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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank107122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads2141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.041 %
As % of the category below1.297 %1.762 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£338£283
Average daily rate£358£300
% change on same period last year+19.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£319
% change on same period last year+9.06 %
Hourly rates quoted512
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00£28.58
Average hourly rate£25.17£31.25
% change on same period last year-19.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.33£33.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.48£34.11
% change on same period last year-25.30 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads16192327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.158 %2.354 %
Daily rates quoted340735
Average minimum daily rate£332£354
Average daily rate£353£374
% change on same period last year-5.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted167236
Average minimum hourly rate£22.60£28.15
Average hourly rate£24.10£29.73
% change on same period last year-18.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.59£31.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
CheckPoint South EastCheckPoint
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Check Point Software Technologies.

CheckPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CheckPoint across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire CheckPoint Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CheckPoint across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CheckPoint Daily Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire CheckPoint Daily Rate Histogram

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CheckPoint across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Berkshire CheckPoint Hourly Rate Histogram

CheckPoint
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-85£450+28.57 %
NewburyUp+163--
SloughDown-72--
BracknellUp+201--
WokinghamNew entry-1--
CheckPoint South EastCheckPoint
South East

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CheckPoint 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 CheckPoint.

125 (71.43 %)Firewall
220 (57.14 %)Cisco
317 (48.57 %)Cisco Certification
415 (42.86 %)VPN
511 (31.43 %)WAN
511 (31.43 %)LAN
610 (28.57 %)DNS
79 (25.71 %)CCNA
79 (25.71 %)TCP/IP
87 (20.00 %)Juniper
87 (20.00 %)Linux
96 (17.14 %)CCSP
96 (17.14 %)Telecoms
96 (17.14 %)Government
96 (17.14 %)Network Security
105 (14.29 %)NetScreen
105 (14.29 %)OSPF
105 (14.29 %)CCNP
105 (14.29 %)CCDP
105 (14.29 %)Windows
114 (11.43 %)DHCP
114 (11.43 %)Ethernet
114 (11.43 %)CiscoWorks
114 (11.43 %)Internet
114 (11.43 %)VLAN
114 (11.43 %)IP Telephony
123 (8.571 %)CCSA
123 (8.571 %)Blue Coat
123 (8.571 %)CCSE
123 (8.571 %)Load Balancing

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CheckPoint 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 CheckPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (8.571 %)MS Exchange
13 (8.571 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (5.714 %)Exchange Server 5.5
22 (5.714 %)IIS
22 (5.714 %)Apache
31 (2.857 %)Exchange Server 2007
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
125 (71.43 %)Firewall
215 (42.86 %)VPN
311 (31.43 %)WAN
311 (31.43 %)LAN
410 (28.57 %)DNS
59 (25.71 %)TCP/IP
66 (17.14 %)Network Security
75 (14.29 %)NetScreen
75 (14.29 %)OSPF
84 (11.43 %)Internet
84 (11.43 %)DHCP
84 (11.43 %)Ethernet
84 (11.43 %)IP Telephony
84 (11.43 %)VLAN
93 (8.571 %)Cisco PIX
93 (8.571 %)BIG-IP
93 (8.571 %)Wireless
93 (8.571 %)MPLS
93 (8.571 %)RIP
93 (8.571 %)VoIP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (17.14 %)Telecoms
16 (17.14 %)Government
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (31.43 %)Support Engineer
28 (22.86 %)Network Engineer
36 (17.14 %)Security Engineer
36 (17.14 %)Network Specialist
45 (14.29 %)Analyst
54 (11.43 %)Network Analyst
54 (11.43 %)Design Engineer
54 (11.43 %)Network Support
63 (8.571 %)Network Support Engineer
63 (8.571 %)3rd Line Support
72 (5.714 %)2nd Line Support
72 (5.714 %)Network Security Engineer
72 (5.714 %)Consultant
72 (5.714 %)Technical Specialist
72 (5.714 %)Firewall Specialist
72 (5.714 %)Security Specialist
81 (2.857 %)Firewall Analyst
81 (2.857 %)Firewall Consultant
81 (2.857 %)Cisco Network Engineer
81 (2.857 %)Cisco Support
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.857 %)Statistics
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (20.00 %)Linux
25 (14.29 %)Windows
32 (5.714 %)UNIX
32 (5.714 %)Windows 2000
32 (5.714 %)Windows XP
41 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (2.857 %)Solaris
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (8.571 %)Load Balancing
21 (2.857 %)ITIL
21 (2.857 %)Migration
21 (2.857 %)Network Design
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (8.571 %)Perl
22 (5.714 %)SQL
31 (2.857 %)C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (48.57 %)Cisco Certification
29 (25.71 %)CCNA
36 (17.14 %)CCSP
45 (14.29 %)CCNP
45 (14.29 %)CCDP
53 (8.571 %)CCIP
53 (8.571 %)CCSA
53 (8.571 %)CCSE
62 (5.714 %)JNCIA
62 (5.714 %)Degree
71 (2.857 %)CISSP
71 (2.857 %)CCIE
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.714 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (2.857 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (11.43 %)CiscoWorks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (57.14 %)Cisco
27 (20.00 %)Juniper
33 (8.571 %)Blue Coat
33 (8.571 %)Microsoft
33 (8.571 %)HP
33 (8.571 %)Dell
42 (5.714 %)Red Hat
42 (5.714 %)Symantec
51 (2.857 %)Remedy
51 (2.857 %)Websense
51 (2.857 %)Clearswift
51 (2.857 %)VMware
51 (2.857 %)Nortel
51 (2.857 %)SonicWALL
51 (2.857 %)Finjan
51 (2.857 %)Nokia
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