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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 503 550
Rank change year-on-year -41 +47 +126
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 5 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.027% 0.019%
As % of the System Software category 0.13% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - £395 £589
25th Percentile £400 £434 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £603
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -23.27% +9.59%
75th Percentile £550 £469 £627
90th Percentile £580 - £653
UK median daily rate £500 £431 £593
% change year-on-year +15.94% -27.28% +7.82%

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 3,925 3,505 4,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.50% 12.01% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,618 2,270 3,287
10th Percentile £213 £205 £195
25th Percentile £400 £369 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 78 217
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.44 £15.63
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.46 £18.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £31.75 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +49.61% -21.26% +61.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.88 £67.25
90th Percentile £90.15 £75.00 £76.92
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £28.71 £45.88
% change year-on-year +48.70% -37.43% +83.52%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ProxySG in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ProxySG in England

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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 17 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
London - 3 £500 - 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 4 (80.00%) Network Security
1 4 (80.00%) SSL
2 2 (40.00%) DMZ
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Reverse Proxy
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
1 2 (40.00%) Web Filtering
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Blue Coat
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
3 2 (40.00%) F5
3 2 (40.00%) McAfee
3 2 (40.00%) Radware
4 1 (20.00%) Broadcom
4 1 (20.00%) Netskope