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 Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 123 127 114
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 23 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.876% 0.332% 0.055%
As % of the Vendors category 1.807% 0.692% 0.119%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 1
Average salary £32,500 £51,250 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.58% -6.81%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
All Vendors
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1273 1011 842
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 48.48% 47.91% 46.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1027 843 718
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
West Yorkshire

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Blue Coat Salary Histogram

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 38 (84.44%) Juniper
2 35 (77.78%) CheckPoint
2 35 (77.78%) Firewall
3 32 (71.11%) Cisco
4 31 (68.89%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (66.67%) CCNP
6 24 (53.33%) CCSE
6 24 (53.33%) Cisco PIX
6 24 (53.33%) Cisco ASA
7 23 (51.11%) Network Security
8 20 (44.44%) Websense
8 20 (44.44%) F5
9 19 (42.22%) Telecoms
9 19 (42.22%) Finance
9 19 (42.22%) JNCIS
10 12 (26.67%) ProxySG
11 10 (22.22%) VMware
11 10 (22.22%) Windows
11 10 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (20.00%) ArcSight
12 9 (20.00%) UNIX
12 9 (20.00%) VPN
13 8 (17.78%) SSL
14 7 (15.56%) NetApp
14 7 (15.56%) vSphere
15 6 (13.33%) SaaS
15 6 (13.33%) DataCore
15 6 (13.33%) FalconStor
15 6 (13.33%) CCEE
15 6 (13.33%) CCIA

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 1 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.222%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.222%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (8.889%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 35 (77.78%) Firewall
2 24 (53.33%) Cisco PIX
2 24 (53.33%) Cisco ASA
3 23 (51.11%) Network Security
4 9 (20.00%) VPN
5 8 (17.78%) SSL
6 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 4 (8.889%) WAN
7 4 (8.889%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (6.667%) LAN
8 3 (6.667%) HTTP
9 1 (2.222%) IPsec
9 1 (2.222%) BIG-IP
9 1 (2.222%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (2.222%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.222%) SAN
General
1 19 (42.22%) Telecoms
1 19 (42.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 23 (51.11%) Security Engineer
3 20 (44.44%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (42.22%) Firewall Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Architect
5 6 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.889%) Virtualisation Architect
7 3 (6.667%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 2 (4.444%) Analyst
8 2 (4.444%) Technical Architect
8 2 (4.444%) Network Security Analyst
8 2 (4.444%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.444%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.444%) Network Analyst
8 2 (4.444%) Security Analyst
8 2 (4.444%) VMware Architect
9 1 (2.222%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (2.222%) Security Support Engineer
9 1 (2.222%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
9 1 (2.222%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) SaaS
2 1 (2.222%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.222%) Physics
2 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.222%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) Windows
2 9 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (2.222%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (2.222%) Product Management
1 1 (2.222%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (2.222%) WAN Optimisation
1 1 (2.222%) SIEM
1 1 (2.222%) Information Security
1 1 (2.222%) Supplier Management
1 1 (2.222%) Problem Management
1 1 (2.222%) ITIL
1 1 (2.222%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.222%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (68.89%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (66.67%) CCNP
3 24 (53.33%) CCSE
4 19 (42.22%) JNCIS
5 6 (13.33%) CCEE
5 6 (13.33%) CCIA
5 6 (13.33%) VCAP
5 6 (13.33%) VCDX
5 6 (13.33%) CCNA
5 6 (13.33%) CCDA
5 6 (13.33%) CCA
5 6 (13.33%) Citrix Certification
5 6 (13.33%) CCEA
5 6 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (8.889%) CCSP
7 1 (2.222%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.222%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.222%) CCSA
System Software
1 12 (26.67%) ProxySG
2 10 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (15.56%) vSphere
4 6 (13.33%) XenApp
4 6 (13.33%) XenServer
4 6 (13.33%) XenDesktop
4 6 (13.33%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (84.44%) Juniper
2 35 (77.78%) CheckPoint
3 32 (71.11%) Cisco
4 20 (44.44%) Websense
4 20 (44.44%) F5
5 10 (22.22%) VMware
6 9 (20.00%) ArcSight
7 7 (15.56%) NetApp
8 6 (13.33%) DataCore
8 6 (13.33%) FalconStor
8 6 (13.33%) HP
8 6 (13.33%) Dell
8 6 (13.33%) EMC
8 6 (13.33%) Citrix
8 6 (13.33%) PlateSpin
9 4 (8.889%) Microsoft
9 4 (8.889%) Riverbed
10 1 (2.222%) Proofpoint
10 1 (2.222%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (2.222%) Q1 Labs
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