F5 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

F5
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 243 266 275
Rank change year-on-year +23 +9 +159
Contract jobs citing F5 61 79 209
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.62% 0.51% 0.81%
As % of the Vendors category 1.34% 1.21% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 59 169
10th Percentile £400 £363 £411
25th Percentile £411 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £552 £638 £619
90th Percentile £628 £746 £650
UK median daily rate £536 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +7.20% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -66.00% +41.30%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,540 6,506 11,129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.84% 42.40% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,024 7,488
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 220 258
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.92 £17.87
25th Percentile £19.56 £16.93 £31.81
Median hourly rate £47.25 £32.31 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% -40.72% +55.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

F5
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

F5 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

F5
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing F5.

F5 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing F5 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

F5 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing F5.

F5 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (3.28%) Apache
1 2 (3.28%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) AWS
2 8 (13.11%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) Cloudflare
4 2 (3.28%) Akamai
4 2 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.64%) GitHub
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (57.38%) Firewall
2 20 (32.79%) DNS
3 18 (29.51%) Network Security
3 18 (29.51%) VPN
4 14 (22.95%) SSL
5 13 (21.31%) IPsec
6 11 (18.03%) BGP
7 10 (16.39%) OSPF
8 9 (14.75%) WAN
9 8 (13.11%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (13.11%) MPLS
9 8 (13.11%) TCP/IP
9 8 (13.11%) Wireless
10 6 (9.84%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (9.84%) DHCP
10 6 (9.84%) LAN
11 5 (8.20%) BIG-IP
11 5 (8.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (8.20%) TACACS
11 5 (8.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 15 (24.59%) Finance
1 15 (24.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.48%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.28%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.64%) Advertising
6 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (47.54%) Network Engineer
2 7 (11.48%) Architect
2 7 (11.48%) Network Security Engineer
2 7 (11.48%) Security Engineer
3 5 (8.20%) Network Architect
3 5 (8.20%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 5 (8.20%) Support Specialist
4 4 (6.56%) Senior
4 4 (6.56%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.92%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (4.92%) Network Operations Engineer
5 3 (4.92%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) Consultant
6 2 (3.28%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) Implementation Consultant
6 2 (3.28%) Network Field Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) Network Implementation Consultant
6 2 (3.28%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.64%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.84%) CSOC
3 3 (4.92%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.28%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.28%) Life Science
4 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) PKI
4 2 (3.28%) PMI
5 1 (1.64%) Clustering
5 1 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.64%) FMCG
5 1 (1.64%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.64%) SCADA
5 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Windows
2 10 (16.39%) Linux
3 6 (9.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (9.84%) VMS
4 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) Load Balancing
2 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (11.48%) SIEM
4 6 (9.84%) Event Correlation
4 6 (9.84%) Network Design
4 6 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (9.84%) Zero Trust
5 5 (8.20%) Agile
6 4 (6.56%) Change Management
6 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (6.56%) Migration
6 4 (6.56%) Network Architecture
6 4 (6.56%) Project Management
6 4 (6.56%) Roadmaps
7 3 (4.92%) Low Latency
7 3 (4.92%) Network Management
7 3 (4.92%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (4.92%) Network Security Management
7 3 (4.92%) Security Management
7 3 (4.92%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 20 (32.79%) Python
2 7 (11.48%) Bash
3 2 (3.28%) PHP
4 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (36.07%) SC Cleared
1 22 (36.07%) Security Cleared
2 16 (26.23%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (19.67%) CCNP
4 6 (9.84%) CCIE
5 4 (6.56%) CISSP
6 2 (3.28%) Degree
6 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.28%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.28%) PMP
7 1 (1.64%) CCDP
7 1 (1.64%) CEH
7 1 (1.64%) GIAC
7 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) NIST
2 2 (3.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (3.28%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 7 (11.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (32.79%) Ansible
2 5 (8.20%) Terraform
3 2 (3.28%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.64%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 46 (75.41%) Cisco
2 22 (36.07%) Palo Alto
3 21 (34.43%) CheckPoint
4 15 (24.59%) Fortinet
5 9 (14.75%) Splunk
6 8 (13.11%) Arista
6 8 (13.11%) Aruba
6 8 (13.11%) SolarWinds
6 8 (13.11%) Zscaler
7 7 (11.48%) ServiceNow
8 6 (9.84%) NetScout
8 6 (9.84%) Red Hat
8 6 (9.84%) VMware
9 5 (8.20%) Juniper
10 4 (6.56%) Blue Coat
10 4 (6.56%) Citrix
10 4 (6.56%) Infoblox
11 3 (4.92%) Extreme Networks
11 3 (4.92%) Imperva
11 3 (4.92%) Ruckus Wireless