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 South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 196 220 199
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -21
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 24 27 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.300% 0.270% 0.443%
As % of the Vendors category 0.594% 0.559% 0.908%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 34
Average daily rate £358 £338 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.92% -5.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £200 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £479 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £365
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 4
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £33.31
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +35.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £33.31
% change year-on-year
- +35.11%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
4039 4827 5179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.44% 48.29% 48.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1972 2078 2083
Average daily rate £360 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 354 449
Average hourly rate £19.63 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.02% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.38 £11.00 £11.02
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
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England

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Blue Coat Daily Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Blue Coat Daily Rate Histogram

Blue Coat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Blue Coat Hourly Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +17 12 £375 +11.11% 4
Hampshire -2 6 £225 -40.00% 3
Surrey +15 3 £450 +80.00% 1
Kent -1 1 £338 -
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - - 2
Home Counties - - - -
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England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 31 (79.49%) Firewall
2 26 (66.67%) Cisco
3 25 (64.10%) CheckPoint
4 15 (38.46%) F5
5 14 (35.90%) ProxySG
6 13 (33.33%) Juniper
7 12 (30.77%) McAfee
7 12 (30.77%) DNS
8 11 (28.21%) Nokia
8 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
8 11 (28.21%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (25.64%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (23.08%) TCP/IP
10 9 (23.08%) VPN
10 9 (23.08%) Telecoms
10 9 (23.08%) Finance
10 9 (23.08%) Network Security
11 8 (20.51%) Load Balancing
11 8 (20.51%) DHCP
11 8 (20.51%) Project Management
12 7 (17.95%) WAN
12 7 (17.95%) SNMP
12 7 (17.95%) DV Cleared
13 6 (15.38%) Cisco PIX
13 6 (15.38%) Sourcefire
13 6 (15.38%) IronPort
13 6 (15.38%) Windows
13 6 (15.38%) Change Management
13 6 (15.38%) CISSP
13 6 (15.38%) Internet

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 2 (5.128%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (5.128%) MS Exchange
1 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.564%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (5.128%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 31 (79.49%) Firewall
2 12 (30.77%) DNS
3 11 (28.21%) Cisco ASA
4 9 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 9 (23.08%) VPN
4 9 (23.08%) Network Security
5 8 (20.51%) DHCP
6 7 (17.95%) WAN
6 7 (17.95%) SNMP
7 6 (15.38%) Cisco PIX
7 6 (15.38%) Internet
7 6 (15.38%) FWSM
8 5 (12.82%) NetScreen
8 5 (12.82%) SMTP
8 5 (12.82%) BIG-IP
9 4 (10.26%) SSL
9 4 (10.26%) LAN
9 4 (10.26%) 3G
9 4 (10.26%) Junos
9 4 (10.26%) Radio Access Network
General
1 9 (23.08%) Telecoms
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Back Office
3 1 (2.564%) Billing
3 1 (2.564%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Security Engineer
2 9 (23.08%) Network Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Consultant
4 7 (17.95%) IP Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Security Consultant
6 5 (12.82%) Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Firewall Consultant
7 3 (7.692%) Implementation Specialist
7 3 (7.692%) Security Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (5.128%) Cisco Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Telecoms Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (5.128%) Architect
9 1 (2.564%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.564%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.128%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Solaris
3 3 (7.692%) Windows XP
4 2 (5.128%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (5.128%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (5.128%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.564%) Linux
5 1 (2.564%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Load Balancing
1 8 (20.51%) Project Management
2 6 (15.38%) Change Management
3 5 (12.82%) SIEM
3 5 (12.82%) Network Architecture
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL
5 3 (7.692%) Project Planning
6 2 (5.128%) Time Management
6 2 (5.128%) ITSM
7 1 (2.564%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (2.564%) Configuration Management
7 1 (2.564%) CRM
7 1 (2.564%) Validation
7 1 (2.564%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.564%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.128%) C
1 2 (5.128%) SQL
2 1 (2.564%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (17.95%) DV Cleared
4 6 (15.38%) CISSP
5 5 (12.82%) CCNP
5 5 (12.82%) CCNA
5 5 (12.82%) Degree
5 5 (12.82%) GIAC
5 5 (12.82%) GCIA
6 2 (5.128%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.128%) CCSA
7 1 (2.564%) CCSE
7 1 (2.564%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) ProxySG
2 2 (5.128%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.564%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) SCCM
1 2 (5.128%) SCOM
1 2 (5.128%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (5.128%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 26 (66.67%) Cisco
2 25 (64.10%) CheckPoint
3 15 (38.46%) F5
4 13 (33.33%) Juniper
5 12 (30.77%) McAfee
6 11 (28.21%) Nokia
7 6 (15.38%) Sourcefire
7 6 (15.38%) IronPort
8 5 (12.82%) ArcSight
8 5 (12.82%) TippingPoint
9 4 (10.26%) Oracle
9 4 (10.26%) Sun
9 4 (10.26%) NetApp
10 3 (7.692%) Fortinet
11 2 (5.128%) Crossbeam
11 2 (5.128%) Riverbed
11 2 (5.128%) 3PAR
11 2 (5.128%) 3Com
11 2 (5.128%) Brocade
11 2 (5.128%) Microsoft
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