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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11571
Rank change on same period last yearDown-44
Matching permanent IT job ads2561
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.025 %
As % of the category below2.006 %4.696 %
Salaries quoted2346
Average minimum salary£32,391£32,304
Average salary£34,348£33,027
% change on same period last year+3.99 %
Average maximum salary£36,304£33,750
UK excluding London average salary£39,522£40,813
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads12461299
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.671 %0.541 %
Salaries quoted11011112
Average minimum salary£35,062£37,301
Average salary£38,812£41,333
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
Average maximum salary£42,562£45,365
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
CheckPoint West MidlandsCheckPoint
West Midlands

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Check Point Software Technologies.

CheckPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Birmingham CheckPoint Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Birmingham CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CheckPoint.

143 (100.00 %)Cisco
236 (83.72 %)Cisco Certification
335 (81.40 %)Firewall
433 (76.74 %)Cisco PIX
528 (65.12 %)CCNP
627 (62.79 %)CCNA
720 (46.51 %)Pensions
817 (39.53 %)Health
915 (34.88 %)WAN
1014 (32.56 %)MPLS
1113 (30.23 %)LAN
1113 (30.23 %)SLA
1212 (27.91 %)VPN
1311 (25.58 %)Nokia
1410 (23.26 %)Network Security
159 (20.93 %)Cisco ASA
168 (18.60 %)CCSA
177 (16.28 %)DNS
177 (16.28 %)DHCP
185 (11.63 %)TCP/IP
185 (11.63 %)Windows
194 (9.302 %)OSPF
194 (9.302 %)BGP
194 (9.302 %)CCSP
194 (9.302 %)Load Balancing
194 (9.302 %)Blue Coat
203 (6.977 %)Network Design
203 (6.977 %)CCSE
203 (6.977 %)Juniper
203 (6.977 %)Microsoft

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited CheckPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (81.40 %)Firewall
233 (76.74 %)Cisco PIX
315 (34.88 %)WAN
414 (32.56 %)MPLS
513 (30.23 %)LAN
612 (27.91 %)VPN
710 (23.26 %)Network Security
89 (20.93 %)Cisco ASA
97 (16.28 %)DNS
97 (16.28 %)DHCP
105 (11.63 %)TCP/IP
114 (9.302 %)OSPF
114 (9.302 %)BGP
123 (6.977 %)NetScreen
123 (6.977 %)ISDN
132 (4.651 %)ADSL
132 (4.651 %)SSL
132 (4.651 %)Internet
132 (4.651 %)BIG-IP
141 (2.326 %)VoIP
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (46.51 %)Pensions
217 (39.53 %)Health
32 (4.651 %)Government
41 (2.326 %)Telecoms
41 (2.326 %)Finance
41 (2.326 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.326 %)Banking
41 (2.326 %)Retail
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (58.14 %)Network Engineer
28 (18.60 %)Support Engineer
28 (18.60 %)Network Support Engineer
28 (18.60 %)Network Support
35 (11.63 %)Team Leader
44 (9.302 %)Network Specialist
53 (6.977 %)Firewall Specialist
53 (6.977 %)Analyst
62 (4.651 %)2nd Line Support
62 (4.651 %)Firewall Engineer
62 (4.651 %)Network Analyst
71 (2.326 %)Security Analyst
71 (2.326 %)Cisco Support
71 (2.326 %)Cisco Network Analyst
71 (2.326 %)Cisco Analyst
71 (2.326 %)Network Security Specialist
71 (2.326 %)Network Team Leader
71 (2.326 %)Network Security Consultant
71 (2.326 %)Administrator
71 (2.326 %)Security Consultant
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.326 %)SecurID
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (11.63 %)Windows
23 (6.977 %)Windows 2000
32 (4.651 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (4.651 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (4.651 %)UNIX
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (9.302 %)Load Balancing
23 (6.977 %)Network Design
32 (4.651 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.326 %)Incident Management
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (2.326 %)SQL
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
136 (83.72 %)Cisco Certification
228 (65.12 %)CCNP
327 (62.79 %)CCNA
48 (18.60 %)CCSA
54 (9.302 %)CCSP
63 (6.977 %)CCSE
72 (4.651 %)MCP
72 (4.651 %)CCDA
72 (4.651 %)CCDP
72 (4.651 %)Microsoft Certification
81 (2.326 %)Security+ Certification
81 (2.326 %)Network+ Certification
81 (2.326 %)MCSE
81 (2.326 %)MCSA
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (30.23 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.326 %)Active Directory
11 (2.326 %)ISA Server
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (4.651 %)OpenView
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (100.00 %)Cisco
211 (25.58 %)Nokia
34 (9.302 %)Blue Coat
43 (6.977 %)Juniper
43 (6.977 %)Remedy
43 (6.977 %)Microsoft
52 (4.651 %)HP