CheckPoint Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend 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 London 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 London 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 310 185 287
Rank change year-on-year
-125 +102
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 77 275 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.350% 1.006% 0.480%
As % of the Vendors category 0.774% 2.259% 1.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 182 100
Average daily rate £370 £413 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £499 £550 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.24% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 13
Average hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+110.52% -9.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 9944 12176 13868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.21% 44.54% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6264 7379 8380
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £270 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 302 402
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London 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
City of London -47 23 £356 -13.63%
Croydon - 2 - -
Uxbridge +5 1 - -
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 136 (71.96%) Cisco
2 134 (70.90%) Firewall
3 64 (33.86%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (30.69%) Juniper
5 57 (30.16%) LAN
6 52 (27.51%) VPN
7 50 (26.46%) WAN
8 39 (20.63%) BGP
9 38 (20.11%) CCNP
10 37 (19.58%) Finance
10 37 (19.58%) F5
11 36 (19.05%) Network Security
11 36 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
12 35 (18.52%) Windows
13 30 (15.87%) Citrix
14 29 (15.34%) HP
14 29 (15.34%) Microsoft
15 28 (14.81%) Linux
16 27 (14.29%) VoIP
17 25 (13.23%) CCNA
17 25 (13.23%) Project Management
18 23 (12.17%) OSPF
19 22 (11.64%) MPLS
19 22 (11.64%) Internet
19 22 (11.64%) Change Management
19 22 (11.64%) Load Balancing
19 22 (11.64%) Cisco Nexus
20 21 (11.11%) VMware
20 21 (11.11%) VLAN
21 20 (10.58%) Blue Coat

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 10 (5.291%) Regular Expression
2 3 (1.587%) Application Packaging
3 2 (1.058%) .NET
4 1 (0.529%) Middleware
4 1 (0.529%) COM
4 1 (0.529%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (5.820%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.762%) MS Exchange
3 8 (4.233%) Lync
4 7 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (2.646%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (2.646%) Apache
5 5 (2.646%) CMS
6 4 (2.116%) CloudStack
6 4 (2.116%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.587%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (1.587%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (1.058%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.529%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.704%) MS Office
3 5 (2.646%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.646%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (1.587%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.529%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 134 (70.90%) Firewall
2 57 (30.16%) LAN
3 52 (27.51%) VPN
4 50 (26.46%) WAN
5 39 (20.63%) BGP
6 36 (19.05%) Network Security
6 36 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (14.29%) VoIP
8 23 (12.17%) OSPF
9 22 (11.64%) MPLS
9 22 (11.64%) Internet
9 22 (11.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 21 (11.11%) VLAN
11 20 (10.58%) Ethernet
12 19 (10.05%) TCP/IP
13 18 (9.524%) SAN
14 17 (8.995%) Wireless
15 16 (8.466%) SSL
16 15 (7.937%) DNS
17 13 (6.878%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.291%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.762%) MySQL
3 3 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (1.587%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.529%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 4 (2.116%) StarTeam
2 3 (1.587%) InstallShield
General
1 37 (19.58%) Finance
2 16 (8.466%) Banking
3 10 (5.291%) Telecoms
4 9 (4.762%) Retail
5 8 (4.233%) Law
6 4 (2.116%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.587%) Back Office
7 3 (1.587%) Advertising
8 2 (1.058%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.058%) Publishing
8 2 (1.058%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.529%) Legal
9 1 (0.529%) French Language
Job Titles
1 75 (39.68%) Network Engineer
2 20 (10.58%) Consultant
3 15 (7.937%) Analyst
4 13 (6.878%) Security Engineer
5 12 (6.349%) Cisco Engineer
5 12 (6.349%) Architect
6 11 (5.820%) Network Security Engineer
7 9 (4.762%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.762%) Network Consultant
7 9 (4.762%) Firewall Engineer
8 8 (4.233%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 7 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (3.704%) Security Consultant
