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 Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
247 182 256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 40.89% 37.68% 44.60%
Number of salaries quoted 214 136 202
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
South West

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) Nokia
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Internet

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Principle Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
1 4 (100.00%) Nokia
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft