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 Essex 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 Essex 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 78 107 98
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -9
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 3 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.315% 0.287% 0.465%
As % of the Vendors category 0.609% 0.535% 0.909%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 6
Average salary £55,000 £44,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.90% -18.63%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
493 748 660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 51.84% 53.70% 51.16%
Number of salaries quoted 435 588 516
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £26,625
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
East of England

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Colchester +10 1 - -
Basildon - 1 - -
Blue Coat
East of England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) NetScreen
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) CCSE
3 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (50.00%) Avaya
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) HTTP
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) BIG-IP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) Imperva
4 1 (25.00%) F5
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (25.00%) DMVPN
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Degree

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 (25.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) NetScreen
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) LAN
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) DMVPN
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) HTTP
4 1 (25.00%) BIG-IP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) CCSE
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE
4 1 (25.00%) CCSA
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (50.00%) Avaya
4 1 (25.00%) Imperva
4 1 (25.00%) F5