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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 603 734
Rank change year-on-year -91 +131 -192
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 222 384 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.60% 0.94% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 170 194 406
10th Percentile £41,200 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,350 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -7.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,750 £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 36,727 40,716 64,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 41.82% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 24,890 23,574 33,282
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 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 28 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 28 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 -36 196 £55,000 -3.51% 52
UK excluding London -109 145 £51,300 -2.29% 36
Work from Home -35 97 £57,500 +4.55% 22
West Midlands +60 73 £52,500 -17.97% 10
Midlands +29 73 £52,500 -19.23% 12
London +105 66 £70,000 +18.64% 21
East of England +6 24 £47,500 -20.83% 3
North of England +8 20 £42,500 -19.05% 5
Wales +5 15 - - 1
Yorkshire +61 10 £62,500 +4.17% 2
South West -31 9 £45,000 - 3
North East -3 6 £40,250 -19.50%
South East -75 6 £58,750 +17.50% 7
North West -19 4 £41,500 -12.63% 3

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 7 (3.15%) 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 73 (32.88%) Azure
2 62 (27.93%) AWS
3 18 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.95%) IaaS
5 10 (4.50%) PaaS
5 10 (4.50%) SaaS
6 9 (4.05%) GCP
7 8 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.25%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (2.25%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.35%) Apigee
12 3 (1.35%) Azure API Management
12 3 (1.35%) Azure Service Fabric
12 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
12 3 (1.35%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.45%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 179 (80.63%) Firewall
2 92 (41.44%) WAN
3 71 (31.98%) LAN
4 68 (30.63%) Network Security
5 56 (25.23%) Wireless
6 52 (23.42%) VPN
7 44 (19.82%) MPLS
7 44 (19.82%) SD-WAN
8 36 (16.22%) BGP
9 34 (15.32%) Cisco ASA
10 31 (13.96%) OSPF
10 31 (13.96%) VLAN
11 30 (13.51%) DNS
11 30 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (13.06%) TCP/IP
13 28 (12.61%) Cisco Nexus
14 23 (10.36%) Cisco Firepower
14 23 (10.36%) VoIP
15 21 (9.46%) Cisco ISE
15 21 (9.46%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.15%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (28.38%) Finance
2 34 (15.32%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.56%) Law
4 17 (7.66%) Telecoms
5 15 (6.76%) 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
13 2 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Games
13 2 (0.90%) Military
13 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (44.14%) Network Engineer
2 90 (40.54%) Senior
3 52 (23.42%) Senior Network Engineer
4 28 (12.61%) Analyst
5 21 (9.46%) Consultant
6 20 (9.01%) Security Engineer
7 16 (7.21%) 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
9 14 (6.31%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (6.31%) Senior Network Consultant
10 12 (5.41%) Network Security Specialist
10 12 (5.41%) Security Specialist
11 11 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.95%) Project Consultant
11 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 61 (27.48%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (4.50%) Clustering
3 10 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.60%) Client/Server
4 8 (3.60%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.35%) Wiki
8 2 (0.90%) IoT
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.45%) Handset
9 1 (0.45%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.45%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.71%) Windows
2 22 (9.91%) Windows Server
3 12 (5.41%) 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%) Debian
7 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.17%) ITIL
2 37 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 31 (13.96%) Change Control
3 31 (13.96%) Project Management
4 30 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (11.26%) Information Security
6 25 (11.26%) Migration
7 23 (10.36%) Customer Service
8 22 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (9.91%) Network Design
8 22 (9.91%) Roadmaps
9 21 (9.46%) Project Delivery
10 18 (8.11%) Cryptography
10 18 (8.11%) Network Monitoring
11 17 (7.66%) Cloud Security
12 16 (7.21%) Service Management
13 14 (6.31%) PRINCE2
13 14 (6.31%) Resource Management
13 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 77 (34.68%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (28.83%) CCNP
3 59 (26.58%) Security Cleared
4 49 (22.07%) CCNA
5 45 (20.27%) SC Cleared
6 21 (9.46%) CCIE
7 18 (8.11%) Degree
8 16 (7.21%) DV Cleared
9 14 (6.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 12 (5.41%) CCSA
11 11 (4.95%) 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%) CCSE
15 4 (1.80%) CEH
15 4 (1.80%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.11%) SLA
2 9 (4.05%) PCI DSS
2 9 (4.05%) PMO
3 8 (3.60%) GDPR
3 8 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 8 (3.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.15%) QA
5 6 (2.70%) NCSC
5 6 (2.70%) NIST
6 4 (1.80%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.45%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (13.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (12.61%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.50%) vSphere
4 5 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.90%) Firmware
6 1 (0.45%) Docker
6 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) NFS
6 1 (0.45%) pfSense
6 1 (0.45%) Samba
6 1 (0.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (9.91%) 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
7 4 (1.80%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.45%) SCCM
9 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 150 (67.57%) Cisco
2 100 (45.05%) Palo Alto
3 52 (23.42%) Microsoft
4 36 (16.22%) Fortinet
5 35 (15.77%) VMware
6 31 (13.96%) Juniper
7 30 (13.51%) F5
8 28 (12.61%) Meraki
9 21 (9.46%) Blue Coat
9 21 (9.46%) SolarWinds
10 14 (6.31%) Citrix
10 14 (6.31%) Infoblox
10 14 (6.31%) Riverbed
11 13 (5.86%) Aruba
12 12 (5.41%) McAfee
13 11 (4.95%) Oracle
14 10 (4.50%) IBM
15 9 (4.05%) Zscaler
16 8 (3.60%) Ribbon
17 7 (3.15%) Dell