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 East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 148 159 164
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 15 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.488% 0.030% 0.028%
As % of the Vendors category 0.978% 0.069% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Average salary £67,500 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.82% -5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1533 1447 1568
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 49.87% 43.61% 43.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1301 1257 1336
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +5.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Blue Coat Salary Trend

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 East Midlands 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
Lincolnshire - 13 - -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £67,500 -
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 18 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (94.44%) VMware
3 16 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (72.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (72.22%) Office 365
4 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
4 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
4 13 (72.22%) ITIL
4 13 (72.22%) Windows
5 10 (55.56%) WLAN
5 10 (55.56%) LAN
5 10 (55.56%) Firewall
5 10 (55.56%) Wireless
6 9 (50.00%) CheckPoint
7 7 (38.89%) Internet
7 7 (38.89%) PSTN
7 7 (38.89%) DNS
7 7 (38.89%) WAN
7 7 (38.89%) DHCP
7 7 (38.89%) EDI
7 7 (38.89%) ISDN
8 6 (33.33%) Data Security
8 6 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (33.33%) MCTS
8 6 (33.33%) HTTP
8 6 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (33.33%) CISSP
9 5 (27.78%) Juniper
10 4 (22.22%) Network Security
10 4 (22.22%) F5

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (38.89%) EDI
Applications
1 13 (72.22%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) WLAN
1 10 (55.56%) LAN
1 10 (55.56%) Firewall
1 10 (55.56%) Wireless
2 7 (38.89%) Internet
2 7 (38.89%) PSTN
2 7 (38.89%) DNS
2 7 (38.89%) WAN
2 7 (38.89%) DHCP
2 7 (38.89%) ISDN
3 6 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (33.33%) HTTP
4 4 (22.22%) Network Security
5 3 (16.67%) VPN
5 3 (16.67%) SSL
5 3 (16.67%) IPsec
5 3 (16.67%) Unified Communications
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (5.556%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Analyst
1 13 (72.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Network Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Network Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Head of Security
5 1 (5.556%) Head of Operations
5 1 (5.556%) Network Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (72.22%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Data Security
2 6 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.556%) SIEM
4 1 (5.556%) Change Control
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) MCTS
1 6 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (5.556%) CCSP
4 1 (5.556%) CCNP
4 1 (5.556%) CCNA
4 1 (5.556%) CCDP
System Software
1 16 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (94.44%) VMware
3 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
4 9 (50.00%) CheckPoint
5 5 (27.78%) Juniper
6 4 (22.22%) F5
6 4 (22.22%) HP
7 3 (16.67%) Citrix
7 3 (16.67%) Symantec
7 3 (16.67%) Brocade
7 3 (16.67%) Fortinet
8 1 (5.556%) Sun
8 1 (5.556%) Computacenter