F5 BIG-IP GTM Contract Job Trends in the North of England

F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England citing F5 BIG-IP GTM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	224	167	160
Rank change year-on-year	-57	-7	+27
Contract jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM	42	28	4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England	0.55%	0.65%	0.100%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	4.88%	5.36%	0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	10	0	3
10^th Percentile	£580	-	£587
25^th Percentile	£600	-	£596
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£650	-	£622
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+10.58%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£630
90^th Percentile	-	-	£634
England median daily rate	£550	£308	£525
% change year-on-year	+78.86%	-41.43%	-

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

F5 BIG-IP GTM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	860	522	529
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England	11.24%	12.14%	13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	505	332	278
10^th Percentile	£222	£170	£194
25^th Percentile	£356	£334	£320
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£489	£466	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+5.05%	-2.00%	-1.04%
75^th Percentile	£575	£550	£565
90^th Percentile	£650	£667	£673
England median daily rate	£500	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	66	22	12
10^th Percentile	£13.45	-	£12.59
25^th Percentile	£18.50	£15.50	£17.33
Median hourly rate	£22.81	£20.00	£41.25
Median % change year-on-year	+14.05%	-51.52%	+133.84%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	£63.56	£51.23
90^th Percentile	£29.50	£73.85	£51.91
England median hourly rate	£43.50	£34.00	£56.13
% change year-on-year	+27.94%	-39.42%	-0.65%

F5 BIG-IP GTM Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing F5 BIG-IP GTM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

F5 BIG-IP GTM Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

F5 BIG-IP GTM Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing F5 BIG-IP GTM in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for F5 BIG-IP GTM in the North of England

F5 BIG-IP GTM Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

F5 BIG-IP GTM Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-43	30	£650	-	3
Yorkshire	-37	12	£650	-
F5 BIG-IP GTM England

F5 BIG-IP GTM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing F5 BIG-IP GTM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region citing F5 BIG-IP GTM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	100.0%	42
1	F5	100.0%	42
3	F5 BIG-IP LTM	97.6%	41
4	BIG-IP	81.0%	34
5	Infrastructure Engineering	64.3%	27
6	VMware	57.1%	24
6	VMware Infrastructure	57.1%	24
8	Load Balancing	52.4%	22
9	Python	45.2%	19
10	ActionScript	40.5%	17
10	Agile	40.5%	17
10	CI/CD	40.5%	17
10	Firewall	40.5%	17
10	GitHub	40.5%	17
10	IaaS	40.5%	17
10	Jenkins	40.5%	17
17	TCP/IP	35.7%	15
18	Network Security	33.3%	14
18	SSL	33.3%	14
20	JIRA	31.0%	13
20	Operational Resilience	31.0%	13
22	DMZ	26.2%	11
22	Problem-Solving	26.2%	11
24	Blue Coat	23.8%	10
24	Data Loss Prevention	23.8%	10
24	Fiddler	23.8%	10
24	Firmware	23.8%	10
24	HTTP	23.8%	10
24	Malware Detection/Protection	23.8%	10
24	McAfee	23.8%	10

F5 BIG-IP GTM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	100.0%	42
2	F5 BIG-IP LTM	97.6%	41
3	BIG-IP	81.0%	34
4	Firewall	40.5%	17
5	TCP/IP	35.7%	15
6	Network Security	33.3%	14
6	SSL	33.3%	14
8	DMZ	26.2%	11
9	HTTP	23.8%	10
9	Wireshark	23.8%	10
11	VLAN	11.9%	5
12	DHCP	2.4%	1