CheckPoint Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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

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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 281 200 275
Rank change year-on-year
-81 +75
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 254 494 354
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.611% 0.926% 0.630%
As % of the Vendors category 1.310% 2.004% 1.366%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 248 209
Average daily rate £338 £391 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.73% +12.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £275 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £477 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 29 34
Average hourly rate £20.94 £31.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.45% +32.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.63 £19.00 £16.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £45.00 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 19388 24654 25908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.63% 46.22% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10664 13039 13321
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1105 1232 1516
Average hourly rate £19.63 £19.63 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England CheckPoint Daily Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England CheckPoint Daily Rate Histogram

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England CheckPoint Hourly Rate Histogram

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 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 -119 77 £375 -9.09%
South East -52 57 £338 -0.73%
East of England +35 27 £413 +7.14%
Yorkshire +24 25 £330 -5.71%
South West +29 20 £300 -24.05%
West Midlands +7 16 £319 +21.42%
North West +4 13 £285 -22.07%
East Midlands +3 11 £286 +2.23%
Midlands +4 3 £310 -
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 358 (70.89%) Firewall
2 354 (70.10%) Cisco
3 185 (36.63%) Cisco Certification
4 159 (31.49%) Juniper
5 134 (26.53%) VPN
5 134 (26.53%) Cisco ASA
6 121 (23.96%) CCNP
7 120 (23.76%) Windows
7 120 (23.76%) LAN
8 119 (23.56%) Network Security
8 119 (23.56%) F5
9 94 (18.61%) WAN
10 90 (17.82%) CCNA
11 86 (17.03%) HP
11 86 (17.03%) Blue Coat
12 84 (16.63%) Finance
13 82 (16.24%) BGP
14 79 (15.64%) VMware
15 76 (15.05%) TCP/IP
16 69 (13.66%) ITIL
16 69 (13.66%) OSPF
17 65 (12.87%) Project Management
18 63 (12.48%) Linux
18 63 (12.48%) Load Balancing
19 61 (12.08%) DNS
20 60 (11.88%) Microsoft
20 60 (11.88%) Nokia
20 60 (11.88%) VoIP
20 60 (11.88%) CCSE
21 58 (11.49%) DHCP

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 16 (3.168%) CSS
2 14 (2.772%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.782%) Regular Expression
4 7 (1.386%) Middleware
5 5 (0.990%) .NET
6 3 (0.594%) Application Packaging
7 2 (0.396%) XML
8 1 (0.198%) WAP
8 1 (0.198%) COM
8 1 (0.198%) HTML
8 1 (0.198%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 22 (4.356%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.564%) MS Exchange
3 13 (2.574%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (2.376%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 10 (1.980%) Lync
5 10 (1.980%) Apache
6 7 (1.386%) IIS
6 7 (1.386%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (1.188%) CMS
8 5 (0.990%) CICS
8 5 (0.990%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.792%) CloudStack
9 4 (0.792%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (0.792%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.792%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.594%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.396%) SAS
12 1 (0.198%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (3.960%) MS Excel
2 17 (3.366%) MS Office
3 15 (2.970%) MS Project
4 9 (1.782%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.188%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (0.594%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.198%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.990%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 358 (70.89%) Firewall
2 134 (26.53%) VPN
2 134 (26.53%) Cisco ASA
3 120 (23.76%) LAN
4 119 (23.56%) Network Security
5 94 (18.61%) WAN
6 82 (16.24%) BGP
7 76 (15.05%) TCP/IP
8 69 (13.66%) OSPF
9 61 (12.08%) DNS
10 60 (11.88%) VoIP
11 58 (11.49%) DHCP
12 57 (11.29%) Cisco Nexus
13 52 (10.30%) Internet
14 51 (10.10%) SAN
15 49 (9.703%) MPLS
16 45 (8.911%) VLAN
17 44 (8.713%) Wireless
18 43 (8.515%) SSL
19 42 (8.317%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.366%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.782%) MySQL
3 4 (0.792%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.594%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (0.594%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (0.594%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (0.594%) DB2
4 3 (0.594%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (0.198%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.198%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.198%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 4 (0.792%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 4 (0.792%) StarTeam
2 3 (0.594%) Subversion
2 3 (0.594%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.396%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.396%) MSBuild
3 2 (0.396%) WiX
3 2 (0.396%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.396%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.198%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.198%) Maven
4 1 (0.198%) Hudson
General
1 84 (16.63%) Finance
2 44 (8.713%) Telecoms
3 33 (6.535%) Banking
4 16 (3.168%) Retail
5 8 (1.584%) Law
6 7 (1.386%) Local Government
6 7 (1.386%) Investment Banking
7 6 (1.188%) Advertising
7 6 (1.188%) Back Office
8 4 (0.792%) Legal
8 4 (0.792%) French Language
9 3 (0.594%) German Language
9 3 (0.594%) Publishing
10 2 (0.396%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.396%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.396%) Hebrew Language
10 2 (0.396%) Swedish Language
10 2 (0.396%) Danish Language
11 1 (0.198%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.198%) Billing
Job Titles
1 165 (32.67%) Network Engineer
2 65 (12.87%) Analyst
3 61 (12.08%) Security Engineer
4 42 (8.317%) Cisco Engineer
5 39 (7.723%) Consultant
5 39 (7.723%) Network Security Engineer
6 28 (5.545%) Firewall Engineer
7 27 (5.347%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 27 (5.347%) Support Engineer
8 26 (5.149%) Architect
9 24 (4.752%) Network Analyst
10 23 (4.554%) Network Specialist
11 22 (4.356%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (3.762%) Network Support
13 17 (3.366%) Designer
14 16 (3.168%) Project Manager
14 16 (3.168%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 15 (2.970%) Security Consultant
15 15 (2.970%) Cisco Security Engineer
16 14 (2.772%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.139%) Clustering
2 17 (3.366%) PKI
2 17 (3.366%) Blackberry
3 12 (2.376%) Open Source
4 11 (2.178%) SecurID
5 9 (1.782%) Fat Client
5 9 (1.782%) Thin Client
6 8 (1.584%) Mainframe
7 5 (0.990%) IBM Mainframe
7 5 (0.990%) VSAM
7 5 (0.990%) Firmware
7 5 (0.990%) CLARiiON
8 4 (0.792%) PMI
9 3 (0.594%) Statistics
9 3 (0.594%) Online Banking
9 3 (0.594%) e-Health
9 3 (0.594%) IVR
9 3 (0.594%) NHS
9 3 (0.594%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.594%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 120 (23.76%) Windows
2 63 (12.48%) Linux
3 53 (10.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 45 (8.911%) UNIX
5 29 (5.743%) Windows Server 2003
6 27 (5.347%) Windows 7
7 9 (1.782%) AIX
8 8 (1.584%) CentOS
8 8 (1.584%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (1.386%) Solaris
10 6 (1.188%) Windows XP
11 4 (0.792%) Debian
11 4 (0.792%) VMS
11 4 (0.792%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.198%) zOS
12 1 (0.198%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.198%) HPUX
12 1 (0.198%) SUSE
12 1 (0.198%) MVS
12 1 (0.198%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (13.66%) ITIL
2 65 (12.87%) Project Management
3 63 (12.48%) Load Balancing
4 42 (8.317%) Network Management
5 41 (8.119%) Change Management
6 31 (6.139%) Network Design
6 31 (6.139%) PRINCE2
7 28 (5.545%) Migration
7 28 (5.545%) E-Commerce
8 18 (3.564%) Service Delivery
8 18 (3.564%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (3.564%) Configuration Management
9 14 (2.772%) CRM
10 12 (2.376%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (2.376%) Capacity Planning
10 12 (2.376%) Business Continuity
11 10 (1.980%) Change Control
12 9 (1.782%) Service Management
12 9 (1.782%) Network Architecture
12 9 (1.782%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 25 (4.950%) SQL
2 10 (1.980%) C
3 9 (1.782%) Shell Script
4 6 (1.188%) PowerShell
5 5 (0.990%) Java
5 5 (0.990%) PHP
6 3 (0.594%) VBScript
6 3 (0.594%) JCL
7 2 (0.396%) R
7 2 (0.396%) Perl
7 2 (0.396%) COBOL
8 1 (0.198%) C#
8 1 (0.198%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.198%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.198%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 185 (36.63%) Cisco Certification
2 121 (23.96%) CCNP
3 90 (17.82%) CCNA
4 60 (11.88%) CCSE
5 41 (8.119%) CCSA
5 41 (8.119%) Security Cleared
5 41 (8.119%) CCIE
6 30 (5.941%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.950%) CISSP
8 20 (3.960%) CCSP
9 18 (3.564%) Degree
10 17 (3.366%) Check Point Certification
11 15 (2.970%) CCDP
11 15 (2.970%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (2.772%) MCSE
13 8 (1.584%) ISEB
13 8 (1.584%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (1.386%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 7 (1.386%) DV Cleared
15 6 (1.188%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.564%) SLA
2 9 (1.782%) QA
3 6 (1.188%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.792%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.396%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (10.10%) Active Directory
2 39 (7.723%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (7.723%) ProxySG
3 23 (4.554%) vSphere
4 12 (2.376%) XenServer
5 10 (1.980%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.584%) XenApp
7 7 (1.386%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.188%) VMware ESX
9 4 (0.792%) vCloud
9 4 (0.792%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 3 (0.594%) UAG
11 2 (0.396%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.396%) NFS
11 2 (0.396%) Xen
11 2 (0.396%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.198%) Snort
12 1 (0.198%) Samba
12 1 (0.198%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.198%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 19 (3.762%) Backup Exec
2 17 (3.366%) WSUS
3 16 (3.168%) HP SIM
3 16 (3.168%) OpenView
3 16 (3.168%) Nagios
4 11 (2.178%) Cacti
4 11 (2.178%) SCCM
5 9 (1.782%) CiscoWorks
6 8 (1.584%) HP Quality Center
7 6 (1.188%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (1.188%) Cisco UCCX
8 5 (0.990%) NetBackup
8 5 (0.990%) Tivoli
9 4 (0.792%) Puppet
9 4 (0.792%) WMI
9 4 (0.792%) Zenoss
10 3 (0.594%) SolarWinds Orion
10 3 (0.594%) SCOM
11 2 (0.396%) Cisco IPCC
12 1 (0.198%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 354 (70.10%) Cisco
2 159 (31.49%) Juniper
3 119 (23.56%) F5
4 86 (17.03%) HP
4 86 (17.03%) Blue Coat
5 79 (15.64%) VMware
6 60 (11.88%) Microsoft
6 60 (11.88%) Nokia
7 54 (10.69%) Citrix
8 36 (7.129%) NetApp
9 26 (5.149%) SolarWinds
10 23 (4.554%) ProCurve
11 20 (3.960%) McAfee
11 20 (3.960%) Fortinet
12 19 (3.762%) Oracle
13 17 (3.366%) Mitel
14 16 (3.168%) Red Hat
15 15 (2.970%) Crossbeam
16 14 (2.772%) IBM
16 14 (2.772%) Sourcefire
Network and Security Engineer
City, London
The requirement is for a resource to build and configure Checkpoint and ASA firewall possibly Blue Coats as per Client requirement i.e... Skills: Firewalls. Checkpoint. Cisco. McAfee...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cisco Network and Security Engineer - Berkshire - Contract
Berkshire
Cisco - CCNP - Checkpoint - R&S - Load Balancing - Juniper - F5 - BAU - Project - Troubleshooting - PCI Compliance... This is a really exciting and URGENT opportunity for a Cisco Network and Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 22 May 2013
Security Designer/Architect - Security Cleared
Bracknell, Berkshire
Security Designer/Architect -SECURITY CLEARED... My client however is looking for candidates ONLY that specialise in at LEAST TWO of the following: Firewalls - Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper Intrusion Prevention -...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £460 - £463 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Network and Secuirty Engineer
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking for a Network Security Engineerbased in Leeds for an initial 6 month contract with view to extensions. The role of the Network Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Network Engineer - Government - London - Contract
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Security delivery team lead - £360pd
Cheshire
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY / FIREWALL SECURITY LEAD - JUNIPER / CHECKPOINT - CHESHIRE £360 pd - 6 months... You'll need experience with large firewall roll-outs, esp Juniper and Checkpoint firewalls, and the...
Circle Recruitment
Rate: £325 - £360 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Network Engineer - Cisco/Checkpoint - £425 PER DAY
London
Cisco routers and switches (IOS, IOS XE and CatOS), utilising IP,EIGRP,BGP and Multicast. Checkpoint and Nokia firewalls. VPN... Network Management (SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA, Latency monitoring).
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £350 - £425 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Network Engineer - Cisco/Checkpoint - £70k
London
Cisco routers and switches (IOS, IOS XE and CatOS), utilising IP,EIGRP,BGP and Multicast. Checkpoint and Nokia firewalls. VPN... Network Management (SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA, Latency monitoring).
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Lead Technical Specialist
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Banking - Technical Specialist, Windows Server, Citrix, AD, Exchange, Cisco, Checkpoint... Responsibilities: Deal with all Windows Server issues and Builds. Active Directory & Exchange troubleshooting & support. Citrix Administration. Cisco or...
Cititec
Rate: £325 - £375 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Client Engineer (Security Life-Cycle Engineer)
London
All security designs are created to support SLA and are therefore optimized to support business continuity... Potential Responsibilities Security Architecture... Required Qualifications/Skills : Extensive experience of hands on,...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 20 May 2013
Network and Security Specialist
North Yorkshire
We are seeking a CCNA qualified Network and Security specialist to work on my clients Checkpoint Firewall upgrade. Candidates must have the following experience: Proven track record of...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £280.00 - £320.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Network Analyst - Juniper/Cisco
West Sussex
Detailed technical working knowledge of most of the following areas: Essential: Core network protocols - TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP Cisco - LAN switching \ Routing \...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £31000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus & benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer ( AD, Exchange, Windows Server )
Hereford, West Midlands
2nd/ 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Windows ServerInfrastructure Analyst/Engineer - Contract - Hereford, £250Contract Urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Analyst,The postholder will be responsible...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Operations Analyst (Contract)
London
Thorough understanding of security fundamentals, including firewalls (Checkpoint specifically), RSA SecurID Server, anti-virus, Juniper SA SSL appliances, and web filtering systems. * Experienced in Server Virtualisation technologies, NAS/...
RDF Resources
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Network Support Engineer - MPLS, VOIP, Procurve, Checkpoint
London
The ideal Network Support Engineer will have technical knowledge of a combination of the following: LAN (Switches, VLAS, QoS) WAN (routing, VPN, MPLS) Monitoring tools like Solarwinds or...
Information Technology Services
Rate: £300 - 350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Technical Analyst x 2
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
Linux Build Engineer / Infrastructure Build Engineer
York, Yorkshire
My client is actively seeking a dynamic, communicable and intelligent Linux Build and Deployment Engineer with proven past experience in Linux based domains to deliver server and portal...
IQ Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
IT 3rd Line Support
Leeds, Yorkshire
The IT Operations team manage 50+ physical servers, including latest HP blade technology, and 300+ virtual servers with over 500Tb of SAN based data, delivering a first rate...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013
Internal communications consultant / Contract Stratford upon Avon
Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
You will be required to follow a quality assurance process for all collateral developed and report in to the Communications Manager... - To work closely with the project team...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: 250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
DV Cleared Technical Delivery Project Manager
City of London
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Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £500 - £700 per day
Posted: 28 April 2013
Lead Procurement Manager
City of London
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Posted: 9 May 2013
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