F5
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited F5 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within F5 Networks, Inc.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 500 628 688
Rank change year-on-year +128 +60 -168
Permanent jobs citing F5 249 492 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.12% 0.97% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 172 278 305
10th Percentile £42,625 £41,514 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £79,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £106,289 £92,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,700 £51,990 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.68% +15.53% -10.00%

All Vendors
UK

F5 is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,290 50,949 50,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.87% 41.11% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 16,314 29,704 33,320
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,384
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +4.40%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the UK

F5
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing F5.

Salary trend for F5 in the UK

F5
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing F5 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for F5 in the UK

F5
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +147 211 £62,500 -3.85% 69
UK excluding London +160 157 £61,700 +18.68% 48
Work from Home +133 133 £62,500 -3.85% 30
London +161 88 £72,500 +11.54% 28
North of England +145 35 £65,000 +49.78% 17
Wales +45 32 - -
Midlands +77 31 £62,500 +4.17% 5
South West +74 31 £55,000 +22.22% 7
West Midlands +94 29 £62,500 +8.70% 5
South East +139 15 £66,250 +20.45% 14
North West +106 13 £96,627 +33.28% 13
Yorkshire +88 13 £96,627 +48.66% 2
North East +48 9 £26,000 -32.03% 2
East of England +105 8 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Scotland +46 5 £96,627 +75.68% 5
East Midlands +38 2 £70,000 -

