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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 - 548
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing ProxySG 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% - 0.013%
As % of the System Software category 0.045% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 - £460
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.96%
75th Percentile - - £465
90th Percentile - - £467
UK median daily rate £653 - £460
% change year-on-year - - -14.96%

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 4,401 3,205 4,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.03% 12.41% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,946 2,117 2,916
10th Percentile £210 £223 £210
25th Percentile £400 £379 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £595 £603 £608
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 75 197
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.03 £14.06
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.50 £14.48
Median hourly rate £53.00 £29.00 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +82.76% +30.04% -55.40%
75th Percentile £74.00 £69.25 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £88.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £28.00 £23.99
% change year-on-year +82.14% +16.72% -55.03%

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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 2 July 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
North West - 1 £653 -
North of England - 1 £653 -
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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 2 (100.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) SNMP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Police
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler