The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales 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 South Wales 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 56 79 -
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 32 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 3.059% 1.113% -
As % of the Vendors category 6.166% 2.263% -
Number of salaries quoted 30 11 0
Average salary £46,250 £36,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.47% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
519 486 382
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 49.62% 49.19% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 473 428 350
Average salary £37,500 £34,004 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.28% +0.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
Wales

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
Cardiff +15 29 £47,500 -
CheckPoint
Wales

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 47 (95.92%) Cisco
2 34 (69.39%) Firewall
3 31 (63.27%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (48.98%) F5
5 19 (38.78%) Nokia
6 18 (36.73%) CCNA
7 14 (28.57%) UNIX
7 14 (28.57%) Windows
8 13 (26.53%) Degree
8 13 (26.53%) Linux
9 12 (24.49%) Juniper
10 10 (20.41%) WAN
10 10 (20.41%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (18.37%) Network Security
11 9 (18.37%) CCNP
12 8 (16.33%) CCIE
13 7 (14.29%) CCSE
13 7 (14.29%) CCSA
13 7 (14.29%) VPN
13 7 (14.29%) CCDP
13 7 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
13 7 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (12.24%) SLA
15 5 (10.20%) CCDA
15 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
15 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
15 5 (10.20%) BGP
15 5 (10.20%) Capacity Planning
16 4 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
16 4 (8.163%) IP Telephony

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.122%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (69.39%) Firewall
2 10 (20.41%) WAN
2 10 (20.41%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (18.37%) Network Security
4 7 (14.29%) VPN
4 7 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
4 7 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
5 5 (10.20%) BGP
6 4 (8.163%) IP Telephony
6 4 (8.163%) EIGRP
6 4 (8.163%) OSPF
7 3 (6.122%) LAN
7 3 (6.122%) MPLS
8 2 (4.082%) VLAN
8 2 (4.082%) FWSM
8 2 (4.082%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (4.082%) Wireless
8 2 (4.082%) IPsec
8 2 (4.082%) IGRP
General
1 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (59.18%) Network Engineer
2 20 (40.82%) Senior Network Engineer
3 14 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
3 14 (28.57%) Administrator
4 11 (22.45%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 11 (22.45%) Network Administrator
5 8 (16.33%) Senior Network Administrator
6 5 (10.20%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Support Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Network Support
7 3 (6.122%) Network Consultant
7 3 (6.122%) Consultant
7 3 (6.122%) IT Administrator
8 2 (4.082%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 2 (4.082%) Cisco Consultant
9 1 (2.041%) Senior Network Specialist
9 1 (2.041%) Network Specialist
9 1 (2.041%) Change Consultant
9 1 (2.041%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.082%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (4.082%) SaaS
1 2 (4.082%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 14 (28.57%) UNIX
1 14 (28.57%) Windows
2 13 (26.53%) Linux
3 3 (6.122%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.20%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (6.122%) Network Management
3 2 (4.082%) Network Design
3 2 (4.082%) Load Balancing
4 1 (2.041%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.041%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (63.27%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (36.73%) CCNA
3 13 (26.53%) Degree
4 9 (18.37%) CCNP
5 8 (16.33%) CCIE
6 7 (14.29%) CCSE
6 7 (14.29%) CCSA
6 7 (14.29%) CCDP
7 5 (10.20%) CCDA
8 4 (8.163%) CCSP
9 3 (6.122%) CCIP
9 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
10 2 (4.082%) CCDE
10 2 (4.082%) JNCIA
10 2 (4.082%) JNCIS
10 2 (4.082%) CCVP
10 2 (4.082%) CISSP
11 1 (2.041%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.041%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 47 (95.92%) Cisco
2 24 (48.98%) F5
3 19 (38.78%) Nokia
4 12 (24.49%) Juniper
5 4 (8.163%) VMware
6 3 (6.122%) Progress
6 3 (6.122%) Red Hat
6 3 (6.122%) Blue Coat
7 1 (2.041%) McAfee
7 1 (2.041%) NetApp
7 1 (2.041%) Twitter
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
You will gain exposure to: F5 networks. Check Point Firewall (Checkpoint Firewall) Juniper... Nice to haves but not essential: CCNA or CCNP or CCDA or CCSA or CCSE...
De Facto IT
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum £35K - £45K base salary + 20% bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Check Point Firewall (Checkpoint Firewall) CCIE (written only or upwards) Nice to haves but not essential: CCDE or CCDP or CCDA or CCSA or CCSE. Juniper. The technical...
De Facto IT
Salary: From £60,000 to £60,000 per annum £60K + 20% bonus + 25 days holiday +
Posted: 24 May 2013