The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 103 97 111
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +14
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 17 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.696% 0.417% 0.178%
As % of the Vendors category 1.541% 1.064% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 2
Average daily rate £300 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £310 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £415 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.79% +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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1103 1034 1217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.19% 39.18% 43.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 464 521
Average daily rate £370 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £212 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 51 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +47.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £10.00 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Edinburgh +6 5 £244 -37.09%
West Lothian - 5 - -
Aberdeen - 5 £400 -
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 20 (71.43%) Cisco
2 16 (57.14%) Firewall
3 12 (42.86%) Nortel
4 11 (39.29%) Avaya
5 8 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (25.00%) Nokia
6 7 (25.00%) ITIL
7 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
7 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
7 6 (21.43%) Windows
7 6 (21.43%) Juniper
7 6 (21.43%) CCNA
8 5 (17.86%) CCNP
8 5 (17.86%) Wireless
8 5 (17.86%) Aruba
8 5 (17.86%) Blue Coat
8 5 (17.86%) Degree
9 4 (14.29%) Mitel
9 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (14.29%) Project Management
9 4 (14.29%) VMware
9 4 (14.29%) SAN
9 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
10 3 (10.71%) PowerExchange
10 3 (10.71%) Informatica
10 3 (10.71%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (10.71%) Linux

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (10.71%) JDBC
1 3 (10.71%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) PowerExchange
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) Firewall
2 8 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 5 (17.86%) Wireless
5 4 (14.29%) SAN
6 3 (10.71%) WAN
7 2 (7.143%) Network Security
7 2 (7.143%) LAN
8 1 (3.571%) VRRP
8 1 (3.571%) Internet
8 1 (3.571%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.143%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) Network Support
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 2 (7.143%) Firewall Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Voice Specialist
5 2 (7.143%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Support Team Leader
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Communications Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Network Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (10.71%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) ITIL
2 4 (14.29%) Project Management
3 3 (10.71%) ETL
3 3 (10.71%) Service Management
3 3 (10.71%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (10.71%) Capacity Management
3 3 (10.71%) Supplier Management
4 2 (7.143%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.571%) WAN Optimisation
5 1 (3.571%) Network Management
5 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
5 1 (3.571%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
1 3 (10.71%) PL/SQL
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (21.43%) CCNA
3 5 (17.86%) CCNP
3 5 (17.86%) Degree
4 1 (3.571%) CCIE
4 1 (3.571%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) QA
1 2 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.571%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Cisco
2 12 (42.86%) Nortel
3 11 (39.29%) Avaya
4 7 (25.00%) Nokia
5 6 (21.43%) Juniper
6 5 (17.86%) Aruba
6 5 (17.86%) Blue Coat
7 4 (14.29%) Mitel
7 4 (14.29%) VMware
8 3 (10.71%) Informatica
8 3 (10.71%) Oracle
8 3 (10.71%) Riverbed
9 1 (3.571%) EMC
9 1 (3.571%) NetApp
9 1 (3.571%) Websense
9 1 (3.571%) Clearswift