Kent Blue Coat Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT contracts within the Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire City of London England Farnborough Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Kent Leeds Liverpool London Merseyside Milton Keynes North West Reading Scotland South East Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£294	£336
% change on same period last year	-12.44 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.30	£23.83
% change on same period last year	+64.89 %
Vendors Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	183	265
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.294 %	0.285 %
Daily rates quoted	68	61
Average minimum daily rate	£271	£343
Average daily rate	£282	£368
% change on same period last year	-23.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£294	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£349
% change on same period last year	+2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.01	£19.46
Average hourly rate	£17.83	£20.88
% change on same period last year	-14.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.65	£22.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£24.08
% change on same period last year	-1.22 %
Blue Coat South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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