The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

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.

CheckPoint
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank195269250
Rank change year-on-year
Up+74Down-19
Matching contract IT job ads552385335
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.933 %0.627 %0.608 %
As % of the Vendors category2.013 %1.350 %1.382 %
Number of daily rates quoted274229157
Average daily rate£400£325£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07 %-12.16 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£279£263£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£496£443£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£325£300
% change year-on-year
+7.69 %+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted313430
Average hourly rate£31.00£22.93£23.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.19 %-2.16 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.06£16.65£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£40.00£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.00£23.36£25.00
% change year-on-year
+32.70 %-6.56 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274282850924236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK46.34 %46.46 %44.02 %
Number of daily rates quoted140221424810950
Average daily rate£400£405£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23 %+1.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£233£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted129815981456
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£11.38£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£20.00£19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00 %+2.56 %

CheckPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 within the UK.

CheckPoint Daily Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

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 within the UK.

CheckPoint Hourly Rate Trend

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

CheckPoint Hourly Rate Histogram

CheckPoint
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+84520£400+23.07 %
LondonUp+122292£425+28.78 %
South EastUp+19135£339+9.27 %
City of LondonUp+8788£413+3.12 %
BerkshireUp+2265£365+17.74 %
ReadingUp+3135£263-30.00 %
HampshireUp+132£385+28.33 %
North WestUp+127£360-9.14 %
South WestDown-2321£395+26.90 %
West MidlandsDown-2119£294-12.31 %
ManchesterDown-217£380-
WalesDown-417£308-5.38 %
BuckinghamshireUp+814£313-3.84 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-14£313-
SurreyDown-212£225-25.00 %
BristolDown-1511£425+30.76 %
ScotlandUp+49£363+3.57 %
East of EnglandDown-19£385-
South WalesDown-49£304-6.53 %
YorkshireDown-138£313+83.82 %
EdinburghUp+137£400-11.11 %
PortsmouthUp+17£263-12.50 %
WarwickshireNew entry-7£263-
DorsetUp+106£375-
North EastUp+36£465-
LancashireDown-86£366+12.52 %
MiddlesexNew entry-6£325-
WarwickNew entry-6£263-
Tyne and WearUp+15--
NewburyDown-15£375+9.09 %

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1867 (80.50 %)Firewall
2822 (76.32 %)Cisco
3382 (35.47 %)WAN
4373 (34.63 %)Cisco Certification
5332 (30.83 %)VPN
6330 (30.64 %)LAN
7323 (29.99 %)Cisco ASA
8320 (29.71 %)Juniper
9277 (25.72 %)TCP/IP
10263 (24.42 %)Nokia
11244 (22.66 %)OSPF
12240 (22.28 %)Blue Coat
13237 (22.01 %)Network Security
14236 (21.91 %)CCNP
15214 (19.87 %)F5
16195 (18.11 %)MPLS
17190 (17.64 %)Finance
18183 (16.99 %)VoIP
19182 (16.90 %)Windows
20179 (16.62 %)BGP
21178 (16.53 %)Cisco PIX
22159 (14.76 %)DNS
23158 (14.67 %)Load Balancing
24156 (14.48 %)CCNA
25149 (13.83 %)Telecoms
26136 (12.63 %)CCSA
27131 (12.16 %)CCSE
27131 (12.16 %)Internet
28123 (11.42 %)Linux
29121 (11.23 %)FWSM

