The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 23 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 Devon 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 28 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 1.754% - 0.654%
As % of the Vendors category 4.762% - 1.429%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £165 - £195
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +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
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
63 88 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 36.84% 48.62% 45.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 39 27
Average daily rate £295 £330 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.60% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £219 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £371 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+135.29% +17.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
CheckPoint
South West

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 23 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
Exeter - 3 £165 -
CheckPoint
South West

CheckPoint
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Thin Client
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Solaris
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) Fat Client
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Thin Client
1 2 (66.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft