Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT jobs within the South East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBlue Coat
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank321386
Rank change on same period last yearUp+65
Matching permanent IT job ads117126
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.056 %
As % of the category below0.809 %0.617 %
Salaries quoted94113
Average minimum salary£42,141£37,879
Average salary£44,732£41,957
% change on same period last year+6.61 %
Average maximum salary£47,323£46,035
UK excluding London average salary£43,471£41,878
% change on same period last year+3.80 %
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1445420417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.355 %9.104 %
Salaries quoted1179916474
Average minimum salary£39,093£38,857
Average salary£42,585£42,379
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Average maximum salary£46,077£45,900
UK excluding London average salary£40,830£41,986
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Blue Coat EnglandBlue Coat
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Blue Coat
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East Blue Coat Demand Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the South East region.

South East Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

South East Blue Coat Salary Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BuckinghamshireUp+7249£47,333+33.33 %
BerkshireUp+2346£41,314-0.72 %
HampshireUp+1313£44,455-1.21 %
SurreyUp+396£36,500-16.09 %
West SussexUp+145£58,333+51.51 %
SussexNew entry-2£37,500-
KentNew entry-1£40,000-
Blue Coat EnglandBlue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1177 (86.34 %)CheckPoint
2131 (63.90 %)Firewall
3124 (60.49 %)Nokia
4105 (51.22 %)Juniper
594 (45.85 %)Cisco
663 (30.73 %)TCP/IP
762 (30.24 %)Network Security
855 (26.83 %)Websense
954 (26.34 %)NetScreen
1049 (23.90 %)Cisco PIX
1142 (20.49 %)VPN
1241 (20.00 %)UNIX
1340 (19.51 %)CCSE
1439 (19.02 %)Windows
1537 (18.05 %)CCSA
1537 (18.05 %)Cisco Certification
1631 (15.12 %)SecurID
1631 (15.12 %)Crossbeam
1730 (14.63 %)CCNA
1829 (14.15 %)SSL
1926 (12.68 %)Finance
2024 (11.71 %)Microsoft
2122 (10.73 %)Internet
2122 (10.73 %)Linux
2122 (10.73 %)Clearswift
2220 (9.756 %)IronPort
2220 (9.756 %)Finjan
2317 (8.293 %)Incident Management
2317 (8.293 %)Intrusion Detection
2317 (8.293 %)Security Cleared

