Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT jobs within the County Antrim region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBlue Coat
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank24-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads20
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.020 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£45,862£47,119
% change on same period last year-2.66 %
County Antrim IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
County Antrim
Matching permanent IT job ads9998
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.041 %
Salaries quoted4755
Average minimum salary£42,470£35,595
Average salary£44,538£38,077
% change on same period last year+16.96 %
Average maximum salary£46,606£40,560
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Blue Coat Northern IrelandBlue Coat
Northern Ireland

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 permanent IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

County Antrim Blue Coat Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastNew entry-2--
Blue Coat Northern IrelandBlue Coat
Northern Ireland

Blue Coat
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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.

18 (100.00 %)UNIX
18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)MS Excel
18 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
18 (100.00 %)VPN
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
18 (100.00 %)Websense
18 (100.00 %)Firewall
18 (100.00 %)SurfControl
18 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
18 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
18 (100.00 %)Network Security
18 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (12.50 %)ITIL
21 (12.50 %)Change Management

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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.

County Antrim IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (100.00 %)MS Excel
County Antrim IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
18 (100.00 %)VPN
18 (100.00 %)Firewall
18 (100.00 %)Intrusion Detection
18 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
18 (100.00 %)Network Security
County Antrim IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Security Specialist
27 (87.50 %)IT Security Specialist
27 (87.50 %)Technical Specialist
County Antrim IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (100.00 %)UNIX
18 (100.00 %)Windows
18 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
18 (100.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
County Antrim IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)ITIL
11 (12.50 %)Change Management
County Antrim IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Cisco
18 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
18 (100.00 %)Websense
18 (100.00 %)SurfControl