Blue Coat
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Blue Coat products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Blue Coat over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 973 1123
Rank change year-on-year +98 +150 -285
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 23 7 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.007% 0.050%
As % of the Vendors category 0.063% 0.017% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23 6 40
10th Percentile £43,250 £35,916 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,312 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -34.96% +36.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £50,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £52,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £43,554 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.06% -19.34% +27.81%

All Vendors
UK

Blue Coat is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,551 42,350 61,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.92% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 25,003 24,216 32,825
10th Percentile £26,702 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,294 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.62%

Blue Coat
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Blue Coat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Coat in the UK

Blue Coat
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Blue Coat.

Salary trend for Blue Coat in the UK

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Blue Coat over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Blue Coat in the UK

Blue Coat
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +80 18 £47,500 -5.00% 1
England +108 17 £47,500 +18.75% 5
UK excluding London +2 16 £47,500 +9.06% 5
East of England +29 14 £47,500 -5.00% 4
North West - 2 £40,000 -
North of England - 2 £40,000 -
London +114 1 £60,000 +50.00%

Blue Coat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) Firewall
2 20 (86.96%) Network Security
3 13 (56.52%) DNS
4 6 (26.09%) Internet
4 6 (26.09%) VPN
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (4.35%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (8.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (56.52%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Law
2 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Network Security Specialist
1 12 (52.17%) Network Specialist
1 12 (52.17%) Security Specialist
2 6 (26.09%) Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) Security Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Cryptography
2 13 (56.52%) Information Management
2 13 (56.52%) Project Management
3 12 (52.17%) Information Security
4 6 (26.09%) Cloud Security
4 6 (26.09%) Identity Access Management
4 6 (26.09%) Presales
4 6 (26.09%) Roadmaps
4 6 (26.09%) Zero Trust
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL
5 2 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Storage Management
6 1 (4.35%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 13 (56.52%) DV Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (26.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (26.09%) CCIE
4 6 (26.09%) CCIE Security
4 6 (26.09%) CCNP
4 6 (26.09%) CCSP
4 6 (26.09%) CISSP
5 2 (8.70%) Degree
6 1 (4.35%) CCNA
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (8.70%) vRealize
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Cisco
2 20 (86.96%) CheckPoint
2 20 (86.96%) Palo Alto
3 14 (60.87%) Infoblox
4 13 (56.52%) Juniper
4 13 (56.52%) Riverbed
5 7 (30.43%) Fortinet
6 6 (26.09%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (26.09%) Netskope
6 6 (26.09%) Symantec
6 6 (26.09%) Zscaler
7 2 (8.70%) CA
7 2 (8.70%) LogRhythm
7 2 (8.70%) McAfee
7 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
7 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (8.70%) Trend Micro
7 2 (8.70%) Tripwire
7 2 (8.70%) VMware