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
139 (3.621 %)ActiveX
237 (3.435 %)HTML
326 (2.414 %)CSS
415 (1.393 %)DCOM
513 (1.207 %)ASP
65 (0.464 %)J2EE
65 (0.464 %)Forefront TMG
74 (0.371 %)SAML
83 (0.279 %).NET
92 (0.186 %)COM
92 (0.186 %)WebSphere
101 (0.093 %)Application Packaging
101 (0.093 %)XML
101 (0.093 %)OCX
101 (0.093 %)OLE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
140 (3.714 %)MS Exchange
214 (1.300 %)Exchange Server 2010
313 (1.207 %)Exchange Server 2003
412 (1.114 %)Exchange Server 2007
511 (1.021 %)IIS
67 (0.650 %)SharePoint
67 (0.650 %)Lync
76 (0.557 %)MQSeries
85 (0.464 %)WebLogic
94 (0.371 %)Lotus Notes
94 (0.371 %)Oracle Application Server
103 (0.279 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
112 (0.186 %)Office Communications Server
112 (0.186 %)Apache
121 (0.093 %)Office Project Server
121 (0.093 %)Exchange Server 2000
121 (0.093 %)CICS
121 (0.093 %)Tomcat
121 (0.093 %)Lotus Domino
121 (0.093 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
139 (3.621 %)MS Excel
230 (2.786 %)MS Office
325 (2.321 %)MS Visio
410 (0.929 %)MS Project
58 (0.743 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.371 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.186 %)Office 365
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.464 %)3000 Xtra
21 (0.093 %)SAP CCM
21 (0.093 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1867 (80.50 %)Firewall
2382 (35.47 %)WAN
3332 (30.83 %)VPN
4330 (30.64 %)LAN
5323 (29.99 %)Cisco ASA
6277 (25.72 %)TCP/IP
7244 (22.66 %)OSPF
8237 (22.01 %)Network Security
9195 (18.11 %)MPLS
10183 (16.99 %)VoIP
11179 (16.62 %)BGP
12178 (16.53 %)Cisco PIX
13159 (14.76 %)DNS
14131 (12.16 %)Internet
15121 (11.23 %)FWSM
1698 (9.099 %)IPsec
1794 (8.728 %)SSL
1884 (7.799 %)SNMP
1884 (7.799 %)EIGRP
1979 (7.335 %)BIG-IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (2.043 %)SQL Server
25 (0.464 %)SQL Server 2005
25 (0.464 %)SQL Server 2008
34 (0.371 %)Oracle 8/8i
34 (0.371 %)RDBMS
34 (0.371 %)Oracle 10g
34 (0.371 %)Oracle 11g
41 (0.093 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.093 %)MySQL
41 (0.093 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.093 %)Oracle Exadata
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.186 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.093 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1190 (17.64 %)Finance
2149 (13.83 %)Telecoms
385 (7.892 %)Banking
445 (4.178 %)French Language
534 (3.157 %)Investment Banking
630 (2.786 %)Financial Institution
726 (2.414 %)Retail
819 (1.764 %)Local Government
918 (1.671 %)Billing
1010 (0.929 %)Back Office
113 (0.279 %)Corporate Banking
122 (0.186 %)Electronics
122 (0.186 %)Games
122 (0.186 %)Marketing
131 (0.093 %)German Language
131 (0.093 %)Japanese Language
131 (0.093 %)Retail Banking
131 (0.093 %)Automotive
131 (0.093 %)Law
131 (0.093 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1310 (28.78 %)Network Engineer
2215 (19.96 %)Security Engineer
3155 (14.39 %)Analyst
4109 (10.12 %)Consultant
5101 (9.378 %)Network Security Engineer
697 (9.006 %)Network Analyst
781 (7.521 %)Architect
876 (7.057 %)IP Engineer
962 (5.757 %)Design Engineer
1054 (5.014 %)Security Consultant
1149 (4.550 %)Implementation Engineer
1247 (4.364 %)Network Consultant
1247 (4.364 %)Firewall Engineer
1247 (4.364 %)Cisco Engineer
1342 (3.900 %)Network Support
1437 (3.435 %)Network Specialist
1437 (3.435 %)Security Analyst
1534 (3.157 %)Senior Network Engineer
1534 (3.157 %)Network Architect
1633 (3.064 %)Cisco Network Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
157 (5.292 %)SecurID
227 (2.507 %)Clustering
227 (2.507 %)Hedge funds
323 (2.136 %)Wiki
421 (1.950 %)PKI
514 (1.300 %)Management Information System
613 (1.207 %)Blackberry
711 (1.021 %)Thin Client
711 (1.021 %)Fat Client
89 (0.836 %)Replication
89 (0.836 %)Open Source
98 (0.743 %)Computer Science
