The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 23 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 City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 192 216 204
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -12
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 130 116 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.121% 0.888% 0.800%
As % of the Vendors category 2.445% 1.905% 1.852%
Number of salaries quoted 103 115 114
Average salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.82% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £34,500 £46,000
10% offered a salary of more than £82,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
5318 6089 6751
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 45.85% 46.60% 43.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4555 5555 6081
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
London

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 226 (87.60%) Cisco
2 205 (79.46%) Firewall
3 181 (70.16%) Cisco Certification
4 127 (49.22%) Juniper
5 125 (48.45%) Cisco ASA
6 124 (48.06%) VPN
7 110 (42.64%) CCNP
8 104 (40.31%) WAN
8 104 (40.31%) Network Security
9 87 (33.72%) EIGRP
10 80 (31.01%) CCIE
10 80 (31.01%) Cisco Nexus
11 78 (30.23%) CCNA
12 76 (29.46%) MPLS
13 75 (29.07%) Wireless
14 72 (27.91%) BGP
15 65 (25.19%) Finance
15 65 (25.19%) F5
16 61 (23.64%) Cisco PIX
17 55 (21.32%) Windows
18 54 (20.93%) OSPF
19 53 (20.54%) LAN
19 53 (20.54%) Blue Coat
20 49 (18.99%) FWSM
21 42 (16.28%) Internet
22 40 (15.50%) DNS
22 40 (15.50%) VMware
23 39 (15.12%) Network Design
24 38 (14.73%) Cisco IOS
25 37 (14.34%) Active Directory

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 (0.775%) CSS
2 1 (0.388%) COM
2 1 (0.388%) DCOM
2 1 (0.388%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (4.264%) MS Exchange
2 10 (3.876%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (3.488%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.550%) IIS
5 3 (1.163%) Amazon AWS
5 3 (1.163%) Lync
5 3 (1.163%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.775%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (0.775%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.388%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (1.163%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.775%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.388%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 205 (79.46%) Firewall
2 125 (48.45%) Cisco ASA
3 124 (48.06%) VPN
4 104 (40.31%) WAN
4 104 (40.31%) Network Security
5 87 (33.72%) EIGRP
6 80 (31.01%) Cisco Nexus
7 76 (29.46%) MPLS
8 75 (29.07%) Wireless
9 72 (27.91%) BGP
10 61 (23.64%) Cisco PIX
11 54 (20.93%) OSPF
12 53 (20.54%) LAN
13 49 (18.99%) FWSM
14 42 (16.28%) Internet
15 40 (15.50%) DNS
16 38 (14.73%) Cisco IOS
17 34 (13.18%) SSL
18 32 (12.40%) DMZ
18 32 (12.40%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.550%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.388%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (0.388%) MySQL
2 1 (0.388%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (0.388%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (0.388%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 65 (25.19%) Finance
2 28 (10.85%) Banking
3 14 (5.426%) Investment Banking
4 11 (4.264%) Advertising
5 9 (3.488%) Retail
6 7 (2.713%) Financial Institution
6 7 (2.713%) Law
7 5 (1.938%) Legal
7 5 (1.938%) Back Office
7 5 (1.938%) International Banking
8 4 (1.550%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.550%) Publishing
9 3 (1.163%) Front Office
10 2 (0.775%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 84 (32.56%) Network Engineer
2 45 (17.44%) Analyst
3 44 (17.05%) Consultant
4 31 (12.02%) Security Engineer
5 26 (10.08%) Cisco Engineer
6 25 (9.690%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 24 (9.302%) Security Analyst
8 23 (8.915%) Network Support
9 22 (8.527%) Network Consultant
10 20 (7.752%) Network Specialist
11 16 (6.202%) Cisco Consultant
12 15 (5.814%) Cisco Support
13 14 (5.426%) Network Security Specialist
13 14 (5.426%) Security Specialist
13 14 (5.426%) Architect
13 14 (5.426%) Network Security Engineer
14 13 (5.039%) Technical Design Authority
15 12 (4.651%) Network Analyst
15 12 (4.651%) 3rd Line Support
15 12 (4.651%) Communications Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.202%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.264%) Cryptography
2 11 (4.264%) Computer Science
3 7 (2.713%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (1.938%) SecurID
5 4 (1.550%) Clustering
5 4 (1.550%) IaaS
5 4 (1.550%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (1.163%) iPad
6 3 (1.163%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.163%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.163%) Derivative
7 2 (0.775%) PKI
7 2 (0.775%) Handset
7 2 (0.775%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.775%) SaaS
7 2 (0.775%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.388%) Mobile Computing
8 1 (0.388%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 55 (21.32%) Windows
2 26 (10.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 25 (9.690%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (4.651%) Windows 7
5 10 (3.876%) Linux
5 10 (3.876%) Windows 2000
6 4 (1.550%) UNIX
7 2 (0.775%) AIX
7 2 (0.775%) Solaris
7 2 (0.775%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.388%) CentOS
8 1 (0.388%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.388%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.12%) Network Design
2 28 (10.85%) Network Management
2 28 (10.85%) ITIL
3 23 (8.915%) Change Management
3 23 (8.915%) E-Commerce
3 23 (8.915%) Security Architecture
4 14 (5.426%) Project Management
5 13 (5.039%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (4.651%) Load Balancing
7 11 (4.264%) Network Load Balancing
8 9 (3.488%) DNA
8 9 (3.488%) Information Management
9 8 (3.101%) Service Delivery
9 8 (3.101%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (3.101%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (2.713%) Change Control
10 7 (2.713%) Investment Management
11 6 (2.326%) Business Continuity
12 5 (1.938%) Load Testing
12 5 (1.938%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.202%) C
2 4 (1.550%) SQL
