Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBlue Coat
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4368
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.017 %0.359 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£336
% change on same period last year+8.04 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£25.00£20.00
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.92£23.83
% change on same period last year+54.89 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads295557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.465 %0.597 %
Daily rates quoted90122
Average minimum daily rate£339£389
Average daily rate£360£423
% change on same period last year-14.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted45121
Average minimum hourly rate£24.51£17.28
Average hourly rate£25.85£18.28
% change on same period last year+41.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.20£19.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Blue Coat West MidlandsBlue Coat
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Blue Coat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Blue Coat across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham Blue Coat Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Blue Coat across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Blue Coat Daily Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Blue Coat across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Blue Coat Hourly Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Blue Coat also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Blue Coat.

112 (100.00 %)Cisco
112 (100.00 %)Firewall
29 (75.00 %)WAN
38 (66.67 %)Juniper
46 (50.00 %)BT
55 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (41.67 %)TCP/IP
55 (41.67 %)UNIX
55 (41.67 %)Windows
64 (33.33 %)LAN
64 (33.33 %)Nokia
64 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
64 (33.33 %)CCNA
64 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
64 (33.33 %)OSPF
64 (33.33 %)BGP
64 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
64 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
73 (25.00 %)Network Design
73 (25.00 %)MPLS

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Blue Coat also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Blue Coat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (100.00 %)Firewall
29 (75.00 %)WAN
35 (41.67 %)TCP/IP
44 (33.33 %)OSPF
44 (33.33 %)BGP
44 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
44 (33.33 %)Cisco ASA
44 (33.33 %)LAN
53 (25.00 %)MPLS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Support Analyst
16 (50.00 %)Analyst
16 (50.00 %)Network Support
24 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
33 (25.00 %)Network Analyst
33 (25.00 %)Network Support Analyst
33 (25.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
42 (16.67 %)Network Specialist
51 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Support Specialist
51 (8.333 %)Network Support Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (41.67 %)UNIX
15 (41.67 %)Windows
15 (41.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Network Design
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (33.33 %)CCNA
14 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Cisco
28 (66.67 %)Juniper
36 (50.00 %)BT
44 (33.33 %)Nokia
44 (33.33 %)CheckPoint