F5 Contracts in the South East

F5
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for knowledge and experience of F5 products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited F5 over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 179 213
Rank change year-on-year +67 +34 -38
Contract jobs citing F5 87 39 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.58% 0.69% 0.61%
As % of the Vendors category 3.34% 1.38% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 28 27
10th Percentile £233 £389 £375
25th Percentile £455 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +18.20%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £577
90th Percentile £634 £550 £703
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +13.89%

All Vendors
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,601 2,827 3,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.13% 49.67% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,592 1,939 2,321
10th Percentile £213 £205 £188
25th Percentile £388 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +6.75%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £688 £694 £675
England median daily rate £518 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -3.18% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 133 139
10th Percentile £12.00 £16.30 £10.77
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.47 £12.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -11.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.21 £75.00 £58.33
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £21.35
% change year-on-year -40.00% +75.64% +1.67%

F5
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for F5 in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing F5 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for F5 in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for F5 in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing F5 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for F5 in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +41 54 £575 +15.00% 6
Thames Valley -4 19 £500 - 9
Berkshire -5 13 £550 +37.50% 7
Surrey - 8 £460 -
Buckinghamshire +12 6 £225 -55.45% 1
West Sussex - 2 £450 - 1
Kent - 2 £425 -
East Sussex - 1 £500 -
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England

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (9.20%) AWS
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.30%) Azure
4 1 (1.15%) Cloudflare
4 1 (1.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 37 (42.53%) Cisco Firepower
2 36 (41.38%) Firewall
3 33 (37.93%) BGP
4 32 (36.78%) WAN
5 30 (34.48%) MPLS
6 27 (31.03%) SSL
7 14 (16.09%) VPN
8 11 (12.64%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (12.64%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (12.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 8 (9.20%) NetScaler
10 6 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (6.90%) DNS
10 6 (6.90%) OSPF
11 4 (4.60%) DHCP
11 4 (4.60%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 4 (4.60%) IPsec
12 3 (3.45%) HSRP
12 3 (3.45%) VLAN
12 3 (3.45%) WLAN
General
1 33 (37.93%) Finance
2 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (8.05%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.15%) Advertising
4 1 (1.15%) Law
4 1 (1.15%) Local Government
4 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (47.13%) Network Engineer
2 29 (33.33%) Architect
2 29 (33.33%) Network Architect
3 11 (12.64%) Senior
4 7 (8.05%) Senior Architect
4 7 (8.05%) Senior Network Architect
5 4 (4.60%) Build Engineer
5 4 (4.60%) Network Build Engineer
6 3 (3.45%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (3.45%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.30%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (2.30%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (2.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (2.30%) Designer
7 2 (2.30%) IT Support
7 2 (2.30%) Network Designer
7 2 (2.30%) Network Specialist
7 2 (2.30%) Network Support
7 2 (2.30%) Network Support Engineer
7 2 (2.30%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) JSON
2 3 (3.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.64%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.75%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Linux
1 4 (4.60%) Mac OS
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
1 4 (4.60%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.33%) Network Design
2 27 (31.03%) Network Management
3 25 (28.74%) Customer Requirements
4 24 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
5 16 (18.39%) Network Architecture
6 13 (14.94%) Migration
7 8 (9.20%) ITIL
7 8 (9.20%) Project Delivery
7 8 (9.20%) Service Delivery
8 6 (6.90%) Computer Science
8 6 (6.90%) Load Balancing
9 5 (5.75%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (5.75%) Knowledge Transfer
9 5 (5.75%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (4.60%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (3.45%) Converged Infrastructure
11 3 (3.45%) Mentoring
11 3 (3.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 3 (3.45%) Network Virtualisation
11 3 (3.45%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.60%) ActionScript
2 1 (1.15%) C
2 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 50 (57.47%) Security Cleared
2 20 (22.99%) SC Cleared
3 17 (19.54%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (14.94%) DV Cleared
5 11 (12.64%) CCNP
6 10 (11.49%) CCNA
7 7 (8.05%) Degree
8 3 (3.45%) CCIE
9 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.30%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) SLA
2 2 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) VMware NSX
2 5 (5.75%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (4.60%) ProxySG
3 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (35.63%) Endace
2 4 (4.60%) AirWatch
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.15%) Ansible
3 1 (1.15%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.15%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.15%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 59 (67.82%) Cisco
2 37 (42.53%) Juniper
3 20 (22.99%) SolarWinds
4 9 (10.34%) Palo Alto
5 8 (9.20%) CheckPoint
5 8 (9.20%) VMware
6 5 (5.75%) Meraki
7 4 (4.60%) Apple
7 4 (4.60%) Blue Coat
7 4 (4.60%) Citrix
7 4 (4.60%) Dell
7 4 (4.60%) Fortinet
7 4 (4.60%) HP
7 4 (4.60%) Planview
7 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.30%) Nokia
8 2 (2.30%) QinetiQ
9 1 (1.15%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.15%) Forcepoint
9 1 (1.15%) Zscaler