Blue Coat Engineer Contract Job Trends

Blue Coat Engineer
UK

As of 30 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Blue Coat Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 560 653
Rank change year-on-year +8 +93 +182
Contract jobs requiring a Blue Coat Engineer 1 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.019% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.020% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile - - £556
90th Percentile - - £564
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,864 34,946 46,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 92.92% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,882 21,159 31,667
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,601 1,550 1,507
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.85 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.81 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £74.88 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.08 £43.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -41.69% -2.16% +95.33%

Blue Coat Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Blue Coat Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Coat Engineer in the UK

Blue Coat Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Blue Coat Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Blue Coat Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Blue Coat Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Blue Coat Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Blue Coat Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Blue Coat Engineer
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Coat Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 September 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
UK excluding London +4 1 - -
England -1 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

Blue Coat Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, Blue Coat Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Blue Coat Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Fiddler
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Blue Coat Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Fiddler
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware