The first table below looks at the demand for Check Point Certification in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Check Point Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the England 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Check Point Certification
Rank 502 539 567
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +28
Contract jobs citing Check Point Certification 11 20 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.026% 0.037% 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.148% 0.216% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
Average daily rate £300 £289 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £281
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7438 9270 8898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.89% 17.38% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3939 4900 4350
Average daily rate £375 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 511 609
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
Check Point Certification
UK

Check Point Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Check Point Certification across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England Check Point Certification Jobs Demand Trend

Check Point Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Check Point Certification across the England region.

England Check Point Certification Daily Rate Trend

Check Point Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Check Point Certification across the England region.

England Check Point Certification Hourly Rate Trend

Check Point Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Check Point Certification within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +32 2 £300 +3.89%
South East +4 1 - -
Check Point Certification
UK

Check Point Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Check Point Certification 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 Check Point Certification.

1 17 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 16 (94.12%) Cisco
3 15 (88.24%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (76.47%) CCNA
4 13 (76.47%) CCSE
4 13 (76.47%) Network Security
5 12 (70.59%) Network Design
5 12 (70.59%) CCIE
5 12 (70.59%) CCNP
6 11 (64.71%) LAN
6 11 (64.71%) 3G
6 11 (64.71%) 802.11
6 11 (64.71%) Project Management
6 11 (64.71%) Change Management
6 11 (64.71%) Wireless
6 11 (64.71%) 4G
7 6 (35.29%) Firewall
8 3 (17.65%) Blue Coat
8 3 (17.65%) UNIX
8 3 (17.65%) CCSP
8 3 (17.65%) VPN
9 2 (11.76%) Windows
9 2 (11.76%) NetScreen
9 2 (11.76%) Juniper
9 2 (11.76%) OSPF
9 2 (11.76%) BGP
9 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (11.76%) CCSA
10 1 (5.882%) Retail
10 1 (5.882%) Redback

Check Point Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Check Point Certification 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 Check Point Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Network Security
2 11 (64.71%) LAN
2 11 (64.71%) 3G
2 11 (64.71%) 802.11
2 11 (64.71%) Wireless
2 11 (64.71%) 4G
3 6 (35.29%) Firewall
4 3 (17.65%) VPN
5 2 (11.76%) NetScreen
5 2 (11.76%) OSPF
5 2 (11.76%) BGP
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (5.882%) FWSM
6 1 (5.882%) Junos
6 1 (5.882%) TACACS
6 1 (5.882%) VRRP
6 1 (5.882%) VoIP
6 1 (5.882%) RIP
6 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (5.882%) Retail
1 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Designer
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Security Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Security Specialist
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Network Security Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) IP Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Design Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (5.882%) Network Consultant
3 1 (5.882%) IT Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) UNIX
2 2 (11.76%) Windows
3 1 (5.882%) Solaris
3 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Network Design
2 11 (64.71%) Project Management
2 11 (64.71%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (76.47%) CCNA
2 13 (76.47%) CCSE
3 12 (70.59%) CCIE
3 12 (70.59%) CCNP
4 3 (17.65%) CCSP
5 2 (11.76%) CCSA
6 1 (5.882%) MCITP
6 1 (5.882%) CCDA
6 1 (5.882%) CCDP
6 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.882%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (5.882%) UAG
1 1 (5.882%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 16 (94.12%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) Blue Coat
4 2 (11.76%) Juniper
5 1 (5.882%) Redback
5 1 (5.882%) Nokia
5 1 (5.882%) Microsoft