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 West 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 171 187 194
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +7
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 45 28 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.858% 0.506% 0.365%
As % of the Vendors category 2.045% 1.107% 0.881%
Number of salaries quoted 37 24 21
Average salary £41,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.77% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £33,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £52,050 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2201 2529 2498
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 41.96% 45.69% 41.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1874 2175 2116
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South 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 South West region.

South West CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South West 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
Wiltshire +10 16 £37,000 -1.33%
Bristol +1 13 £41,500 -7.77%
Gloucestershire - 8 £47,500 -
Somerset -4 6 £48,500 -3.00%
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 104 (95.41%) Cisco
2 86 (78.90%) Firewall
3 72 (66.06%) Juniper
4 68 (62.39%) Cisco Certification
5 54 (49.54%) CCNP
6 44 (40.37%) WAN
7 38 (34.86%) BGP
8 33 (30.28%) VPN
8 33 (30.28%) MPLS
9 32 (29.36%) Finance
9 32 (29.36%) Network Security
10 31 (28.44%) ITIL
11 30 (27.52%) Cisco ASA
12 29 (26.61%) CCNA
13 28 (25.69%) F5
14 27 (24.77%) EIGRP
15 26 (23.85%) Windows
15 26 (23.85%) LAN
16 24 (22.02%) Blue Coat
17 22 (20.18%) Cisco PIX
17 22 (20.18%) Telecoms
17 22 (20.18%) Wireless
18 21 (19.27%) TCP/IP
18 21 (19.27%) OSPF
19 19 (17.43%) VMware
19 19 (17.43%) Websense
19 19 (17.43%) JNCIS
19 19 (17.43%) CCSE
20 18 (16.51%) Network Management
20 18 (16.51%) IPsec

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 Platforms
1 9 (8.257%) MS Exchange
2 5 (4.587%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (4.587%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.835%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.917%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (2.752%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.835%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 86 (78.90%) Firewall
2 44 (40.37%) WAN
3 38 (34.86%) BGP
4 33 (30.28%) VPN
4 33 (30.28%) MPLS
5 32 (29.36%) Network Security
6 30 (27.52%) Cisco ASA
7 27 (24.77%) EIGRP
8 26 (23.85%) LAN
9 22 (20.18%) Cisco PIX
9 22 (20.18%) Wireless
10 21 (19.27%) TCP/IP
10 21 (19.27%) OSPF
11 18 (16.51%) IPsec
12 16 (14.68%) VoIP
13 15 (13.76%) DNS
14 10 (9.174%) ADSL
14 10 (9.174%) NetScreen
14 10 (9.174%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (8.257%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.835%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (0.917%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.670%) Metasploit
General
1 32 (29.36%) Finance
2 22 (20.18%) Telecoms
3 7 (6.422%) Legal
4 5 (4.587%) Banking
5 3 (2.752%) Law
6 2 (1.835%) Back Office
6 2 (1.835%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.835%) Retail
7 1 (0.917%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (44.95%) Network Engineer
2 22 (20.18%) Security Engineer
3 19 (17.43%) Analyst
3 19 (17.43%) Network Security Engineer
3 19 (17.43%) Firewall Engineer
4 9 (8.257%) Security Analyst
4 9 (8.257%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (7.339%) Technical Design Authority
6 7 (6.422%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (6.422%) Network Support
6 7 (6.422%) IT Security Analyst
6 7 (6.422%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (6.422%) Network Analyst
7 6 (5.505%) Design Engineer
7 6 (5.505%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.505%) Network Design Engineer
7 6 (5.505%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (4.587%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (4.587%) Operations Engineer
8 5 (4.587%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.76%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.257%) CESG
3 7 (6.422%) Statistics
4 6 (5.505%) Computer Science
5 5 (4.587%) PKI
5 5 (4.587%) Clustering
6 3 (2.752%) Cryptography
6 3 (2.752%) Fat Client
6 3 (2.752%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.752%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.835%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.85%) Windows
2 13 (11.93%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (11.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (7.339%) UNIX
3 8 (7.339%) Windows 7
4 6 (5.505%) Linux
5 4 (3.670%) Windows XP
6 3 (2.752%) AIX
7 1 (0.917%) CentOS
7 1 (0.917%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (28.44%) ITIL
2 18 (16.51%) Network Management
3 12 (11.01%) Network Design
4 9 (8.257%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (7.339%) E-Commerce
5 8 (7.339%) Information Security
5 8 (7.339%) Project Planning
5 8 (7.339%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 8 (7.339%) Network Planning
5 8 (7.339%) Capacity Management
5 8 (7.339%) Network Architecture
6 6 (5.505%) Change Management
6 6 (5.505%) Fault Management
7 5 (4.587%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (4.587%) Problem Management
7 5 (4.587%) Service Management
7 5 (4.587%) Project Management
7 5 (4.587%) ITSM
7 5 (4.587%) Risk Management
8 4 (3.670%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.09%) SQL
2 1 (0.917%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 68 (62.39%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (49.54%) CCNP
3 29 (26.61%) CCNA
4 19 (17.43%) JNCIS
4 19 (17.43%) CCSE
5 13 (11.93%) CCIE
5 13 (11.93%) CCIP
6 12 (11.01%) CCDP
7 9 (8.257%) CCSP
8 6 (5.505%) Degree
9 4 (3.670%) CISSP
10 3 (2.752%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (2.752%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.752%) CCVP
11 2 (1.835%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.835%) CCSA
12 1 (0.917%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.917%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.917%) JNCIE
12 1 (0.917%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.752%) SLA
2 1 (0.917%) QA
2 1 (0.917%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (12.84%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.587%) UAG
4 4 (3.670%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.670%) XenApp
4 4 (3.670%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 4 (3.670%) Nmap
5 2 (1.835%) Sendmail
5 2 (1.835%) NLBS
5 2 (1.835%) Squid
5 2 (1.835%) Xen
6 1 (0.917%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.917%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.670%) Norton AntiVirus
1 4 (3.670%) Nessus
2 3 (2.752%) WSUS
2 3 (2.752%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (1.835%) MOM
3 2 (1.835%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (1.835%) SCCM
4 1 (0.917%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 104 (95.41%) Cisco
2 72 (66.06%) Juniper
3 28 (25.69%) F5
4 24 (22.02%) Blue Coat
5 19 (17.43%) VMware
5 19 (17.43%) Websense
6 13 (11.93%) Microsoft
7 12 (11.01%) Nokia
7 12 (11.01%) Citrix
8 6 (5.505%) Oracle
9 5 (4.587%) Symantec
10 4 (3.670%) Nortel
10 4 (3.670%) EMC
11 3 (2.752%) Foundry
11 3 (2.752%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.752%) Veritas
12 2 (1.835%) Remedy
12 2 (1.835%) McAfee
12 2 (1.835%) Infoblox
13 1 (0.917%) SonicWALL
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