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 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 West 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 81 88 68
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -20
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 13 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.025% 0.247% 0.459%
As % of the Vendors category 2.347% 0.551% 1.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
Average daily rate £328 £313 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.80% +83.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.24% +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
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
554 726 394
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 43.69% 44.81% 36.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 364 153
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 35 43
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -13.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.50 £26.50
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 West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West 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 West 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
Leeds +10 9 £328 -6.42%
Halifax - 4 - -
CheckPoint
Yorkshire

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 16 (88.89%) Cisco
2 14 (77.78%) Firewall
3 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (38.89%) CCNP
4 7 (38.89%) Windows
4 7 (38.89%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (33.33%) LAN
6 5 (27.78%) WAN
6 5 (27.78%) CCNA
6 5 (27.78%) Banking
6 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (22.22%) vSphere
7 4 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (22.22%) Cisco PIX
7 4 (22.22%) VPN
7 4 (22.22%) SAN
8 3 (16.67%) NetApp
8 3 (16.67%) Nokia
8 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
8 3 (16.67%) Linux
8 3 (16.67%) SQL
8 3 (16.67%) Oracle
8 3 (16.67%) Finance
8 3 (16.67%) VMware
8 3 (16.67%) HP
8 3 (16.67%) Juniper
8 3 (16.67%) OSPF
8 3 (16.67%) BGP
8 3 (16.67%) Network Security
8 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 2 (11.11%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (5.556%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (33.33%) LAN
4 5 (27.78%) WAN
5 4 (22.22%) VPN
5 4 (22.22%) SAN
5 4 (22.22%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (16.67%) FWSM
6 3 (16.67%) Network Security
6 3 (16.67%) VLAN
6 3 (16.67%) OSPF
6 3 (16.67%) BGP
7 2 (11.11%) VRRP
7 2 (11.11%) NetScreen
7 2 (11.11%) Wireless
7 2 (11.11%) IPsec
7 2 (11.11%) Internet
7 2 (11.11%) RIP
7 2 (11.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (27.78%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) Network Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Support Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Network Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Cisco Network Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Device Driver
2 1 (5.556%) NHS
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) UNIX
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL
1 2 (11.11%) CRM
1 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
1 2 (11.11%) Project Management
1 2 (11.11%) Network Management
2 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
2 1 (5.556%) Load Balancing
2 1 (5.556%) Integration Testing
2 1 (5.556%) Performance Management
2 1 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (38.89%) CCNP
3 5 (27.78%) CCNA
4 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.11%) CCSA
5 2 (11.11%) CCSE
5 2 (11.11%) CCDP
6 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.556%) BC Cleared
6 1 (5.556%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.556%) QA
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) vSphere
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) HP
2 3 (16.67%) Juniper
2 3 (16.67%) NetApp
2 3 (16.67%) Nokia
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) Blue Coat
4 1 (5.556%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (5.556%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.556%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.556%) Symantec
4 1 (5.556%) Websense
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