The first table below looks at the demand for Check Point Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Check Point Certification over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certification
Rank 118 127 127
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs citing Check Point Certification 1 10 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.041% 0.326% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.174% 1.362% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £288
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £281
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
576 734 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.67% 23.95% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 280 224
Average daily rate £375 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £213 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 39
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.00 £24.91
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -27.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.70 £12.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £38.75 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
Check Point Certification
South East

Check Point Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Check Point Certification across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire Check Point Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Check Point Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Check Point Certification across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Check Point Certification Daily Rate Trend

Check Point Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Check Point Certification across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Check Point Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Check Point Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Check Point Certification within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading 0 1 - -
Check Point Certification
South East

Check Point Certification
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Check Point Certification also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Check Point Certification.

1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Redback
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM

Check Point Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Check Point Certification also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Check Point Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) FWSM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Redback