Surrey 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 Surrey 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire City of London East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hertfordshire London Middlesex Milton Keynes Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	106
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.512 %
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	£364	£388
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
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	£20.78	£22.50
% change on same period last year	-7.65 %
Vendors Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	751	1171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.015 %	1.155 %
Daily rates quoted	149	305
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£336
Average daily rate	£326	£350
% change on same period last year	-7.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	115	223
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.64	£18.91
Average hourly rate	£23.10	£19.92
% change on same period last year	+15.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.57	£20.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.29	£24.78
% change on same period last year	-1.97 %
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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 Surrey 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 Surrey region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (100.00 %) VPN 1 1 (100.00 %) Cisco 1 1 (100.00 %) CheckPoint 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003 1 1 (100.00 %) Firewall 1 1 (100.00 %) CCSA 1 1 (100.00 %) CCSE 1 1 (100.00 %) Finjan 1 1 (100.00 %) Cisco PIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Network Security 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 (100.00 %) VPN 1 1 (100.00 %) Firewall 1 1 (100.00 %) Cisco PIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Network Security	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Network Consultant 1 1 (100.00 %) Consultant 1 1 (100.00 %) Security Consultant 1 1 (100.00 %) Network Security Consultant
Operating Systems 1 1 (100.00 %) UNIX 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows Server 2003 1 1 (100.00 %) Windows 2000 Server	Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) CCSA 1 1 (100.00 %) CCSE
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Cisco 1 1 (100.00 %) CheckPoint 1 1 (100.00 %) Finjan