Blue Coat Contracts in the North of England

Blue Coat
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 188 213
Rank change year-on-year +24 +25 +18
Contract jobs citing Blue Coat 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.061% 0.021% 0.10%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.049% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £434 - -
25th Percentile £466 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.27%
75th Percentile £578 - -
90th Percentile £606 - -
England median daily rate £438 £460 £550
% change year-on-year -4.89% -16.36% +4.76%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,681 2,035 2,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 50.92% 42.80% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 1,188 1,576
10th Percentile £230 £250 £246
25th Percentile £363 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% -1.05% +11.11%
75th Percentile £563 £584 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 213 65
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £14.85
25th Percentile £21.24 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -53.85% +82.48%
75th Percentile £59.83 £22.00 £48.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.18 £53.20
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Blue Coat
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Blue Coat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Coat in the North of England

Blue Coat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Blue Coat in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Blue Coat in the North of England

Blue Coat
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Blue Coat in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Blue Coat in the North of England

Blue Coat
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Blue Coat in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Blue Coat in the North of England

Blue Coat
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +14 1 £425 -
Yorkshire - 1 £625 -
Blue Coat
England

Blue Coat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) Arista
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec