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 England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 494 562 612
Rank change year-on-year
+68 +50
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 390 324 260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.383% 0.286% 0.214%
As % of the Vendors category 0.805% 0.604% 0.457%
Number of salaries quoted 277 250 223
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £26,400
10% offered a salary of more than £64,100 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £47,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +25.00%
All Vendors
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
48449 53642 56892
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 47.58% 47.33% 46.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40153 45674 47782
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
UK

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +100 159 £50,500 -3.80% 11
South East -21 142 £37,000 -26.00% 12
Yorkshire +41 35 £50,000 +33.33% 3
East Midlands +24 16 £67,500 +58.82% 3
North West +10 9 £67,500 +92.85% 1
West Midlands -11 8 £45,000 -28.00% 1
East of England -2 6 £58,750 +63.19%
South West -5 5 £40,000 +14.28%
Midlands - 1 £75,000 -
North East - 1 £55,000 -
Blue Coat
UK

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 607 (78.42%) CheckPoint
2 555 (71.71%) Cisco
3 478 (61.76%) Juniper
4 458 (59.17%) F5
5 426 (55.04%) Firewall
6 321 (41.47%) Network Security
7 294 (37.98%) Cisco Certification
8 253 (32.69%) Windows
9 223 (28.81%) CCSE
9 223 (28.81%) CCNP
10 219 (28.29%) Cisco ASA
11 204 (26.36%) TCP/IP
12 178 (23.00%) VPN
13 163 (21.06%) CISSP
14 158 (20.41%) Websense
15 157 (20.28%) ProxySG
16 148 (19.12%) VMware
17 144 (18.60%) Telecoms
18 139 (17.96%) UNIX
18 139 (17.96%) Cisco PIX
19 123 (15.89%) SSL
20 120 (15.50%) CCSA
21 119 (15.37%) VMware Infrastructure
22 117 (15.12%) Citrix
22 117 (15.12%) LAN
23 115 (14.86%) McAfee
24 111 (14.34%) Finance
25 101 (13.05%) JNCIA
26 100 (12.92%) Microsoft
27 98 (12.66%) Active Directory

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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 36 (4.651%) CSS
2 8 (1.034%) EDI
3 5 (0.646%) XMPP
3 5 (0.646%) Web Services
4 3 (0.388%) XML
4 3 (0.388%) SOAP
5 2 (0.258%) Middleware
5 2 (0.258%) ASP
5 2 (0.258%) .NET
5 2 (0.258%) HTML
6 1 (0.129%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.129%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.129%) Java EE
6 1 (0.129%) WCF
6 1 (0.129%) JSP
6 1 (0.129%) SAML
6 1 (0.129%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 33 (4.264%) MS Exchange
2 13 (1.680%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 10 (1.292%) Lync
4 8 (1.034%) IIS
4 8 (1.034%) Lotus Domino
4 8 (1.034%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (0.904%) Apache
6 4 (0.517%) IBM Notes
6 4 (0.517%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (0.388%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.388%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.258%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.258%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.129%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.129%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 43 (5.556%) MS Excel
2 22 (2.842%) MS Office
3 14 (1.809%) Office 365
4 9 (1.163%) MS Project
5 7 (0.904%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.129%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.258%) Agresso
2 1 (0.129%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 426 (55.04%) Firewall
2 321 (41.47%) Network Security
3 219 (28.29%) Cisco ASA
4 204 (26.36%) TCP/IP
5 178 (23.00%) VPN
6 139 (17.96%) Cisco PIX
7 123 (15.89%) SSL
8 117 (15.12%) LAN
9 97 (12.53%) Wireless
10 95 (12.27%) Internet
10 95 (12.27%) WAN
11 71 (9.173%) OSPF
12 68 (8.786%) BGP
12 68 (8.786%) DNS
13 64 (8.269%) DHCP
14 55 (7.106%) Intrusion Detection
14 55 (7.106%) Cisco Nexus
15 51 (6.589%) BIG-IP
16 50 (6.460%) Cisco IOS
17 44 (5.685%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.196%) Data Mining
2 2 (0.258%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.129%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.129%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (0.129%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.129%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 144 (18.60%) Telecoms
2 111 (14.34%) Finance
3 34 (4.393%) Retail
4 18 (2.326%) Electronics
4 18 (2.326%) Military
4 18 (2.326%) Banking
5 17 (2.196%) Aerospace
