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 Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 20 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 Kent 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 84 68 71
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +3
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 6 9 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.514% 1.268% 2.224%
As % of the Vendors category 1.134% 2.679% 3.898%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 23
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -14.47%
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
529 336 590
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.33% 47.32% 57.06%
Number of salaries quoted 455 305 524
Average salary £43,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
South East

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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
Sevenoaks - 3 £42,500 -
Blue Coat
South East

Blue Coat
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (80.00%) F5
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco
4 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (50.00%) Juniper
5 5 (50.00%) CCNP
5 5 (50.00%) Firewall
6 3 (30.00%) CCSA
6 3 (30.00%) Load Balancing
6 3 (30.00%) CCSE
6 3 (30.00%) Wireless
6 3 (30.00%) CCDP
6 3 (30.00%) Websense
6 3 (30.00%) CSS
7 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
7 2 (20.00%) Network Security
7 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (20.00%) Aruba
7 2 (20.00%) ProxySG
7 2 (20.00%) BIG-IP
7 2 (20.00%) JNCIS
8 1 (10.00%) LAN
8 1 (10.00%) WAN
8 1 (10.00%) CCNA
8 1 (10.00%) Internet
8 1 (10.00%) NetScreen

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 3 (30.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) BIG-IP
3 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (10.00%) NetScreen
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Network Support
2 3 (30.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Network Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall Support
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (50.00%) CCNP
4 3 (30.00%) CCDP
4 3 (30.00%) CCSA
4 3 (30.00%) CCSE
5 2 (20.00%) JNCIS
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
1 8 (80.00%) F5
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
3 5 (50.00%) Juniper
4 3 (30.00%) Websense
5 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (20.00%) Aruba