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 of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 23 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 of England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 254 259 250
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -9
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 8 13 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.098% 0.149% 0.340%
As % of the Vendors category 0.204% 0.327% 0.807%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 32
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £32,600 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £49,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
All Vendors
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3922 3976 4089
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 47.88% 45.57% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3363 3321 3382
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridgeshire +2 5 £27,500 -21.42%
Essex +23 2 - -
Bedfordshire -12 1 £67,500 +35.00%
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 13 (92.86%) Juniper
2 12 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (85.71%) Cisco
3 11 (78.57%) Firewall
4 10 (71.43%) Network Security
4 10 (71.43%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (64.29%) CCNP
5 9 (64.29%) CheckPoint
6 8 (57.14%) F5
7 6 (42.86%) Cisco PIX
7 6 (42.86%) VPN
7 6 (42.86%) Finance
7 6 (42.86%) CCSE
8 5 (35.71%) ProxySG
8 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
8 5 (35.71%) SSL
8 5 (35.71%) LAN
8 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
9 4 (28.57%) Websense
9 4 (28.57%) OSPF
9 4 (28.57%) HTTP
9 4 (28.57%) JNCIS
9 4 (28.57%) DMVPN
10 3 (21.43%) IronPort
10 3 (21.43%) PCI DSS
10 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
10 3 (21.43%) SIEM
10 3 (21.43%) PKI
10 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (21.43%) Risk Management

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 1 (7.143%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) Firewall
2 10 (71.43%) Network Security
2 10 (71.43%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (42.86%) Cisco PIX
3 6 (42.86%) VPN
4 5 (35.71%) SSL
4 5 (35.71%) LAN
4 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
5 4 (28.57%) OSPF
5 4 (28.57%) HTTP
5 4 (28.57%) DMVPN
6 3 (21.43%) WAN
6 3 (21.43%) SMTP
6 3 (21.43%) FTP
6 3 (21.43%) BGP
6 3 (21.43%) NetScreen
7 1 (7.143%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
7 1 (7.143%) BIG-IP
7 1 (7.143%) Wireless
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) German Language
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Network Support Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Network Support
2 4 (28.57%) Security Support Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Security Specialist
3 3 (21.43%) Security Specialist
3 3 (21.43%) Network Specialist
3 3 (21.43%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) SIEM
1 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
1 3 (21.43%) Information Security
1 3 (21.43%) Change Management
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (7.143%) Load Balancing
2 1 (7.143%) Data Security
2 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
2 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (64.29%) CCNP
3 6 (42.86%) CCSE
4 4 (28.57%) JNCIS
5 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
5 3 (21.43%) CCNA
5 3 (21.43%) CISSP
6 2 (14.29%) CCIE
7 1 (7.143%) JNCIA
7 1 (7.143%) CCSA
7 1 (7.143%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) PCI DSS
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) ProxySG
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (7.143%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Juniper
2 12 (85.71%) Cisco
3 9 (64.29%) CheckPoint
4 8 (57.14%) F5
5 4 (28.57%) Websense
6 3 (21.43%) IronPort
7 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
7 2 (14.29%) Crossbeam
7 2 (14.29%) Twitter
8 1 (7.143%) Imperva
8 1 (7.143%) Brocade
8 1 (7.143%) VMware
8 1 (7.143%) HP
8 1 (7.143%) Citrix
8 1 (7.143%) Avaya
8 1 (7.143%) Symantec