F5
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of F5 products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited F5 over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 467 678
Rank change year-on-year -122 +211 -9
Permanent jobs citing F5 192 315 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.53% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 0.79% 1.26% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 116 233 337
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,750 £41,505
25th Percentile £54,375 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £85,250 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £106,289 £91,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% +19.05% +16.67%

All Vendors
UK

F5 falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 24,446 24,905 55,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 41.89% 39.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12,032 17,966 30,925
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £56,392 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -0.19% +2.73%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,975 £91,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

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 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for F5 in the UK

F5
Top 14 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 23 October 2024. 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 -113 181 £80,000 +27.49% 51
London +8 103 £80,000 +10.34% 11
UK excluding London -164 76 £52,500 -16.00% 46
Work from Home -74 67 £67,500 +3.85% 54
South East -6 30 £52,500 -25.00% 17
Midlands -52 15 £50,000 -20.00% 8
North of England -70 15 £50,000 -28.00% 9
West Midlands -58 13 £50,000 -20.00% 5
South West -35 11 £65,000 +18.18% 7
North West -29 10 £50,000 -28.00% 5
Yorkshire +5 5 - - 3
East of England -43 4 £75,000 +25.00% 1
East Midlands -24 2 - - 3
Scotland -20 1 - - 5

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 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.60%) Apache
3 4 (2.08%) IIS
3 4 (2.08%) WebSphere
3 4 (2.08%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.04%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Adobe XD
1 4 (2.08%) Sketch
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.52%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 64 (33.33%) Azure
2 14 (7.29%) AWS
3 13 (6.77%) GCP
4 8 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.60%) IaaS
5 5 (2.60%) PaaS
6 4 (2.08%) Figma
7 3 (1.56%) SaaS
8 2 (1.04%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 86 (44.79%) Firewall
2 78 (40.63%) Network Security
3 57 (29.69%) SD-WAN
4 46 (23.96%) WAN
5 43 (22.40%) Cisco Firepower
6 34 (17.71%) DNS
7 33 (17.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 32 (16.67%) Wireless
9 27 (14.06%) Cisco ASA
10 26 (13.54%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 26 (13.54%) LAN
11 25 (13.02%) BIG-IP
11 25 (13.02%) Cisco ISE
11 25 (13.02%) Cisco Nexus
12 19 (9.90%) VPN
13 17 (8.85%) TCP/IP
14 15 (7.81%) DHCP
15 14 (7.29%) BGP
16 13 (6.77%) OSPF
17 12 (6.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.60%) Big Data
3 4 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Fiddler
1 4 (2.08%) Git
2 3 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.04%) GitLab
3 2 (1.04%) JIRA
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
General
1 56 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.31%) Finance
3 17 (8.85%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.29%) Banking
5 10 (5.21%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Marketing
9 5 (2.60%) Health Technology
9 5 (2.60%) Retail
10 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.04%) Law
13 1 (0.52%) Billing
13 1 (0.52%) Electronics
13 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 70 (36.46%) Network Engineer
2 63 (32.81%) Senior
3 31 (16.15%) Senior Network Engineer
4 30 (15.63%) Consultant
5 25 (13.02%) Network Consultant
6 22 (11.46%) Senior Consultant
7 20 (10.42%) Architect
7 20 (10.42%) Senior Network Consultant
8 19 (9.90%) Developer
8 19 (9.90%) Security Consultant
9 18 (9.38%) Network Security Engineer
9 18 (9.38%) Security Engineer
10 17 (8.85%) Network Security Consultant
11 16 (8.33%) Network Architect
12 14 (7.29%) Senior Security Consultant
