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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 675 599 740
Rank change year-on-year -76 +141 -204
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 231 415 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.41% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.63% 0.98% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 176 204 385
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £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% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,889 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,300 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.29% - -

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 36,515 42,452 61,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.89% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25,000 24,240 32,762
10th Percentile £26,700 £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 £75,294 £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% +4.40%

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 9 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 9 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 -22 201 £55,000 -4.35% 51
UK excluding London -109 151 £51,300 -2.29% 41
Work from Home -34 104 £57,500 +2.68% 21
West Midlands +55 76 £52,500 -17.00% 9
Midlands +20 76 £52,500 -19.23% 12
London +62 67 £70,000 +18.75% 13
East of England +28 26 £47,500 -5.00% 8
North of England +14 20 £42,500 -17.86% 8
Wales +9 17 - - 1
Yorkshire +75 10 £62,500 - 2
South West -26 9 £45,000 - 1
North East -2 6 £40,250 -14.82% 2
South East -92 5 £50,750 -7.73% 8
North West -13 4 £41,500 -12.63% 4

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 13 (5.63%) IIS
2 8 (3.46%) Skype for Business
3 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (7.36%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 77 (33.33%) Azure
2 66 (28.57%) AWS
3 19 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.33%) IaaS
5 9 (3.90%) PaaS
5 9 (3.90%) SaaS
6 8 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.46%) GCP
7 7 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (2.16%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (2.16%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.73%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.73%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.30%) Apigee
11 3 (1.30%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 183 (79.22%) Firewall
2 92 (39.83%) WAN
3 70 (30.30%) LAN
4 67 (29.00%) Network Security
5 58 (25.11%) Wireless
6 57 (24.68%) VPN
7 42 (18.18%) MPLS
8 41 (17.75%) SD-WAN
9 34 (14.72%) Cisco ASA
10 33 (14.29%) BGP
11 30 (12.99%) DNS
11 30 (12.99%) TCP/IP
11 30 (12.99%) VLAN
12 29 (12.55%) OSPF
12 29 (12.55%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
14 23 (9.96%) Cisco Firepower
14 23 (9.96%) Internet
14 23 (9.96%) VoIP
15 20 (8.66%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (3.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 65 (28.14%) Finance
2 34 (14.72%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.79%) Law
4 17 (7.36%) Telecoms
5 14 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (5.63%) Aerospace
6 13 (5.63%) Retail
7 9 (3.90%) Legal
8 7 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.60%) Banking
10 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.73%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.73%) Publishing
12 3 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (1.30%) Automotive
12 3 (1.30%) Games
12 3 (1.30%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.87%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 102 (44.16%) Network Engineer
2 96 (41.56%) Senior
3 54 (23.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 29 (12.55%) Analyst
5 22 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 21 (9.09%) Consultant
7 18 (7.79%) Network Security Engineer
8 15 (6.49%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (6.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (6.49%) Lead
8 15 (6.49%) Network Analyst
8 15 (6.49%) Network Specialist
8 15 (6.49%) Project Manager
9 14 (6.06%) Senior Consultant
10 13 (5.63%) Senior Network Consultant
11 12 (5.19%) Network Security Specialist
11 12 (5.19%) Project Consultant
11 12 (5.19%) Security Specialist
11 12 (5.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.19%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.93%) 802.1X
2 12 (5.19%) REST
2 12 (5.19%) WebRTC
3 8 (3.46%) SAML
4 5 (2.16%) XMPP
5 3 (1.30%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.30%) JSON
6 2 (0.87%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (25.54%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.49%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (5.19%) Clustering
4 10 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.33%) Public Cloud
5 8 (3.46%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.46%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.30%) Wiki
8 2 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.43%) Handset
9 1 (0.43%) IoT
9 1 (0.43%) PKI
9 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.26%) Windows
2 22 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.76%) Linux
4 5 (2.16%) Android
4 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.30%) CatOS
5 3 (1.30%) CentOS
5 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.87%) Unix
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (20.35%) ITIL
2 43 (18.61%) Load Balancing
3 32 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (13.42%) Change Control
4 31 (13.42%) Project Management
5 27 (11.69%) Information Security
6 24 (10.39%) Customer Service
6 24 (10.39%) Migration
7 23 (9.96%) Network Design
8 22 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (9.52%) Roadmaps
9 21 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 20 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
11 18 (7.79%) Cryptography
12 17 (7.36%) Cloud Security
13 16 (6.93%) Service Management
14 14 (6.06%) Infrastructure Management
14 14 (6.06%) PRINCE2
14 14 (6.06%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.36%) SQL
2 6 (2.60%) Python
3 5 (2.16%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.73%) Bash
5 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (34.63%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (28.57%) CCNP
3 62 (26.84%) Security Cleared
4 49 (21.21%) CCNA
5 48 (20.78%) SC Cleared
6 20 (8.66%) CCIE
7 19 (8.23%) Degree
8 17 (7.36%) DV Cleared
9 14 (6.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 12 (5.19%) CCSA
11 10 (4.33%) CISSP
12 8 (3.46%) AWS Certification
13 7 (3.03%) CCSP
14 6 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (2.60%) Azure Certification
14 6 (2.60%) CCIE Security
14 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.73%) CEH
15 4 (1.73%) Check Point Certification
15 4 (1.73%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.36%) SLA
2 10 (4.33%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.90%) PMO
4 8 (3.46%) GDPR
4 8 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (3.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.03%) QA
6 6 (2.60%) NIST
7 5 (2.16%) NCSC
8 4 (1.73%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 36 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (12.99%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.19%) vSphere
4 4 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 23 (9.96%) FortiGate
2 11 (4.76%) Nagios
3 8 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (3.03%) Terraform
5 6 (2.60%) Ansible
5 6 (2.60%) WSUS
6 5 (2.16%) OfficeScan
7 4 (1.73%) CASB
7 4 (1.73%) Nessus
8 3 (1.30%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.43%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 155 (67.10%) Cisco
2 101 (43.72%) Palo Alto
3 55 (23.81%) Microsoft
4 42 (18.18%) VMware
5 35 (15.15%) F5
5 35 (15.15%) Fortinet
6 31 (13.42%) Juniper
7 27 (11.69%) Meraki
8 22 (9.52%) SolarWinds
9 20 (8.66%) Blue Coat
10 15 (6.49%) Citrix
11 14 (6.06%) Infoblox
11 14 (6.06%) Riverbed
12 13 (5.63%) Aruba
12 13 (5.63%) McAfee
13 12 (5.19%) Oracle
14 11 (4.76%) IBM
15 9 (3.90%) Forcepoint
16 8 (3.46%) Dell
16 8 (3.46%) HP