The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 21 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 West Lothian 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 9.756% - -
As % of the Vendors category 16.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +7.69%
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
West Lothian
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
25 27 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 60.98% 52.94% 54.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 19
Average daily rate £395 £368 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.48% -8.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £275 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £375 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
CheckPoint
Scotland

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian CheckPoint Daily 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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 21 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
Livingston - 4 - -
CheckPoint
Scotland

CheckPoint
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Nortel
1 5 (100.00%) Avaya
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Voice Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Communications Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Nortel
1 5 (100.00%) Avaya