3 1 (0.388%) Java
3 1 (0.388%) PHP
Qualifications
1 181 (70.16%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (42.64%) CCNP
3 80 (31.01%) CCIE
4 78 (30.23%) CCNA
5 36 (13.95%) CCSP
6 31 (12.02%) CCSE
7 29 (11.24%) CCIP
8 28 (10.85%) CCDP
9 26 (10.08%) CISSP
9 26 (10.08%) CCSA
10 25 (9.690%) JNCIA
11 23 (8.915%) CCVP
12 21 (8.140%) JNCIS
13 15 (5.814%) Degree
14 5 (1.938%) Check Point Certification
14 5 (1.938%) JNCIP
15 4 (1.550%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.550%) MCSE
16 3 (1.163%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.775%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.202%) SLA
2 5 (1.938%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.775%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.388%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.24%) ProxySG
4 4 (1.550%) Snort
5 3 (1.163%) vSphere
6 1 (0.388%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.388%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (0.388%) IAG
6 1 (0.388%) UAG
6 1 (0.388%) XenApp
6 1 (0.388%) XenServer
6 1 (0.388%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 28 (10.85%) CiscoWorks
2 23 (8.915%) SCCM
3 21 (8.140%) Cisco CUCM
4 12 (4.651%) Norton AntiVirus
5 11 (4.264%) SolarWinds Orion
5 11 (4.264%) WSUS
6 4 (1.550%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.388%) Cacti
7 1 (0.388%) SCOM
7 1 (0.388%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.388%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.388%) OpenView
7 1 (0.388%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.388%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 226 (87.60%) Cisco
2 127 (49.22%) Juniper
3 65 (25.19%) F5
4 53 (20.54%) Blue Coat
5 40 (15.50%) VMware
6 33 (12.79%) Nokia
7 26 (10.08%) Citrix
8 21 (8.140%) HP
8 21 (8.140%) Fortinet
9 20 (7.752%) Symantec
10 18 (6.977%) Twitter
11 17 (6.589%) Infoblox
12 16 (6.202%) Microsoft
12 16 (6.202%) SolarWinds
13 14 (5.426%) Riverbed
13 14 (5.426%) Aruba
14 12 (4.651%) Sophos
14 12 (4.651%) Akamai
15 11 (4.264%) NetApp
15 11 (4.264%) Dell
City, London
Search Consultancy are currently looking to recruit a Network Manager for a client to be based in London. The successful candidate will play a key role in mentoring...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Network & Communications ManagerCurrently we are recruiting for a Network and Communications Manager for a blue-chip company in Central London.Network & Communications ManagerThe key objective of this role...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Overtime + On Call
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
The Cisco Engineer will be providing day to day support for the bank's voice systems, and for the bank's LAN, WLAN, WAN & Firewalls... Performing routine status...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £50000.0000 - £55000.0000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Network Security Specialist - Checkpoint, Cisco - Barbican, London - £48,000 + bonus... To be suitable for this position you will be a highly motivated self starter with enterprise network experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
You will responsible for writing the code to replace SNORT Based protocols over to Cisco and to test the entire network for errors specifically through the penetration testing...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
The engineer will join the engineering team that holds responsibility optimising and improving the banks Cisco routers and switches, Voice, LAN, WLAN, WAN, firewalls and data connectivity... Ideal...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Banking Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
This is a senior position, go to person for networking ,multi talented with a broad range of infrastructure skills majoring in Cisco networking but with server and storage...
Coal IT Services
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The role will suit individuals who have a CCNP to CCIE understanding of routers and switches, load balancer knowledge which includes either/or CSS, ACE, Netscaler, WAN acceleration...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Experience of working with OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols... Any experience with Cisco PIX/ASA and Fortinet Firewalls would be advantageous... Minimum CCNA level certified network engineer. Checkpoint...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The following experience is essential for the role:- Confidence building edge router configurations using Cisco / Nortel / Juniper.- Routing experience with a least 2 of the following protocols: OSPF/...
Bloomberg
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Key vendor technologies are Cisco R+S, with Fortigate, Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls and F5 load balancers. Ideal skill set: CCIE standard network engineer LAN/WAN protocols and...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Banking Salary + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
This is a senior position, go to person for networking,multi talented with a broad range of infrastructure skills majoring in Cisco networking but with server and storage...
Coal IT Services
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + Bonus/Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
Technical authority and lead within the Platform Operations Team Ms Server 2003 MS Server 2008 MS Windows XP Red Hat Linux VMWare HP Switches - or Cisco Checkpoint Firewalls...
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £47000 - £55000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
City, London
Working knowledge of the following LAN/WAN Protocols & Technologies: (TCP/IP, Multicast, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, Spanning Tree, QoS)... *Working knowledge of firewall products including Checkpoint, Fortinet and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Package and Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
As a Security Consultant you will take the lead in providing; presales, solutions design and project delivery for the key vendor’s RSA, Juniper, McAfee and Checkpoint... RSA,...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013