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 26 December 2025, 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
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 457 533
Rank change year-on-year -39 +76 +96
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 51 38 26
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.13% 0.070%
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% 0.29% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 21
10th Percentile £351 £386 £475
25th Percentile £380 £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £525 £594 £595
90th Percentile £573 £700 £635
UK median daily rate £400 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -17.95% -2.50% -9.09%

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 15,005 13,179 16,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.22% 46.04% 44.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,744 8,018 10,674
10th Percentile £298 £292 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 722 375 617
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.66 £30.45 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -22.29% -32.65% +68.29%
75th Percentile £47.50 £64.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.21 £80.39 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -14.91% -37.78% +74.55%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 26 £500 -13.04% 2
North of England -52 26 £500 -16.67% 2
Midlands -31 23 £380 - 1
West Midlands - 23 £380 - 1
London +6 12 £525 -4.55%
South East -16 2 £450 -10.00% 3
East of England -22 1 £400 - 8
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 (7.84%) Azure
1 4 (7.84%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (7.84%) Cloudflare
1 4 (7.84%) GCP
1 4 (7.84%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (78.43%) SSL
2 36 (70.59%) DNS
3 26 (50.98%) TCP/IP
4 25 (49.02%) HTTP
5 22 (43.14%) BIG-IP
6 20 (39.22%) Wireshark
7 17 (33.33%) Firewall
8 15 (29.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 15 (29.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 13 (25.49%) WAN
10 12 (23.53%) Network Security
11 11 (21.57%) Cisco IPT
11 11 (21.57%) DMVPN
11 11 (21.57%) IPsec
11 11 (21.57%) VPN
11 11 (21.57%) Wireless
12 8 (15.69%) DMZ
13 2 (3.92%) LAN
14 1 (1.96%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 20 (39.22%) Fiddler
General
1 14 (27.45%) Banking
1 14 (27.45%) Investment Banking
2 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
3 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Finance
5 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.92%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (74.51%) Network Engineer
2 18 (35.29%) Web Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) Blue Coat Engineer
4 10 (19.61%) IP Network Engineer
5 9 (17.65%) Junior
5 9 (17.65%) Junior Network Engineer
6 8 (15.69%) Security Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Operations Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Python Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Security Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Security Operations Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (3.92%) Principal Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Principal Network Engineer
10 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) Management Information System
2 10 (19.61%) Data Centre
3 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (56.86%) Load Balancing
2 20 (39.22%) Data Loss Prevention
3 16 (31.37%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 13 (25.49%) Change Management
5 11 (21.57%) Inventory Management
6 10 (19.61%) Incident Response
7 9 (17.65%) Migration
8 5 (9.80%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (9.80%) Network Segmentation
8 5 (9.80%) Web Filtering
9 4 (7.84%) Hyperautomation
9 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (7.84%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 4 (7.84%) Network Architecture
9 4 (7.84%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
9 4 (7.84%) Security Operations
9 4 (7.84%) SIEM
9 4 (7.84%) SOAR
9 4 (7.84%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) Python
2 4 (7.84%) Bash
2 4 (7.84%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (19.61%) Firmware
3 6 (11.76%) VMware NSX
4 4 (7.84%) Docker
4 4 (7.84%) ProxySG
4 4 (7.84%) Snort
4 4 (7.84%) Squid
Systems Management
1 12 (23.53%) Ansible
2 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.84%) Nessus
2 4 (7.84%) Nexpose
2 4 (7.84%) Suricata
Vendors
1 42 (82.35%) F5
2 30 (58.82%) McAfee
3 23 (45.10%) VMware
4 15 (29.41%) Cisco
4 15 (29.41%) NetApp
5 11 (21.57%) CheckPoint
5 11 (21.57%) Juniper
6 5 (9.80%) Symantec
7 4 (7.84%) Carbon Black
7 4 (7.84%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (7.84%) FireEye
7 4 (7.84%) Google
7 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
7 4 (7.84%) Palo Alto
7 4 (7.84%) Qualys
7 4 (7.84%) Splunk
7 4 (7.84%) Zscaler
8 2 (3.92%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.92%) Radware
9 1 (1.96%) Infoblox