The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 23 27 33
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +6
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 3 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.744% 0.376% 0.875%
As % of the Vendors category 3.529% 0.621% 1.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £310 - £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £19.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
85 161 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 49.42% 60.53% 60.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 32 40
Average daily rate £375 £400 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £575 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 38
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +35.41%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (40.00%) OPNET
3 2 (40.00%) BIG-IP
3 2 (40.00%) BMC
3 2 (40.00%) Nokia
3 2 (40.00%) OpenView
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) CSS
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (40.00%) Network Management
3 2 (40.00%) F5
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (40.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
3 2 (40.00%) BIG-IP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (20.00%) FWSM
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) SSL
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Voice Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Voice Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Voice Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Network Management
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (40.00%) OPNET
3 2 (40.00%) BMC
3 2 (40.00%) Nokia
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (40.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) Sourcefire
4 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat