CheckPoint Contract Job Trends in England

CheckPoint
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of CheckPoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CheckPoint over the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 326 393
Rank change year-on-year -78 +67 +8
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 151 168 161
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.65% 0.42%
As % of the Vendors category 0.99% 1.40% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 73 106
10th Percentile £282 £310 £350
25th Percentile £352 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £483 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% -4.69% -3.11%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £525
90th Percentile £684 £625 £575
UK median daily rate £443 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -19.55% +7.32% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - - £42.81
25th Percentile - £20.00 £46.09
Median hourly rate £20.75 £20.38 £53.13
Median % change year-on-year +1.84% -61.65% -32.32%
75th Percentile - £35.00 £58.59
90th Percentile - £36.39 £60.94
UK median hourly rate £20.75 £20.38 £53.13
% change year-on-year +1.84% -61.65% -32.32%

All Vendors
England

CheckPoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,318 11,984 16,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.04% 46.45% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,008 7,291 10,580
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £522 £525
% change year-on-year -4.12% -0.67% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 786 336 846
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.99 £20.00 £15.33
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.89 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.87% +9.35% -15.67%
75th Percentile £57.19 £65.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £73.13 £81.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -19.24% +7.27% -16.03%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CheckPoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CheckPoint job vacancy trend in England

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CheckPoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CheckPoint

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint in England over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CheckPoint in England

CheckPoint
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CheckPoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CheckPoint

