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 Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 103 125 103
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -22
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 30 7 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.383% 0.309% 0.955%
As % of the Vendors category 2.415% 0.604% 1.822%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 18
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% +5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1242 1158 988
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 57.26% 51.15% 52.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1006 1014 796
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
Berkshire

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Blue Coat Salary Histogram

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 87 (94.57%) Cisco
1 87 (94.57%) F5
2 85 (92.39%) CheckPoint
3 80 (86.96%) Juniper
4 73 (79.35%) CCSE
5 69 (75.00%) TCP/IP
6 68 (73.91%) CCSA
7 67 (72.83%) JNCIA
8 64 (69.57%) Sourcefire
8 64 (69.57%) CISSP
9 62 (67.39%) McAfee
10 59 (64.13%) IBM
10 59 (64.13%) PRINCE2
10 59 (64.13%) UNIX
10 59 (64.13%) Windows
10 59 (64.13%) Project Management
10 59 (64.13%) JNCIE
11 19 (20.65%) Network Security
12 16 (17.39%) Firewall
13 12 (13.04%) DHCP
13 12 (13.04%) SNMP
13 12 (13.04%) DNS
13 12 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (11.96%) Cisco PIX
14 11 (11.96%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (10.87%) CCNP
16 9 (9.783%) 3G
16 9 (9.783%) SMTP
16 9 (9.783%) ProxySG
16 9 (9.783%) BIG-IP

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 2 (2.174%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.174%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (2.174%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 69 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 19 (20.65%) Network Security
3 16 (17.39%) Firewall
4 12 (13.04%) DHCP
4 12 (13.04%) SNMP
4 12 (13.04%) DNS
5 11 (11.96%) Cisco PIX
5 11 (11.96%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (9.783%) 3G
6 9 (9.783%) SMTP
6 9 (9.783%) BIG-IP
6 9 (9.783%) FWSM
6 9 (9.783%) Radio Access Network
7 7 (7.609%) Broadband
8 6 (6.522%) VPN
9 5 (5.435%) Wireless
9 5 (5.435%) LAN
9 5 (5.435%) WLAN
10 4 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (3.261%) IPsec
General
1 8 (8.696%) Back Office
2 7 (7.609%) Retail
2 7 (7.609%) Billing
3 2 (2.174%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.174%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 50 (54.35%) Analyst
1 50 (54.35%) Security Analyst
2 26 (28.26%) Senior Analyst
2 26 (28.26%) Senior Security Analyst
3 22 (23.91%) Consultant
4 15 (16.30%) Security Consultant
5 14 (15.22%) Security Engineer
6 9 (9.783%) IP Engineer
7 6 (6.522%) Principal Consultant
8 5 (5.435%) Network Engineer
9 4 (4.348%) Network Security Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Cisco Consultant
10 2 (2.174%) Firewall Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Pre Sales Engineer
10 2 (2.174%) Network Security Architect
10 2 (2.174%) Security Specialist
10 2 (2.174%) Network Architect
10 2 (2.174%) Security Architect
10 2 (2.174%) Architect
11 1 (1.087%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.261%) Kindle
2 2 (2.174%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.087%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 59 (64.13%) UNIX
1 59 (64.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (64.13%) PRINCE2
1 59 (64.13%) Project Management
2 7 (7.609%) CRM
3 5 (5.435%) Information Security
3 5 (5.435%) Load Balancing
3 5 (5.435%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (5.435%) Change Control
4 3 (3.261%) SIEM
5 2 (2.174%) ITIL
6 1 (1.087%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (1.087%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.174%) Scala
1 2 (2.174%) C
Qualifications
1 73 (79.35%) CCSE
2 68 (73.91%) CCSA
3 67 (72.83%) JNCIA
4 64 (69.57%) CISSP
5 59 (64.13%) JNCIE
6 12 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (10.87%) CCNP
8 5 (5.435%) Degree
9 3 (3.261%) CCIE
9 3 (3.261%) JNCIS
10 2 (2.174%) MCTS
10 2 (2.174%) MCITP
10 2 (2.174%) CCNA
10 2 (2.174%) CISA
10 2 (2.174%) CISM
11 1 (1.087%) CCDP
11 1 (1.087%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.261%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (9.783%) ProxySG
2 8 (8.696%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.174%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 87 (94.57%) Cisco
1 87 (94.57%) F5
2 85 (92.39%) CheckPoint
3 80 (86.96%) Juniper
4 64 (69.57%) Sourcefire
5 62 (67.39%) McAfee
6 59 (64.13%) IBM
7 8 (8.696%) HP
7 8 (8.696%) VMware
8 7 (7.609%) Websense
9 5 (5.435%) Citrix
9 5 (5.435%) Brocade
10 3 (3.261%) Symantec
10 3 (3.261%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.261%) Crossbeam
11 2 (2.174%) Polycom
11 2 (2.174%) ArcSight
11 2 (2.174%) Microsoft
12 1 (1.087%) Sophos
12 1 (1.087%) Twitter
Reading, Berkshire
Internet/Network Security skills - firewalls, proxies, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. Solid Exposure of UNIX & Windows OS. Also, any Professional IT Accreditations (CISSP, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA) would be considered...
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Salary: 30000 - 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013