CheckPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CheckPoint over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Check Point Software Technologies.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 596 736
Rank change year-on-year -70 +140 -204
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 231 421 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.40% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.63% 0.96% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 172 204 383
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,600
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.54% +7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,300 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.29% - -

All Vendors
UK

CheckPoint is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,515 43,852 60,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.25% 41.90% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 25,094 24,954 33,291
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CheckPoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CheckPoint.

Salary trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -19 199 £55,000 -4.35% 53
UK excluding London -100 151 £51,300 -2.29% 43
Work from Home -23 99 £57,500 +1.77% 23
West Midlands +63 76 £52,500 -17.00% 10
Midlands +33 76 £52,500 -19.23% 11
London +87 67 £70,000 +18.64% 14
East of England +17 22 £47,500 -5.00% 11
North of England +12 21 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Wales +20 19 - - 1
Yorkshire +81 10 £62,500 +2.04% 1
South West -5 9 £45,000 -
North West -14 6 £44,500 -10.55% 5
North East -3 5 £42,500 -10.06% 1
South East -62 5 £40,750 -18.50% 10

CheckPoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (6.49%) IIS
2 8 (3.46%) Skype for Business
3 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 82 (35.50%) Azure
2 67 (29.00%) AWS
3 21 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.33%) IaaS
5 9 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.90%) GCP
5 9 (3.90%) PaaS
5 9 (3.90%) SaaS
6 8 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (2.16%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.16%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.16%) Rubrik
8 5 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.30%) Apigee
9 3 (1.30%) Azure API Management
9 3 (1.30%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 181 (78.35%) Firewall
2 92 (39.83%) WAN
3 70 (30.30%) LAN
4 61 (26.41%) Network Security
5 59 (25.54%) VPN
6 58 (25.11%) Wireless
7 42 (18.18%) MPLS
8 38 (16.45%) SD-WAN
9 34 (14.72%) Cisco ASA
10 33 (14.29%) BGP
11 31 (13.42%) TCP/IP
12 30 (12.99%) VLAN
12 30 (12.99%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (12.55%) OSPF
14 28 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
15 25 (10.82%) DNS
16 24 (10.39%) Internet
17 23 (9.96%) Cisco Firepower
17 23 (9.96%) VoIP
18 21 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.30%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (3.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (28.57%) Finance
2 33 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.23%) Law
4 17 (7.36%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.19%) Retail
7 9 (3.90%) Legal
8 8 (3.46%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.60%) Banking
11 5 (2.16%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.73%) Games
12 4 (1.73%) Publishing
13 3 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (1.30%) Automotive
13 3 (1.30%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.87%) Military
15 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (43.72%) Network Engineer
2 97 (41.99%) Senior
3 54 (23.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 31 (13.42%) Analyst
5 22 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 20 (8.66%) Consultant
7 18 (7.79%) Network Security Engineer
8 17 (7.36%) Lead
9 16 (6.93%) Cisco Engineer
9 16 (6.93%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 15 (6.49%) Network Analyst
10 15 (6.49%) Project Manager
11 14 (6.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 14 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.63%) Project Consultant
13 12 (5.19%) Senior Consultant
14 11 (4.76%) Senior Network Consultant
14 11 (4.76%) Senior Project Consultant
15 10 (4.33%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.93%) 802.1X
2 14 (6.06%) REST
2 14 (6.06%) WebRTC
3 8 (3.46%) SAML
4 5 (2.16%) JSON
4 5 (2.16%) XMPP
5 3 (1.30%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.30%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (25.54%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.49%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (6.06%) Clustering
4 12 (5.19%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.46%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.46%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.46%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.30%) Wiki
9 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.87%) PKI
10 1 (0.43%) Handset
10 1 (0.43%) IoT
10 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.55%) Windows
2 25 (10.82%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.76%) Linux
4 5 (2.16%) Android
4 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.30%) CatOS
5 3 (1.30%) CentOS
5 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.87%) Unix
6 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.78%) ITIL
2 46 (19.91%) Load Balancing
3 34 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (13.42%) Change Control
6 26 (11.26%) Project Management
7 24 (10.39%) Customer Service
7 24 (10.39%) Migration
7 24 (10.39%) Network Design
8 23 (9.96%) Information Security
8 23 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (9.96%) Roadmaps
9 20 (8.66%) Project Delivery
10 18 (7.79%) Network Monitoring
11 16 (6.93%) Actionable Insight
11 16 (6.93%) Cloud Security
11 16 (6.93%) Service Management
12 15 (6.49%) Line Management
12 15 (6.49%) SIEM
12 15 (6.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.66%) SQL
2 7 (3.03%) Python
3 6 (2.60%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.73%) Bash
5 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (34.20%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (27.71%) CCNP
3 60 (25.97%) Security Cleared
4 51 (22.08%) CCNA
4 51 (22.08%) SC Cleared
5 19 (8.23%) Degree
6 18 (7.79%) CCIE
7 14 (6.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 13 (5.63%) DV Cleared
9 12 (5.19%) CCSA
10 10 (4.33%) CISSP
11 8 (3.46%) AWS Certification
12 7 (3.03%) CCSP
13 6 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.60%) CCIE Security
13 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.73%) Check Point Certification
15 4 (1.73%) CISM
15 4 (1.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.36%) SLA
2 10 (4.33%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.90%) PMO
4 8 (3.46%) GDPR
4 8 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (3.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.03%) QA
6 6 (2.60%) NIST
7 5 (2.16%) NCSC
8 4 (1.73%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 42 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (13.85%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.63%) vSphere
4 5 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (10.82%) FortiGate
2 11 (4.76%) Nagios
3 8 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.46%) Terraform
4 7 (3.03%) Ansible
5 6 (2.60%) WSUS
6 5 (2.16%) OfficeScan
7 4 (1.73%) CASB
7 4 (1.73%) Nessus
8 3 (1.30%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.43%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 152 (65.80%) Cisco
2 95 (41.13%) Palo Alto
3 58 (25.11%) Microsoft
4 48 (20.78%) VMware
5 37 (16.02%) F5
6 34 (14.72%) Fortinet
7 28 (12.12%) Juniper
8 23 (9.96%) Meraki
9 22 (9.52%) SolarWinds
10 16 (6.93%) Blue Coat
10 16 (6.93%) Citrix
11 15 (6.49%) McAfee
12 13 (5.63%) Aruba
12 13 (5.63%) Oracle
13 12 (5.19%) IBM
14 10 (4.33%) Forcepoint
15 9 (3.90%) Dell
15 9 (3.90%) HP
15 9 (3.90%) Infoblox
15 9 (3.90%) Riverbed