10 6 (3.175%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (3.175%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (3.175%) Network Support
11 5 (2.646%) Network Manager
11 5 (2.646%) Infrastructure Architect
11 5 (2.646%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.878%) Open Source
2 11 (5.820%) PKI
3 10 (5.291%) Clustering
4 5 (2.646%) Firmware
4 5 (2.646%) SecurID
5 4 (2.116%) CLARiiON
6 3 (1.587%) PMI
6 3 (1.587%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.587%) Blackberry
6 3 (1.587%) e-Health
6 3 (1.587%) Statistics
6 3 (1.587%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.587%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.058%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.529%) EFT
8 1 (0.529%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.529%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 35 (18.52%) Windows
2 28 (14.81%) Linux
3 15 (7.937%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (6.878%) UNIX
5 12 (6.349%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (3.704%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.116%) CentOS
8 4 (2.116%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.058%) AIX
10 1 (0.529%) Solaris
10 1 (0.529%) SUSE
10 1 (0.529%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (13.23%) Project Management
2 22 (11.64%) Change Management
2 22 (11.64%) Load Balancing
3 20 (10.58%) ITIL
4 18 (9.524%) Network Management
5 17 (8.995%) Migration
6 15 (7.937%) E-Commerce
7 12 (6.349%) PRINCE2
8 9 (4.762%) Service Delivery
9 8 (4.233%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (4.233%) CRM
10 7 (3.704%) Business Continuity
10 7 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (3.704%) Service Management
10 7 (3.704%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (3.175%) Capacity Planning
11 6 (3.175%) Asset Management
11 6 (3.175%) Network Design
12 5 (2.646%) Configuration Management
13 4 (2.116%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.349%) SQL
2 8 (4.233%) Shell Script
3 4 (2.116%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.116%) PHP
4 3 (1.587%) VBScript
5 2 (1.058%) Perl
6 1 (0.529%) Java
6 1 (0.529%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.529%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 64 (33.86%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (20.11%) CCNP
3 25 (13.23%) CCNA
4 16 (8.466%) CCSA
4 16 (8.466%) CCSE
5 14 (7.407%) CISSP
6 11 (5.820%) CCIE
6 11 (5.820%) Security Cleared
7 10 (5.291%) CCDP
8 9 (4.762%) SC Cleared
9 8 (4.233%) Degree
10 7 (3.704%) CCSP
11 5 (2.646%) CCDA
12 4 (2.116%) Check Point Certification
13 3 (1.587%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.587%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.587%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.587%) CCIP
13 3 (1.587%) JNCIA
13 3 (1.587%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.175%) QA
2 4 (2.116%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.058%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (7.937%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.349%) XenServer
3 11 (5.820%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.762%) ProxySG
5 7 (3.704%) XenApp
5 7 (3.704%) vSphere
6 4 (2.116%) vCloud
7 3 (1.587%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.058%) DFS Replication
8 2 (1.058%) UAG
9 1 (0.529%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.529%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.529%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.529%) Xen
9 1 (0.529%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 13 (6.878%) Nagios
2 10 (5.291%) OpenView
3 9 (4.762%) Cacti
4 7 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
4 7 (3.704%) SCCM
5 4 (2.116%) WMI
5 4 (2.116%) Zenoss
6 3 (1.587%) CiscoWorks
6 3 (1.587%) HP SIM
6 3 (1.587%) WSUS
7 2 (1.058%) SCOM
7 2 (1.058%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.529%) MOM
8 1 (0.529%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.529%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.529%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.529%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 136 (71.96%) Cisco
2 58 (30.69%) Juniper
3 37 (19.58%) F5
4 30 (15.87%) Citrix
5 29 (15.34%) HP
5 29 (15.34%) Microsoft
6 21 (11.11%) VMware
7 20 (10.58%) Blue Coat
8 15 (7.937%) NetApp
9 11 (5.820%) SolarWinds
10 10 (5.291%) Nokia
10 10 (5.291%) Avaya
11 7 (3.704%) Sourcefire
11 7 (3.704%) Mitel
12 6 (3.175%) Verint
12 6 (3.175%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.646%) Infovista
13 5 (2.646%) Riverbed
14 4 (2.116%) ProCurve
14 4 (2.116%) Aruba
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Network Support Engineer - MPLS, VOIP, Procurve, Checkpoint
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