F5 Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands
F5
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 21 October 2026, 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 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 110 | 73 | 108 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | +35 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing F5 | 61 | 58 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 1.71% | 2.95% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 3.91% | 5.50% | 0.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 21 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £466 | £353 | £466 |
| 25th Percentile | £556 | £380 | £472 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £581 | £440 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.05% | -12.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £488 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £638 | £544 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £496 | £519 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.89% | -4.39% | -1.19% |
All Vendors
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 1,560 | 1,054 | 908 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 43.86% | 53.69% | 48.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 992 | 675 | 596 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £263 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £400 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £462 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.70% | - | +7.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £652 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £520 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.96% | -2.86% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 104 | 36 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £15.71 | £14.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.47 | £19.69 | £15.22 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.33 | £30.00 | £26.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.25% | +14.83% | +13.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £30.27 | £35.63 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £51.18 | £50.00 | £57.75 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.27 | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.08% | -28.57% | -20.81% |
F5 Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing F5 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
F5 Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing F5.
F5 Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
F5 Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing F5.
F5 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 F5 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 0 | 43 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire | -17 | 10 | £581 | +52.89% | |
| F5 England |
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F5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.