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (2.927 %)Middleware
23 (1.463 %)ASP.NET
23 (1.463 %).NET
23 (1.463 %)WebSphere
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (5.366 %)IIS
23 (1.463 %)WebSphere Application Server
23 (1.463 %)MS Exchange
23 (1.463 %)SharePoint Server 2007
23 (1.463 %)Exchange Server 2003
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (5.366 %)MS Excel
22 (0.976 %)MS Office
31 (0.488 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.463 %)WebTrends
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1131 (63.90 %)Firewall
263 (30.73 %)TCP/IP
362 (30.24 %)Network Security
454 (26.34 %)NetScreen
549 (23.90 %)Cisco PIX
642 (20.49 %)VPN
729 (14.15 %)SSL
822 (10.73 %)Internet
917 (8.293 %)Intrusion Detection
917 (8.293 %)WAN
1016 (7.805 %)IPsec
1111 (5.366 %)VLAN
128 (3.902 %)Cisco ASA
128 (3.902 %)LAN
137 (3.415 %)TACACS
146 (2.927 %)FTP
146 (2.927 %)HTTP
154 (1.951 %)IntruShield
154 (1.951 %)Intranet
163 (1.463 %)DNS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (0.976 %)Datawarehouse
21 (0.488 %)SQL Server
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.463 %)FrontPage
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (12.68 %)Finance
210 (4.878 %)Banking
210 (4.878 %)Government
38 (3.902 %)Insurance
45 (2.439 %)Telecoms
45 (2.439 %)Retail
53 (1.463 %)Health
53 (1.463 %)Pensions
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
158 (28.29 %)Security Engineer
252 (25.37 %)Consultant
339 (19.02 %)Security Consultant
438 (18.54 %)Analyst
535 (17.07 %)Support Engineer
633 (16.10 %)Security Analyst
724 (11.71 %)Network Engineer
819 (9.268 %)Network Consultant
918 (8.780 %)Network Security Consultant
1013 (6.341 %)Technical Consultant
1112 (5.854 %)Network Security Engineer
1112 (5.854 %)Senior Support Engineer
1211 (5.366 %)Firewall Engineer
1310 (4.878 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
1310 (4.878 %)2nd Line Support
147 (3.415 %)Senior Analyst
147 (3.415 %)3rd Line Support
147 (3.415 %)Senior Security Analyst
156 (2.927 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
165 (2.439 %)Technical Support
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (15.12 %)SecurID
210 (4.878 %)German Language
35 (2.439 %)Data Protection Act
44 (1.951 %)French Language
51 (0.488 %)Arabic Language
51 (0.488 %)PKI
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
141 (20.00 %)UNIX
239 (19.02 %)Windows
322 (10.73 %)Linux
411 (5.366 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (4.878 %)Solaris
68 (3.902 %)Windows 2000
73 (1.463 %)Windows NT
82 (0.976 %)SUSE
91 (0.488 %)Windows XP
91 (0.488 %)AIX
91 (0.488 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.488 %)Red Hat Linux
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (8.293 %)Incident Management
117 (8.293 %)Security Cleared
211 (5.366 %)Penetration Testing
310 (4.878 %)Change Management
48 (3.902 %)SC Cleared
48 (3.902 %)Project Management
57 (3.415 %)Identity Management
57 (3.415 %)Content Management
65 (2.439 %)Data Protection
73 (1.463 %)ITIL
73 (1.463 %)Information Security
73 (1.463 %)Load Balancing
73 (1.463 %)Vulnerability Assessment
82 (0.976 %)Ethical Hacking
82 (0.976 %)Supplier Management
91 (0.488 %)Time Management
91 (0.488 %)Technical Architecture
91 (0.488 %)OSSTMM
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (6.829 %)C
25 (2.439 %)SQL
34 (1.951 %)Perl
43 (1.463 %)Java
51 (0.488 %)Shell Script
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
140 (19.51 %)CCSE
237 (18.05 %)CCSA
237 (18.05 %)Cisco Certification
330 (14.63 %)CCNA
415 (7.317 %)CISSP
514 (6.829 %)CCNP
611 (5.366 %)CCSP
79 (4.390 %)JNCIA
79 (4.390 %)JNCIS
88 (3.902 %)CISM
95 (2.439 %)MCSE
95 (2.439 %)Microsoft Certification
104 (1.951 %)Degree
104 (1.951 %)MCSA
113 (1.463 %)Check Point Certification
113 (1.463 %)CCDP
113 (1.463 %)SCNA
121 (0.488 %)SSCP
121 (0.488 %)CEH
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (3.902 %)SLA
27 (3.415 %)ISO27001
34 (1.951 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.488 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.488 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (6.341 %)ProxySG
24 (1.951 %)ISA Server
31 (0.488 %)NDS
31 (0.488 %)Active Directory
31 (0.488 %)Squid
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (5.854 %)MAILsweeper
25 (2.439 %)WSUS
31 (0.488 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.488 %)MIMEsweeper
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1177 (86.34 %)CheckPoint
2124 (60.49 %)Nokia
3105 (51.22 %)Juniper
494 (45.85 %)Cisco
555 (26.83 %)Websense
631 (15.12 %)Crossbeam
724 (11.71 %)Microsoft
822 (10.73 %)Clearswift
920 (9.756 %)IronPort
920 (9.756 %)Finjan
1014 (6.829 %)McAfee Security
119 (4.390 %)Nortel
127 (3.415 %)IBM
135 (2.439 %)Avaya
144 (1.951 %)SonicWALL
153 (1.463 %)VMware
153 (1.463 %)OPNET
153 (1.463 %)SurfControl
162 (0.976 %)Sun
162 (0.976 %)Citrix