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 23 October 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
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 493 469
Rank change year-on-year -118 -24 +80
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 28 38 43
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.060% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category 0.14% 0.28% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 14
10th Percentile £352 £355 £395
25th Percentile £355 £380 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -21.95% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £603
90th Percentile £658 £536 £750
UK median daily rate £380 £400 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% -17.95% -2.50%

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.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,662 13,599 14,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.08% 47.85% 44.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,970 8,679 8,507
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £625
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,356 656 476
10th Percentile £13.64 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.33 £17.96 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% -21.35%
75th Percentile £60.08 £40.93 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £24.56 £32.50
% change year-on-year -1.51% -24.43% -25.86%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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
Midlands -43 13 £350 -7.89%
West Midlands -48 13 £350 -7.89%
North West -57 10 - - 1
North of England -73 10 - - 1
London -94 9 £588 +11.90% 2
South East -55 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
1F582.1%23
2Zscaler46.4%13
3CheckPoint42.9%12
3Palo Alto42.9%12
5VMware39.3%11
6Cisco35.7%10
6McAfee35.7%10
6NetApp35.7%10
9Juniper32.1%9
10Fortinet14.3%4
10Netskope14.3%4
12Infoblox10.7%3
12Microsoft10.7%3
14Aruba7.1%2
15Broadcom3.6%1