F5 Contracts with Work from Home Options

F5
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring knowledge or experience of F5 products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited F5 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 268 394
Rank change year-on-year +35 +126 -32
Contract jobs citing F5 109 194 238
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 0.81% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.74% 1.85% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 152 163
10th Percentile £400 £400 £313
25th Percentile £463 £469 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £619 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £598
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.00
Median hourly rate - - £59.00
75th Percentile - - £61.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £70.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -66.00% +29.63% +35.00%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,268 10,513 17,342
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.48% 44.03% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,982 7,074 11,904
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £631
90th Percentile £720 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 248 250
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £16.53 £24.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.62 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.40% +31.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £51.25 £66.00 £57.09
90th Percentile £71.25 £79.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

F5
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing F5 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

F5 trend for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing F5.

F5 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing F5 over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

F5 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing F5.

F5 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

F5
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.75%) Confluence
2 2 (1.83%) IIS
2 2 (1.83%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.43%) Azure
2 13 (11.93%) AWS
3 9 (8.26%) Akamai
3 9 (8.26%) Cloudflare
4 5 (4.59%) GCP
4 5 (4.59%) GitHub
5 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.92%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.92%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 52 (47.71%) Firewall
2 25 (22.94%) BGP
3 21 (19.27%) SD-WAN
4 20 (18.35%) OSPF
5 17 (15.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 17 (15.60%) Network Security
6 16 (14.68%) VPN
6 16 (14.68%) WAN
7 15 (13.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 15 (13.76%) LAN
7 15 (13.76%) NX-OS
8 14 (12.84%) DNS
9 12 (11.01%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (8.26%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (4.59%) MPLS
11 5 (4.59%) NetScaler
12 4 (3.67%) Multicast
12 4 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (2.75%) IPsec
13 3 (2.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.83%) DB2
1 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.67%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.83%) Git
3 2 (1.83%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.92%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.92%) GitLab
4 1 (0.92%) Travis CI
General
1 46 (42.20%) Finance
2 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.93%) Banking
4 8 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.42%) Financial Institution
6 6 (5.50%) Retail
7 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.75%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.92%) Automotive
10 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 58 (53.21%) Network Engineer
2 20 (18.35%) Architect
3 14 (12.84%) Senior
4 10 (9.17%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (9.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 10 (9.17%) Network Architect
5 9 (8.26%) Network Security Engineer
5 9 (8.26%) Security Engineer
6 8 (7.34%) Senior Architect
6 8 (7.34%) Senior Network Architect
7 5 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Consultant
8 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Security Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Lead
8 3 (2.75%) Network Consultant
8 3 (2.75%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Security Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.42%) JSON
2 2 (1.83%) Kafka
2 2 (1.83%) Middleware
3 1 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.92%) LDAP
3 1 (0.92%) XML
3 1 (0.92%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.59%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.83%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.83%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.92%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.34%) Windows
2 7 (6.42%) Linux
3 4 (3.67%) Unix
4 3 (2.75%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.83%) AIX
5 2 (1.83%) Solaris
5 2 (1.83%) zOS
6 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (15.60%) Migration
2 15 (13.76%) Low Latency
3 10 (9.17%) Load Balancing
4 9 (8.26%) Change Management
5 8 (7.34%) DevOps
5 8 (7.34%) Investment Management
6 7 (6.42%) Incident Management
6 7 (6.42%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (5.50%) CI/CD
7 6 (5.50%) Project Delivery
8 5 (4.59%) SIEM
9 4 (3.67%) Agile
9 4 (3.67%) Application Security
9 4 (3.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (3.67%) ITIL
9 4 (3.67%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (3.67%) RAD
9 4 (3.67%) Roadmaps
10 3 (2.75%) Cloud Security
10 3 (2.75%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.43%) Python
2 7 (6.42%) ActionScript
3 2 (1.83%) Bash
3 2 (1.83%) Java
3 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.83%) SQL
4 1 (0.92%) Go
4 1 (0.92%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (33.94%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (32.11%) CCNP
3 23 (21.10%) CCIE
4 14 (12.84%) CCNA
5 10 (9.17%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.42%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.59%) CCSA
7 5 (4.59%) CISSP
8 4 (3.67%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.83%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.92%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (0.92%) Degree
10 1 (0.92%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.67%) SLA
2 1 (0.92%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.59%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.83%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.92%) Docker
4 1 (0.92%) Firmware
4 1 (0.92%) PowerDNS
4 1 (0.92%) ProxySG
4 1 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (15.60%) Ansible
2 7 (6.42%) Terraform
3 3 (2.75%) AirWatch
3 3 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.75%) Puppet
4 2 (1.83%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.83%) Tivoli
4 2 (1.83%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.92%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.92%) Endace
5 1 (0.92%) Grafana
5 1 (0.92%) Kibana
5 1 (0.92%) logstash
5 1 (0.92%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (59.63%) Cisco
2 35 (32.11%) Fortinet
3 34 (31.19%) CheckPoint
4 25 (22.94%) Palo Alto
5 12 (11.01%) Arista
6 11 (10.09%) SolarWinds
7 8 (7.34%) Juniper
7 8 (7.34%) Riverbed
8 5 (4.59%) AlgoSec
8 5 (4.59%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.67%) HP
9 4 (3.67%) IBM
9 4 (3.67%) VMware
10 3 (2.75%) Apple
10 3 (2.75%) Aruba
10 3 (2.75%) Microsoft
10 3 (2.75%) Planview
10 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.75%) Splunk
11 2 (1.83%) Oracle