F5 Contracts in the South East

F5
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited F5 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 177 205
Rank change year-on-year +46 +28 -39
Contract jobs citing F5 73 39 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.31% 0.67% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 2.74% 1.34% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 30 33
10th Percentile £213 £400 £365
25th Percentile £440 £456 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £623 £525 £540
90th Percentile £637 £564 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.80 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -66.00% - -

All Vendors
South East

F5 is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,661 2,900 3,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.79% 49.65% 44.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,623 1,993 2,390
10th Percentile £213 £205 £189
25th Percentile £378 £365 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £598
90th Percentile £688 £699 £673
England median daily rate £520 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 124 139
10th Percentile £12.00 £18.08 £10.77
25th Percentile £17.13 £21.76 £12.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -2.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.63 £36.63
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -43.11% +88.33% -4.55%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the South East

F5
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing F5 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for F5 in the South East

F5
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in the South East

F5
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing F5 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for F5 in the South East

F5
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Hampshire +36 43 £590 +17.90% 2
Thames Valley +6 15 £500 - 9
Berkshire -2 9 £550 +37.50% 8
Surrey - 9 £460 - 3
Buckinghamshire +21 6 £363 -28.92% 1
Kent - 2 £425 -
West Sussex - 2 £450 -
East Sussex - 1 £500 -
F5
England

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (10.96%) AWS
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.74%) Azure
4 1 (1.37%) Cloudflare
4 1 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (46.58%) Firewall
2 32 (43.84%) BGP
3 30 (41.10%) Cisco Firepower
4 29 (39.73%) MPLS
5 28 (38.36%) WAN
6 26 (35.62%) SSL
7 12 (16.44%) Cisco Nexus
7 12 (16.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 11 (15.07%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (15.07%) VPN
9 8 (10.96%) NetScaler
10 7 (9.59%) DNS
10 7 (9.59%) OSPF
11 6 (8.22%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (6.85%) DHCP
12 5 (6.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (6.85%) IPsec
13 3 (4.11%) LAN
13 3 (4.11%) Spanning Tree
13 3 (4.11%) VLAN
General
1 31 (42.47%) Finance
2 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.48%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.37%) Advertising
5 1 (1.37%) Local Government
5 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (50.68%) Network Engineer
2 27 (36.99%) Architect
2 27 (36.99%) Network Architect
3 12 (16.44%) Senior
4 7 (9.59%) Senior Architect
4 7 (9.59%) Senior Network Architect
5 4 (5.48%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (2.74%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Designer
6 2 (2.74%) Network Designer
6 2 (2.74%) Network Support
6 2 (2.74%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) JSON
2 3 (4.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.48%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.74%) PKI
4 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
1 3 (4.11%) Windows
1 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.74%) Linux
2 2 (2.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) Network Management
2 24 (32.88%) Network Design
3 23 (31.51%) Customer Requirements
3 23 (31.51%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (20.55%) Network Architecture
5 9 (12.33%) Migration
6 8 (10.96%) ITIL
7 7 (9.59%) Computer Science
7 7 (9.59%) Load Balancing
8 4 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.48%) Service Delivery
9 3 (4.11%) Mentoring
9 3 (4.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 3 (4.11%) Network Monitoring
9 3 (4.11%) Project Delivery
9 3 (4.11%) Two-Factor Authentication
10 2 (2.74%) Data Privacy
10 2 (2.74%) Performance Optimisation
10 2 (2.74%) Requirements Gathering
10 2 (2.74%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) ActionScript
2 2 (2.74%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) C
Qualifications
1 38 (52.05%) Security Cleared
2 18 (24.66%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.07%) CCNP
4 10 (13.70%) CCNA
5 8 (10.96%) Degree
6 6 (8.22%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.11%) CCIE
8 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.74%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) SLA
2 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (5.48%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (32.88%) Endace
2 3 (4.11%) AirWatch
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.74%) Ansible
3 2 (2.74%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.74%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (72.60%) Cisco
2 31 (42.47%) Juniper
3 20 (27.40%) SolarWinds
4 10 (13.70%) Palo Alto
5 9 (12.33%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.85%) Meraki
7 4 (5.48%) Blue Coat
7 4 (5.48%) Citrix
7 4 (5.48%) Dell
7 4 (5.48%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.11%) Apple
8 3 (4.11%) HP
8 3 (4.11%) Planview
8 3 (4.11%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.74%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (2.74%) Forcepoint
9 2 (2.74%) Nokia
9 2 (2.74%) QinetiQ
10 1 (1.37%) VMware
10 1 (1.37%) Zscaler