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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCheckPoint
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank243214
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching permanent IT job ads13822211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.765 %0.927 %
As % of the category below1.793 %2.093 %
Salaries quoted11731754
Average minimum salary£41,170£41,426
Average salary£44,066£44,359
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Average maximum salary£46,963£47,293
UK excluding London average salary£40,035£40,464
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads77058105631
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.64 %44.30 %
Salaries quoted6295081469
Average minimum salary£40,634£42,140
Average salary£44,314£45,949
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Average maximum salary£47,993£49,758
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %

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 5 September 2008 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 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-301350£44,249-0.43 %
LondonUp+13630£48,832-5.70 %
South EastDown-51358£42,698+2.49 %
City of LondonDown-30165£56,288+6.04 %
BerkshireDown-30132£40,454-7.39 %
East of EnglandDown-3693£41,106+4.98 %
ReadingUp+1680£39,119-16.28 %
South WestUp+2172£38,408+9.89 %
HampshireUp+268£39,568+6.27 %
West MidlandsDown-6764£37,400-2.85 %
KentUp+1564£39,643+15.78 %
YorkshireDown-2763£33,913-23.18 %
North WestUp+1654£32,480-4.44 %
HertfordshireDown-3340£45,765+13.88 %
EssexUp+2034£35,417-4.16 %
West YorkshireDown-3433£33,403-25.69 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2532£58,567+27.51 %
ManchesterUp+3231£35,767+0.11 %
SurreyDown-8531£33,932-16.38 %
LeedsDown-1431£33,870-29.31 %
CroydonUp+1428£30,714-27.73 %
Milton KeynesUp+2227£61,738+39.36 %
North YorkshireUp+1724£39,625-5.14 %
BirminghamDown-1124£34,045+2.71 %
West MallingDown-221£44,357+43.08 %
AndoverNew entry-18£34,278-
BristolDown-218£38,292+17.21 %
ScotlandUp+1818£33,692-5.72 %
BasildonDown-117£35,455-3.15 %
YorkDown-117£44,300+3.65 %

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

12277 (78.57 %)Firewall
22216 (76.47 %)Cisco
31307 (45.10 %)Cisco Certification
4992 (34.23 %)Cisco PIX
5965 (33.30 %)VPN
6865 (29.85 %)LAN
7825 (28.47 %)Nokia
8815 (28.12 %)WAN
9807 (27.85 %)CCNA
10738 (25.47 %)CCNP
11713 (24.60 %)Windows
12696 (24.02 %)Network Security
13668 (23.05 %)TCP/IP
14627 (21.64 %)Juniper
15495 (17.08 %)NetScreen
16423 (14.60 %)CCSE
17421 (14.53 %)Finance
18414 (14.29 %)BGP
19408 (14.08 %)Active Directory
20402 (13.87 %)OSPF
21395 (13.63 %)UNIX
22376 (12.97 %)MPLS
23375 (12.94 %)CCSA
24374 (12.91 %)Blue Coat
24374 (12.91 %)Windows Server 2003
25366 (12.63 %)Linux
26362 (12.49 %)Microsoft
27339 (11.70 %)Internet
28315 (10.87 %)DNS
29306 (10.56 %)CCIE

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (0.518 %).NET
213 (0.449 %)CSS
37 (0.242 %)WebSphere
46 (0.207 %)XML
46 (0.207 %)HTML
55 (0.173 %)Middleware
55 (0.173 %)ASP
55 (0.173 %)ASP.NET
64 (0.138 %)COM
64 (0.138 %)JSP
73 (0.104 %)J2EE
73 (0.104 %)MAPI
73 (0.104 %)Software Packaging
82 (0.069 %).NET Framework
82 (0.069 %)WebServices
91 (0.035 %)COM+
91 (0.035 %)Adobe Flex
91 (0.035 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1253 (8.730 %)MS Exchange
2140 (4.831 %)Exchange Server 2003
3129 (4.451 %)IIS
446 (1.587 %)Apache
542 (1.449 %)Lotus Notes
632 (1.104 %)Lotus Domino
722 (0.759 %)Exchange Server 2007
821 (0.725 %)Exchange Server 2000
919 (0.656 %)SharePoint
1010 (0.345 %)JBoss
