The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 98 107 109
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +2
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 50 27 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.925% 1.294% 0.595%
As % of the Vendors category 3.990% 2.725% 1.279%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 10
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £38,250 £37,200
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £51,750 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1253 991 860
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 48.23% 47.51% 46.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1009 819 736
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
West Yorkshire

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 117 (90.00%) Cisco
2 102 (78.46%) Firewall
3 90 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
4 80 (61.54%) Cisco ASA
5 79 (60.77%) CCNP
6 69 (53.08%) Network Security
7 58 (44.62%) Juniper
8 56 (43.08%) Cisco PIX
9 48 (36.92%) VPN
10 42 (32.31%) CCSP
10 42 (32.31%) F5
11 40 (30.77%) WAN
12 39 (30.00%) LAN
13 35 (26.92%) MPLS
13 35 (26.92%) Blue Coat
14 32 (24.62%) CCSE
15 26 (20.00%) BGP
15 26 (20.00%) Windows
16 25 (19.23%) ITIL
17 24 (18.46%) Finance
17 24 (18.46%) VMware
17 24 (18.46%) Cisco Nexus
18 22 (16.92%) CCNA
19 21 (16.15%) VoIP
19 21 (16.15%) Wireless
20 20 (15.38%) Information Security
20 20 (15.38%) Websense
21 19 (14.62%) DMZ
21 19 (14.62%) E-Commerce
21 19 (14.62%) Telecoms

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 (1.538%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.769%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.769%) MS Exchange
1 1 (0.769%) SAS
1 1 (0.769%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (5.385%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.769%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 102 (78.46%) Firewall
2 80 (61.54%) Cisco ASA
3 69 (53.08%) Network Security
4 56 (43.08%) Cisco PIX
5 48 (36.92%) VPN
6 40 (30.77%) WAN
7 39 (30.00%) LAN
8 35 (26.92%) MPLS
9 26 (20.00%) BGP
10 24 (18.46%) Cisco Nexus
11 21 (16.15%) VoIP
11 21 (16.15%) Wireless
12 19 (14.62%) DMZ
12 19 (14.62%) VLAN
13 15 (11.54%) TCP/IP
14 14 (10.77%) FWSM
15 13 (10.00%) SSL
15 13 (10.00%) Internet
15 13 (10.00%) BIG-IP
16 11 (8.462%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.769%) Hadoop
General
1 24 (18.46%) Finance
2 19 (14.62%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.769%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (32.31%) Network Engineer
2 33 (25.38%) Security Engineer
3 28 (21.54%) Network Security Engineer
4 23 (17.69%) Network Manager
5 22 (16.92%) Architect
5 22 (16.92%) Analyst
6 19 (14.62%) Network Analyst
6 19 (14.62%) Firewall Engineer
7 16 (12.31%) Security Analyst
7 16 (12.31%) Network Security Analyst
8 11 (8.462%) Network Security Manager
8 11 (8.462%) Network Operations Manager
8 11 (8.462%) Security Manager
8 11 (8.462%) Operations Manager
9 9 (6.923%) Network Architect
9 9 (6.923%) Security Operations Manager
10 8 (6.154%) Senior Network Engineer
11 6 (4.615%) Network Team Leader
11 6 (4.615%) Team Leader
12 5 (3.846%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.231%) PKI
2 9 (6.923%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.538%) SecurID
4 1 (0.769%) NHS
4 1 (0.769%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.769%) Physics
4 1 (0.769%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.00%) Windows
2 15 (11.54%) Linux
3 13 (10.00%) UNIX
4 7 (5.385%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (2.308%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.538%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.538%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.538%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.23%) ITIL
2 20 (15.38%) Information Security
3 19 (14.62%) E-Commerce
4 13 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 13 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 12 (9.231%) Performance Management
6 9 (6.923%) Information Security Management
6 9 (6.923%) Security Management
7 7 (5.385%) Incident Management
8 6 (4.615%) Change Control
8 6 (4.615%) Network Design
8 6 (4.615%) Change Management
9 4 (3.077%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (3.077%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (3.077%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (3.077%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (3.077%) Cyber Security
9 4 (3.077%) Service Delivery
9 4 (3.077%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (2.308%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.538%) Python
1 2 (1.538%) Java
1 2 (1.538%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.769%) SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
2 79 (60.77%) CCNP
3 42 (32.31%) CCSP
4 32 (24.62%) CCSE
5 22 (16.92%) CCNA
6 19 (14.62%) JNCIS
7 13 (10.00%) CCIE
8 10 (7.692%) CCSA
9 7 (5.385%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (5.385%) CISSP
10 6 (4.615%) SC Cleared
10 6 (4.615%) Security Cleared
11 5 (3.846%) CCDE
12 4 (3.077%) CWSP
12 4 (3.077%) CEH
12 4 (3.077%) GCWN
13 3 (2.308%) GIAC
14 2 (1.538%) CCDP
14 2 (1.538%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 1 (0.769%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.615%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.846%) SLA
3 4 (3.077%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.538%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (9.231%) ProxySG
2 8 (6.154%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.154%) Forefront TMG
2 8 (6.154%) UAG
3 7 (5.385%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.308%) vSphere
4 3 (2.308%) XenApp
5 2 (1.538%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.538%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.923%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (1.538%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.538%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.769%) Puppet
3 1 (0.769%) SCCM
Vendors
1 117 (90.00%) Cisco
2 58 (44.62%) Juniper
3 42 (32.31%) F5
4 35 (26.92%) Blue Coat
5 24 (18.46%) VMware
6 20 (15.38%) Websense
7 13 (10.00%) ArcSight
8 9 (6.923%) Microsoft
8 9 (6.923%) SolarWinds
9 8 (6.154%) Avaya
10 7 (5.385%) Citrix
10 7 (5.385%) Riverbed
11 4 (3.077%) HP
12 3 (2.308%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.538%) Infoblox
13 2 (1.538%) ProCurve
13 2 (1.538%) CA
13 2 (1.538%) Nokia
14 1 (0.769%) Google
14 1 (0.769%) Oracle
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