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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank225227
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads617898
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.357 %0.386 %
As % of the category below2.095 %1.988 %
Salaries quoted550646
Average minimum salary£47,286£48,146
Average salary£50,179£50,871
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Average maximum salary£53,071£53,596
UK excluding London average salary£40,717£40,057
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2944745168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.05 %19.44 %
Salaries quoted2444434185
Average minimum salary£46,399£46,934
Average salary£50,440£51,035
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Average maximum salary£54,482£55,136
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
CheckPoint EnglandCheckPoint
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Check Point Software Technologies.

CheckPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London CheckPoint Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

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

London CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-33188£55,285+5.33 %
CroydonUp+1415£25,900-58.56 %
PaddingtonDown-47£35,000-17.64 %
HounslowUp+106£30,292-24.27 %
Docklands, LondonUp+296£64,500+33.54 %
SurbitonNew entry-6£30,833-
BromleyDown-184£37,500+8.34 %
SouthwarkNew entry-3£35,000-
HackneyDown-52£42,000+1.20 %
LutonNew entry-2£25,000-
Canary WharfUp+42£60,000+2.63 %
HammersmithNew entry-1£25,000-
South CroydonNew entry-1£50,000-
CheckPoint EnglandCheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1982 (81.02 %)Cisco
2918 (75.74 %)Firewall
3591 (48.76 %)Cisco Certification
4411 (33.91 %)Cisco PIX
5374 (30.86 %)LAN
6370 (30.53 %)WAN
6370 (30.53 %)VPN
7362 (29.87 %)CCNP
8343 (28.30 %)Finance
9339 (27.97 %)Nokia
10318 (26.24 %)Windows
11316 (26.07 %)Juniper
12313 (25.83 %)TCP/IP
13295 (24.34 %)CCNA
14282 (23.27 %)BGP
15274 (22.61 %)OSPF
16266 (21.95 %)Network Security
17223 (18.40 %)CCIE
18216 (17.82 %)NetScreen
19207 (17.08 %)Active Directory
20199 (16.42 %)Windows Server 2003
21191 (15.76 %)CCSE
22182 (15.02 %)MPLS
23178 (14.69 %)Linux
24177 (14.60 %)CCSA
25168 (13.86 %)VoIP
26156 (12.87 %)Internet
27155 (12.79 %)Banking
28152 (12.54 %)Blue Coat
29150 (12.38 %)UNIX

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (1.320 %)CSS
27 (0.578 %).NET
35 (0.413 %)LAMP
44 (0.330 %)COM
53 (0.248 %)HTML
53 (0.248 %)XML
53 (0.248 %)MAPI
61 (0.083 %)Middleware
61 (0.083 %)J2EE
61 (0.083 %)ASP.NET
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1116 (9.571 %)MS Exchange
262 (5.116 %)Exchange Server 2003
348 (3.960 %)IIS
427 (2.228 %)Lotus Notes
427 (2.228 %)Apache
519 (1.568 %)SharePoint
611 (0.908 %)Exchange Server 2007
79 (0.743 %)Exchange Server 2000
85 (0.413 %)Tomcat
94 (0.330 %)ColdFusion
103 (0.248 %)iPlanet
103 (0.248 %)Exchange Server 5.5
103 (0.248 %)SharePoint Server 2007
103 (0.248 %)WebLogic
103 (0.248 %)Lotus Domino
103 (0.248 %)JBoss
112 (0.165 %)BizTalk Server
112 (0.165 %)Office Communications Server
121 (0.083 %)CMS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
175 (6.188 %)MS Excel
229 (2.393 %)MS Office
37 (0.578 %)MS Visio
46 (0.495 %)MS Project
55 (0.413 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.413 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1918 (75.74 %)Firewall
2411 (33.91 %)Cisco PIX
3374 (30.86 %)LAN
4370 (30.53 %)WAN
4370 (30.53 %)VPN
5313 (25.83 %)TCP/IP
6282 (23.27 %)BGP
7274 (22.61 %)OSPF
8266 (21.95 %)Network Security
9216 (17.82 %)NetScreen
10182 (15.02 %)MPLS
11168 (13.86 %)VoIP
12156 (12.87 %)Internet
13125 (10.31 %)DNS
14121 (9.983 %)EIGRP
15107 (8.828 %)SSL
1698 (8.086 %)Cisco ASA
1785 (7.013 %)RIP
1882 (6.766 %)DHCP
1969 (5.693 %)IP Telephony
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (7.591 %)SQL Server
240 (3.300 %)SQL Server 2005
332 (2.640 %)SQL Server 2000
425 (2.063 %)MySQL
520 (1.650 %)Informix
520 (1.650 %)Oracle 10g
610 (0.825 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
73 (0.248 %)SQL Server 7
82 (0.165 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.083 %)SQL Server 2008
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.083 %)Bugzilla
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1343 (28.30 %)Finance
2155 (12.79 %)Banking
393 (7.673 %)Telecoms
454 (4.455 %)Insurance
535 (2.888 %)Health
632 (2.640 %)Education
632 (2.640 %)Pensions
730 (2.475 %)Financial Institution
824 (1.980 %)Investment Banking
923 (1.898 %)Government
1022 (1.815 %)Legal
1114 (1.155 %)Front Office
1211 (0.908 %)Advertising
1211 (0.908 %)Auditing
1310 (0.825 %)Back Office
149 (0.743 %)Police
158 (0.660 %)Law
158 (0.660 %)Marketing
167 (0.578 %)Games
174 (0.330 %)Online Games
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1301 (24.83 %)Network Engineer
2182 (15.02 %)Analyst
3158 (13.04 %)Consultant
4140 (11.55 %)Security Engineer
5108 (8.911 %)Security Consultant
698 (8.086 %)Network Analyst
791 (7.508 %)Cisco Engineer
886 (7.096 %)Network Support
979 (6.518 %)Support Analyst
979 (6.518 %)Support Engineer
1073 (6.023 %)Network Consultant
1073 (6.023 %)Architect
1165 (5.363 %)Network Specialist
1261 (5.033 %)Administrator
1358 (4.785 %)Network Security Engineer
1451 (4.208 %)Senior Network Engineer
1548 (3.960 %)Network Architect
1647 (3.878 %)Network Security Consultant
1744 (3.630 %)Network Support Analyst
1843 (3.548 %)Security Analyst
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (2.063 %)PKI
220 (1.650 %)Blackberry
319 (1.568 %)Thin Client
319 (1.568 %)Fat Client
418 (1.485 %)SecurID
517 (1.403 %)Replication
613 (1.073 %)Clustering
712 (0.990 %)Video Conferencing
86 (0.495 %)PDA
95 (0.413 %)Derivative
95 (0.413 %)Fixed Income
95 (0.413 %)Economics
95 (0.413 %)Mathematics
104 (0.330 %)German Language
113 (0.248 %)Cryptography
122 (0.165 %)PMI
122 (0.165 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
122 (0.165 %)Management Information System
131 (0.083 %)AS400
131 (0.083 %)Mainframe
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1318 (26.24 %)Windows
2199 (16.42 %)Windows Server 2003
3178 (14.69 %)Linux
4150 (12.38 %)UNIX
585 (7.013 %)Solaris
656 (4.620 %)Windows 2000
751 (4.208 %)Windows 2000 Server
850 (4.125 %)Red Hat Linux
938 (3.135 %)Windows XP
1030 (2.475 %)Windows Server 2008
1115 (1.238 %)Windows NT
1214 (1.155 %)Debian
137 (0.578 %)SUSE
145 (0.413 %)Fedora
145 (0.413 %)Windows Vista
145 (0.413 %)HPUX
154 (0.330 %)AIX
154 (0.330 %)Mac OS X
161 (0.083 %)OpenBSD
161 (0.083 %)FreeBSD
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1147 (12.13 %)Network Design
278 (6.436 %)Load Balancing
369 (5.693 %)ITIL
455 (4.538 %)E-Commerce
547 (3.878 %)B2B
634 (2.805 %)Information Security
730 (2.475 %)Disaster Recovery
823 (1.898 %)Security Cleared
823 (1.898 %)Problem Management
922 (1.815 %)Incident Management
922 (1.815 %)Project Management
1020 (1.650 %)Service Management
1119 (1.568 %)Service Delivery
1119 (1.568 %)SC Cleared
1217 (1.403 %)Penetration Testing
1315 (1.238 %)Change Management
1412 (0.990 %)Asset Management
1510 (0.825 %)Risk Assessment
1510 (0.825 %)PRINCE2
1510 (0.825 %)Stress Testing
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
158 (4.785 %)SQL
257 (4.703 %)Perl
333 (2.723 %)C
411 (0.908 %)Java
59 (0.743 %)Shell Script
65 (0.413 %)Korn
74 (0.330 %)PHP
81 (0.083 %)C#
81 (0.083 %)C++
81 (0.083 %)JCL
81 (0.083 %)VB.NET
81 (0.083 %)Python
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1591 (48.76 %)Cisco Certification
2362 (29.87 %)CCNP
3295 (24.34 %)CCNA
4223 (18.40 %)CCIE
5191 (15.76 %)CCSE
6177 (14.60 %)CCSA
7126 (10.40 %)CCSP
8105 (8.663 %)Microsoft Certification
994 (7.756 %)MCSE
1082 (6.766 %)CCIP
1167 (5.528 %)CISSP
1262 (5.116 %)CCDP
1344 (3.630 %)Degree
1432 (2.640 %)CCVP
1526 (2.145 %)MCP
1526 (2.145 %)MBA
1624 (1.980 %)Check Point Certification
1716 (1.320 %)JNCIA
1812 (0.990 %)MCSA
1911 (0.908 %)CCDA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (3.218 %)QA
215 (1.238 %)ISO27001
312 (0.990 %)SLA
48 (0.660 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
55 (0.413 %)ISO17799
55 (0.413 %)BS7799
62 (0.165 %)COBIT
62 (0.165 %)PCI DSS
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1207 (17.08 %)Active Directory
240 (3.300 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (1.733 %)VMware ESX
419 (1.568 %)ISA Server
517 (1.403 %)Backup Exec
614 (1.155 %)Citrix Presentation Server
711 (0.908 %)Snort
88 (0.660 %)Terminal Services
96 (0.495 %)MetaFrame
104 (0.330 %)NetBackup
104 (0.330 %)Squid
113 (0.248 %)VMware GSX
121 (0.083 %)Terminal Server
121 (0.083 %)NFS
121 (0.083 %)NDS
121 (0.083 %)ProxySG
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
141 (3.383 %)CiscoWorks
227 (2.228 %)OpenView
320 (1.650 %)MIMEsweeper
418 (1.485 %)NNM
512 (0.990 %)Nagios
611 (0.908 %)Norton AntiVirus
710 (0.825 %)WSUS
89 (0.743 %)OVSD
98 (0.660 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
105 (0.413 %)MAILsweeper
114 (0.330 %)MOM
123 (0.248 %)AppManager
132 (0.165 %)Tivoli
141 (0.083 %)SCOM
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1982 (81.02 %)Cisco
2339 (27.97 %)Nokia
3316 (26.07 %)Juniper
4152 (12.54 %)Blue Coat
5128 (10.56 %)Microsoft
695 (7.838 %)VMware
789 (7.343 %)HP
885 (7.013 %)Citrix
961 (5.033 %)Oracle
1057 (4.703 %)Red Hat
1147 (3.878 %)Symantec
1246 (3.795 %)Avaya
1345 (3.713 %)Nortel
1440 (3.300 %)Sun
1534 (2.805 %)Reuters
1630 (2.475 %)Bloomberg
1729 (2.393 %)EMC
1827 (2.228 %)IBM
1827 (2.228 %)Lotus
1827 (2.228 %)Websense