The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 20 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 South Yorkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 31 29 36
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +7
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.379% 0.772% 1.075%
As % of the Vendors category 0.962% 1.449% 2.542%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.24% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £23.50 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.90% +5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.63 £31.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year
-36.69% +32.70%
All Vendors
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
104 138 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 39.39% 53.28% 42.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 72 59
Average daily rate £350 £265 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.88% -13.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £185 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 23
Average hourly rate £12.44 £23.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.91% +2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.80 £10.57
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.25 £40.00 £58.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
Yorkshire

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Doncaster +2 1 - -
CheckPoint
Yorkshire

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 3 (50.00%) CCNP
4 2 (33.33%) CCNA
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (33.33%) CCSP
4 2 (33.33%) OSPF
4 2 (33.33%) BGP
4 2 (33.33%) LAN
4 2 (33.33%) Nokia
4 2 (33.33%) Network Security
4 2 (33.33%) FWSM
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (16.67%) HSRP
5 1 (16.67%) GLBP
5 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) F5
5 1 (16.67%) TippingPoint
5 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) Unicenter
5 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (16.67%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (33.33%) FWSM
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) OSPF
2 2 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) TACACS
3 1 (16.67%) VRRP
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) SNMP
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) BIG-IP
3 1 (16.67%) Nortel Alteon
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) SecurID
1 1 (16.67%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows NT
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 1 (16.67%) VMS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (16.67%) Network Design
1 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
1 1 (16.67%) Network Load Balancing
1 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Network Management
1 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (16.67%) CCDA
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) CCSE
4 1 (16.67%) JNCIS
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (33.33%) Nokia
4 1 (16.67%) NetScout
4 1 (16.67%) TippingPoint
4 1 (16.67%) F5
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Intel
4 1 (16.67%) Nortel
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Juniper
4 1 (16.67%) CA