BIG-IP Job Trends in the Midlands

F5 Networks BIG-IP
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring BIG-IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 - 307
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing BIG-IP 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.007% - 0.041%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% - 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £47,450
25th Percentile £67,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile £72,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 680 848 1,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.02% 15.00% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 551 515 1,030
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £30,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -2.50% -10.36%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -6.86%

BIG-IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BIG-IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

BIG-IP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

BIG-IP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing BIG-IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing BIG-IP

BIG-IP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BIG-IP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 1 £70,000 - 1
BIG-IP
England

BIG-IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Web SSO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5