The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 143 125 147
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +22
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 10 30 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.318% 0.868% 0.344%
As % of the Vendors category 0.631% 1.805% 0.753%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 11
Average salary £47,500 £38,750 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.58% +7.63%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1586 1662 1594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 50.40% 48.10% 45.75%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1155 1187
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow - 6 - -
Edinburgh -20 2 £47,500 +18.75%
West Lothian -4 1 - -
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 31 (91.18%) Cisco
1 31 (91.18%) Firewall
2 29 (85.29%) F5
3 27 (79.41%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (76.47%) Juniper
4 26 (76.47%) Blue Coat
5 25 (73.53%) Network Security
6 23 (67.65%) Finance
7 22 (64.71%) Cisco ASA
8 20 (58.82%) Telecoms
8 20 (58.82%) CCSE
9 19 (55.88%) JNCIS
9 19 (55.88%) Cisco PIX
9 19 (55.88%) Websense
9 19 (55.88%) CCNP
10 8 (23.53%) CCNA
11 5 (14.71%) Network Design
12 4 (11.76%) Information Security
12 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
12 4 (11.76%) VPN
13 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
13 3 (8.824%) CISSP
13 3 (8.824%) Wireless
13 3 (8.824%) IPsec
13 3 (8.824%) Load Balancing
13 3 (8.824%) VLAN
13 3 (8.824%) Degree
14 2 (5.882%) Axway
14 2 (5.882%) Wireless Security
14 2 (5.882%) LogLogic

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 31 (91.18%) Firewall
2 25 (73.53%) Network Security
3 22 (64.71%) Cisco ASA
4 19 (55.88%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 4 (11.76%) VPN
6 3 (8.824%) Wireless
6 3 (8.824%) IPsec
6 3 (8.824%) VLAN
7 2 (5.882%) Wireless Security
7 2 (5.882%) DNS
8 1 (2.941%) Unified Communications
General
1 23 (67.65%) Finance
2 20 (58.82%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.941%) Banking
3 1 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (82.35%) Network Engineer
2 24 (70.59%) Security Engineer
3 21 (61.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (55.88%) Firewall Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Network Support Engineer
7 2 (5.882%) Network Support
7 2 (5.882%) Support Engineer
8 1 (2.941%) Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Sales Executive
8 1 (2.941%) Firewall Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.882%) UNIX
1 2 (5.882%) Windows
1 2 (5.882%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.71%) Network Design
2 4 (11.76%) Information Security
3 3 (8.824%) Load Balancing
4 2 (5.882%) SIEM
4 2 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.941%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.941%) Cyber Security
5 1 (2.941%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 27 (79.41%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (58.82%) CCSE
3 19 (55.88%) JNCIS
3 19 (55.88%) CCNP
4 8 (23.53%) CCNA
5 3 (8.824%) CISSP
5 3 (8.824%) Degree
6 2 (5.882%) JNCIA
6 2 (5.882%) CCSA
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.882%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 31 (91.18%) Cisco
2 29 (85.29%) F5
3 26 (76.47%) Juniper
3 26 (76.47%) Blue Coat
4 19 (55.88%) Websense
5 2 (5.882%) Axway
5 2 (5.882%) LogLogic
5 2 (5.882%) Q1 Labs
5 2 (5.882%) Symantec
6 1 (2.941%) Nortel
6 1 (2.941%) Avaya
6 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.941%) Nokia