13 12 (6.25%) Senior Network Security Consultant
14 9 (4.69%) Linux Engineer
14 9 (4.69%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 9 (4.69%) Technical Consultant
15 8 (4.17%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.29%) CSS
1 14 (7.29%) HTML
2 12 (6.25%) React
3 10 (5.21%) JSON
4 7 (3.65%) .NET
4 7 (3.65%) 802.1X
4 7 (3.65%) Laravel
5 6 (3.13%) Vue
6 5 (2.60%) Next.js
7 4 (2.08%) LDAP
8 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.04%) Spring
9 1 (0.52%) Ajax
9 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.52%) REST
9 1 (0.52%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 52 (27.08%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.73%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.65%) FPGA
5 4 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.08%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.56%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.56%) Mixed Reality
6 3 (1.56%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.04%) CMDB
8 1 (0.52%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.54%) Linux
2 14 (7.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (5.73%) Windows
4 6 (3.13%) CentOS
4 6 (3.13%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.08%) Oracle Linux
5 4 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (13.54%) Agile
2 22 (11.46%) Computer Science
2 22 (11.46%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (9.90%) Project Delivery
4 18 (9.38%) Load Balancing
4 18 (9.38%) Service Delivery
5 17 (8.85%) Network Virtualisation
6 16 (8.33%) ITIL
6 16 (8.33%) Network Management
6 16 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
7 15 (7.81%) Software Engineering
8 14 (7.29%) DevOps
8 14 (7.29%) Time Management
9 13 (6.77%) Analytics
9 13 (6.77%) Migration
10 11 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (5.73%) Front End Development
10 11 (5.73%) Full-Stack Development
11 10 (5.21%) Due Diligence
11 10 (5.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 36 (18.75%) Python
2 18 (9.38%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.81%) Java
4 12 (6.25%) SQL
5 9 (4.69%) C#
6 8 (4.17%) PHP
7 6 (3.13%) Perl
7 6 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.56%) Bash
8 3 (1.56%) Delphi
8 3 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (35.94%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (32.81%) CCNP
3 53 (27.60%) Security Cleared
4 36 (18.75%) CCIE
4 36 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 24 (12.50%) Degree
6 22 (11.46%) DV Cleared
7 19 (9.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (7.81%) CISSP
9 13 (6.77%) CCSE
10 12 (6.25%) CCNA
11 10 (5.21%) CCSA
12 5 (2.60%) CISM
13 4 (2.08%) APMG
13 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
14 2 (1.04%) CCDA
15 1 (0.52%) CCDP
15 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.52%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.65%) GDPR
2 7 (3.65%) SLA
3 3 (1.56%) NIST
4 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.04%) QA
5 1 (0.52%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (14.06%) VMware NSX
2 17 (8.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.21%) Active Directory
4 7 (3.65%) Docker
5 5 (2.60%) vSphere
6 2 (1.04%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.04%) NFS
6 2 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (24.48%) FortiGate
2 25 (13.02%) Ansible
3 12 (6.25%) Terraform
4 6 (3.13%) Nagios
5 5 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.08%) CA Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.08%) McAfee ePO
6 4 (2.08%) Nessus
6 4 (2.08%) WSUS
7 3 (1.56%) HAProxy
7 3 (1.56%) VxRail
8 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.04%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.04%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.52%) Grafana
9 1 (0.52%) linkerd
9 1 (0.52%) Puppet
9 1 (0.52%) SCSM
9 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 125 (65.10%) Cisco
2 57 (29.69%) Fortinet
3 53 (27.60%) Palo Alto
4 43 (22.40%) CheckPoint
5 38 (19.79%) VMware
6 30 (15.63%) Microsoft
7 28 (14.58%) Aruba
7 28 (14.58%) Juniper
8 25 (13.02%) SolarWinds
9 24 (12.50%) Zscaler
10 19 (9.90%) Meraki
11 18 (9.38%) Infoblox
12 17 (8.85%) Blue Coat
13 15 (7.81%) Red Hat
14 12 (6.25%) Riverbed
15 11 (5.73%) Arista
15 11 (5.73%) Google
16 9 (4.69%) McAfee
16 9 (4.69%) Oracle
17 8 (4.17%) Citrix