Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBlue Coat
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£336
% change on same period last year+8.04 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.92£23.83
% change on same period last year+54.89 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South West
Matching contract IT job ads16782115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.643 %2.266 %
Daily rates quoted444477
Average minimum daily rate£342£314
Average daily rate£364£330
% change on same period last year+10.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£348
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted193256
Average minimum hourly rate£23.28£23.11
Average hourly rate£24.68£24.78
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.09£26.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.26£24.41
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Blue Coat EnglandBlue Coat
England

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.

Blue Coat
Demand Trend

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

South West Blue Coat Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Blue Coat Daily Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Blue Coat Hourly Rate Trend

Blue Coat
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)DHCP
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Juniper
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)MPLS
11 (50.00 %)MIMEsweeper
11 (50.00 %)NetScreen
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
11 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (50.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)DHCP
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)MPLS
11 (50.00 %)NetScreen
11 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
11 (50.00 %)Cisco ASA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Server Support
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
11 (50.00 %)Server Engineer
11 (50.00 %)PC Support
11 (50.00 %)Server Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)PC Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)PC Engineer
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)MIMEsweeper
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)Juniper