5 17 (2.196%) Back Office
6 15 (1.938%) German Language
7 14 (1.809%) Manufacturing
8 12 (1.550%) Billing
9 11 (1.421%) French Language
10 10 (1.292%) Advertising
10 10 (1.292%) Legal
10 10 (1.292%) Multimedia
11 6 (0.775%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.646%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.258%) Marketing
14 1 (0.129%) Law
Job Titles
1 224 (28.94%) Security Engineer
2 216 (27.91%) Network Engineer
3 127 (16.41%) Analyst
4 114 (14.73%) Network Security Engineer
5 107 (13.82%) Consultant
6 100 (12.92%) Support Engineer
7 98 (12.66%) Security Analyst
8 66 (8.527%) Firewall Engineer
9 58 (7.494%) Security Consultant
10 53 (6.848%) Network Support
11 49 (6.331%) Network Support Engineer
12 48 (6.202%) Architect
13 34 (4.393%) Security Support Engineer
14 33 (4.264%) Security Specialist
15 27 (3.488%) Security Architect
15 27 (3.488%) Pre Sales Consultant
15 27 (3.488%) Network Architect
16 26 (3.359%) Network Specialist
16 26 (3.359%) Network Security Specialist
17 25 (3.230%) Principal Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.134%) Management Information System
2 22 (2.842%) Digital Media
3 20 (2.584%) SaaS
4 18 (2.326%) PKI
5 16 (2.067%) Cryptography
6 14 (1.809%) Blackberry
7 12 (1.550%) Firmware
8 5 (0.646%) Kindle
8 5 (0.646%) Fat Client
8 5 (0.646%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.517%) Chip and PIN
10 3 (0.388%) Replication
11 2 (0.258%) E-Learning
11 2 (0.258%) Mathematics
11 2 (0.258%) Physics
11 2 (0.258%) Computer Science
11 2 (0.258%) SecurID
12 1 (0.129%) CESG
12 1 (0.129%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 253 (32.69%) Windows
2 139 (17.96%) UNIX
3 52 (6.718%) Windows 7
4 35 (4.522%) Windows Server 2003
5 34 (4.393%) Linux
6 32 (4.134%) Windows Server 2008
7 13 (1.680%) Windows 2000
8 7 (0.904%) Solaris
9 6 (0.775%) Windows XP
10 3 (0.388%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.129%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (11.24%) Load Balancing
2 67 (8.656%) Information Security
3 63 (8.140%) Project Management
3 63 (8.140%) Change Control
4 55 (7.106%) ITIL
5 52 (6.718%) Network Design
5 52 (6.718%) SIEM
5 52 (6.718%) E-Commerce
6 49 (6.331%) PRINCE2
7 43 (5.556%) Security Architecture
8 37 (4.780%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 32 (4.134%) Technical Architecture
10 26 (3.359%) Network Management
11 23 (2.972%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (2.584%) Service Management
13 19 (2.455%) Service Delivery
14 17 (2.196%) Information Management
14 17 (2.196%) Communications Security
14 17 (2.196%) Risk Management
14 17 (2.196%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (4.651%) SQL
2 34 (4.393%) C
3 12 (1.550%) Perl
4 10 (1.292%) Scala
5 2 (0.258%) Java
6 1 (0.129%) C#
6 1 (0.129%) VB
6 1 (0.129%) Python
6 1 (0.129%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 294 (37.98%) Cisco Certification
2 223 (28.81%) CCSE
2 223 (28.81%) CCNP
3 163 (21.06%) CISSP
4 120 (15.50%) CCSA
5 101 (13.05%) JNCIA
6 92 (11.89%) JNCIS
7 81 (10.47%) CCNA
8 79 (10.21%) Security Cleared
9 54 (6.977%) JNCIE
10 41 (5.297%) CCDP
11 39 (5.039%) Degree
12 35 (4.522%) SC Cleared
13 34 (4.393%) CCIE
14 29 (3.747%) Check Point Certification
15 24 (3.101%) CISM
16 22 (2.842%) CCSP
17 16 (2.067%) MCTS
18 14 (1.809%) CEH
19 11 (1.421%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.359%) SLA
2 17 (2.196%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.163%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (0.775%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.646%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.517%) QA
7 2 (0.258%) COSO
7 2 (0.258%) COBIT
System Software
1 157 (20.28%) ProxySG
2 119 (15.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 98 (12.66%) Active Directory
4 28 (3.618%) Terminal Services
5 19 (2.455%) XenApp
6 13 (1.680%) XenDesktop
7 12 (1.550%) ISA Server
8 6 (0.775%) VMware ESX
8 6 (0.775%) NFS
8 6 (0.775%) XenServer
8 6 (0.775%) vSphere
9 4 (0.517%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.258%) UAG
Systems Management
1 34 (4.393%) SCCM
2 23 (2.972%) Cisco CUCM
3 19 (2.455%) WSUS
4 16 (2.067%) Norton AntiVirus
4 16 (2.067%) CiscoWorks
5 12 (1.550%) Nagios
6 11 (1.421%) Nessus
7 9 (1.163%) MIMEsweeper
8 6 (0.775%) OpenView
8 6 (0.775%) Netcool
9 3 (0.388%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.388%) HP SIM
9 3 (0.388%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.388%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.258%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.258%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.258%) SCOM
