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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 144 154 155
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 9 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.286% 0.029% 0.115%
As % of the Vendors category 0.567% 0.060% 0.251%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
Average salary £47,500 - £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Vendors
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1586 1662 1594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 50.40% 48.10% 45.75%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1155 1187
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
UK

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow - 6 - -
Edinburgh +7 2 £47,500 -
Blue Coat
UK

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 26 (96.30%) CheckPoint
2 25 (92.59%) Cisco
2 25 (92.59%) Juniper
3 24 (88.89%) Firewall
4 23 (85.19%) F5
5 21 (77.78%) Cisco ASA
5 21 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (77.78%) Network Security
6 20 (74.07%) Telecoms
6 20 (74.07%) Finance
7 19 (70.37%) Websense
7 19 (70.37%) CCNP
7 19 (70.37%) Cisco PIX
7 19 (70.37%) JNCIS
7 19 (70.37%) CCSE
8 3 (11.11%) Windows
8 3 (11.11%) VPN
8 3 (11.11%) Wireless
9 2 (7.407%) IPsec
9 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
9 2 (7.407%) CCSA
9 2 (7.407%) Symantec
9 2 (7.407%) DNS
9 2 (7.407%) UNIX
9 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
9 2 (7.407%) AIX
9 2 (7.407%) CCNA
9 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
9 2 (7.407%) CISSP
9 2 (7.407%) JNCIA

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Applications
1 1 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (88.89%) Firewall
2 21 (77.78%) Cisco ASA
2 21 (77.78%) Network Security
3 19 (70.37%) Cisco PIX
4 3 (11.11%) VPN
4 3 (11.11%) Wireless
5 2 (7.407%) IPsec
5 2 (7.407%) DNS
5 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
5 2 (7.407%) VLAN
5 2 (7.407%) Wireless Security
6 1 (3.704%) NAS
6 1 (3.704%) SAN
6 1 (3.704%) LAN
6 1 (3.704%) WAN
6 1 (3.704%) MPLS
6 1 (3.704%) BGP
General
1 20 (74.07%) Telecoms
1 20 (74.07%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Network Engineer
1 23 (85.19%) Security Engineer
2 21 (77.78%) Network Security Engineer
3 19 (70.37%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Network Support
5 1 (3.704%) Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Sales Executive
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.407%) UNIX
2 2 (7.407%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
1 2 (7.407%) SIEM
2 1 (3.704%) Cyber Security
2 1 (3.704%) Business Development
2 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (3.704%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 21 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (70.37%) CCNP
2 19 (70.37%) JNCIS
2 19 (70.37%) CCSE
3 2 (7.407%) CCSA
3 2 (7.407%) CCNA
3 2 (7.407%) CISSP
3 2 (7.407%) JNCIA
System Software
1 2 (7.407%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.407%) ProxySG
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 26 (96.30%) CheckPoint
2 25 (92.59%) Cisco
2 25 (92.59%) Juniper
3 23 (85.19%) F5
4 19 (70.37%) Websense
5 2 (7.407%) Symantec
5 2 (7.407%) Axway
5 2 (7.407%) LogLogic
5 2 (7.407%) Q1 Labs
6 1 (3.704%) Aruba
6 1 (3.704%) Iron Mountain
6 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.704%) VMware