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 Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blue Coat over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Yorkshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blue Coat
Rank 174 214 193
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -21
Permanent jobs citing Blue Coat 38 3 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.693% 0.058% 0.138%
As % of the Vendors category 1.483% 0.132% 0.287%
Number of salaries quoted 35 3 7
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,100 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,300 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £47,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-11.57% +25.00%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2562 2275 2443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 46.72% 44.08% 48.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2026 1808 2050
Average salary £37,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Blue Coat Salary Trend

Blue Coat
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blue Coat across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +18 28 £29,000 -22.66% 4
North Yorkshire - 12 £50,000 -
South Yorkshire - 3 £55,000 -
East Yorkshire - 2 £53,750 -
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England

Blue Coat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 59 (77.63%) CheckPoint
2 52 (68.42%) Juniper
2 52 (68.42%) Firewall
3 47 (61.84%) Cisco Certification
3 47 (61.84%) Cisco
4 41 (53.95%) CCSE
5 38 (50.00%) Network Security
5 38 (50.00%) CCNP
6 33 (43.42%) Cisco ASA
7 28 (36.84%) F5
8 24 (31.58%) JNCIS
9 23 (30.26%) Cisco PIX
10 21 (27.63%) VPN
11 20 (26.32%) VMware
12 19 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
12 19 (25.00%) ProxySG
12 19 (25.00%) Windows
12 19 (25.00%) Websense
13 18 (23.68%) Telecoms
14 17 (22.37%) Finance
15 16 (21.05%) CCNA
15 16 (21.05%) ArcSight
16 14 (18.42%) Citrix
16 14 (18.42%) UNIX
17 12 (15.79%) SSL
17 12 (15.79%) Cisco IOS
18 11 (14.47%) CCSA
18 11 (14.47%) BIG-IP
19 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
19 10 (13.16%) Microsoft

Blue Coat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (1.316%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.895%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 52 (68.42%) Firewall
2 38 (50.00%) Network Security
3 33 (43.42%) Cisco ASA
4 23 (30.26%) Cisco PIX
5 21 (27.63%) VPN
6 12 (15.79%) SSL
6 12 (15.79%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (14.47%) BIG-IP
8 10 (13.16%) NetScreen
8 10 (13.16%) OSPF
8 10 (13.16%) DMVPN
9 9 (11.84%) BGP
10 7 (9.211%) WAN
11 6 (7.895%) DNS
11 6 (7.895%) TCP/IP
11 6 (7.895%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (6.579%) DHCP
12 5 (6.579%) HTTP
13 4 (5.263%) LAN
14 3 (3.947%) SAN
General
1 18 (23.68%) Telecoms
2 17 (22.37%) Finance
3 4 (5.263%) Military
3 4 (5.263%) Electronics
4 3 (3.947%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.316%) Banking
5 1 (1.316%) Retail
5 1 (1.316%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 34 (44.74%) Network Engineer
2 26 (34.21%) Security Engineer
3 19 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 15 (19.74%) Firewall Engineer
5 6 (7.895%) Architect
5 6 (7.895%) Analyst
5 6 (7.895%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.579%) Security Analyst
6 5 (6.579%) Network Analyst
6 5 (6.579%) Network Security Analyst
6 5 (6.579%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.263%) Technical Leader
7 4 (5.263%) Virtualisation Architect
8 3 (3.947%) Senior Server Specialist
8 3 (3.947%) Storage Specialist
8 3 (3.947%) Technical Specialist
8 3 (3.947%) Senior Storage Specialist
8 3 (3.947%) Server Specialist
8 3 (3.947%) Senior Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.895%) SaaS
2 4 (5.263%) Chip and PIN
2 4 (5.263%) Thin Client
2 4 (5.263%) Fat Client
3 3 (3.947%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.632%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.632%) Physics
4 2 (2.632%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.316%) Clustering
5 1 (1.316%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.00%) Windows
2 14 (18.42%) UNIX
3 5 (6.579%) Linux
4 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
2 6 (7.895%) ITIL
3 4 (5.263%) Service Delivery
3 4 (5.263%) Programme Management
4 3 (3.947%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (3.947%) WAN Optimisation
4 3 (3.947%) Information Management
4 3 (3.947%) Information Security
4 3 (3.947%) Time Management
4 3 (3.947%) Communications Security
5 1 (1.316%) Product Management
5 1 (1.316%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (1.316%) SIEM
5 1 (1.316%) Network Design
5 1 (1.316%) TOGAF
5 1 (1.316%) Supplier Management
5 1 (1.316%) Incident Management
5 1 (1.316%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.316%) Data Protection
5 1 (1.316%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 47 (61.84%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (53.95%) CCSE
3 38 (50.00%) CCNP
4 24 (31.58%) JNCIS
5 16 (21.05%) CCNA
6 11 (14.47%) CCSA
7 9 (11.84%) JNCIA
7 9 (11.84%) Degree
8 7 (9.211%) CCA
8 7 (9.211%) Citrix Certification
9 6 (7.895%) CCEA
9 6 (7.895%) CCSP
9 6 (7.895%) CCDA
9 6 (7.895%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (7.895%) VCDX
9 6 (7.895%) VCAP
9 6 (7.895%) CCEE
9 6 (7.895%) CCIA
10 2 (2.632%) Security Cleared
11 1 (1.316%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 19 (25.00%) ProxySG
2 10 (13.16%) XenApp
3 6 (7.895%) VMware ESX
3 6 (7.895%) vSphere
3 6 (7.895%) XenServer
3 6 (7.895%) XenDesktop
4 4 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.316%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.316%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (1.316%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (1.316%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (1.316%) NetBackup
1 1 (1.316%) Legato
Vendors
1 59 (77.63%) CheckPoint
2 52 (68.42%) Juniper
3 47 (61.84%) Cisco
4 28 (36.84%) F5
5 20 (26.32%) VMware
6 19 (25.00%) Websense
7 16 (21.05%) ArcSight
8 14 (18.42%) Citrix
9 10 (13.16%) Microsoft
9 10 (13.16%) NetApp
9 10 (13.16%) Imperva
10 8 (10.53%) HP
11 7 (9.211%) Dell
12 6 (7.895%) EMC
12 6 (7.895%) PlateSpin
12 6 (7.895%) Proofpoint
12 6 (7.895%) DataCore
12 6 (7.895%) FalconStor
12 6 (7.895%) Riverbed
13 4 (5.263%) IronPort
Pudsey, West Yorkshire
Desirable: Networking Qualifications such as CCSE / CCNA / CCSA / CCEPE / JNCIA / JNCIS An excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their networking career joining a well established company... This...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Desirable: SSG, Bluecoat, Proofpoint, Qualifications such as CCSE / CCNA / CCSA / CCEPE / JNCIA / JNCIS This role is ideal for someone looking to join a company where you will have...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Typical Qualifications / Experience Worked in a SOC/Service Desk arena 2nd line Cisco Nexus/Routing/switching/ASA/PIX experience (Minimum CCNA/CCNP/CCSP ideal) Check Point Firewall-1...
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
The role will involve supporting Checkpoint and Juniper routers, switches, firewalls and VPN's... *Experience with Blue Coat Proxy / Acceleration *CCSA, JNCIA-FWV, JNCIA-SSL, JNCIS-SA *Relevant...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
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