The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 48 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.376% 0.239% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.930% 0.758% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.80% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
- +92.63%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
215 264 242
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.41% 31.58% 38.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 167 108
Average daily rate £325 £313 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £160 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 20
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.00 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £38.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Blue Coat
South West

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Blue Coat across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bristol Blue Coat Jobs Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Blue Coat Daily Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) CiscoWorks
1 3 (100.00%) CA
1 3 (100.00%) Nokia
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 3 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) IronPort
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (100.00%) FWSM
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 3 (100.00%) FWSM
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Network Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Network Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) CA
1 3 (100.00%) Nokia
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) IronPort
1 3 (100.00%) SolarWinds