F5 Contracts in the Thames Valley

F5
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 128 124
Rank change year-on-year +32 -4 +12
Contract jobs citing F5 6 17 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 0.63% 0.92%
As % of the Vendors category 0.76% 1.32% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 20
10th Percentile £423 - £358
25th Percentile £446 £213 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £546 £557 £550
90th Percentile £571 £583 £600
South East median daily rate £538 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +4.88% +2.50% +2.56%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 794 1,287 1,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.55% 47.92% 48.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 799 975
10th Percentile £350 £205 £300
25th Percentile £441 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £627 £600 £619
90th Percentile £695 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 71 47
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.59 £23.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £52.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.03% +7.14% +276.92%
75th Percentile £46.30 £61.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing F5 in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for F5 in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing F5 in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for F5 in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +23 4 £495 -10.00% 6
Buckinghamshire +12 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
F5
South East

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) SSL
2 2 (33.33%) BIG-IP
2 2 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
3 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
3 1 (16.67%) Junos
3 1 (16.67%) NAS
3 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
3 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Skype
3 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Management
3 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) MCP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
1 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) Juniper
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) Apple
3 1 (16.67%) Blue Coat
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) VMware