Blue Coat Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Blue Coat Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

As of 30 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Blue Coat Engineer daily rate in Birmingham.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Blue Coat Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 544 676 791
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 95.89% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 435 531
10th Percentile £185 £200 £260
25th Percentile £360 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £573 £625 £600
90th Percentile £658 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 14 25
10th Percentile - £15.45 £12.98
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.69 £15.12
Median hourly rate £16.50 £34.56 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.26% +77.24% +8.33%
75th Percentile £26.51 £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.29 £56.65 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.20
% change year-on-year +14.08% -0.68% +23.31%

Blue Coat Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Blue Coat Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Coat Engineer in Birmingham

Blue Coat Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Blue Coat Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Blue Coat Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Fiddler
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Blue Coat Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Fiddler
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware