Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank259226232
Rank change year-on-year
Down-33Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads6017121661
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.700 %0.840 %0.814 %
As % of the Vendors category1.710 %1.982 %1.818 %
Salaries quoted4965911389
Average salary£47,500£40,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75 %-5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,500£28,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£55,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£35,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+28.57 %-6.660 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
351363592791372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK40.90 %42.36 %44.77 %
Salaries quoted281932898373434
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-1.230 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£66,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Check Point Software Technologies.

CheckPoint
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

CheckPoint Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK.

CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-37578£47,500+18.75 %
South EastUp+29254£46,000+31.42 %
LondonDown-93179£55,000+22.22 %
BerkshireUp+2484£46,750+33.57 %
City of LondonDown-8760£52,500+13.51 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3048£47,500-13.63 %
HampshireUp+1447£42,000+25.37 %
North WestUp+1240£45,000+46.34 %
YorkshireUp+931£36,250+3.57 %
ReadingUp+2330£42,000+20.00 %
West MidlandsUp+2828£32,000-22.89 %
West YorkshireUp+2326£51,500+60.93 %
East of EnglandDown-5624£37,500-16.66 %
SloughUp+2420£55,000+134.04 %
CheshireUp+1120£46,000+50.81 %
BirminghamUp+2916£32,000-12.32 %
ManchesterUp+216£38,500+28.33 %
West SussexUp+1415£45,000+45.16 %
OxfordshireUp+915£38,000+43.39 %
KnutsfordUp+2914£46,000+50.81 %
LeedsUp+2012£30,250-15.97 %
WinchesterUp+812£35,000+4.47 %
BasingstokeUp+2611£35,000-22.22 %
MiddlesexUp+1811£46,000+53.33 %
South WestUp+411£35,000-2.77 %
SurreyUp+910£45,500+25.51 %
Milton KeynesUp+210£42,250-23.18 %
CambridgeshireDown-1910£29,000-10.76 %
East MidlandsDown-2810£32,500-18.75 %
WakefieldNew entry-10£60,000-

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1876 (77.80 %)Cisco
2843 (74.87 %)Firewall
3469 (41.65 %)Cisco Certification
4365 (32.42 %)Blue Coat
5364 (32.33 %)Juniper
6345 (30.64 %)Network Security
7338 (30.02 %)Nokia
8322 (28.60 %)VPN
9295 (26.20 %)LAN
9295 (26.20 %)Cisco PIX
10286 (25.40 %)CCNP
11274 (24.33 %)WAN
12258 (22.91 %)Cisco ASA
13219 (19.45 %)Windows
14209 (18.56 %)CCNA
15187 (16.61 %)CCSA
16180 (15.99 %)BGP
17178 (15.81 %)OSPF
17178 (15.81 %)Finance
18172 (15.28 %)CCSE
19166 (14.74 %)NetScreen
20154 (13.68 %)SSL
21150 (13.32 %)MPLS
22149 (13.23 %)CCSP
23125 (11.10 %)Telecoms
24123 (10.92 %)Websense
25116 (10.30 %)Microsoft
26115 (10.21 %)ITIL
27110 (9.769 %)Crossbeam
28109 (9.680 %)CCIE

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (1.155 %)CSS
26 (0.533 %).NET
26 (0.533 %)WebSphere
34 (0.355 %)Web Services
34 (0.355 %)ODBC
43 (0.266 %)XML
51 (0.089 %)CORBA
51 (0.089 %)Spring
51 (0.089 %)ASP
51 (0.089 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.089 %)JSP
51 (0.089 %)SOAP
51 (0.089 %)HTML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
143 (3.819 %)MS Exchange
223 (2.043 %)IIS
321 (1.865 %)SharePoint
420 (1.776 %)Exchange Server 2003
420 (1.776 %)Exchange Server 2007
517 (1.510 %)Apache
65 (0.444 %)Tomcat
73 (0.266 %)WebLogic
82 (0.178 %)CICS
91 (0.089 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.089 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.089 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.089 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
144 (3.908 %)MS Excel
28 (0.710 %)MS Office
35 (0.444 %)MS Visio
43 (0.266 %)Acrobat
43 (0.266 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.089 %)QuarkXPress
51 (0.089 %)PrintSoft PReS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.089 %)Dynamics AX
11 (0.089 %)AWD
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1843 (74.87 %)Firewall
2345 (30.64 %)Network Security
3322 (28.60 %)VPN
4295 (26.20 %)LAN
4295 (26.20 %)Cisco PIX
5274 (24.33 %)WAN
6258 (22.91 %)Cisco ASA
7180 (15.99 %)BGP
8178 (15.81 %)OSPF
9166 (14.74 %)NetScreen
10154 (13.68 %)SSL
11150 (13.32 %)MPLS
12106 (9.414 %)Internet
1396 (8.526 %)EIGRP
1493 (8.259 %)VoIP
1587 (7.726 %)TCP/IP
1675 (6.661 %)IPsec
1759 (5.240 %)DNS
1855 (4.885 %)Wireless
1947 (4.174 %)VLAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (3.730 %)SQL Server
217 (1.510 %)SQL Server 2000
217 (1.510 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (0.533 %)MySQL
45 (0.444 %)Oracle 9i
54 (0.355 %)DB2
63 (0.266 %)Essbase
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (0.355 %)WebLOAD
22 (0.178 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1178 (15.81 %)Finance
2125 (11.10 %)Telecoms
335 (3.108 %)Banking
434 (3.020 %)Government
525 (2.220 %)Health
622 (1.954 %)Pensions
720 (1.776 %)Insurance
814 (1.243 %)Education
911 (0.977 %)Retail
106 (0.533 %)Law
106 (0.533 %)Auditing
115 (0.444 %)Telemarketing
115 (0.444 %)Marketing
115 (0.444 %)Criminal Justice
124 (0.355 %)Local Government
133 (0.266 %)Multimedia
133 (0.266 %)Legal
133 (0.266 %)Financial Institution
142 (0.178 %)Back Office
151 (0.089 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1282 (25.04 %)Network Engineer
2196 (17.41 %)Analyst
3195 (17.32 %)Security Engineer
4154 (13.68 %)Consultant
5119 (10.57 %)Security Analyst
6115 (10.21 %)Security Consultant
7107 (9.503 %)Architect
896 (8.526 %)Network Analyst
982 (7.282 %)Network Security Engineer
1070 (6.217 %)Senior Network Engineer
1161 (5.417 %)Network Architect
1260 (5.329 %)Network Support
1355 (4.885 %)Support Engineer
1454 (4.796 %)Network Consultant
1548 (4.263 %)Firewall Engineer
1644 (3.908 %)Network Security Analyst
1644 (3.908 %)Security Architect
1743 (3.819 %)Cisco Engineer
1840 (3.552 %)Technical Engineer
1939 (3.464 %)Senior Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (0.977 %)German Language
29 (0.799 %)Management Information System
37 (0.622 %)Cryptography
37 (0.622 %)SecurID
37 (0.622 %)PKI
46 (0.533 %)Computer Science
46 (0.533 %)Mainframe
46 (0.533 %)Clustering
55 (0.444 %)Blackberry
55 (0.444 %)French Language
64 (0.355 %)Cloud Computing
73 (0.266 %)iSeries
73 (0.266 %)Client/Server
73 (0.266 %)Firmware
82 (0.178 %)Thin Client
82 (0.178 %)IVR
82 (0.178 %)Replication
82 (0.178 %)VSAM
82 (0.178 %)Derivative
82 (0.178 %)Italian Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1219 (19.45 %)Windows
290 (7.993 %)UNIX
387 (7.726 %)Windows Server 2003
481 (7.194 %)Linux
537 (3.286 %)Solaris
634 (3.020 %)Windows Server 2008
718 (1.599 %)Windows XP
812 (1.066 %)AIX
99 (0.799 %)Windows 2000 Server
107 (0.622 %)Windows NT
107 (0.622 %)Red Hat Linux
107 (0.622 %)HPUX
116 (0.533 %)Windows 2000
125 (0.444 %)CentOS
134 (0.355 %)Windows Vista
143 (0.266 %)i5/OS
152 (0.178 %)VMS
152 (0.178 %)NetWare
161 (0.089 %)FreeBSD
161 (0.089 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1115 (10.21 %)ITIL
291 (8.082 %)Load Balancing
388 (7.815 %)Network Design
445 (3.996 %)Information Security
544 (3.908 %)Incident Management
631 (2.753 %)Project Management
728 (2.487 %)Capacity Planning
824 (2.131 %)Project Planning
922 (1.954 %)Technical Architecture
922 (1.954 %)Penetration Testing
1015 (1.332 %)Change Management
1113 (1.155 %)Risk Management
1212 (1.066 %)Migration
1212 (1.066 %)Problem Management
1311 (0.977 %)Business Development
1311 (0.977 %)Disaster Recovery
1410 (0.888 %)Vulnerability Assessment
1410 (0.888 %)Network Architecture
159 (0.799 %)E-Commerce
168 (0.710 %)Data Security
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (2.753 %)SQL
225 (2.220 %)C
313 (1.155 %)Java
45 (0.444 %)C#
45 (0.444 %)C++
53 (0.266 %)Perl
62 (0.178 %)COBOL
62 (0.178 %)VB
71 (0.089 %)Tcl
71 (0.089 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1469 (41.65 %)Cisco Certification
2286 (25.40 %)CCNP
3209 (18.56 %)CCNA
4187 (16.61 %)CCSA
5172 (15.28 %)CCSE
6149 (13.23 %)CCSP
7109 (9.680 %)CCIE
8100 (8.881 %)Check Point Certification
984 (7.460 %)CISSP
1073 (6.483 %)Security Cleared
1167 (5.950 %)CCDP
1262 (5.506 %)Microsoft Certification
1350 (4.440 %)MCSE
1441 (3.641 %)JNCIA
1540 (3.552 %)SC Cleared
1632 (2.842 %)CCVP
1729 (2.575 %)JNCIS
1825 (2.220 %)Degree
1920 (1.776 %)CISM
2016 (1.421 %)CCDA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
144 (3.908 %)SLA
223 (2.043 %)ISO27001
318 (1.599 %)PCI DSS
49 (0.799 %)QA
56 (0.533 %)ISO9001
65 (0.444 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.178 %)ISO17799
81 (0.089 %)ISO9000
81 (0.089 %)BS7799
81 (0.089 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
195 (8.437 %)Active Directory
230 (2.664 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (1.865 %)ISA Server
412 (1.066 %)Citrix Presentation Server
57 (0.622 %)XenApp
65 (0.444 %)XenServer
65 (0.444 %)XenDesktop
65 (0.444 %)VMware ESX
65 (0.444 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.178 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.178 %)vSphere
81 (0.089 %)Hyper-V
81 (0.089 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.089 %)Xen
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
147 (4.174 %)CiscoWorks
232 (2.842 %)OpenView
323 (2.043 %)MAILsweeper
420 (1.776 %)WSUS
516 (1.421 %)Netcool
614 (1.243 %)SCOM
713 (1.155 %)MIMEsweeper
810 (0.888 %)Backup Exec
95 (0.444 %)SCCM
95 (0.444 %)Norton AntiVirus
95 (0.444 %)HP NNM
95 (0.444 %)SolarWinds Orion
104 (0.355 %)Unicenter
113 (0.266 %)Cisco IPCC
113 (0.266 %)McAfee ePO
122 (0.178 %)Sun Identity Manager
122 (0.178 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
122 (0.178 %)ZENworks
122 (0.178 %)Foglight
131 (0.089 %)Nessus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1876 (77.80 %)Cisco
2365 (32.42 %)Blue Coat
3364 (32.33 %)Juniper
4338 (30.02 %)Nokia
5123 (10.92 %)Websense
6116 (10.30 %)Microsoft
7110 (9.769 %)Crossbeam
8108 (9.591 %)Citrix
976 (6.750 %)Nortel
1068 (6.039 %)IronPort
1167 (5.950 %)HP
1262 (5.506 %)TippingPoint
1343 (3.819 %)McAfee
1441 (3.641 %)VMware
1537 (3.286 %)Clearswift
1537 (3.286 %)IBM
1629 (2.575 %)Avaya
1727 (2.398 %)Sophos
1824 (2.131 %)Sourcefire
1923 (2.043 %)Oracle