The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Essex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 56 108 86
Rank change year-on-year
+52 -22
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 25 3 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.629% 0.215% 1.395%
As % of the Vendors category 5.071% 0.401% 2.727%
Number of salaries quoted 22 3 18
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,200 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,000 £58,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
493 748 660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 51.84% 53.70% 51.16%
Number of salaries quoted 435 588 516
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £26,625
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chelmsford - 3 £55,000 -
Colchester +12 2 - -
Basildon - 1 £37,500 -
CheckPoint
East of England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 34 (97.14%) Cisco
2 32 (91.43%) Firewall
3 31 (88.57%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (60.00%) NetScreen
5 20 (57.14%) LAN
6 19 (54.29%) VPN
7 16 (45.71%) CCNA
8 15 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (42.86%) Degree
9 13 (37.14%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (34.29%) CCNP
10 12 (34.29%) Fortinet
11 11 (31.43%) Handset
11 11 (31.43%) Lync
11 11 (31.43%) Unified Communications
11 11 (31.43%) Office Communications Server
11 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
11 11 (31.43%) VoIP
11 11 (31.43%) Ethernet
11 11 (31.43%) TCP/IP
11 11 (31.43%) ITIL
11 11 (31.43%) Windows
11 11 (31.43%) MCSE
11 11 (31.43%) MS Excel
12 8 (22.86%) WAN
13 7 (20.00%) Avaya
14 6 (17.14%) Wireless
14 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
14 6 (17.14%) SharePoint

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 11 (31.43%) Office Communications Server
1 11 (31.43%) Lync
2 6 (17.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 32 (91.43%) Firewall
2 21 (60.00%) NetScreen
3 20 (57.14%) LAN
4 19 (54.29%) VPN
5 13 (37.14%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (31.43%) Unified Communications
6 11 (31.43%) VoIP
6 11 (31.43%) Ethernet
6 11 (31.43%) TCP/IP
7 8 (22.86%) WAN
8 6 (17.14%) Wireless
9 4 (11.43%) Network Security
10 2 (5.714%) BIG-IP
10 2 (5.714%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (5.714%) OSPF
11 1 (2.857%) BGP
11 1 (2.857%) WLAN
11 1 (2.857%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (2.857%) DMVPN
11 1 (2.857%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 2 (5.714%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Network Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 6 (17.14%) Network Specialist
3 5 (14.29%) NOC Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Consultant
5 3 (8.571%) Microsoft Consultant
6 2 (5.714%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Network Operations Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Microsoft Specialist
7 1 (2.857%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Network Security Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Network Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (31.43%) ITIL
3 6 (17.14%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (8.571%) Service Management
5 2 (5.714%) E-Commerce
5 2 (5.714%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.857%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (2.857%) Project Management
6 1 (2.857%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (45.71%) CCNA
3 15 (42.86%) Degree
4 12 (34.29%) CCNP
5 11 (31.43%) MCSE
5 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (8.571%) CCSE
7 2 (5.714%) CCIE
8 1 (2.857%) Check Point Certification
8 1 (2.857%) CCSA
8 1 (2.857%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.857%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (2.857%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (2.857%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (2.857%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 34 (97.14%) Cisco
2 12 (34.29%) Fortinet
3 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
4 7 (20.00%) Avaya
5 5 (14.29%) Aruba
6 3 (8.571%) Juniper
7 2 (5.714%) Blue Coat
7 2 (5.714%) F5
8 1 (2.857%) Sourcefire
8 1 (2.857%) ProCurve
8 1 (2.857%) Imperva
8 1 (2.857%) Nokia
8 1 (2.857%) HP