The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 133 136 129
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -7
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 7 14 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.284% 0.556% 1.097%
As % of the Vendors category 0.571% 1.124% 2.164%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 27
Average salary £50,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1226 1245 1710
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 49.74% 49.42% 50.70%
Number of salaries quoted 957 978 1334
Average salary £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40% +3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire CheckPoint Salary Trend

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 Hertfordshire 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
Watford +12 6 £50,000 +66.66%
CheckPoint
East of England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (76.47%) Firewall
1 13 (76.47%) VMware
2 12 (70.59%) Internet
2 12 (70.59%) SAN
2 12 (70.59%) MCSE
2 12 (70.59%) MS Excel
2 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (70.59%) MCTS
2 12 (70.59%) MCITP
2 12 (70.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (70.59%) vSphere
3 11 (64.71%) VMware Server
3 11 (64.71%) Avaya
3 11 (64.71%) UNIX
3 11 (64.71%) MCP
3 11 (64.71%) VPN
3 11 (64.71%) E-Commerce
3 11 (64.71%) MS Exchange
3 11 (64.71%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) VoIP
3 11 (64.71%) WAN
3 11 (64.71%) Remedy
3 11 (64.71%) Retail
4 5 (29.41%) Cisco
5 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (17.65%) CCNP
5 3 (17.65%) Finance
6 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco PIX

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (5.882%) Web Services
1 1 (5.882%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (64.71%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.882%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (70.59%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.882%) MS Project
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Firewall
2 12 (70.59%) Internet
2 12 (70.59%) SAN
3 11 (64.71%) VPN
3 11 (64.71%) LAN
3 11 (64.71%) VoIP
3 11 (64.71%) WAN
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security
5 1 (5.882%) BGP
5 1 (5.882%) MPLS
5 1 (5.882%) OSPF
5 1 (5.882%) HTTPS
5 1 (5.882%) HTTP
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) MySQL
General
1 11 (64.71%) Retail
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) IT Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Analyst
2 1 (5.882%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Project Analyst
2 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Security Specialist
2 1 (5.882%) Project Support Analyst
2 1 (5.882%) Network Specialist
2 1 (5.882%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (5.882%) Network Security Specialist
2 1 (5.882%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Consultant
2 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Senior Manager
2 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
2 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
2 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) UNIX
3 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.882%) Solaris
3 1 (5.882%) Linux
3 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) E-Commerce
2 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
2 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Risk Management
3 1 (5.882%) Quality Management
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Java
1 1 (5.882%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) MCSE
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (70.59%) MCTS
1 12 (70.59%) MCITP
2 11 (64.71%) MCP
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 2 (11.76%) CCIE
4 2 (11.76%) CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) CCSA
5 1 (5.882%) CCSE
5 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (5.882%) CCNA
5 1 (5.882%) CCDA
5 1 (5.882%) CCDE
System Software
1 12 (70.59%) VMware Infrastructure
1 12 (70.59%) vSphere
2 11 (64.71%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) VMware
2 11 (64.71%) Avaya
2 11 (64.71%) Remedy
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco
4 1 (5.882%) HP
4 1 (5.882%) Dell
4 1 (5.882%) EMC
4 1 (5.882%) Juniper
4 1 (5.882%) Oracle
4 1 (5.882%) Aruba
4 1 (5.882%) Exinda