The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 204 231 194
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -37
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 42 20 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.574% 0.273% 0.513%
As % of the Vendors category 1.265% 0.572% 1.014%
Number of salaries quoted 35 20 28
Average salary £44,250 £40,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.62% +28.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £45,000 £47,280
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3319 3498 3551
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.38% 47.79% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2774 3016 3119
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +6 27 £47,500 +18.75% 11
Cheshire +19 10 £44,250 +10.62% 2
Merseyside +20 4 £42,000 +20.00%
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 86 (91.49%) Cisco
2 71 (75.53%) Juniper
3 67 (71.28%) Firewall
4 57 (60.64%) Network Security
5 53 (56.38%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (50.00%) CCNP
7 42 (44.68%) Cisco ASA
8 39 (41.49%) Blue Coat
9 35 (37.23%) Finance
10 34 (36.17%) F5
11 33 (35.11%) LAN
12 32 (34.04%) Wireless
13 27 (28.72%) Telecoms
14 26 (27.66%) Cisco PIX
15 25 (26.60%) Websense
15 25 (26.60%) WAN
15 25 (26.60%) Windows
16 23 (24.47%) VPN
16 23 (24.47%) CCSE
17 21 (22.34%) MS Excel
18 20 (21.28%) VMware
19 19 (20.21%) SSL
19 19 (20.21%) Microsoft
20 18 (19.15%) Active Directory
20 18 (19.15%) IPsec
20 18 (19.15%) Change Management
21 17 (18.09%) WLAN
21 17 (18.09%) ITIL
22 16 (17.02%) Symantec
23 15 (15.96%) HP

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 4 (4.255%) CSS
2 1 (1.064%) LAMP
2 1 (1.064%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.064%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.511%) MS Exchange
2 6 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (5.319%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (1.064%) Apache
4 1 (1.064%) IIS
4 1 (1.064%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.064%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 21 (22.34%) MS Excel
2 10 (10.64%) MS Office
3 9 (9.574%) MS Project
4 1 (1.064%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.064%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 67 (71.28%) Firewall
2 57 (60.64%) Network Security
3 42 (44.68%) Cisco ASA
4 33 (35.11%) LAN
5 32 (34.04%) Wireless
6 26 (27.66%) Cisco PIX
7 25 (26.60%) WAN
8 23 (24.47%) VPN
9 19 (20.21%) SSL
10 18 (19.15%) IPsec
11 17 (18.09%) WLAN
12 13 (13.83%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (12.77%) Unified Communications
13 12 (12.77%) TCP/IP
14 10 (10.64%) BGP
14 10 (10.64%) DNS
14 10 (10.64%) DHCP
15 9 (9.574%) Internet
15 9 (9.574%) MPLS
15 9 (9.574%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.319%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.064%) MySQL
2 1 (1.064%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.064%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.064%) MongoDB
General
1 35 (37.23%) Finance
2 27 (28.72%) Telecoms
3 12 (12.77%) Retail
4 1 (1.064%) Law
4 1 (1.064%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.064%) Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (34.04%) Network Engineer
2 22 (23.40%) Security Engineer
3 19 (20.21%) Consultant
4 18 (19.15%) Network Security Engineer
5 17 (18.09%) Firewall Engineer
6 15 (15.96%) Network Consultant
7 11 (11.70%) Architect
7 11 (11.70%) Network Specialist
8 10 (10.64%) Security Specialist
8 10 (10.64%) Network Security Specialist
9 9 (9.574%) Security Consultant
9 9 (9.574%) Cisco Consultant
9 9 (9.574%) Network Architect
10 8 (8.511%) Cisco Network Consultant
11 7 (7.447%) Support Engineer
12 6 (6.383%) Network Support
12 6 (6.383%) Analyst
12 6 (6.383%) Security Analyst
13 5 (5.319%) 3rd Line Support
13 5 (5.319%) Cisco Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.319%) Replication
1 5 (5.319%) SWIFT
1 5 (5.319%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.128%) PKI
3 1 (1.064%) SecurID
3 1 (1.064%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 25 (26.60%) Windows
2 11 (11.70%) Linux
2 11 (11.70%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (11.70%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (5.319%) Windows XP
3 5 (5.319%) AIX
3 5 (5.319%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (3.191%) UNIX
5 1 (1.064%) Debian
5 1 (1.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.15%) Change Management
2 17 (18.09%) ITIL
3 11 (11.70%) Information Security
4 10 (10.64%) Migration
5 9 (9.574%) Service Management
6 8 (8.511%) Load Balancing
7 7 (7.447%) Project Management
7 7 (7.447%) Customer Engagement
8 6 (6.383%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (4.255%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.255%) Network Design
10 3 (3.191%) Security Management
10 3 (3.191%) Network Management
11 2 (2.128%) Incident Management
11 2 (2.128%) E-Commerce
11 2 (2.128%) Information Security Management
11 2 (2.128%) Risk Assessment
12 1 (1.064%) Business Continuity
12 1 (1.064%) Service Delivery
12 1 (1.064%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.064%) PHP
1 1 (1.064%) SQL
1 1 (1.064%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 53 (56.38%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (50.00%) CCNP
3 23 (24.47%) CCSE
4 15 (15.96%) CCIE
4 15 (15.96%) JNCIS
5 14 (14.89%) CCNA
6 12 (12.77%) Security Cleared
7 9 (9.574%) CCSP
7 9 (9.574%) SC Cleared
8 7 (7.447%) CCDP
8 7 (7.447%) Check Point Certification
9 5 (5.319%) CISM
9 5 (5.319%) CISSP
9 5 (5.319%) CCIP
10 4 (4.255%) CCDE
10 4 (4.255%) Degree
11 3 (3.191%) CCSA
11 3 (3.191%) CISA
11 3 (3.191%) ISSAP
11 3 (3.191%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.511%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.191%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.128%) COBIT
3 2 (2.128%) ISO 9000
4 1 (1.064%) SLA
4 1 (1.064%) QA
System Software
1 18 (19.15%) Active Directory
2 15 (15.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.383%) vSphere
4 5 (5.319%) VMware ESX
4 5 (5.319%) ProxySG
5 4 (4.255%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (4.255%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (1.064%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.064%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.064%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 9 (9.574%) MIMEsweeper
2 6 (6.383%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.319%) Tivoli
3 5 (5.319%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (5.319%) WSUS
4 3 (3.191%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (1.064%) Nagios
5 1 (1.064%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (91.49%) Cisco
2 71 (75.53%) Juniper
3 39 (41.49%) Blue Coat
4 34 (36.17%) F5
5 25 (26.60%) Websense
6 20 (21.28%) VMware
7 19 (20.21%) Microsoft
8 16 (17.02%) Symantec
9 15 (15.96%) HP
9 15 (15.96%) Citrix
10 13 (13.83%) Fortinet
11 10 (10.64%) IronPort
11 10 (10.64%) McAfee
12 9 (9.574%) NetApp
12 9 (9.574%) Fujitsu
13 7 (7.447%) WatchGuard
13 7 (7.447%) Sourcefire
13 7 (7.447%) ProCurve
14 6 (6.383%) Aruba
14 6 (6.383%) Exinda
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Our client is one of the largest service providers in the UK. They have customers in both the private and public sector around the UK. Due to recent...
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Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cheshire, North West
To apply for one of our 3 / 4 Tier Network Engineer positions you will need to have the majority of the below: * ELIGIBILITY FOR SECURITY CLEARANCE* Expert knowledge...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £40000.00 - £48500.00 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
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To apply for one of our 3 / 4 Tier Network Engineer positions you will need to have the majority of the below: * ELIGIBILITY FOR SECURITY CLEARANCE * Expert knowledge...
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Salary: £40000.00 - £48500.00 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Network Engineer Permanent Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire up to £48,500 Key skills: CNA / CCNP / routers / switches / LAN / juniper / cisco / network engineer / load balancers / firewalls / F5 / Checkpoint At Capita...
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Salary: £40000.00 - £48500.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 30 May 2013
Cheadle, Cheshire
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Salary: £40000.00 - £48500.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 30 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cheadle, Cheshire
BMI
Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum +Excellent Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
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Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Healthcare, Life Cover, Pension
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Pension, Health and Life cover
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Pension, Health and Life cover
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
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