The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 22 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 Hampshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 85 66 72
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +6
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 14 32 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.901% 1.988% 1.742%
As % of the Vendors category 1.611% 3.632% 3.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 13
Average daily rate £315 £385 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% +27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £307 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £484 £384
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.24% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 7
Average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
869 881 949
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 55.92% 54.72% 51.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 416 335
Average daily rate £365 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 117 136
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £13.38 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £36.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
South East

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Southampton +2 10 £315 +4.82%
CheckPoint
South East

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 15 (83.33%) Cisco
1 15 (83.33%) Firewall
2 13 (72.22%) Cisco ASA
3 11 (61.11%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (55.56%) CCNA
5 9 (50.00%) VoIP
5 9 (50.00%) Mitel
6 5 (27.78%) VPN
6 5 (27.78%) Juniper
7 4 (22.22%) SSL
7 4 (22.22%) Network Security
8 3 (16.67%) McAfee
9 2 (11.11%) CCSA
10 1 (5.556%) Blue Coat
10 1 (5.556%) ProxySG
10 1 (5.556%) CCSE
10 1 (5.556%) Network Design
10 1 (5.556%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
10 1 (5.556%) Network Management
10 1 (5.556%) SIEM
10 1 (5.556%) Fortinet
10 1 (5.556%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (5.556%) IronPort
10 1 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
10 1 (5.556%) IPsec
10 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
10 1 (5.556%) BGP
10 1 (5.556%) EIGRP
10 1 (5.556%) TACACS

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 15 (83.33%) Firewall
2 13 (72.22%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (50.00%) VoIP
4 5 (27.78%) VPN
5 4 (22.22%) SSL
5 4 (22.22%) Network Security
6 1 (5.556%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (5.556%) IPsec
6 1 (5.556%) BGP
6 1 (5.556%) EIGRP
6 1 (5.556%) TACACS
6 1 (5.556%) ATM
6 1 (5.556%) LAN
6 1 (5.556%) WAN
6 1 (5.556%) HTTP
6 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.556%) Extranet
6 1 (5.556%) OSPF
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Network Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Security Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Security Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Network Security Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Network Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Firewall Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
5 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.556%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Build Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Network Implementation Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Security Support Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Network Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.556%) Network Design
1 1 (5.556%) Network Management
1 1 (5.556%) SIEM
1 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (55.56%) CCNA
3 2 (11.11%) CCSA
4 1 (5.556%) CCSE
4 1 (5.556%) CCIE
4 1 (5.556%) CCNP
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Cisco
2 9 (50.00%) Mitel
3 5 (27.78%) Juniper
4 3 (16.67%) McAfee
5 1 (5.556%) Blue Coat
5 1 (5.556%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.556%) IronPort
5 1 (5.556%) Nokia
5 1 (5.556%) Dell