119 (0.311 %)Tomcat
119 (0.311 %)GroupWise
127 (0.242 %)Exchange Server 5.5
134 (0.138 %)ColdFusion
134 (0.138 %)BizTalk Server
134 (0.138 %)iPlanet
134 (0.138 %)WebLogic
134 (0.138 %)SharePoint Server 2007
142 (0.069 %)Office Communications Server
151 (0.035 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1181 (6.246 %)MS Excel
292 (3.175 %)MS Office
317 (0.587 %)MS Visio
416 (0.552 %)MS Project
510 (0.345 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.207 %)Acrobat
73 (0.104 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.035 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12277 (78.57 %)Firewall
2992 (34.23 %)Cisco PIX
3965 (33.30 %)VPN
4865 (29.85 %)LAN
5815 (28.12 %)WAN
6696 (24.02 %)Network Security
7668 (23.05 %)TCP/IP
8495 (17.08 %)NetScreen
9414 (14.29 %)BGP
10402 (13.87 %)OSPF
11376 (12.97 %)MPLS
12339 (11.70 %)Internet
13315 (10.87 %)DNS
14296 (10.21 %)Cisco ASA
15294 (10.14 %)VoIP
16195 (6.729 %)SSL
17193 (6.660 %)DHCP
18182 (6.280 %)EIGRP
19160 (5.521 %)RIP
20134 (4.624 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1196 (6.763 %)SQL Server
253 (1.829 %)SQL Server 2005
343 (1.484 %)MySQL
433 (1.139 %)SQL Server 2000
520 (0.690 %)Informix
617 (0.587 %)Oracle 10g
617 (0.587 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
77 (0.242 %)DB2
83 (0.104 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (0.104 %)SQL Server 7
92 (0.069 %)DTS
101 (0.035 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (0.207 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (0.104 %)Ant
31 (0.035 %)TestDirector
31 (0.035 %)Bugzilla
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1421 (14.53 %)Finance
2189 (6.522 %)Telecoms
3180 (6.211 %)Pensions
4165 (5.694 %)Health
5163 (5.625 %)Banking
682 (2.830 %)Government
776 (2.622 %)Insurance
853 (1.829 %)Education
932 (1.104 %)Financial Institution
1030 (1.035 %)Auditing
1124 (0.828 %)Investment Banking
1124 (0.828 %)Front Office
1124 (0.828 %)Legal
1223 (0.794 %)Back Office
1318 (0.621 %)Retail
1416 (0.552 %)Marketing
1513 (0.449 %)Advertising
1610 (0.345 %)Police
177 (0.242 %)Games
177 (0.242 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1795 (27.43 %)Network Engineer
2459 (15.84 %)Analyst
3402 (13.87 %)Security Engineer
4380 (13.11 %)Consultant
5278 (9.593 %)Support Engineer
6257 (8.868 %)Security Consultant
7232 (8.006 %)Network Support
8212 (7.315 %)Network Analyst
9179 (6.177 %)Network Security Engineer
10171 (5.901 %)Administrator
11151 (5.210 %)Cisco Engineer
12141 (4.865 %)Network Consultant
13138 (4.762 %)Security Analyst
13138 (4.762 %)Senior Network Engineer
14125 (4.313 %)Support Analyst
15124 (4.279 %)Network Support Engineer
16122 (4.210 %)Firewall Engineer
17110 (3.796 %)Architect
1895 (3.278 %)Network Specialist
1986 (2.968 %)Network Security Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
175 (2.588 %)SecurID
237 (1.277 %)PKI
237 (1.277 %)Clustering
330 (1.035 %)Replication
428 (0.966 %)Blackberry
520 (0.690 %)Thin Client
520 (0.690 %)German Language
520 (0.690 %)Fat Client
611 (0.380 %)Client/Server
710 (0.345 %)PDA
89 (0.311 %)Management Information System
98 (0.276 %)French Language
106 (0.207 %)PMI
115 (0.173 %)Biotechnology
115 (0.173 %)Computer Science
115 (0.173 %)Data Protection Act
124 (0.138 %)Video Conferencing
124 (0.138 %)E-Learning
124 (0.138 %)Cryptography
133 (0.104 %)Economics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1713 (24.60 %)Windows
2395 (13.63 %)UNIX
3374 (12.91 %)Windows Server 2003
4366 (12.63 %)Linux
5176 (6.073 %)Solaris
6123 (4.244 %)Windows 2000
7115 (3.968 %)Windows XP
8101 (3.485 %)Windows 2000 Server
