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 Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 23 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 Maidstone 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank - - 11
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 0 0 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone - - 17.65%
As % of the Vendors category - - 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 21
Average salary - - £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
All Vendors
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19 20 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 23.46% 43.48% 68.07%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 74
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £29,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £38,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
Kent

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Websense
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) F5

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Websense
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) F5