F5 BIG-IP GTM Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring F5 BIG-IP GTM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 349 410
Rank change year-on-year -1 +61 +57
Contract jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM 30 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.070% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.38% 0.47% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £450 £445
25th Percentile - £528 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £622 £581
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +7.01% +5.68%
75th Percentile - £638 £626
90th Percentile - £688 £629
UK median daily rate £334 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -36.43% - -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

F5 BIG-IP GTM 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,180 2,532 3,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.45% 14.81% 17.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,386 2,197
10th Percentile £194 £200 £206
25th Percentile £303 £330 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £588
90th Percentile £649 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 142 273
10th Percentile £15.29 £16.43 £16.50
25th Percentile £17.74 £26.25 £23.00
Median hourly rate £41.48 £52.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% -7.95% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £48.56 £56.40
% change year-on-year -29.98% -13.90% +41.00%

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing F5 BIG-IP GTM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

F5 BIG-IP GTM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing F5 BIG-IP GTM

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing F5 BIG-IP GTM

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
North West +15 28 - -
North of England -5 28 - -
West Midlands - 20 £450 - 2
Midlands - 20 £450 - 2
Yorkshire -13 11 - -
South West +13 1 - -
F5 BIG-IP GTM
UK

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 30 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 29 (96.67%) DNS
3 25 (83.33%) DMZ
4 21 (70.00%) Network Security
5 9 (30.00%) BIG-IP
5 9 (30.00%) HTTP
6 8 (26.67%) SSL
6 8 (26.67%) TCP/IP
6 8 (26.67%) Wireshark
7 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (3.33%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (3.33%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Fiddler
General
1 19 (63.33%) Banking
1 19 (63.33%) Investment Banking
2 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Operations Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) IP Network Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Python Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Web Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Junior
5 3 (10.00%) Junior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (73.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (93.33%) Load Balancing
2 17 (56.67%) Business Strategy
3 11 (36.67%) Design Patterns
4 6 (20.00%) Change Management
5 5 (16.67%) Migration
5 5 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
6 4 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (13.33%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 4 (13.33%) Project Delivery
7 3 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.33%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) CCNP
1 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 21 (70.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.33%) Firmware
3 3 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Ansible
2 1 (3.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) F5
2 24 (80.00%) VMware
3 8 (26.67%) Blue Coat
3 8 (26.67%) McAfee
3 8 (26.67%) NetApp
4 3 (10.00%) Computacenter
5 1 (3.33%) Arista
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco
5 1 (3.33%) Fortinet