10 2 (0.258%) Cisco UCCX
11 1 (0.129%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 1 (0.129%) Legato
Vendors
1 607 (78.42%) CheckPoint
2 555 (71.71%) Cisco
3 478 (61.76%) Juniper
4 458 (59.17%) F5
5 158 (20.41%) Websense
6 148 (19.12%) VMware
7 117 (15.12%) Citrix
8 115 (14.86%) McAfee
9 100 (12.92%) Microsoft
10 79 (10.21%) Sourcefire
11 76 (9.819%) HP
12 72 (9.302%) Nokia
13 70 (9.044%) Fortinet
14 63 (8.140%) IBM
15 54 (6.977%) Symantec
16 44 (5.685%) Infoblox
17 39 (5.039%) Brocade
18 38 (4.910%) ArcSight
19 33 (4.264%) IronPort
20 29 (3.747%) Imperva
Pudsey, West Yorkshire
Desirable: Networking Qualifications such as CCSE / CCNA / CCSA / CCEPE / JNCIA / JNCIS An excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their networking career joining a well established company... This...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Central London / West End
Core solutions include the portfolio of including Cisco, Nortel, HP, F5, Juniper, Bluecoat and Checkpoint... Extensive knowledge of Networking and Networking solutions covering Cisco, Nortel, HP, F5, Juniper,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £100,000 per annum Car, Health, Pension, Great Career
Posted: 18 June 2013
Berkshire
Core solutions include the portfolio of including Cisco, Nortel, HP, F5, Juniper, Bluecoat and Checkpoint... Extensive knowledge of Networking and Networking solutions covering Cisco, Nortel, HP, F5, Juniper,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £100,000 per annum Car, Health, Pension, Great Career
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Desirable: SSG, Bluecoat, Proofpoint, Qualifications such as CCSE / CCNA / CCSA / CCEPE / JNCIA / JNCIS This role is ideal for someone looking to join a company where you will have...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
You will have a strong Network Security background with a range of tools and projects, having successfully lead teams in Security and Network design and support.Key responsibilities:...
Simon James IT
Salary: £40,000 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 13 June 2013
Central London / West End
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Salary: From £45,000 to £52,500 per annum plus good benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
EMS Technical Personnel
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum Bonus, 25 days, Pension, BUPA
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
EXCELerate
Salary: From £60,000 to £90,000 per annum Uncapped OTE, Car, Health, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
EXCELerate
Salary: From £60,000 to £90,000 per annum Uncapped OTE, Car, Health, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
EXCELerate
Salary: From £60,000 to £90,000 per annum Uncapped OTE, Car, Health, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
West Sussex
Comtecs
Salary: £70000 - 75000 Per Annum +Bonus +Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £23000.0000 - £25000.0000 per annum + + £36K OTC
Posted: 17 June 2013
Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £38000.0000 - £43000.0000 per annum + £6.2K Car + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Satigo
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Car, Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Reed Technology
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Crawley, South East
Ace European Group Ltd
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 4 June 2013
South East
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP55000 per annum + Benefits: + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Farnham, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 28 May 2013
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Young's Seafood Limited
Salary: Salary negotiable + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Grimsby, South Humberside
Young’s Seafood
Salary: Salary Negotiable on Experience+Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Grimsby, East Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Salary Negotiable on Experience+Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Fenwick Ryan Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £5500 Car + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Advantage XPO
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowence + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013