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (12.05%) Confluence
2 12 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 65 (26.10%) Azure
2 39 (15.66%) AWS
3 21 (8.43%) IaaS
4 20 (8.03%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.43%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (5.22%) AWS Direct Connect
6 13 (5.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (4.82%) PaaS
7 12 (4.82%) SaaS
8 10 (4.02%) GCP
9 6 (2.41%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.80%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.80%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.80%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.40%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 187 (75.10%) Firewall
2 130 (52.21%) WAN
3 88 (35.34%) SD-WAN
4 87 (34.94%) Network Security
5 73 (29.32%) VPN
6 66 (26.51%) LAN
7 60 (24.10%) BGP
7 60 (24.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 59 (23.69%) OSPF
9 57 (22.89%) Wireless
10 51 (20.48%) Cisco ASA
10 51 (20.48%) MPLS
11 45 (18.07%) BIG-IP
11 45 (18.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 44 (17.67%) TCP/IP
13 37 (14.86%) HTTP
13 37 (14.86%) Internet
14 34 (13.65%) FTP
14 34 (13.65%) SMTP
15 32 (12.85%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.81%) GIS
3 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (13.65%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) Git
2 3 (1.20%) GitLab
2 3 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.80%) Fiddler
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.68%) Finance
3 46 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.06%) Banking
5 32 (12.85%) Games
6 28 (11.24%) Retail
7 15 (6.02%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.42%) Law
9 9 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.61%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.61%) Legal
12 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.80%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.80%) Police
13 2 (0.80%) Publishing
14 1 (0.40%) Advertising
14 1 (0.40%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 78 (31.33%) Network Engineer
2 70 (28.11%) Senior
3 38 (15.26%) Cisco Engineer
4 33 (13.25%) Architect
5 32 (12.85%) Analyst
5 32 (12.85%) SOC Analyst
6 30 (12.05%) Network Architect
7 29 (11.65%) DevOps Engineer
7 29 (11.65%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 28 (11.24%) Senior DevOps
8 28 (11.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 27 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (8.84%) Security Engineer
11 15 (6.02%) IT Engineer
11 15 (6.02%) Senior Network Engineer
12 14 (5.62%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (5.62%) Network Security Engineer
13 13 (5.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.42%) Design Engineer
14 11 (4.42%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.85%) LDAP
2 28 (11.24%) Spine.js
3 11 (4.42%) JSON
4 6 (2.41%) Apache NiFi
4 6 (2.41%) Kafka
5 3 (1.20%) .NET
5 3 (1.20%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.80%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.80%) Velocity
7 1 (0.40%) Boost C++ Libraries
Miscellaneous
1 109 (43.78%) Data Centre
2 43 (17.27%) PKI
3 33 (13.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 32 (12.85%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (12.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 28 (11.24%) Cloud Native
6 22 (8.84%) Public Cloud
7 12 (4.82%) Onboarding
8 10 (4.02%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (3.21%) CMDB
10 5 (2.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.20%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.20%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.80%) CCTV
12 2 (0.80%) Clustering
12 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.40%) Hedge funds
13 1 (0.40%) IoT
13 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 38 (15.26%) Linux
2 11 (4.42%) Windows
3 5 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.61%) Unix
5 3 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.80%) Solaris
7 1 (0.40%) Android
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (32.13%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (29.32%) Cybersecurity
3 66 (26.51%) Load Balancing
4 55 (22.09%) Cloud Security
5 49 (19.68%) ITIL
6 48 (19.28%) Agile
7 47 (18.88%) SIEM
8 45 (18.07%) Data Loss Prevention
9 36 (14.46%) Actionable Insight
10 35 (14.06%) CI/CD
10 35 (14.06%) Security Operations
11 34 (13.65%) DevOps
11 34 (13.65%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 34 (13.65%) Time Management
12 32 (12.85%) Blue Team
12 32 (12.85%) Compliance Audit
12 32 (12.85%) Kalman Filter
12 32 (12.85%) Two-Factor Authentication
13 31 (12.45%) DevSecOps
13 31 (12.45%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 44 (17.67%) Python
2 12 (4.82%) SQL
3 10 (4.02%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.41%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.61%) Bash
6 3 (1.20%) Go
7 2 (0.80%) C++
8 1 (0.40%) C#
8 1 (0.40%) Java
8 1 (0.40%) Ruby
8 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (35.74%) Security Cleared
2 74 (29.72%) Cisco Certification
3 66 (26.51%) CCNP
4 54 (21.69%) SC Cleared
5 31 (12.45%) CISSP
6 30 (12.05%) CCNA
7 24 (9.64%) Degree
8 14 (5.62%) CCIE
9 13 (5.22%) GSEC
10 9 (3.61%) DV Cleared
11 8 (3.21%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.81%) CTC Cleared
12 7 (2.81%) MCSE
12 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.41%) MCP
14 5 (2.01%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.61%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.61%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 4 (1.61%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (4.02%) NCSC
2 7 (2.81%) NIST
2 7 (2.81%) SLA
3 3 (1.20%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 25 (10.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (8.43%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.22%) vSphere
4 11 (4.42%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.81%) Docker
6 3 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.40%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 76 (30.52%) FortiGate
2 47 (18.88%) Terraform
3 44 (17.67%) Ansible
4 6 (2.41%) Consul
4 6 (2.41%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.01%) NetBackup
5 5 (2.01%) WSUS
6 4 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.20%) SCCM
8 2 (0.80%) Endace
8 2 (0.80%) Nessus
8 2 (0.80%) VxRail
9 1 (0.40%) CASB
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.40%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.40%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.40%) SCOM
9 1 (0.40%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 204 (81.93%) Cisco
2 143 (57.43%) CheckPoint
3 96 (38.55%) Fortinet
4 72 (28.92%) Palo Alto
5 57 (22.89%) Juniper
6 45 (18.07%) Meraki
7 38 (15.26%) Microsoft
8 33 (13.25%) IBM
8 33 (13.25%) Splunk
9 32 (12.85%) ArcSight
9 32 (12.85%) TippingPoint
9 32 (12.85%) Trend Micro
10 29 (11.65%) ServiceNow
11 28 (11.24%) VMware
12 27 (10.84%) Aruba
13 22 (8.84%) SolarWinds
14 17 (6.83%) Riverbed
15 11 (4.42%) Infoblox
16 9 (3.61%) HP
17 8 (3.21%) Blue Coat