The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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 36 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 1.205% 0.348% -
As % of the Vendors category 2.469% 0.909% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.24% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
162 110 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 48.80% 38.33% 48.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 61 37
Average daily rate £345 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £205 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £678
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 2 17
Average hourly rate £23.75 £23.75 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.12 £18.75 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £28.75 £27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
East Midlands

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham -4 4 £350 -
CheckPoint
East Midlands

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 12 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (80.00%) Firewall
2 10 (66.67%) Cisco
2 10 (66.67%) CCNP
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
4 6 (40.00%) VPN
4 6 (40.00%) Juniper
5 5 (33.33%) ITIL
6 4 (26.67%) Service Management
6 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (26.67%) IPsec
6 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 3 (20.00%) Network Management
7 3 (20.00%) Network Security
7 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (20.00%) LAN
8 2 (13.33%) WAN
8 2 (13.33%) IBM
8 2 (13.33%) Nortel
8 2 (13.33%) Citrix
8 2 (13.33%) Nokia
8 2 (13.33%) Internet
8 2 (13.33%) FWSM
8 2 (13.33%) DMVPN
8 2 (13.33%) F5
8 2 (13.33%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (6.667%) Banking
9 1 (6.667%) Sourcefire
9 1 (6.667%) BIG-IP

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 12 (80.00%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) VPN
3 4 (26.67%) IPsec
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (20.00%) Network Security
4 3 (20.00%) LAN
5 2 (13.33%) WAN
5 2 (13.33%) Internet
5 2 (13.33%) FWSM
5 2 (13.33%) DMVPN
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (6.667%) BIG-IP
6 1 (6.667%) Wireshark
6 1 (6.667%) FirePass
6 1 (6.667%) NetScaler
6 1 (6.667%) BGP
6 1 (6.667%) NetScreen
6 1 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (6.667%) Wireless
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Network Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Network Security Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Test Leader
4 1 (6.667%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Handset
1 1 (6.667%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) MVS
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Service Management
2 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (20.00%) Network Management
4 1 (6.667%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (66.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.667%) CCNA
3 1 (6.667%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (40.00%) Juniper
3 2 (13.33%) IBM
3 2 (13.33%) Nortel
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix
3 2 (13.33%) Nokia
3 2 (13.33%) F5
4 1 (6.667%) Sourcefire
4 1 (6.667%) SolarWinds
4 1 (6.667%) Websense
4 1 (6.667%) Avaya
4 1 (6.667%) Dell