ProxySG Contract Job Trends in England

Blue Coat Proxy SG
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ProxySG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 503 566
Rank change year-on-year -26 +63 +136
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 3 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.026% 0.034%
As % of the System Software category 0.077% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile - £395 £495
25th Percentile - £434 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £592
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -21.81% +7.55%
75th Percentile £475 £469 £613
90th Percentile £520 - £635
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £565
% change year-on-year - -29.26% +2.81%

All System Software Skills
England

ProxySG falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 3,897 3,660 5,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.71% 11.79% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,561 2,342 3,489
10th Percentile £213 £213 £195
25th Percentile £400 £380 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £675 £711 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 83 232
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.58 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.87 £21.46 £18.45
Median hourly rate £32.32 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.37% +25.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £74.26 £66.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £90.15 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £37.08 £43.84
% change year-on-year -19.10% -15.40% +75.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ProxySG job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ProxySG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ProxySG

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ProxySG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ProxySG

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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 ProxySG within the England region over the 6 months to 26 November 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
London - 2 £450 - 2
East of England - 1 £400 -
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UK

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) DMZ
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Coat Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Web Filtering
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) Radware
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec