The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Blue Coat
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank584614523
Rank change year-on-year
Up+30Down-91
Matching permanent IT job ads315252236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.260 %0.207 %0.248 %
As % of the Vendors category0.546 %0.440 %0.558 %
Number of salaries quoted253217189
Average salary£47,500£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£28,500£30,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£40,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50 %-11.11 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
577175724842267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK47.62 %46.92 %44.39 %
Number of salaries quoted486384748333833
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Blue Coat
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 within the UK.

Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Blue Coat Salary Histogram

Blue Coat
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+64313£47,500+5.55 %
South EastUp+17158£46,000+17.94 %
LondonUp+193£51,250-14.58 %
HampshireUp+4969£50,000-13.04 %
BerkshireDown-864£46,000+15.00 %
South WestUp+620£37,500-28.57 %
City of LondonUp+519£60,000-
SurreyDown-619£57,500+35.29 %
East of EnglandDown-1613£35,000-
YorkshireDown-1510£52,500+5.00 %
KentUp+159£32,500-14.47 %
West YorkshireDown-339£50,000-
NewburyNew entry-9£45,000-
CambridgeshireUp+28£35,000+7.69 %
SouthamptonNew entry-8£36,250-
FarnboroughNew entry-8£62,500-
BristolUp+47£45,000+5.88 %
West MidlandsDown-37£60,000-38.46 %
LeedsDown-127£51,250-6.81 %
CornwallNew entry-7£36,250-
WarwickshireNew entry-7£60,000-
ReadingDown-295£50,000+11.11 %
PeterboroughNew entry-5£35,000-
WiltshireNew entry-5£33,500-
ColchesterDown-34£44,750-18.63 %
North WestDown-144£35,000-22.22 %
EssexDown-164£44,750-18.63 %
EpsomNew entry-4--
SwindonNew entry-4£33,500-
SheffieldNew entry-4£51,250-

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1527 (81.71 %)Cisco
2474 (73.49 %)CheckPoint
3397 (61.55 %)Juniper
4379 (58.76 %)Firewall
5299 (46.36 %)Cisco Certification
6279 (43.26 %)F5
7242 (37.52 %)Network Security
8196 (30.39 %)Cisco ASA
9162 (25.12 %)CCNP
10160 (24.81 %)CCNA
11159 (24.65 %)VPN
12148 (22.95 %)TCP/IP
13145 (22.48 %)Cisco PIX
14139 (21.55 %)WAN
15137 (21.24 %)Fortinet
16134 (20.78 %)Windows
17126 (19.53 %)Internet
17126 (19.53 %)CCSE
18125 (19.38 %)Nokia
19120 (18.60 %)Finance
20116 (17.98 %)McAfee
21111 (17.21 %)UNIX
22109 (16.90 %)CCSA
23108 (16.74 %)LAN
2497 (15.04 %)Security Cleared
2593 (14.42 %)NetScreen
2692 (14.26 %)Wireless
2790 (13.95 %)Linux
2888 (13.64 %)DNS
2984 (13.02 %)OSPF

