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 Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 34 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 7 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.813% 0.474% -
As % of the Vendors category 3.448% 1.091% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £335 £326 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.68% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.47% +4.61%
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 Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
203 275 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 52.59% 43.44% 49.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 94
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £230 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 23
Average hourly rate £26.00 £17.53 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.35% -12.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.60 £32.50 £21.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
CheckPoint
South East

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Crawley - 3 - -
Worthing -2 2 £335 +2.68%
CheckPoint
South East

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 16 (100.00%) DNS
1 16 (100.00%) Firewall
2 15 (93.75%) VMware
2 15 (93.75%) TCP/IP
2 15 (93.75%) DHCP
3 14 (87.50%) Windows
4 13 (81.25%) Juniper
5 12 (75.00%) SAN
6 11 (68.75%) HP
6 11 (68.75%) Clustering
6 11 (68.75%) NetApp
6 11 (68.75%) ProCurve
7 10 (62.50%) WSUS
7 10 (62.50%) Blackberry
7 10 (62.50%) Backup Exec
8 9 (56.25%) Finance
9 8 (50.00%) HP SIM
10 7 (43.75%) WebSphere
10 7 (43.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (37.50%) MCSE
11 6 (37.50%) ITIL
11 6 (37.50%) LAN
11 6 (37.50%) F5
12 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
12 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (31.25%) VPN
12 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
12 5 (31.25%) CCNP
12 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 7 (43.75%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) DNS
1 16 (100.00%) Firewall
2 15 (93.75%) DHCP
2 15 (93.75%) TCP/IP
3 12 (75.00%) SAN
4 6 (37.50%) LAN
5 5 (31.25%) VPN
6 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 3 (18.75%) MPLS
6 3 (18.75%) Wireless
6 3 (18.75%) IPsec
7 2 (12.50%) VLAN
7 2 (12.50%) BGP
8 1 (6.250%) EIGRP
8 1 (6.250%) OSPF
8 1 (6.250%) Internet
8 1 (6.250%) SSL
8 1 (6.250%) SMTP
8 1 (6.250%) WLAN
8 1 (6.250%) HTTP
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Advertising
4 1 (6.250%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Support Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Manager
4 2 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (6.250%) Network Support
5 1 (6.250%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Clustering
2 10 (62.50%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.250%) IVR
3 1 (6.250%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) UNIX
3 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
3 2 (12.50%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
3 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.250%) Network Design
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.250%) Network Management
5 1 (6.250%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) MCSE
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (31.25%) CCNP
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (18.75%) vSphere
4 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (12.50%) XenApp
5 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (62.50%) Backup Exec
1 10 (62.50%) WSUS
2 8 (50.00%) HP SIM
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) VMware
2 13 (81.25%) Juniper
3 11 (68.75%) HP
3 11 (68.75%) NetApp
3 11 (68.75%) ProCurve
4 6 (37.50%) F5
5 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
6 4 (25.00%) Altiris
7 3 (18.75%) Cisco
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle
8 2 (12.50%) Citrix
9 1 (6.250%) Avaya
9 1 (6.250%) CA
9 1 (6.250%) Nortel
9 1 (6.250%) Verint
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