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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 18 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 West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 106 134 124
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -10
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.195% 0.096% 0.100%
As % of the Vendors category 0.464% 0.231% 0.218%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £356 £365
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £45.00 £27.49
% change year-on-year
- +63.72%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
862 1297 1375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 41.95% 41.37% 45.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 715 621
Average daily rate £350 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 91 130
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.20% +7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.60 £40.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 West region.

South West Blue Coat Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bristol +20 2 - -
Dorset - 1 £300 -
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Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) CheckPoint
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
3 4 (66.67%) Nokia
4 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (50.00%) Network Management
4 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
4 3 (50.00%) FWSM
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (50.00%) IP Telephony
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco IPT
4 3 (50.00%) Network Load Balancing
4 3 (50.00%) IronPort
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (50.00%) Wireless
4 3 (50.00%) VPN
4 3 (50.00%) CA
4 3 (50.00%) MPLS
4 3 (50.00%) OSPF
4 3 (50.00%) BGP
4 3 (50.00%) IBM
4 3 (50.00%) HP
4 3 (50.00%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (16.67%) 3Com
6 1 (16.67%) Internet

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (50.00%) Wireless
2 3 (50.00%) IP Telephony
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (50.00%) FWSM
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 3 (50.00%) MPLS
2 3 (50.00%) OSPF
2 3 (50.00%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Network Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) AIX
1 1 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Network Load Balancing
1 3 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) ProxySG
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) CheckPoint
3 4 (66.67%) Nokia
4 3 (50.00%) IronPort
4 3 (50.00%) SolarWinds
4 3 (50.00%) CA
4 3 (50.00%) IBM
4 3 (50.00%) HP
5 1 (16.67%) Dell
5 1 (16.67%) Juniper
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle
5 1 (16.67%) 3Com
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