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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts within the Reading region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4855
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads2015
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.015 %
As % of the category below3.960 %2.953 %
Daily rates quoted187
Average minimum daily rate£486£261
Average daily rate£492£274
% change on same period last year+79.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£497£287
UK excluding London average daily rate£403£323
% change on same period last year+24.96 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.50
Average hourly rate-£34.13
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.74£31.77
% change on same period last year-6.38 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads505508
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.705 %0.510 %
Daily rates quoted128195
Average minimum daily rate£378£348
Average daily rate£397£374
% change on same period last year+5.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£415£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted2880
Average minimum hourly rate£31.88£26.03
Average hourly rate£33.72£27.21
% change on same period last year+23.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.56£28.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.36£24.43
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
CheckPoint BerkshireCheckPoint
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Check Point Software Technologies.

CheckPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CheckPoint across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Reading CheckPoint Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CheckPoint across the Reading region.

Reading CheckPoint Daily Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Reading region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Reading CheckPoint Daily Rate Histogram

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

123 (92.00 %)Cisco
123 (92.00 %)Firewall
219 (76.00 %)Cisco PIX
317 (68.00 %)Cisco ASA
317 (68.00 %)DNS
416 (64.00 %)Nortel
416 (64.00 %)MPLS
416 (64.00 %)BIG-IP
515 (60.00 %)Nortel Alteon
515 (60.00 %)OSPF
515 (60.00 %)BGP
515 (60.00 %)RIP
614 (56.00 %)VPN
710 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
86 (24.00 %)VLAN
86 (24.00 %)LAN
95 (20.00 %)Ethernet
95 (20.00 %)CCNP
95 (20.00 %)Government
104 (16.00 %)Juniper
104 (16.00 %)SC Cleared
104 (16.00 %)Security Cleared
113 (12.00 %)CCSE
113 (12.00 %)CCNA
113 (12.00 %)TCP/IP
122 (8.000 %)Wireless
122 (8.000 %)IP Telephony
122 (8.000 %)Blue Coat
122 (8.000 %)Internet
122 (8.000 %)WAN

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (4.000 %)IIS
11 (4.000 %)Apache
11 (4.000 %)MS Exchange
11 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (92.00 %)Firewall
219 (76.00 %)Cisco PIX
317 (68.00 %)Cisco ASA
317 (68.00 %)DNS
416 (64.00 %)MPLS
416 (64.00 %)BIG-IP
515 (60.00 %)Nortel Alteon
515 (60.00 %)OSPF
515 (60.00 %)BGP
515 (60.00 %)RIP
614 (56.00 %)VPN
76 (24.00 %)LAN
76 (24.00 %)VLAN
85 (20.00 %)Ethernet
93 (12.00 %)TCP/IP
102 (8.000 %)WAN
102 (8.000 %)DHCP
102 (8.000 %)Internet
102 (8.000 %)Wireless
102 (8.000 %)EIGRP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (20.00 %)Government
21 (4.000 %)Financial Institution
21 (4.000 %)Telecoms
21 (4.000 %)Finance
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (60.00 %)Network Engineer
213 (52.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
312 (48.00 %)Cisco Engineer
312 (48.00 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
48 (32.00 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
48 (32.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
53 (12.00 %)Support Engineer
62 (8.000 %)Architect
62 (8.000 %)Analyst
62 (8.000 %)Network Consultant
62 (8.000 %)Consultant
62 (8.000 %)Security Engineer
62 (8.000 %)Network Architect
62 (8.000 %)Network Support
62 (8.000 %)Network Analyst
62 (8.000 %)Network Support Engineer
71 (4.000 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Senior Network Support
71 (4.000 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Linux Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)Linux
21 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
21 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (4.000 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (4.000 %)UNIX
21 (4.000 %)Windows
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.00 %)SC Cleared
14 (16.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (4.000 %)ITIL
21 (4.000 %)Load Balancing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.000 %)Perl
11 (4.000 %)SQL
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
25 (20.00 %)CCNP
33 (12.00 %)CCNA
33 (12.00 %)CCSE
42 (8.000 %)CCSP
51 (4.000 %)CCSA
51 (4.000 %)CCDP
51 (4.000 %)CCIP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.000 %)SLA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (8.000 %)CiscoWorks
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (92.00 %)Cisco
216 (64.00 %)Nortel
34 (16.00 %)Juniper
42 (8.000 %)Blue Coat
51 (4.000 %)SonicWALL
51 (4.000 %)Finjan
51 (4.000 %)Microsoft
51 (4.000 %)Red Hat
51 (4.000 %)Websense
51 (4.000 %)Clearswift