Blue Coat Contracts in England

Blue Coat
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blue Coat over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 574 750
Rank change year-on-year +61 +176 -207
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 29 89 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.078% 0.17% 0.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.18% 0.41% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 59 27
10th Percentile £395 £456 £398
25th Percentile £438 £513 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £553 £650 £624
90th Percentile £584 - £685
UK median daily rate £460 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -16.36% +15.79% +11.76%

All Vendors
England

Blue Coat is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,835 21,743 28,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.40% 41.92% 39.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,104 14,921 19,232
10th Percentile £255 £263 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 644 803
10th Percentile £12.09 £15.03 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £18.25 £14.94
Median hourly rate £22.21 £36.50 £20.89
Median % change year-on-year -39.14% +74.72% -5.05%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £57.15
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £40.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -45.68% +92.86% -6.67%

Blue Coat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Blue Coat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Coat in England

Blue Coat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Blue Coat in England.

Daily rate trend for Blue Coat in England

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blue Coat in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Blue Coat in England

Blue Coat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Blue Coat in England.

Hourly rate trend for Blue Coat in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the England region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
South East +30 18 £460 -23.33%
London +58 9 £450 -20.00%
Midlands +31 1 - -
North of England +30 1 - -
North West +27 1 - -
West Midlands +27 1 - -
East of England - 1 £450 - 8
Blue Coat
UK

Blue Coat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (68.97%) Firewall
2 17 (58.62%) VPN
3 13 (44.83%) DMZ
3 13 (44.83%) LAN
4 12 (41.38%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (37.93%) Wireless
6 10 (34.48%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (27.59%) Cisco ISE
7 8 (27.59%) Network Security
8 7 (24.14%) WAN
9 4 (13.79%) ADSL
9 4 (13.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (13.79%) PSTN
9 4 (13.79%) WLAN
10 2 (6.90%) DNS
10 2 (6.90%) HTTP
10 2 (6.90%) Internet
11 1 (3.45%) Skype
General
1 10 (34.48%) Banking
2 9 (31.03%) Investment Banking
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
4 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (82.76%) Network Engineer
2 11 (37.93%) Cisco Engineer
2 11 (37.93%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (31.03%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 9 (31.03%) Juniper Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Network Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Architectural Patterns
1 9 (31.03%) Change Control
1 9 (31.03%) Design Patterns
1 9 (31.03%) High Availability
1 9 (31.03%) ITSM
2 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
2 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Service Management
3 4 (13.79%) DevSecOps
3 4 (13.79%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (6.90%) Agile
4 2 (6.90%) Change Management
4 2 (6.90%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) CCNP
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (24.14%) CCSA
2 7 (24.14%) JNCIA
2 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
2 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.90%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 25 (86.21%) CheckPoint
2 23 (79.31%) Cisco
3 17 (58.62%) Juniper
4 13 (44.83%) Fortinet
5 12 (41.38%) Palo Alto
6 6 (20.69%) F5
7 4 (13.79%) Aruba
7 4 (13.79%) Infoblox
7 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
8 2 (6.90%) McAfee
8 2 (6.90%) Symantec
8 2 (6.90%) Zscaler