107 (0.650 %)Cryptography
107 (0.650 %)NHS
107 (0.650 %)Firmware
116 (0.557 %)Video Conferencing
116 (0.557 %)Statistics
125 (0.464 %)CLARiiON
125 (0.464 %)EFT
125 (0.464 %)Cloud Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1182 (16.90 %)Windows
2123 (11.42 %)Linux
3117 (10.86 %)UNIX
458 (5.385 %)Windows Server 2003
552 (4.828 %)Windows Server 2008
630 (2.786 %)Windows 7
729 (2.693 %)Solaris
820 (1.857 %)Windows XP
916 (1.486 %)Windows NT
916 (1.486 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.279 %)Windows Vista
103 (0.279 %)Mac OS X
103 (0.279 %)Windows 2000 Server
112 (0.186 %)Mac OS X Server
112 (0.186 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
112 (0.186 %)Mac OS
121 (0.093 %)Windows CE
121 (0.093 %)Oracle Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1158 (14.67 %)Load Balancing
2109 (10.12 %)ITIL
390 (8.357 %)Project Management
467 (6.221 %)Network Design
551 (4.735 %)Network Management
644 (4.085 %)Migration
735 (3.250 %)Change Control
832 (2.971 %)Risk Assessment
929 (2.693 %)Information Security
1026 (2.414 %)PRINCE2
1122 (2.043 %)Security Management
1220 (1.857 %)Service Management
1220 (1.857 %)Penetration Testing
1319 (1.764 %)Service Delivery
1319 (1.764 %)Change Management
1418 (1.671 %)Capacity Planning
1517 (1.578 %)CRM
1615 (1.393 %)Configuration Management
1615 (1.393 %)WAN Optimisation
1615 (1.393 %)Customer Engagement
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
146 (4.271 %)Perl
245 (4.178 %)Java
332 (2.971 %)SQL
415 (1.393 %)C
55 (0.464 %)Python
61 (0.093 %)COBOL
61 (0.093 %)VBScript
61 (0.093 %)VBA
61 (0.093 %)Shell Script
61 (0.093 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1373 (34.63 %)Cisco Certification
2236 (21.91 %)CCNP
3156 (14.48 %)CCNA
4136 (12.63 %)CCSA
5131 (12.16 %)CCSE
6112 (10.40 %)Security Cleared
7106 (9.842 %)CCIE
882 (7.614 %)SC Cleared
970 (6.500 %)CCSP
1063 (5.850 %)CISSP
1156 (5.200 %)Degree
1254 (5.014 %)CCDP
1339 (3.621 %)Check Point Certification
1423 (2.136 %)CISM
1518 (1.671 %)DV Cleared
1617 (1.578 %)JNCIS
1617 (1.578 %)Microsoft Certification
1716 (1.486 %)CCIP
1815 (1.393 %)MCSE
1914 (1.300 %)CCVP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (3.528 %)SLA
226 (2.414 %)PCI DSS
317 (1.578 %)ISO/IEC 27001
48 (0.743 %)QA
54 (0.371 %)BS7799
63 (0.279 %)COBIT
63 (0.279 %)ISO 9000
63 (0.279 %)COSO
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
185 (7.892 %)Active Directory
271 (6.592 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (1.857 %)VMware ESX
419 (1.764 %)vSphere
510 (0.929 %)UAG
510 (0.929 %)MailMarshal
68 (0.743 %)Hyper-V
68 (0.743 %)XenApp
68 (0.743 %)ProxySG
76 (0.557 %)Samba
85 (0.464 %)ISA Server
85 (0.464 %)XenServer
85 (0.464 %)IAG
85 (0.464 %)Citrix Presentation Server
94 (0.371 %)EMC RecoverPoint
94 (0.371 %)Snort
94 (0.371 %)Oracle RAC
103 (0.279 %)NFS
103 (0.279 %)Terminal Server
103 (0.279 %)XenDesktop
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
134 (3.157 %)Cacti
224 (2.228 %)SCCM
323 (2.136 %)CiscoWorks
417 (1.578 %)WSUS
514 (1.300 %)Norton AntiVirus
514 (1.300 %)NetBackup
612 (1.114 %)Tivoli
711 (1.021 %)Backup Exec
711 (1.021 %)Nagios
711 (1.021 %)McAfee ePO
89 (0.836 %)Netcool
89 (0.836 %)Zenoss
97 (0.650 %)OpenView
106 (0.557 %)ServiceCenter
106 (0.557 %)SolarWinds Orion
106 (0.557 %)MIMEsweeper
115 (0.464 %)EMC NetWorker
115 (0.464 %)SCOM
124 (0.371 %)vCenter
124 (0.371 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1822 (76.32 %)Cisco
2320 (29.71 %)Juniper
3263 (24.42 %)Nokia
4240 (22.28 %)Blue Coat
5214 (19.87 %)F5
6115 (10.68 %)VMware
7107 (9.935 %)HP
886 (7.985 %)Microsoft
886 (7.985 %)Infoblox
967 (6.221 %)Citrix
1052 (4.828 %)Riverbed
1146 (4.271 %)Redback
1146 (4.271 %)Nortel
1237 (3.435 %)EMC
1333 (3.064 %)Websense
1333 (3.064 %)Remedy
1432 (2.971 %)NetApp
1531 (2.878 %)Radware
1630 (2.786 %)Crossbeam
1726 (2.414 %)McAfee