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
125 (3.876 %)CSS
23 (0.465 %)Application Packaging
23 (0.465 %)ASP.NET
23 (0.465 %).NET
32 (0.310 %)Web Services
32 (0.310 %)XML
32 (0.310 %)Middleware
41 (0.155 %)Forefront TMG
41 (0.155 %)COM
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (3.101 %)MS Exchange
218 (2.791 %)Exchange Server 2007
36 (0.930 %)IIS
45 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2003
45 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2010
54 (0.620 %)SAS
54 (0.620 %)SharePoint
54 (0.620 %)Lync
63 (0.465 %)CMS
72 (0.310 %)WebLogic
72 (0.310 %)Apache
72 (0.310 %)Tomcat
81 (0.155 %)Oracle Coherence
81 (0.155 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (3.566 %)MS Excel
214 (2.171 %)MS Visio
33 (0.465 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (0.465 %)MS Office
42 (0.310 %)MS Project
51 (0.155 %)Office 365
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (1.240 %)Summit
23 (0.465 %)assyst
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1379 (58.76 %)Firewall
2242 (37.52 %)Network Security
3196 (30.39 %)Cisco ASA
4159 (24.65 %)VPN
5148 (22.95 %)TCP/IP
6145 (22.48 %)Cisco PIX
7139 (21.55 %)WAN
8126 (19.53 %)Internet
9108 (16.74 %)LAN
1093 (14.42 %)NetScreen
1192 (14.26 %)Wireless
1288 (13.64 %)DNS
1384 (13.02 %)OSPF
1483 (12.87 %)BGP
1563 (9.767 %)SSL
1659 (9.147 %)BIG-IP
1758 (8.992 %)MPLS
1853 (8.217 %)FWSM
1950 (7.752 %)EIGRP
2047 (7.287 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (2.636 %)SQL Server
212 (1.860 %)SQL Server 2008
311 (1.705 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (0.930 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1120 (18.60 %)Finance
265 (10.08 %)Telecoms
353 (8.217 %)German Language
434 (5.271 %)Banking
525 (3.876 %)French Language
624 (3.721 %)Retail
714 (2.171 %)Investment Banking
813 (2.016 %)Back Office
912 (1.860 %)Italian Language
107 (1.085 %)Advertising
111 (0.155 %)Marketing
111 (0.155 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.155 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1143 (22.17 %)Security Engineer
2137 (21.24 %)Network Engineer
3105 (16.28 %)Analyst
491 (14.11 %)Consultant
573 (11.32 %)Support Engineer
660 (9.302 %)Security Consultant
757 (8.837 %)Security Analyst
856 (8.682 %)Network Support
953 (8.217 %)Network Security Engineer
1051 (7.907 %)Architect
1149 (7.597 %)Network Analyst
1241 (6.357 %)Security Architect
1335 (5.426 %)Senior Analyst
1335 (5.426 %)Support Analyst
1434 (5.271 %)Senior Security Analyst
1531 (4.806 %)Solutions Architect
1629 (4.496 %)Security Specialist
1629 (4.496 %)Network Manager
1728 (4.341 %)Network Support Analyst
1825 (3.876 %)Network Specialist
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (2.946 %)Computer Science
215 (2.326 %)e-Health
38 (1.240 %)SecurID
47 (1.085 %)Open Source
56 (0.930 %)PKI
65 (0.775 %)Fat Client
65 (0.775 %)Thin Client
74 (0.620 %)Management Information System
74 (0.620 %)Fixed Income
74 (0.620 %)NHS
74 (0.620 %)PMI
74 (0.620 %)Video Conferencing
83 (0.465 %)Statistics
83 (0.465 %)Hedge funds
83 (0.465 %)IVR
92 (0.310 %)Cryptography
92 (0.310 %)Online Banking
101 (0.155 %)RMADS
101 (0.155 %)CESG
101 (0.155 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1134 (20.78 %)Windows
2111 (17.21 %)UNIX
390 (13.95 %)Linux
475 (11.63 %)Solaris
546 (7.132 %)Windows Server 2003
642 (6.512 %)Windows Server 2008
714 (2.171 %)AIX
714 (2.171 %)Windows 2000 Server
813 (2.016 %)Windows 2000
911 (1.705 %)Windows 7
107 (1.085 %)Windows XP
113 (0.465 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
122 (0.310 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
175 (11.63 %)ITIL
263 (9.767 %)Load Balancing
354 (8.372 %)Network Management
452 (8.062 %)Service Delivery
543 (6.667 %)Information Security
642 (6.512 %)Project Management
737 (5.736 %)Service Management
828 (4.341 %)Network Design
924 (3.721 %)PRINCE2
1022 (3.411 %)CRM
1022 (3.411 %)Change Management
1118 (2.791 %)Capacity Planning
1118 (2.791 %)Vulnerability Assessment
1215 (2.326 %)SIEM
1314 (2.171 %)Validation
1314 (2.171 %)Release Management
1413 (2.016 %)Security Architecture
1413 (2.016 %)E-Commerce
1511 (1.705 %)Incident Management
1511 (1.705 %)ITSM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (3.411 %)C
213 (2.016 %)SQL
311 (1.705 %)Perl
42 (0.310 %)PHP
42 (0.310 %)Java
42 (0.310 %)Bash shell
51 (0.155 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1299 (46.36 %)Cisco Certification
2162 (25.12 %)CCNP
3160 (24.81 %)CCNA
4126 (19.53 %)CCSE
5109 (16.90 %)CCSA
697 (15.04 %)Security Cleared
783 (12.87 %)CCSP
870 (10.85 %)SC Cleared
968 (10.54 %)CCIE
1064 (9.922 %)JNCIA
1159 (9.147 %)CISSP
1234 (5.271 %)JNCIS
1333 (5.116 %)Degree
1425 (3.876 %)Microsoft Certification
1524 (3.721 %)MCSE
1613 (2.016 %)CCDP
1711 (1.705 %)ITIL Certification
1711 (1.705 %)SCSA
1711 (1.705 %)CCVP
1810 (1.550 %)Check Point Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (3.566 %)SLA
123 (3.566 %)ISO/IEC 27001
215 (2.326 %)QA
36 (0.930 %)BS7799
42 (0.310 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.155 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
143 (6.667 %)Active Directory
237 (5.736 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (2.171 %)ISA Server
411 (1.705 %)vSphere
510 (1.550 %)ProxySG
66 (0.930 %)XenApp
75 (0.775 %)XenDesktop
82 (0.310 %)UAG
91 (0.155 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.155 %)MailMarshal
91 (0.155 %)Xen
91 (0.155 %)XenServer
91 (0.155 %)Hyper-V
91 (0.155 %)NFS
91 (0.155 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
126 (4.031 %)OpenView
223 (3.566 %)Nagios
320 (3.101 %)CiscoWorks
415 (2.326 %)Cisco CUCM
58 (1.240 %)Cisco UCCX
58 (1.240 %)Splunk
58 (1.240 %)Cacti
67 (1.085 %)Norton AntiVirus
75 (0.775 %)SCCM
84 (0.620 %)ZENworks
93 (0.465 %)SCOM
93 (0.465 %)Nessus
93 (0.465 %)SolarWinds Orion
93 (0.465 %)NetBackup
93 (0.465 %)Backup Exec
102 (0.310 %)MIMEsweeper
102 (0.310 %)Tivoli
102 (0.310 %)HP SIM
102 (0.310 %)WSUS
111 (0.155 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1527 (81.71 %)Cisco
2474 (73.49 %)CheckPoint
3397 (61.55 %)Juniper
4279 (43.26 %)F5
5137 (21.24 %)Fortinet
6125 (19.38 %)Nokia
7116 (17.98 %)McAfee
874 (11.47 %)HP
970 (10.85 %)Microsoft
1065 (10.08 %)IronPort
1158 (8.992 %)VMware
1255 (8.527 %)Websense
1348 (7.442 %)Crossbeam
1348 (7.442 %)Riverbed
1436 (5.581 %)Tufin
1535 (5.426 %)Aruba
1633 (5.116 %)Sourcefire
1727 (4.186 %)Citrix
1727 (4.186 %)Symantec
1825 (3.876 %)Sun