CheckPoint
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the England region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -48 55 £434 -17.38% 14
South East -10 40 £443 -4.32% 14
Midlands -44 25 £378 -24.50% 8
West Midlands -30 23 £363 -32.05% 6
North of England -82 20 £500 +8.11% 5
Yorkshire -53 15 £500 +81.82% 2
North West -56 5 £520 +4.00% 3
East of England -28 3 - - 6
South West -36 3 £325 -30.67% 1
East Midlands -30 2 £500 +11.11% 2
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.64%) Confluence
2 5 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) JBoss
3 1 (0.66%) nginx
3 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (6.62%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.84%) AWS
2 24 (15.89%) Azure
3 18 (11.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 15 (9.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 15 (9.93%) Amazon EC2
4 15 (9.93%) Amazon ELB
4 15 (9.93%) Amazon S3
5 9 (5.96%) GCP
6 7 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.65%) IaaS
7 4 (2.65%) PaaS
7 4 (2.65%) SaaS
8 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.99%) OCI
9 2 (1.32%) GitHub
10 1 (0.66%) Akamai
10 1 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 123 (81.46%) Firewall
2 64 (42.38%) WAN
3 62 (41.06%) VPN
4 56 (37.09%) Network Security
5 51 (33.77%) LAN
6 44 (29.14%) BGP
6 44 (29.14%) OSPF
7 34 (22.52%) DNS
8 33 (21.85%) IPsec
8 33 (21.85%) SSL
9 27 (17.88%) TCP/IP
10 24 (15.89%) Cisco ASA
11 22 (14.57%) Wireless
12 18 (11.92%) MPLS
12 18 (11.92%) Structured Cabling
13 15 (9.93%) Cisco Nexus
14 14 (9.27%) SD-WAN
15 13 (8.61%) Wireshark
16 11 (7.28%) EIGRP
16 11 (7.28%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 18 (11.92%) Jenkins
2 16 (10.60%) Git
2 16 (10.60%) GitLab
3 5 (3.31%) JIRA
4 3 (1.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (17.88%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.56%) Documentation Skills
3 15 (9.93%) Telecoms
4 14 (9.27%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.61%) Finance
6 11 (7.28%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.31%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.31%) Retail
8 4 (2.65%) Banking
8 4 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.99%) Legal
9 3 (1.99%) Military
10 2 (1.32%) Aviation
10 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.66%) Police
11 1 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (44.37%) Network Engineer
2 31 (20.53%) Senior
3 22 (14.57%) Architect
4 19 (12.58%) Security Engineer
5 18 (11.92%) Network Architect
6 12 (7.95%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (7.95%) Senior DevOps
6 12 (7.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 10 (6.62%) Firewall Engineer
8 10 (6.62%) Security Architect
9 9 (5.96%) Lead
10 8 (5.30%) Cisco Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Network Security Architect
12 6 (3.97%) Analyst
13 5 (3.31%) Operations Engineer
14 4 (2.65%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.97%) 802.1X
1 6 (3.97%) LDAP
1 6 (3.97%) SAML
2 4 (2.65%) VML
3 2 (1.32%) CSS
3 2 (1.32%) HTML
3 2 (1.32%) Spring
4 1 (0.66%) .NET
4 1 (0.66%) eBPF
4 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.66%) Flask
4 1 (0.66%) REST
4 1 (0.66%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (28.48%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.31%) PKI
3 5 (3.31%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.65%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (1.99%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.99%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.99%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.99%) SCADA
6 2 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.66%) CSOC
7 1 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.62%) Linux
2 9 (5.96%) Windows
3 6 (3.97%) Unix
4 4 (2.65%) CatOS
4 4 (2.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.66%) VMS
7 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (17.22%) Incident Response
2 20 (13.25%) DevOps
3 19 (12.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 19 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (11.92%) High Availability
4 18 (11.92%) Migration
5 17 (11.26%) CI/CD
6 16 (10.60%) Change Management
6 16 (10.60%) DevSecOps
6 16 (10.60%) Mentoring
6 16 (10.60%) Root Cause Analysis
7 15 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (9.93%) Project Delivery
8 13 (8.61%) Infrastructure Automation
8 13 (8.61%) Validation
9 12 (7.95%) Customer Requirements
9 12 (7.95%) Network Design
9 12 (7.95%) Network Segmentation
10 11 (7.28%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (7.28%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.19%) Python
2 21 (13.91%) Bash
3 3 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.32%) Java
5 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (41.72%) Security Cleared
2 61 (40.40%) Cisco Certification
3 56 (37.09%) CCNP
4 55 (36.42%) SC Cleared
5 21 (13.91%) Degree
6 20 (13.25%) CCNA
7 19 (12.58%) CCIE
8 11 (7.28%) CCSE
9 9 (5.96%) CISSP
10 4 (2.65%) CCSA
10 4 (2.65%) JNCIE
10 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.99%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.99%) CISM
11 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.99%) JNCIP
11 3 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.32%) CCSM
12 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.30%) NIST
2 7 (4.64%) QA
3 6 (3.97%) GDPR
3 6 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.31%) NCSC
4 5 (3.31%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.65%) PMO
6 3 (1.99%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.66%) COBIT
8 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.66%) RMADS
8 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (11.26%) Docker
2 14 (9.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.30%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.32%) Firmware
5 2 (1.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.66%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 35 (23.18%) Ansible
2 28 (18.54%) Terraform
3 8 (5.30%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (3.97%) Prometheus
5 6 (3.97%) SCCM
6 5 (3.31%) Grafana
6 5 (3.31%) Salt
7 4 (2.65%) Iperf
7 4 (2.65%) Nmap
8 3 (1.99%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.32%) SCOM
10 1 (0.66%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.66%) CASB
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.66%) QRadar
Vendors
1 103 (68.21%) Cisco
2 90 (59.60%) Palo Alto
3 55 (36.42%) F5
4 42 (27.81%) Aruba
5 37 (24.50%) Fortinet
6 24 (15.89%) Juniper
7 17 (11.26%) SolarWinds
8 16 (10.60%) Microsoft
8 16 (10.60%) Zscaler
9 14 (9.27%) VMware
10 11 (7.28%) Arista
11 10 (6.62%) Meraki
12 9 (5.96%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.97%) Splunk
14 5 (3.31%) BigPanda
14 5 (3.31%) Blue Coat
15 4 (2.65%) Oracle
15 4 (2.65%) Remedy
15 4 (2.65%) Tenable
16 3 (1.99%) Symantec