CheckPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CheckPoint over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Check Point Software Technologies.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 670 604 747
Rank change year-on-year -66 +143 -216
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 222 408 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.41% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.61% 0.98% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 170 203 392
10th Percentile £41,200 £41,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,548 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,300 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.29% - -4.55%

All Vendors
UK

CheckPoint is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,536 41,710 62,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.57% 42.06% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24,889 23,890 32,938
10th Percentile £26,742 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CheckPoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CheckPoint.

Salary trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -34 194 £55,000 -3.51% 53
UK excluding London -138 143 £51,300 -2.29% 38
Work from Home -36 100 £57,500 +4.55% 22
West Midlands +54 72 £52,500 -17.00% 11
Midlands +18 72 £52,500 -19.23% 13
London +63 66 £70,000 +16.67% 17
East of England +12 25 £47,500 -5.00% 6
North of England +13 20 £42,500 -19.05% 6
Wales +10 15 - - 1
Yorkshire +68 10 £62,500 +2.04% 4
South West -31 9 £45,000 - 1
North East -4 6 £40,250 -14.82% 1
North West -21 4 £41,500 -12.63% 1
South East -85 4 £65,000 +30.00% 9

CheckPoint
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.95%) IIS
2 8 (3.60%) Skype for Business
3 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 74 (33.33%) Azure
2 64 (28.83%) AWS
3 18 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.95%) IaaS
5 10 (4.50%) PaaS
5 10 (4.50%) SaaS
6 8 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (3.60%) GCP
7 7 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (2.25%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (2.25%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.35%) Apigee
10 3 (1.35%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Service Fabric
10 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.35%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 177 (79.73%) Firewall
2 90 (40.54%) WAN
3 70 (31.53%) LAN
4 65 (29.28%) Network Security
5 58 (26.13%) Wireless
6 54 (24.32%) VPN
7 43 (19.37%) MPLS
8 41 (18.47%) SD-WAN
9 34 (15.32%) BGP
10 33 (14.86%) Cisco ASA
11 31 (13.96%) VLAN
12 30 (13.51%) DNS
13 29 (13.06%) Cisco Nexus
13 29 (13.06%) OSPF
13 29 (13.06%) TCP/IP
13 29 (13.06%) Wi-Fi
14 23 (10.36%) VoIP
15 22 (9.91%) Cisco Firepower
15 22 (9.91%) Internet
16 20 (9.01%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (2.70%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (28.38%) Finance
2 34 (15.32%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.11%) Law
4 17 (7.66%) Telecoms
5 14 (6.31%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.86%) Aerospace
6 13 (5.86%) Retail
7 9 (4.05%) Legal
8 7 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.70%) Banking
10 5 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.80%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.80%) Publishing
12 3 (1.35%) Automotive
12 3 (1.35%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Games
13 2 (0.90%) Military
14 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (45.50%) Network Engineer
2 91 (40.99%) Senior
3 54 (24.32%) Senior Network Engineer
4 28 (12.61%) Analyst
5 22 (9.91%) Security Engineer
6 19 (8.56%) Consultant
7 18 (8.11%) Network Security Engineer
8 15 (6.76%) Network Analyst
8 15 (6.76%) Network Specialist
8 15 (6.76%) Project Manager
9 14 (6.31%) Cisco Engineer
9 14 (6.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 14 (6.31%) Lead
10 13 (5.86%) Senior Consultant
10 13 (5.86%) Senior Network Consultant
11 12 (5.41%) Network Security Specialist
11 12 (5.41%) Security Specialist
12 11 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (4.95%) Project Consultant
12 11 (4.95%) Senior Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.21%) 802.1X
2 10 (4.50%) REST
2 10 (4.50%) WebRTC
3 8 (3.60%) SAML
4 5 (2.25%) XMPP
5 3 (1.35%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.35%) JSON
6 1 (0.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (26.58%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (4.50%) Clustering
3 10 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (4.05%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.60%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.60%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.35%) Wiki
8 1 (0.45%) Handset
8 1 (0.45%) IoT
8 1 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.26%) Windows
2 21 (9.46%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.95%) Linux
4 5 (2.25%) Android
4 5 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.35%) CatOS
5 3 (1.35%) CentOS
5 3 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.90%) Unix
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (20.72%) ITIL
2 40 (18.02%) Load Balancing
3 32 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (13.96%) Change Control
4 31 (13.96%) Project Management
5 29 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (11.71%) Information Security
7 24 (10.81%) Customer Service
7 24 (10.81%) Migration
8 22 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (9.91%) Network Design
8 22 (9.91%) Roadmaps
9 20 (9.01%) Project Delivery
10 19 (8.56%) Network Monitoring
11 18 (8.11%) Cryptography
12 17 (7.66%) Cloud Security
13 16 (7.21%) Service Management
14 14 (6.31%) PRINCE2
14 14 (6.31%) Resource Management
14 14 (6.31%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.31%) SQL
2 6 (2.70%) Python
3 4 (1.80%) Bash
3 4 (1.80%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (34.23%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (28.38%) CCNP
3 58 (26.13%) Security Cleared
4 47 (21.17%) CCNA
5 44 (19.82%) SC Cleared
6 20 (9.01%) CCIE
7 18 (8.11%) Degree
8 16 (7.21%) DV Cleared
9 14 (6.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 11 (4.95%) CCSA
11 10 (4.50%) CISSP
12 8 (3.60%) AWS Certification
13 7 (3.15%) CCSP
14 6 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (2.70%) Azure Certification
14 6 (2.70%) CCIE Security
14 6 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.80%) CEH
15 4 (1.80%) CISM
16 3 (1.35%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.66%) SLA
2 10 (4.50%) PCI DSS
3 9 (4.05%) PMO
4 8 (3.60%) GDPR
4 8 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (3.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.15%) QA
6 6 (2.70%) NCSC
6 6 (2.70%) NIST
7 4 (1.80%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.45%) P3O
System Software
1 32 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (12.61%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.95%) vSphere
4 4 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.45%) Firmware
6 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) Samba
6 1 (0.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (9.46%) FortiGate
2 11 (4.95%) Nagios
3 8 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (3.15%) Terraform
5 6 (2.70%) Ansible
5 6 (2.70%) WSUS
6 5 (2.25%) Nessus
6 5 (2.25%) OfficeScan
7 4 (1.80%) CASB
8 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (67.12%) Cisco
2 98 (44.14%) Palo Alto
3 51 (22.97%) Microsoft
4 38 (17.12%) VMware
5 34 (15.32%) Fortinet
6 31 (13.96%) F5
7 29 (13.06%) Juniper
8 27 (12.16%) Meraki
9 22 (9.91%) SolarWinds
10 20 (9.01%) Blue Coat
11 14 (6.31%) Infoblox
11 14 (6.31%) Riverbed
12 13 (5.86%) Citrix
13 12 (5.41%) Aruba
14 11 (4.95%) McAfee
14 11 (4.95%) Oracle
15 10 (4.50%) IBM
16 8 (3.60%) Forcepoint
16 8 (3.60%) Ribbon
16 8 (3.60%) Zscaler