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 Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £353 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.00% +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
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
105 191 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 50.48% 45.80% 46.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 89 58
Average daily rate £305 £380 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.73% +22.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £505 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 19
Average hourly rate £19.04 £25.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% -21.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £18.65 £21.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £32.25 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Blue Coat
North West

Blue Coat
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Websense
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Websense