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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 104 97
Rank change year-on-year +31 -7 +74
Contract jobs citing F5 71 7 13
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 3.06% 0.42% 0.72%
As % of the Vendors category 5.81% 0.87% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 10
10th Percentile £341 - £423
25th Percentile £353 £551 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £582 £450
Median % change year-on-year -32.94% +29.23% -5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £600 £500
90th Percentile £598 £612 £538
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -3.45%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,223 801 891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 52.72% 48.52% 49.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 521 552
10th Percentile £264 £208 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £582 £611 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £687
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £14.59 £12.48 £15.30
25th Percentile £17.39 £15.95 £17.63
Median hourly rate £23.50 £21.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% -3.11% +32.86%
75th Percentile £27.91 £30.68 £23.75
90th Percentile £59.49 £35.00 £34.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -20.58% -34.78% +70.37%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in the West Midlands

F5
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing F5.

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 1 January 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 +34 49 £485 -20.45% 3
Warwickshire -1 14 £380 -31.03% 2
Coventry - 7 £400 - 3
F5
England

F5
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) AWS
2 15 (21.13%) GCP
3 10 (14.08%) Akamai
4 8 (11.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (9.86%) Azure
6 4 (5.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (5.63%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (5.63%) Amazon ELB
6 4 (5.63%) Amazon S3
6 4 (5.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (2.82%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 53 (74.65%) DNS
2 35 (49.30%) Firewall
3 32 (45.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 31 (43.66%) SSL
5 29 (40.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 27 (38.03%) Wireshark
7 24 (33.80%) Network Security
8 23 (32.39%) VPN
9 22 (30.99%) DMZ
10 19 (26.76%) TCP/IP
10 19 (26.76%) WAN
10 19 (26.76%) Wireless
11 18 (25.35%) BIG-IP
11 18 (25.35%) HTTP
12 12 (16.90%) IPsec
13 9 (12.68%) BGP
13 9 (12.68%) Cisco IPT
13 9 (12.68%) DMVPN
13 9 (12.68%) LAN
14 7 (9.86%) Cisco ASA
Development Applications
1 15 (21.13%) Fiddler
2 4 (5.63%) Git
2 4 (5.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.23%) GitLab
4 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (45.07%) Banking
1 32 (45.07%) Investment Banking
2 14 (19.72%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Military
8 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (39.44%) Network Engineer
2 15 (21.13%) Operations Engineer
3 11 (15.49%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 11 (15.49%) IP Network Engineer
3 11 (15.49%) Web Engineer
4 9 (12.68%) Security Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) Architect
6 7 (9.86%) Network Architect
6 7 (9.86%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Python Engineer
7 5 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.63%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Senior
8 4 (5.63%) Senior DevOps
8 4 (5.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Cisco Security Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Data Network Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Junior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.68%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.23%) LDAP
2 3 (4.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (40.85%) Management Information System
2 18 (25.35%) Data Centre
3 8 (11.27%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (54.93%) Load Balancing
2 17 (23.94%) Business Strategy
3 14 (19.72%) Design Patterns
4 11 (15.49%) Data Loss Prevention
4 11 (15.49%) DevSecOps
4 11 (15.49%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 9 (12.68%) Change Management
5 9 (12.68%) Inventory Management
6 8 (11.27%) Application Security
6 8 (11.27%) Ethical Hacking
6 8 (11.27%) OWASP
6 8 (11.27%) Test Automation
7 7 (9.86%) CI/CD
7 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (9.86%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (8.45%) Incident Response
8 6 (8.45%) Network Segmentation
8 6 (8.45%) Project Delivery
8 6 (8.45%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.31%) Python
2 4 (5.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (25.35%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.86%) CCNP
3 7 (9.86%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (8.45%) CCIE
5 4 (5.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (5.63%) AWS Certification
5 4 (5.63%) CCSP
5 4 (5.63%) CISSP
5 4 (5.63%) Degree
6 3 (4.23%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.23%) CCIE Security
7 2 (2.82%) JNCIE
7 2 (2.82%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.41%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (1.41%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (1.41%) CWSP
8 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
1 5 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (7.04%) NIST
1 5 (7.04%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (45.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (15.49%) Firmware
3 7 (9.86%) VMware NSX
4 4 (5.63%) Docker
5 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (21.13%) Ansible
2 9 (12.68%) Terraform
3 8 (11.27%) CSIRT
4 3 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (45.07%) VMware
2 27 (38.03%) Cisco
3 24 (33.80%) Blue Coat
4 17 (23.94%) CheckPoint
5 15 (21.13%) Juniper
5 15 (21.13%) McAfee
5 15 (21.13%) NetApp
6 14 (19.72%) Palo Alto
7 9 (12.68%) Splunk
8 6 (8.45%) Fortinet
8 6 (8.45%) SolarWinds
9 5 (7.04%) Meraki
9 5 (7.04%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.82%) Forcepoint
11 1 (1.41%) Aruba
11 1 (1.41%) EMC
11 1 (1.41%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.41%) NetScout
11 1 (1.41%) Zscaler