The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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 16 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 32 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 12.45% 2.575% -
As % of the Vendors category 25.60% 5.085% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
125 118 150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 48.64% 50.64% 64.94%
Number of salaries quoted 70 56 46
Average salary £45,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £17,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,750 £44,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +19 32 £42,500 -
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Juniper
2 33 (97.06%) Blue Coat
3 31 (91.18%) F5
4 30 (88.24%) Cisco
5 26 (76.47%) Websense
6 20 (58.82%) Firewall
7 16 (47.06%) Network Security
8 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
9 4 (11.76%) UNIX
9 4 (11.76%) Wireless
9 4 (11.76%) CISSP
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (11.76%) Wireless Security
9 4 (11.76%) DNS
9 4 (11.76%) CCSA
10 3 (8.824%) Finance
10 3 (8.824%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (8.824%) LogLogic
10 3 (8.824%) SIEM
10 3 (8.824%) Q1 Labs
10 3 (8.824%) NetScreen
10 3 (8.824%) CCSP
10 3 (8.824%) Cisco PIX
11 2 (5.882%) VPN
11 2 (5.882%) IPsec
11 2 (5.882%) VLAN
11 2 (5.882%) JNCIA
11 2 (5.882%) CCSE
12 1 (2.941%) Information Security
12 1 (2.941%) Windows

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 20 (58.82%) Firewall
2 16 (47.06%) Network Security
3 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
4 4 (11.76%) Wireless
4 4 (11.76%) Wireless Security
4 4 (11.76%) DNS
5 3 (8.824%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (8.824%) NetScreen
5 3 (8.824%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (5.882%) VPN
6 2 (5.882%) IPsec
6 2 (5.882%) VLAN
General
1 3 (8.824%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Security Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Network Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (2.941%) Senior Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) UNIX
2 1 (2.941%) Windows
2 1 (2.941%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.824%) SIEM
2 1 (2.941%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) CISSP
1 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (11.76%) CCSA
2 3 (8.824%) CCSP
3 2 (5.882%) JNCIA
3 2 (5.882%) CCSE
4 1 (2.941%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Juniper
2 33 (97.06%) Blue Coat
3 31 (91.18%) F5
4 30 (88.24%) Cisco
5 26 (76.47%) Websense
6 3 (8.824%) LogLogic
6 3 (8.824%) Q1 Labs