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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 Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location
3 months to 9 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank81-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads80
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.274 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted70
Average minimum salary£31,286-
Average salary£37,714-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£44,143-
UK excluding London average salary£44,565£46,305
% change on same period last year-3.75 %
Vendors EdinburghVendors
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads628744
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.323 %0.310 %
Salaries quoted437541
Average minimum salary£33,007£33,081
Average salary£36,531£36,356
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Average maximum salary£40,056£39,632
UK excluding London average salary£39,718£41,953
% change on same period last year-5.32 %
Blue Coat ScotlandBlue Coat
Scotland

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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Edinburgh Blue Coat Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

Edinburgh Blue Coat Salary Histogram

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

118 (100.00 %)Juniper
217 (94.44 %)Firewall
316 (88.89 %)CheckPoint
316 (88.89 %)Cisco
49 (50.00 %)OSPF
49 (50.00 %)BGP
49 (50.00 %)IPsec
49 (50.00 %)SSL
49 (50.00 %)LAN
49 (50.00 %)WAN
49 (50.00 %)VPN
49 (50.00 %)CISSP
49 (50.00 %)Network Security
58 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
58 (44.44 %)CCIE
58 (44.44 %)CCSP
58 (44.44 %)CCNP
58 (44.44 %)TCP/IP
67 (38.89 %)Nokia
67 (38.89 %)ProxySG
67 (38.89 %)Cisco PIX
76 (33.33 %)NetScreen
82 (11.11 %)CCSE
82 (11.11 %)Sourcefire
82 (11.11 %)ISA Server
82 (11.11 %)Active Directory
82 (11.11 %)DNS
82 (11.11 %)Java
82 (11.11 %)Sun
91 (5.556 %)Health

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Communications & Networking
117 (94.44 %)Firewall
29 (50.00 %)IPsec
29 (50.00 %)Network Security
29 (50.00 %)LAN
29 (50.00 %)WAN
29 (50.00 %)VPN
29 (50.00 %)SSL
29 (50.00 %)OSPF
29 (50.00 %)BGP
38 (44.44 %)TCP/IP
47 (38.89 %)Cisco PIX
56 (33.33 %)NetScreen
62 (11.11 %)DNS
General
11 (5.556 %)Health
11 (5.556 %)Pensions
Job Titles
110 (55.56 %)Consultant
29 (50.00 %)Network Consultant
38 (44.44 %)Technical Support
38 (44.44 %)Security Consultant
38 (44.44 %)Network Security Consultant
43 (16.67 %)Technical Engineer
43 (16.67 %)Technical Support Engineer
43 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
52 (11.11 %)Technical Support Analyst
52 (11.11 %)Analyst
52 (11.11 %)Support Analyst
52 (11.11 %)Technical Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
11 (5.556 %)Information Security
Programming Languages
12 (11.11 %)Java
Qualifications
19 (50.00 %)CISSP
28 (44.44 %)Cisco Certification
28 (44.44 %)CCIE
28 (44.44 %)CCSP
28 (44.44 %)CCNP
32 (11.11 %)CCSE
System Software
17 (38.89 %)ProxySG
22 (11.11 %)Active Directory
22 (11.11 %)ISA Server
Vendors
118 (100.00 %)Juniper
216 (88.89 %)Cisco
216 (88.89 %)CheckPoint
37 (38.89 %)Nokia
42 (11.11 %)Sun
42 (11.11 %)Sourcefire
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