3 (42.86%) LAN
5 3 (42.86%) MPLS
5 3 (42.86%) NGFW
5 3 (42.86%) OSPF
5 3 (42.86%) VPN
5 3 (42.86%) WAN
5 3 (42.86%) Wireless
6 1 (14.29%) Internet
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Network Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
1 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCDP
1 1 (14.29%) CCNP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) F5
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
3 5 (71.43%) Palo Alto
4 3 (42.86%) Aruba
4 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
4 3 (42.86%) SolarWinds
5 2 (28.57%) Splunk
6 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
6 1 (14.29%) Zscaler