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 West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 190 177 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 14 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.280% 0.154% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.551% 0.320% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 0
Average salary £61,250 £60,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.08% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +12.50%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2539 2186 2088
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 50.70% 48.15% 49.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2049 1836 1724
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,100 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham - 14 £61,250 -
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 32 (96.97%) Juniper
1 32 (96.97%) F5
2 30 (90.91%) CheckPoint
3 29 (87.88%) Network Security
4 27 (81.82%) Cisco
5 24 (72.73%) Firewall
5 24 (72.73%) Cisco ASA
5 24 (72.73%) Cisco PIX
6 23 (69.70%) JNCIS
6 23 (69.70%) CCSE
6 23 (69.70%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (69.70%) Telecoms
6 23 (69.70%) Finance
6 23 (69.70%) Websense
6 23 (69.70%) CCNP
7 6 (18.18%) LogLogic
7 6 (18.18%) SIEM
7 6 (18.18%) Q1 Labs
8 4 (12.12%) HP
8 4 (12.12%) VMware
9 3 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (6.061%) Change Control
10 2 (6.061%) Technical Architecture
11 1 (3.030%) MAILsweeper
11 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (3.030%) Internet
11 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2000
11 1 (3.030%) ISA Server
11 1 (3.030%) Symantec

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (3.030%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
1 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (3.030%) Lync
1 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 29 (87.88%) Network Security
2 24 (72.73%) Firewall
2 24 (72.73%) Cisco ASA
2 24 (72.73%) Cisco PIX
3 3 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (3.030%) Internet
4 1 (3.030%) SAN
4 1 (3.030%) VoIP
4 1 (3.030%) DHCP
4 1 (3.030%) DNS
4 1 (3.030%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 23 (69.70%) Telecoms
1 23 (69.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (87.88%) Network Engineer
1 29 (87.88%) Network Security Engineer
1 29 (87.88%) Security Engineer
2 23 (69.70%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (9.091%) Consultant
4 2 (6.061%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (3.030%) Principle Consultant
5 1 (3.030%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.030%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.030%) Analyst
5 1 (3.030%) Network Consultant
5 1 (3.030%) Cisco Consultant
5 1 (3.030%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
1 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) SIEM
2 2 (6.061%) Change Control
2 2 (6.061%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (3.030%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (69.70%) JNCIS
1 23 (69.70%) CCSE
1 23 (69.70%) Cisco Certification
1 23 (69.70%) CCNP
2 1 (3.030%) MCTS
2 1 (3.030%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.030%) ISA Server
2 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.030%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.030%) XenApp
2 1 (3.030%) XenServer
2 1 (3.030%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (3.030%) IAG
2 1 (3.030%) UAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) MAILsweeper
1 1 (3.030%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (3.030%) Cacti
Vendors
1 32 (96.97%) Juniper
1 32 (96.97%) F5
2 30 (90.91%) CheckPoint
3 27 (81.82%) Cisco
4 23 (69.70%) Websense
5 6 (18.18%) LogLogic
5 6 (18.18%) Q1 Labs
6 4 (12.12%) HP
6 4 (12.12%) VMware
7 1 (3.030%) Symantec
7 1 (3.030%) EMC
7 1 (3.030%) Citrix
7 1 (3.030%) NetApp
7 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.030%) Twitter
7 1 (3.030%) Computacenter
7 1 (3.030%) SolarWinds
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
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Posted: 22 May 2013