The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Edinburgh 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 59 51 59
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +8
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 4 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.432% 0.942% 0.675%
As % of the Vendors category 1.356% 2.740% 2.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
Average daily rate £300 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £355 £330
% change year-on-year
-8.45% +7.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £27.49
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +12.78%
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
295 365 438
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 31.89% 34.37% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 144 179
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £431 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 13
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.58% -11.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.29 £14.60 £14.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £70.00 £19.40 £21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
CheckPoint
Scotland

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 7 (70.00%) Cisco
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (60.00%) Nokia
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) SAN
3 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Finance
6 1 (10.00%) Juniper
6 1 (10.00%) CCIE
6 1 (10.00%) CCNA
6 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 1 (10.00%) EMC
6 1 (10.00%) NetScreen
6 1 (10.00%) NetApp
6 1 (10.00%) Internet
6 1 (10.00%) VRRP

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (10.00%) Internet
5 1 (10.00%) VRRP
5 1 (10.00%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Network Support
3 1 (10.00%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Network Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Network Design
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCSE
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Nokia
3 4 (40.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (10.00%) EMC
4 1 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The right candidate must have experience of Networks, Security and Firewalls, both in a design and support environment. Comprehensive understanding of firewall hardware and its capabilities (e.g...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: market day run
Posted: 14 June 2013
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