The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint 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 Vendors for the Cambridgeshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Check Point Software Technologies.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 41 63 -
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 12 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.214% 0.439% -
As % of the Vendors category 4.478% 0.901% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £320 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.24% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
268 333 190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 49.45% 48.68% 37.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 153 76
Average daily rate £310 £323 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.87% -0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £224 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 48
Average hourly rate £17.50 £37.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.33% +177.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £47.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
East of England

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CheckPoint across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridgeshire CheckPoint Jobs Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire CheckPoint Daily Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the Cambridgeshire 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
Peterborough - 9 - -
Cambridge +10 3 - -
CheckPoint
East of England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 13 (76.47%) Cisco
2 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 7 (41.18%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (35.29%) VPN
4 6 (35.29%) CCNA
4 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
6 4 (23.53%) WAN
6 4 (23.53%) Windows
6 4 (23.53%) LAN
6 4 (23.53%) OSPF
6 4 (23.53%) BGP
6 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
6 4 (23.53%) Network Security
6 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (17.65%) VLAN
7 3 (17.65%) F5
7 3 (17.65%) Wireless
7 3 (17.65%) Remedy
7 3 (17.65%) Acrobat
7 3 (17.65%) Internet
7 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
7 3 (17.65%) MCSE
7 3 (17.65%) MCSA
7 3 (17.65%) MCP
7 3 (17.65%) Adobe
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (17.65%) Juniper
7 3 (17.65%) UNIX

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.882%) Lync
2 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Acrobat
2 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.882%) MS Project
3 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) Firewall
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (35.29%) VPN
4 4 (23.53%) LAN
4 4 (23.53%) WAN
4 4 (23.53%) OSPF
4 4 (23.53%) BGP
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
4 4 (23.53%) Network Security
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (17.65%) VLAN
5 3 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (17.65%) Wireless
5 3 (17.65%) Internet
6 2 (11.76%) MPLS
6 2 (11.76%) RIP
6 2 (11.76%) SNMP
6 2 (11.76%) VoIP
6 2 (11.76%) IPsec
6 2 (11.76%) BIG-IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Subversion
General
1 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
1 2 (11.76%) Danish Language
1 2 (11.76%) French Language
1 2 (11.76%) German Language
1 2 (11.76%) Hebrew Language
1 2 (11.76%) Swedish Language
1 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
1 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Support Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Support Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) Project Support Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Project Officer
4 1 (5.882%) Network Security Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (5.882%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) UNIX
2 3 (17.65%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.882%) Solaris
3 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
1 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
1 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
1 2 (11.76%) Network Management
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL
2 1 (5.882%) Project Management
2 1 (5.882%) IC Design
2 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Shell Script
1 1 (5.882%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) CCNA
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCP
2 3 (17.65%) MCSE
2 3 (17.65%) MCSA
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
4 1 (5.882%) CCSA
4 1 (5.882%) Degree
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) NFS
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.882%) Terminal Services
1 1 (5.882%) Samba
1 1 (5.882%) VMware ESX
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Workstation
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.882%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) AppManager
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 3 (17.65%) Adobe
3 3 (17.65%) Juniper
3 3 (17.65%) Remedy
3 3 (17.65%) F5
4 2 (11.76%) Nokia
5 1 (5.882%) Red Hat
5 1 (5.882%) CommVault
5 1 (5.882%) Sun
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix
5 1 (5.882%) VMware
5 1 (5.882%) Cadence