The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 129 154 173
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +19
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 92 68 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.766% 1.104% 0.711%
As % of the Vendors category 3.071% 2.260% 1.387%
Number of salaries quoted 67 61 31
Average salary £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.31% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £40,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2996 3009 2668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 57.50% 48.84% 51.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2340 2538 2178
Average salary £42,500 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
South East

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Blue Coat Jobs Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Blue Coat Salary Histogram

Blue Coat
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +22 30 £42,500 -10.52%
Bracknell -10 19 £31,500 -45.21%
Newbury +6 6 £41,000 -8.88%
Slough -3 3 £45,000 -21.73%
Blue Coat
South East

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Blue Coat.

1 180 (93.26%) CheckPoint
2 160 (82.90%) F5
3 154 (79.79%) Juniper
4 135 (69.95%) TCP/IP
5 129 (66.84%) CCSE
6 124 (64.25%) CCSA
7 121 (62.69%) Cisco
8 117 (60.62%) Windows
9 115 (59.59%) JNCIA
10 109 (56.48%) CISSP
11 104 (53.89%) UNIX
12 93 (48.19%) Firewall
13 83 (43.01%) Network Security
14 67 (34.72%) Sourcefire
15 62 (32.12%) McAfee
16 60 (31.09%) Project Management
17 59 (30.57%) PRINCE2
17 59 (30.57%) IBM
17 59 (30.57%) JNCIE
18 44 (22.80%) Intrusion Detection
19 43 (22.28%) Internet
20 29 (15.03%) DNS
20 29 (15.03%) SNMP
20 29 (15.03%) Cisco ASA
21 27 (13.99%) Cisco PIX
22 26 (13.47%) DHCP
23 23 (11.92%) Telecoms
24 22 (11.40%) Cisco Certification
25 20 (10.36%) CCNP
25 20 (10.36%) Websense

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Blue Coat. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.036%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.627%) MS Exchange
2 2 (1.036%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (1.036%) Lync
3 1 (0.518%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 6 (3.109%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.518%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 135 (69.95%) TCP/IP
2 93 (48.19%) Firewall
3 83 (43.01%) Network Security
4 44 (22.80%) Intrusion Detection
5 43 (22.28%) Internet
6 29 (15.03%) DNS
6 29 (15.03%) SNMP
6 29 (15.03%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (13.99%) Cisco PIX
8 26 (13.47%) DHCP
9 19 (9.845%) SMTP
10 17 (8.808%) FWSM
10 17 (8.808%) Radio Access Network
10 17 (8.808%) BIG-IP
10 17 (8.808%) 3G
11 12 (6.218%) LAN
12 11 (5.699%) VPN
12 11 (5.699%) Broadband
13 9 (4.663%) Junos
14 7 (3.627%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.554%) Data Mining
General
1 23 (11.92%) Telecoms
2 15 (7.772%) French Language
2 15 (7.772%) German Language
3 14 (7.254%) Back Office
4 11 (5.699%) Retail
4 11 (5.699%) Billing
5 4 (2.073%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.036%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.036%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 83 (43.01%) Security Engineer
2 54 (27.98%) Security Analyst
2 54 (27.98%) Analyst
3 45 (23.32%) Support Engineer
4 40 (20.73%) Security Support Engineer
5 30 (15.54%) Consultant
6 28 (14.51%) Senior Security Analyst
6 28 (14.51%) Senior Analyst
7 20 (10.36%) Network Engineer
8 18 (9.326%) Network Security Engineer
8 18 (9.326%) IP Engineer
9 17 (8.808%) Security Consultant
10 8 (4.145%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 7 (3.627%) Senior Security Engineer
11 7 (3.627%) Implementation Engineer
12 6 (3.109%) Operations Engineer
12 6 (3.109%) Principal Consultant
12 6 (3.109%) Sales Consultant
13 5 (2.591%) Senior Support Engineer
14 3 (1.554%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.109%) Kindle
2 4 (2.073%) SaaS
3 2 (1.036%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.518%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 117 (60.62%) Windows
2 104 (53.89%) UNIX
3 5 (2.591%) Solaris
3 5 (2.591%) Linux
3 5 (2.591%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.554%) Windows 2000
4 3 (1.554%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.554%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (31.09%) Project Management
2 59 (30.57%) PRINCE2
3 11 (5.699%) CRM
4 8 (4.145%) Information Security
5 7 (3.627%) Network Management
6 6 (3.109%) ITIL
7 5 (2.591%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (2.591%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (2.591%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (2.591%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (2.591%) Load Balancing
7 5 (2.591%) Change Control
8 4 (2.073%) ERP
9 3 (1.554%) Business Development
9 3 (1.554%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (1.554%) SIEM
10 1 (0.518%) PRINCE
10 1 (0.518%) Service Delivery
10 1 (0.518%) Service Management
10 1 (0.518%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.591%) SQL
2 2 (1.036%) Scala
2 2 (1.036%) C
Qualifications
1 129 (66.84%) CCSE
2 124 (64.25%) CCSA
3 115 (59.59%) JNCIA
4 109 (56.48%) CISSP
5 59 (30.57%) JNCIE
6 22 (11.40%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (10.36%) CCNP
8 9 (4.663%) JNCIS
9 8 (4.145%) Degree
10 7 (3.627%) CCNA
11 6 (3.109%) CCSP
12 3 (1.554%) CCIE
13 2 (1.036%) MCTS
13 2 (1.036%) MCITP
13 2 (1.036%) CISA
13 2 (1.036%) CISM
14 1 (0.518%) CCDP
14 1 (0.518%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.518%) SC Cleared
14 1 (0.518%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.109%) ISO 9001
1 6 (3.109%) SLA
2 2 (1.036%) QA
3 1 (0.518%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (8.808%) ProxySG
2 13 (6.736%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.109%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.591%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (1.036%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 180 (93.26%) CheckPoint
2 160 (82.90%) F5
3 154 (79.79%) Juniper
4 121 (62.69%) Cisco
5 67 (34.72%) Sourcefire
6 62 (32.12%) McAfee
7 59 (30.57%) IBM
8 20 (10.36%) Websense
8 20 (10.36%) VMware
9 10 (5.181%) Microsoft
9 10 (5.181%) Citrix
10 9 (4.663%) Radware
10 9 (4.663%) Fortinet
11 8 (4.145%) Nokia
11 8 (4.145%) HP
12 6 (3.109%) Crossbeam
13 5 (2.591%) Brocade
13 5 (2.591%) Barracuda Networks
14 3 (1.554%) Symantec
14 3 (1.554%) Sophos
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