971 (2.450 %)Red Hat Linux
1046 (1.587 %)Windows NT
1130 (1.035 %)Windows Server 2008
1227 (0.932 %)Debian
1326 (0.897 %)SUSE
1422 (0.759 %)Windows Vista
1512 (0.414 %)AIX
1512 (0.414 %)HPUX
1611 (0.380 %)Fedora
179 (0.311 %)NetWare
188 (0.276 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
195 (0.173 %)CentOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1231 (7.971 %)Network Design
2146 (5.038 %)Load Balancing
3133 (4.589 %)ITIL
4113 (3.899 %)Security Cleared
590 (3.106 %)Disaster Recovery
689 (3.071 %)Information Security
781 (2.795 %)E-Commerce
879 (2.726 %)Project Management
968 (2.346 %)SC Cleared
1061 (2.105 %)Incident Management
1156 (1.932 %)B2B
1247 (1.622 %)Content Management
1337 (1.277 %)Service Delivery
1434 (1.173 %)Penetration Testing
1531 (1.070 %)Problem Management
1629 (1.001 %)Change Management
1725 (0.863 %)PRINCE2
1823 (0.794 %)Service Management
1922 (0.759 %)Risk Assessment
2020 (0.690 %)Security Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1137 (4.727 %)SQL
292 (3.175 %)C
387 (3.002 %)Perl
437 (1.277 %)Java
515 (0.518 %)VBA
613 (0.449 %)Shell Script
711 (0.380 %)C++
810 (0.345 %)VB
97 (0.242 %)Python
106 (0.207 %)Korn
106 (0.207 %)C#
114 (0.138 %)PHP
121 (0.035 %)Transact-SQL
121 (0.035 %)JCL
121 (0.035 %)VB6
121 (0.035 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11307 (45.10 %)Cisco Certification
2807 (27.85 %)CCNA
3738 (25.47 %)CCNP
4423 (14.60 %)CCSE
5375 (12.94 %)CCSA
6306 (10.56 %)CCIE
7239 (8.247 %)CCSP
8223 (7.695 %)Microsoft Certification
9191 (6.591 %)MCSE
10138 (4.762 %)CISSP
11111 (3.830 %)CCDP
11111 (3.830 %)Degree
12107 (3.692 %)CCIP
1358 (2.001 %)Check Point Certification
1447 (1.622 %)CCDA
1544 (1.518 %)MCP
1642 (1.449 %)CCVP
1728 (0.966 %)MBA
1826 (0.897 %)JNCIA
1925 (0.863 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1134 (4.624 %)SLA
248 (1.656 %)ISO27001
339 (1.346 %)QA
429 (1.001 %)BS7799
512 (0.414 %)ISO17799
67 (0.242 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
73 (0.104 %)ISO9001
73 (0.104 %)PCI DSS
82 (0.069 %)COBIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1408 (14.08 %)Active Directory
295 (3.278 %)ISA Server
363 (2.174 %)VMware Infrastructure
428 (0.966 %)Backup Exec
525 (0.863 %)Terminal Services
623 (0.794 %)Snort
722 (0.759 %)VMware ESX
820 (0.690 %)Citrix Presentation Server
918 (0.621 %)ProxySG
1016 (0.552 %)MetaFrame
115 (0.173 %)NetBackup
124 (0.138 %)Terminal Server
133 (0.104 %)NFS
133 (0.104 %)VMware GSX
142 (0.069 %)Squid
151 (0.035 %)Nmap
151 (0.035 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
173 (2.519 %)CiscoWorks
268 (2.346 %)OpenView
333 (1.139 %)MIMEsweeper
428 (0.966 %)WSUS
521 (0.725 %)Nagios
617 (0.587 %)MAILsweeper
714 (0.483 %)Nessus
714 (0.483 %)Norton AntiVirus
812 (0.414 %)NNM
812 (0.414 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
812 (0.414 %)OVSD
98 (0.276 %)Tivoli
98 (0.276 %)MOM
105 (0.173 %)Legato
113 (0.104 %)ARCserve
113 (0.104 %)AppManager
122 (0.069 %)Tivoli NetView
122 (0.069 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
131 (0.035 %)OpenView Configuration Management
131 (0.035 %)Unicenter
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12216 (76.47 %)Cisco
2825 (28.47 %)Nokia
3627 (21.64 %)Juniper
4374 (12.91 %)Blue Coat
5362 (12.49 %)Microsoft
6209 (7.212 %)HP
7182 (6.280 %)Citrix
8162 (5.590 %)Nortel
9134 (4.624 %)VMware
10122 (4.210 %)Websense
11106 (3.658 %)Crossbeam
1289 (3.071 %)Oracle
1381 (2.795 %)Sun
1480 (2.761 %)Red Hat
1572 (2.484 %)Symantec
1666 (2.277 %)Clearswift
1762 (2.139 %)IronPort
1861 (2.105 %)Lotus
1954 (1.863 %)IBM
2052 (1.794 %)Avaya