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 Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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 127 124 130
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 7 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.344% 0.104% 0.238%
As % of the Vendors category 0.741% 0.223% 0.483%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 5
Average salary £64,000 £47,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.73% +46.15%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
945 897 1035
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 46.46% 46.79% 49.24%
Number of salaries quoted 834 777 899
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes -11 7 £64,000 +34.73%
Blue Coat
South East

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) SSL
2 6 (60.00%) Juniper
2 6 (60.00%) CheckPoint
2 6 (60.00%) Network Security
3 5 (50.00%) Load Balancing
3 5 (50.00%) IPsec
3 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (50.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) CCIE
3 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 4 (40.00%) WAN
4 4 (40.00%) NFS
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle
4 4 (40.00%) SAP
4 4 (40.00%) CSS
4 4 (40.00%) SLA
4 4 (40.00%) DWDM
4 4 (40.00%) MPLS
4 4 (40.00%) OSPF
4 4 (40.00%) Infovista
4 4 (40.00%) BGP
4 4 (40.00%) EIGRP
4 4 (40.00%) TACACS
4 4 (40.00%) Netcool
4 4 (40.00%) OpenView
4 4 (40.00%) CiscoWorks
4 4 (40.00%) Telecoms

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (40.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) SSL
1 6 (60.00%) Network Security
2 5 (50.00%) IPsec
2 5 (50.00%) VPN
2 5 (50.00%) LAN
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
3 4 (40.00%) DWDM
3 4 (40.00%) MPLS
3 4 (40.00%) OSPF
3 4 (40.00%) BGP
3 4 (40.00%) EIGRP
3 4 (40.00%) TACACS
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (10.00%) WLAN
5 1 (10.00%) tcpdump
5 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Technical Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Network Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Design Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Network Technical Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Network Design Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Sales Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Network Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 4 (40.00%) Network Design
2 4 (40.00%) Change Control
3 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 2 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) NFS
2 1 (10.00%) ProxySG
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Netcool
1 4 (40.00%) OpenView
1 4 (40.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Juniper
2 6 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 4 (40.00%) SAP
3 4 (40.00%) Infovista
4 3 (30.00%) F5
5 2 (20.00%) IronPort
5 2 (20.00%) LogLogic
5 2 (20.00%) Q1 Labs
6 1 (10.00%) Twitter
6 1 (10.00%) Citrix
6 1 (10.00%) HP
6 1 (10.00%) Symantec
6 1 (10.00%) CA
6 1 (10.00%) Brocade
6 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (10.00%) VMware