The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 17 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 Wakefield 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 27 25 12
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -13
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 5 4 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 3.497% 4.000% 18.27%
As % of the Vendors category 5.495% 6.780% 22.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 19
Average salary £32,500 £51,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.58% +2.50%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
91 59 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 63.64% 59.00% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 78 42 83
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
West Yorkshire

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
2 5 (71.43%) CCNA
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) CCSP
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco PIX
2 5 (71.43%) Network Security
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (71.43%) CCSE
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco PIX
1 5 (71.43%) Network Security
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Network Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Security Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Network Security Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) IT Security Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Network Support
3 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) CCSE
2 5 (71.43%) CCNA
2 5 (71.43%) CCSP
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco