The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 63 98 60
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -38
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 72 35 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 3.419% 1.549% 3.008%
As % of the Vendors category 5.868% 3.054% 5.749%
Number of salaries quoted 60 30 56
Average salary £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,000 £36,250
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1227 1146 974
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 58.26% 50.73% 52.31%
Number of salaries quoted 998 1001 785
Average salary £43,250 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.70% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
Berkshire

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 142 (92.21%) Cisco
2 109 (70.78%) Juniper
3 95 (61.69%) F5
4 85 (55.19%) Blue Coat
5 84 (54.55%) TCP/IP
6 75 (48.70%) CCSE
7 72 (46.75%) JNCIA
8 68 (44.16%) Sourcefire
8 68 (44.16%) CCSA
8 68 (44.16%) Windows
9 66 (42.86%) CISSP
9 66 (42.86%) McAfee
10 63 (40.91%) Project Management
11 62 (40.26%) UNIX
12 61 (39.61%) PRINCE2
12 61 (39.61%) IBM
12 61 (39.61%) JNCIE
13 52 (33.77%) Firewall
14 48 (31.17%) Cisco Certification
15 31 (20.13%) Network Security
16 29 (18.83%) CCNP
17 25 (16.23%) CCIE
18 22 (14.29%) MPLS
19 21 (13.64%) WAN
20 18 (11.69%) BGP
20 18 (11.69%) Cisco ASA
21 16 (10.39%) VMware
22 14 (9.091%) Wireless
22 14 (9.091%) LAN
22 14 (9.091%) Unified Communications

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 (0.649%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.948%) IIS
1 3 (1.948%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (1.948%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 84 (54.55%) TCP/IP
2 52 (33.77%) Firewall
3 31 (20.13%) Network Security
4 22 (14.29%) MPLS
5 21 (13.64%) WAN
6 18 (11.69%) BGP
6 18 (11.69%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (9.091%) Unified Communications
7 14 (9.091%) Wireless
7 14 (9.091%) LAN
8 12 (7.792%) FWSM
9 11 (7.143%) EIGRP
10 10 (6.494%) OSPF
10 10 (6.494%) DNS
10 10 (6.494%) VoIP
11 9 (5.844%) VPN
11 9 (5.844%) DHCP
11 9 (5.844%) HTTP
11 9 (5.844%) SNMP
11 9 (5.844%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.948%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.649%) Big Data
General
1 5 (3.247%) Back Office
1 5 (3.247%) Telecoms
1 5 (3.247%) Retail
1 5 (3.247%) Billing
2 1 (0.649%) Finance
2 1 (0.649%) Law
2 1 (0.649%) Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (34.42%) Analyst
2 52 (33.77%) Security Analyst
3 32 (20.78%) Network Engineer
4 28 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
5 27 (17.53%) Senior Security Analyst
6 24 (15.58%) Consultant
7 19 (12.34%) Security Consultant
7 19 (12.34%) Security Engineer
8 12 (7.792%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 12 (7.792%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
9 11 (7.143%) Network Security Engineer
9 11 (7.143%) Network Support
9 11 (7.143%) Cisco Support
10 10 (6.494%) Network Manager
11 8 (5.195%) Technical Design Authority
12 7 (4.545%) IP Engineer
13 6 (3.896%) Senior Network Engineer
14 5 (3.247%) Team Leader
14 5 (3.247%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.247%) Visualisation
2 3 (1.948%) Kindle
3 1 (0.649%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 68 (44.16%) Windows
2 62 (40.26%) UNIX
3 7 (4.545%) Linux
4 3 (1.948%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.948%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (1.948%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.649%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (40.91%) Project Management
2 61 (39.61%) PRINCE2
3 13 (8.442%) ITIL
4 5 (3.247%) CRM
4 5 (3.247%) Validation
4 5 (3.247%) Information Security
4 5 (3.247%) Network Design
5 4 (2.597%) Load Balancing
6 3 (1.948%) Release Management
6 3 (1.948%) Change Management
6 3 (1.948%) Incident Management
6 3 (1.948%) SIEM
7 2 (1.299%) Business Development
8 1 (0.649%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (0.649%) Service Delivery
8 1 (0.649%) B2B
8 1 (0.649%) PRINCE
8 1 (0.649%) Data Protection
8 1 (0.649%) Customer Engagement
8 1 (0.649%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.948%) SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (48.70%) CCSE
2 72 (46.75%) JNCIA
3 68 (44.16%) CCSA
4 66 (42.86%) CISSP
5 61 (39.61%) JNCIE
6 48 (31.17%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (18.83%) CCNP
8 25 (16.23%) CCIE
9 12 (7.792%) CCIP
10 9 (5.844%) Degree
11 6 (3.896%) CCNA
12 4 (2.597%) CCDP
13 3 (1.948%) JNCIS
14 2 (1.299%) CCSP
14 2 (1.299%) Check Point Certification
14 2 (1.299%) CISA
14 2 (1.299%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.948%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.649%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (6.494%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.896%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.649%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 142 (92.21%) Cisco
2 109 (70.78%) Juniper
3 95 (61.69%) F5
4 85 (55.19%) Blue Coat
5 68 (44.16%) Sourcefire
6 66 (42.86%) McAfee
7 61 (39.61%) IBM
8 16 (10.39%) VMware
9 10 (6.494%) Microsoft
10 9 (5.844%) Citrix
11 7 (4.545%) Websense
12 6 (3.896%) HP
13 4 (2.597%) Fortinet
14 3 (1.948%) Crossbeam
14 3 (1.948%) Red Hat
14 3 (1.948%) Symantec
14 3 (1.948%) Brocade
15 2 (1.299%) Aruba
15 2 (1.299%) ArcSight
15 2 (1.299%) Twitter
Reading, Berkshire
Experience: Software Skills and Knowledge required: *Experience with Exchange & Active Directory *Good Network knowledge (Firewalls, Configuration etc.) *Good IP/Routing/VPN Connectivity *Good Cisco/Checkpoint *Good Microsoft Windows...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Internet/Network Security skills - firewalls, proxies, Intrusion Detection Systems, etc. Solid Exposure of UNIX & Windows OS. Also, any Professional IT Accreditations (CISSP, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA) would be considered...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30000 - 40000
Posted: 13 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Core solutions include the portfolio of including Check Point, Juniper, Cisco, McAfee, Microsoft, Palo Alto, RSA and Symantec... Extensive knowledge of Networking and Security solutions covering Check Point,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £60,000 to £120,000 per annum Car, Health, Pension, Great Career
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
CCIE Network Security Architect required for Data Centre specialist Cisco Gold Partner... You: *Must have good experience and current accreditation in Cisco and Juniper security solutions. *ASA, Pix,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, UK, Thames Valley
Websense, Inc... Update the Knowledge Base with solutions as appropriate.Adhere to company policies and procedures regarding customer handling processes, service entitlement verification, customer registration, and problem escalation...
Websense UK
Salary: £0 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013