F5 BIG-IP GTM Contracts

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for F5 BIG-IP GTM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited F5 BIG-IP GTM over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 635 802
Rank change year-on-year +79 +167 -152
Contract jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM 34 68 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.11% 0.065%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 0.93% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 59 37
10th Percentile £413 £450 £428
25th Percentile £475 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +8.80% +27.06%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £580
90th Percentile £584 £770 £612
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +14.50% -7.41% +35.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

F5 BIG-IP GTM is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,561 7,346 9,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 12.40% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,324 4,780 6,318
10th Percentile £205 £242 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 476 359
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.90 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing F5 BIG-IP GTM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for F5 BIG-IP GTM in the UK

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

Daily rate trend for F5 BIG-IP GTM in the UK

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for F5 BIG-IP GTM in the UK

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

Hourly rate trend for F5 BIG-IP GTM in the UK

F5 BIG-IP GTM
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +115 26 £544 +3.57% 4
London +95 21 £529 -25.00% 2
Work from Home +96 16 £550 +4.76% 12
UK excluding London +47 10 £573 +14.50% 2
South East +10 4 £566 +13.25%
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Scotland - 2 £600 -
North of England +27 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +20 1 - - 2

F5 BIG-IP GTM
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 1 (2.94%) Apache
1 1 (2.94%) EPiServer
1 1 (2.94%) IIS
1 1 (2.94%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.94%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 18 (52.94%) BGP
3 17 (50.00%) Firewall
4 14 (41.18%) MPLS
5 10 (29.41%) 5G
6 9 (26.47%) Network Security
7 8 (23.53%) OSPF
8 7 (20.59%) LAN
8 7 (20.59%) WAN
9 6 (17.65%) NX-OS
9 6 (17.65%) RSVP
9 6 (17.65%) SD-WAN
10 4 (11.76%) BIG-IP
10 4 (11.76%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (11.76%) NetScaler
11 3 (8.82%) DNS
11 3 (8.82%) VPN
12 2 (5.88%) VPLS
13 1 (2.94%) NetScreen
13 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 10 (29.41%) Git
2 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (8.82%) Law
3 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Design Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Developer
5 2 (5.88%) Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Network Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Design Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Network Design Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Juniper Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Network Security Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Design Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (47.06%) JSON
2 10 (29.41%) NETCONF
2 10 (29.41%) XML
2 10 (29.41%) YANG
3 1 (2.94%) .NET
3 1 (2.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.65%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Migration
2 8 (23.53%) Network Design
3 6 (17.65%) Business Strategy
3 6 (17.65%) Change Management
3 6 (17.65%) DevOps
3 6 (17.65%) Load Balancing
3 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
3 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 3 (8.82%) Fintech
5 3 (8.82%) High Availability
5 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
5 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.88%) Service Migration
6 2 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.94%) Information Security
7 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.94%) Service Management
7 1 (2.94%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (2.94%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) Python
2 9 (26.47%) ActionScript
3 3 (8.82%) Java
4 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) CCNP
1 6 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (14.71%) CCIE
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (11.76%) Degree
3 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (11.76%) VMware NSX
2 2 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) FortiGate
2 5 (14.71%) Ansible
3 2 (5.88%) Terraform
3 2 (5.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) F5
2 11 (32.35%) Cisco
3 10 (29.41%) Nokia
3 10 (29.41%) Palo Alto
4 9 (26.47%) Fortinet
5 5 (14.71%) Juniper
6 4 (11.76%) CA
6 4 (11.76%) VMware
7 2 (5.88%) Huawei
8 1 (2.94%) Infoblox