F5 Networks BIG-IP
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring BIG-IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BIG-IP over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 102 | - | 123 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +54 |
| Contract jobs citing BIG-IP | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.27% | - | 0.090% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 2.14% | - | 0.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | - | £425 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £450 | £374 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.40% | -42.50% | +24.11% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 187 | 363 | 402 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 12.43% | 17.57% | 18.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 223 | 239 |
| 10th Percentile | £231 | £203 | £261 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £303 | £319 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £400 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -11.11% | +8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £592 | £584 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £685 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 18 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.45 | £10.50 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.81 | £13.50 | £16.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £16.98 | £22.41 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +76.73% | -24.25% | +19.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.62 | £23.75 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.63 | £28.75 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.88 | £20.71 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.27% | +121.59% | -17.18% |
BIG-IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing BIG-IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
BIG-IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BIG-IP in the West Midlands.
BIG-IP
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | - | 4 | £400 | - | |
| BIG-IP England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
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