Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts within the Birmingham 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3956
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.364 %1.031 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£287£400
Average daily rate£287£463
% change on same period last year-38.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£287£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£335
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.02£34.72
% change on same period last year-16.42 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads220485
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.441 %0.607 %
Daily rates quoted70101
Average minimum daily rate£316£352
Average daily rate£339£386
% change on same period last year-12.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£353
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted24112
Average minimum hourly rate£17.62£18.64
Average hourly rate£19.07£19.71
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.53£20.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£23.32
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
CheckPoint West MidlandsCheckPoint
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

112 (100.00 %)Cisco
210 (83.33 %)Firewall
37 (58.33 %)Cisco Certification
37 (58.33 %)OSPF
46 (50.00 %)BGP
46 (50.00 %)Nokia
46 (50.00 %)MPLS
46 (50.00 %)CCNA
46 (50.00 %)LAN
46 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
55 (41.67 %)Cisco ASA
55 (41.67 %)WAN
64 (33.33 %)Blue Coat
64 (33.33 %)Network Design
73 (25.00 %)Nortel
73 (25.00 %)Avaya
82 (16.67 %)EIGRP
82 (16.67 %)ISDN
82 (16.67 %)Ethernet
91 (8.333 %)VLAN
91 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
91 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
91 (8.333 %)CCSE
91 (8.333 %)RIP
91 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
91 (8.333 %)VPN
91 (8.333 %)DNS
91 (8.333 %)SSL
91 (8.333 %)VoIP
91 (8.333 %)ITIL

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (83.33 %)Firewall
27 (58.33 %)OSPF
36 (50.00 %)BGP
36 (50.00 %)MPLS
36 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
36 (50.00 %)LAN
45 (41.67 %)WAN
45 (41.67 %)Cisco ASA
52 (16.67 %)ISDN
52 (16.67 %)Ethernet
52 (16.67 %)EIGRP
61 (8.333 %)RIP
61 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
61 (8.333 %)VPN
61 (8.333 %)DNS
61 (8.333 %)SSL
61 (8.333 %)DHCP
61 (8.333 %)VoIP
61 (8.333 %)BGP-4
61 (8.333 %)SMDS
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
25 (41.67 %)Network Support
33 (25.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
33 (25.00 %)Analyst
33 (25.00 %)Network Analyst
42 (16.67 %)Network Support Engineer
42 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
42 (16.67 %)Network Support Analyst
42 (16.67 %)Support Engineer
42 (16.67 %)Cisco Support
51 (8.333 %)Cisco Architect
51 (8.333 %)Cisco Network Architect
51 (8.333 %)Cisco Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (8.333 %)Network Architect
51 (8.333 %)Architect
51 (8.333 %)Network Designer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)Network Design
21 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
21 (8.333 %)ITIL
21 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (58.33 %)Cisco Certification
26 (50.00 %)CCNA
31 (8.333 %)CCDA
31 (8.333 %)CCIE
31 (8.333 %)CCSA
31 (8.333 %)CCSE
31 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Cisco
26 (50.00 %)Nokia
34 (33.33 %)Blue Coat
43 (25.00 %)Nortel
43 (25.00 %)Avaya