Blue Coat Contract Job Trends in England

Blue Coat
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England citing 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 6 November 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
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 479 477
Rank change year-on-year -143 -2 +66
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 24 40 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.051% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 15
10th Percentile £352 £357 £401
25th Percentile £355 £380 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -20.00% -7.57%
75th Percentile £438 £525 £594
90th Percentile £658 £548 £750
UK median daily rate £380 £400 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% -15.79% -5.00%

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 citing vendor products and services in England.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 19,830 14,084 13,992
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 42.45% 47.81% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,988 9,043 8,400
10th Percentile £313 £283 £300
25th Percentile £416 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -
75th Percentile £625 £615 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,439 692 432
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.50 £15.22
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% -28.36% -21.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.22 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.10 £72.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £25.08 £31.50
% change year-on-year -3.53% -20.40% -28.25%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands -46 11 £350 -7.89%
West Midlands -49 11 £350 -7.89%
North West -51 9 £425 -15.00% 2
North of England -69 9 £425 -15.00% 2
London -94 6 £625 +21.95%
South East -58 5 £370 -17.78%
South West - 1 £350 -
Blue Coat
UK

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1F583.3%20
2Palo Alto50.0%12
3CheckPoint45.8%11
3Zscaler45.8%11
5Cisco41.7%10
6Juniper37.5%9
6VMware37.5%9
8McAfee33.3%8
8NetApp33.3%8
10Fortinet12.5%3
11Aruba8.3%2
11Infoblox8.3%2
11Microsoft8.3%2
11Netskope8.3%2
15AlgoSec4.2%1
15Symantec4.2%1