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 Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 18 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 Manchester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 187 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.141% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.313% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £67,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £47,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-10.52% +25.00%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1917 1706 2030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 44.93% 45.71% 50.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1609 1447 1842
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
North West

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Manchester Blue Coat Salary Histogram

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 27 (96.43%) Cisco
1 27 (96.43%) Juniper
2 25 (89.29%) CheckPoint
3 24 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (85.71%) Firewall
3 24 (85.71%) Network Security
3 24 (85.71%) F5
4 21 (75.00%) CCNP
5 18 (64.29%) Cisco PIX
5 18 (64.29%) Cisco ASA
6 17 (60.71%) Finance
7 16 (57.14%) Websense
7 16 (57.14%) Telecoms
7 16 (57.14%) CCSE
7 16 (57.14%) JNCIS
8 7 (25.00%) Load Balancing
8 7 (25.00%) Wireless
8 7 (25.00%) LAN
9 6 (21.43%) WLAN
9 6 (21.43%) VPN
9 6 (21.43%) SSL
9 6 (21.43%) CCIE
9 6 (21.43%) HP
9 6 (21.43%) Citrix
9 6 (21.43%) Symantec
9 6 (21.43%) IPsec
9 6 (21.43%) VMware
9 6 (21.43%) Fortinet
9 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
9 6 (21.43%) Brocade

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (3.571%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (85.71%) Firewall
1 24 (85.71%) Network Security
2 18 (64.29%) Cisco ASA
2 18 (64.29%) Cisco PIX
3 7 (25.00%) Wireless
3 7 (25.00%) LAN
4 6 (21.43%) WLAN
4 6 (21.43%) VPN
4 6 (21.43%) SSL
4 6 (21.43%) IPsec
4 6 (21.43%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.571%) Internet
5 1 (3.571%) MPLS
5 1 (3.571%) WAN
5 1 (3.571%) VoIP
General
1 17 (60.71%) Finance
2 16 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Network Engineer
2 17 (60.71%) Network Security Engineer
2 17 (60.71%) Security Engineer
3 16 (57.14%) Firewall Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Security Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Network Security Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Network Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Architect
5 4 (14.29%) Security Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) Security Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Cisco Architect
7 1 (3.571%) Cisco Network Architect
7 1 (3.571%) Network Security Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Network Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Support Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Network Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (3.571%) SIEM
2 1 (3.571%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (3.571%) Capacity Management
2 1 (3.571%) Security Management
2 1 (3.571%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (75.00%) CCNP
3 16 (57.14%) CCSE
3 16 (57.14%) JNCIS
4 6 (21.43%) CCIE
5 5 (17.86%) CCDP
6 2 (7.143%) CCSP
7 1 (3.571%) CCNA
7 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
1 1 (3.571%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) ISA Server
2 1 (3.571%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 27 (96.43%) Cisco
1 27 (96.43%) Juniper
2 25 (89.29%) CheckPoint
3 24 (85.71%) F5
4 16 (57.14%) Websense
5 6 (21.43%) VMware
5 6 (21.43%) Brocade
5 6 (21.43%) Fortinet
5 6 (21.43%) HP
5 6 (21.43%) Citrix
5 6 (21.43%) Symantec
6 3 (10.71%) Foundry
7 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.571%) LogLogic
7 1 (3.571%) Q1 Labs
Manchester, Lancashire
Our client has group revenues in excess of £2.5 billion and seeks best of breed sales professionals to assist their customers through the maze of available solutions...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £60,000 to £90,000 per annum Uncapped OTE, Car, Health, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
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