The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridgeshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Check Point Software Technologies.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 109 147 129
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -18
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 30 4 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.168% 0.139% 0.534%
As % of the Vendors category 2.660% 0.366% 1.735%
Number of salaries quoted 22 3 13
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,500 £29,200
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1128 1093 922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 43.93% 38.00% 30.77%
Number of salaries quoted 976 988 811
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
East of England

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire CheckPoint Jobs Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +21 23 £48,500 +29.33%
Peterborough +3 6 £35,000 -
CheckPoint
East of England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 43 (87.76%) Cisco
2 36 (73.47%) Firewall
3 24 (48.98%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (48.98%) Juniper
4 23 (46.94%) F5
5 22 (44.90%) CCNP
6 21 (42.86%) Windows
7 19 (38.78%) Network Security
8 17 (34.69%) ITIL
9 15 (30.61%) Linux
9 15 (30.61%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
10 13 (26.53%) Apache
10 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
10 13 (26.53%) SAN
10 13 (26.53%) VMware
11 11 (22.45%) Information Security
12 9 (18.37%) SIEM
13 8 (16.33%) Load Balancing
13 8 (16.33%) Incident Management
13 8 (16.33%) CCNA
14 7 (14.29%) Red Hat
14 7 (14.29%) VPN
14 7 (14.29%) Tomcat
14 7 (14.29%) Python
14 7 (14.29%) Perl
14 7 (14.29%) Oracle
14 7 (14.29%) Telecoms
14 7 (14.29%) Debian
14 7 (14.29%) PCI DSS

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (4.082%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 13 (26.53%) Apache
2 7 (14.29%) Tomcat
3 6 (12.24%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 36 (73.47%) Firewall
2 19 (38.78%) Network Security
3 15 (30.61%) Cisco ASA
4 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
4 13 (26.53%) SAN
5 7 (14.29%) VPN
6 6 (12.24%) Internet
6 6 (12.24%) DNS
6 6 (12.24%) DHCP
6 6 (12.24%) VoIP
7 4 (8.163%) Cisco PIX
8 3 (6.122%) LAN
8 3 (6.122%) WAN
9 2 (4.082%) tcpdump
9 2 (4.082%) Wireshark
9 2 (4.082%) WLAN
9 2 (4.082%) SNMP
9 2 (4.082%) OSPF
9 2 (4.082%) Wireless
9 2 (4.082%) BGP
General
1 7 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (12.24%) German Language
3 4 (8.163%) Finance
4 1 (2.041%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Network Engineer
2 13 (26.53%) Security Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) Analyst
4 11 (22.45%) Consultant
4 11 (22.45%) Network Support
5 10 (20.41%) Support Engineer
6 8 (16.33%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (14.29%) Support Consultant
7 7 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
7 7 (14.29%) Support Analyst
7 7 (14.29%) Linux Support
8 6 (12.24%) Network Consultant
9 5 (10.20%) Security Analyst
10 4 (8.163%) Team Leader
10 4 (8.163%) Senior Security Analyst
10 4 (8.163%) Security Support Engineer
10 4 (8.163%) Security Consultant
10 4 (8.163%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (6.122%) Technical Support
11 3 (6.122%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.122%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.041%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.041%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (42.86%) Windows
2 15 (30.61%) Linux
3 7 (14.29%) Debian
4 4 (8.163%) UNIX
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.041%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.041%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.69%) ITIL
2 11 (22.45%) Information Security
3 9 (18.37%) SIEM
4 8 (16.33%) Load Balancing
4 8 (16.33%) Incident Management
5 6 (12.24%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (12.24%) Security Management
5 6 (12.24%) Information Security Management
6 4 (8.163%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.122%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.122%) Change Control
7 3 (6.122%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (4.082%) Data Security
9 1 (2.041%) Project Management
9 1 (2.041%) Change Management
9 1 (2.041%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Python
1 7 (14.29%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (48.98%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (44.90%) CCNP
3 8 (16.33%) CCNA
4 4 (8.163%) JNCIS
4 4 (8.163%) CCSE
4 4 (8.163%) CISSP
5 1 (2.041%) CISM
5 1 (2.041%) CCDP
5 1 (2.041%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 6 (12.24%) COBIT
3 2 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (14.29%) vSphere
3 6 (12.24%) Hyper-V
3 6 (12.24%) VMware ESX
4 3 (6.122%) Active Directory
5 2 (4.082%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (4.082%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.041%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (2.041%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 43 (87.76%) Cisco
2 24 (48.98%) Juniper
3 23 (46.94%) F5
4 13 (26.53%) VMware
5 7 (14.29%) Red Hat
5 7 (14.29%) Oracle
6 6 (12.24%) Blue Coat
6 6 (12.24%) Symantec
7 4 (8.163%) Sourcefire
7 4 (8.163%) Fortinet
7 4 (8.163%) Qualys
7 4 (8.163%) Microsoft
7 4 (8.163%) Websense
8 2 (4.082%) Crossbeam
8 2 (4.082%) SonicWALL
8 2 (4.082%) Twitter
9 1 (2.041%) Remedy
9 1 (2.041%) McAfee
9 1 (2.041%) Sophos
9 1 (2.041%) HP
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Our client, a major media and communications company are looking for a Network Security Specialist with experience of Cisco, Juniper/Checkpoint to work within a 2nd/3rd line...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Basic scripting using bash/shell/perl... Desired: Experience of CheckPoint Firewalls... RedHat RHCT/RHCE certification. Cisco CCNA/CCNP certification... Ability to produce simple web tools using Perl, Python,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have strong experience with most of the following:- Windows 2003 / 2008 Server. Microsoft Exchange. Active Directory. Citrix XenApp. Checkpoint Firewall. SAN administration. VMWare (vCentre, High Availability,...
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £40,000 per annum £40,000 + Good Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013