Blue Coat Contract Job Trends in England

Blue Coat
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Blue Coat products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blue Coat over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 504 499
Rank change year-on-year -78 -5 +70
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 37 6 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.083% 0.022% 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.20% 0.047% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 17
10th Percentile £375 - £425
25th Percentile £380 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £460
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -9.78% -14.42%
75th Percentile £488 £423 £575
90th Percentile £500 - £594
UK median daily rate £460 £415 £460
% change year-on-year +10.84% -9.78% -12.38%

All Vendors
England

Blue Coat falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,365 12,896 15,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.03% 47.44% 42.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,640 8,142 10,010
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 978 616 1,013
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.84 £12.71
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.54 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%
75th Percentile £65.58 £51.41 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.20 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% +0.60% -38.27%

Blue Coat
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Blue Coat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Blue Coat job vacancy trend in England

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blue Coat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blue Coat

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blue Coat in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Blue Coat in England

Blue Coat
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blue Coat.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Blue Coat

Blue Coat
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 20 £450 -
North of England - 20 £450 -
West Midlands - 18 £378 -
Midlands - 18 £378 -
London -61 11 £475 - 1
South East -59 2 £380 -8.43% 1
Blue Coat
UK

Blue Coat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) AWS
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (81.08%) DNS
1 30 (81.08%) SSL
2 25 (67.57%) TCP/IP
3 23 (62.16%) HTTP
4 21 (56.76%) BIG-IP
5 19 (51.35%) Wireshark
6 18 (48.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 18 (48.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 13 (35.14%) Firewall
7 13 (35.14%) Network Security
8 9 (24.32%) VPN
9 6 (16.22%) IPsec
9 6 (16.22%) WAN
10 5 (13.51%) DMVPN
10 5 (13.51%) Wireless
11 4 (10.81%) Cisco IPT
11 4 (10.81%) DHCP
11 4 (10.81%) VLAN
12 3 (8.11%) DMZ
12 3 (8.11%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 19 (51.35%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 18 (48.65%) Banking
2 17 (45.95%) Investment Banking
3 5 (13.51%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Police
6 1 (2.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (81.08%) Network Engineer
2 20 (54.05%) Web Engineer
3 16 (43.24%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 16 (43.24%) IP Network Engineer
4 14 (37.84%) Security Engineer
5 11 (29.73%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Junior
6 3 (8.11%) Junior Network Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Firewall Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Network Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Network Security Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Principal Security Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Technical Support
7 1 (2.70%) Technical Support Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Web Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (16.22%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) Load Balancing
2 19 (51.35%) Data Loss Prevention
2 19 (51.35%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 4 (10.81%) Change Management
3 4 (10.81%) Inventory Management
4 3 (8.11%) Asset Management
4 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
4 3 (8.11%) Incident Response
4 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (8.11%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (8.11%) Validation
5 2 (5.41%) High Availability
5 2 (5.41%) ITSM
5 2 (5.41%) Line Management
6 1 (2.70%) Change Control
6 1 (2.70%) Operational Stability
6 1 (2.70%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.70%) SIEM
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (2.70%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) Bash
2 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) CCNP
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (8.11%) CISSP
4 1 (2.70%) CCIE
4 1 (2.70%) CCNA
4 1 (2.70%) CCSA
4 1 (2.70%) CCSE
4 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 17 (45.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (43.24%) Firmware
3 3 (8.11%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.70%) ProxySG
4 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Ansible
2 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) F5
2 20 (54.05%) VMware
3 19 (51.35%) McAfee
4 16 (43.24%) NetApp
5 11 (29.73%) CheckPoint
5 11 (29.73%) Zscaler
6 9 (24.32%) Cisco
7 7 (18.92%) Palo Alto
8 6 (16.22%) Fortinet
8 6 (16.22%) Juniper
9 5 (13.51%) Netskope
10 3 (8.11%) Infoblox
10 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
11 2 (5.41%) Aruba
12 1 (2.70%) Broadcom
12 1 (2.70%) Okta
12 1 (2.70%) Symantec