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 11 May 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 296 377
Rank change year-on-year -136 +81 -10
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 152 178 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.73% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 0.90% 1.53% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 88 121
10th Percentile £263 £351 £350
25th Percentile £356 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £469 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -8.54% +0.64%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £538
90th Percentile £571 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £441 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -11.75% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £22.30 - -
25th Percentile £24.63 £31.32 -
Median hourly rate £29.13 £36.65 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.52% - -
75th Percentile £34.25 £41.97 -
90th Percentile £36.95 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.13 £36.65 -
% change year-on-year -20.52% - -

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 16,850 11,636 15,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.43% 47.52% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,918 7,502 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -2.81%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £515
% change year-on-year -2.72% -0.19% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 466 1,003
10th Percentile £15.65 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.53 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.23 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% +17.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -48.43%

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 11 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CheckPoint in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CheckPoint in England

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 11 May 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 -71 65 £400 -13.51% 11
South East -39 40 £445 -1.11% 7
Midlands -59 18 £350 -36.36% 3
West Midlands -51 16 £340 - 2
North of England -98 15 £500 -13.04%
North West -60 8 £518 -10.00%
East of England -29 6 £530 -3.64%
Yorkshire -65 6 £500 -14.89%
East Midlands -36 2 £488 -11.36% 1
South West -39 2 £375 -9.09% 4
North East - 1 - -
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 5 (3.29%) Confluence
1 5 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) JBoss
2 1 (0.66%) nginx
2 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (8.55%) MS Visio
2 5 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.76%) Azure
2 22 (14.47%) AWS
3 8 (5.26%) GCP
4 6 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (3.29%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.97%) SaaS
7 2 (1.32%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.32%) GitHub
7 2 (1.32%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.32%) IaaS
7 2 (1.32%) OCI
7 2 (1.32%) PaaS
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 122 (80.26%) Firewall
2 80 (52.63%) WAN
3 68 (44.74%) LAN
4 49 (32.24%) BGP
4 49 (32.24%) OSPF
5 47 (30.92%) Network Security
5 47 (30.92%) VPN
6 36 (23.68%) IPsec
7 35 (23.03%) Wireless
8 30 (19.74%) Cisco ASA
9 22 (14.47%) Cisco Nexus
9 22 (14.47%) VLAN
10 21 (13.82%) DNS
10 21 (13.82%) MPLS
11 20 (13.16%) SSL
12 18 (11.84%) Structured Cabling
13 17 (11.18%) BIG-IP
13 17 (11.18%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (9.87%) SD-WAN
14 15 (9.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.66%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.97%) JIRA
1 3 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.66%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) GitLab
2 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
3 19 (12.50%) Finance
4 14 (9.21%) Manufacturing
4 14 (9.21%) Telecoms
5 12 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.92%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.26%) Retail
8 7 (4.61%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.29%) Banking
10 3 (1.97%) Legal
10 3 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.32%) Aviation
12 1 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.66%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (51.97%) Network Engineer
2 23 (15.13%) Senior
3 18 (11.84%) Architect
4 15 (9.87%) Security Engineer
5 14 (9.21%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) Network Architect
7 9 (5.92%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Network Security Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Network Manager
9 6 (3.95%) Network Operations Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Operations Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (3.29%) Lead
10 5 (3.29%) Network Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (3.29%) Security Architect
11 4 (2.63%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.24%) LDAP
2 10 (6.58%) SAML
3 9 (5.92%) 802.1X
4 4 (2.63%) VML
5 2 (1.32%) CSS
5 2 (1.32%) HTML
6 1 (0.66%) .NET
6 1 (0.66%) eBPF
6 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.66%) Flask
6 1 (0.66%) REST
6 1 (0.66%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 44 (28.95%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (3.95%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.29%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.97%) PKI
7 2 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.32%) NHS
7 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) CESG
8 1 (0.66%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.87%) Linux
1 15 (9.87%) Windows
2 9 (5.92%) Unix
3 5 (3.29%) CatOS
4 3 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.66%) VMS
6 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 18 (11.84%) Change Management
2 18 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (11.18%) Validation
4 15 (9.87%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (9.21%) ITIL
5 14 (9.21%) Load Balancing
6 13 (8.55%) Migration
7 12 (7.89%) Customer Requirements
7 12 (7.89%) Incident Response
8 11 (7.24%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (7.24%) Network Segmentation
9 10 (6.58%) Cloud Security
9 10 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (6.58%) ITSM
10 9 (5.92%) Computer Science
10 9 (5.92%) Incident Management
10 9 (5.92%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (5.92%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.55%) Python
2 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.32%) Bash
3 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 61 (40.13%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (36.18%) CCNP
3 49 (32.24%) Security Cleared
4 47 (30.92%) SC Cleared
5 29 (19.08%) Degree
6 20 (13.16%) CCNA
7 14 (9.21%) CCSE
8 13 (8.55%) CCIE
9 5 (3.29%) CCSM
10 4 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.97%) CISSP
11 3 (1.97%) JNCIE
11 3 (1.97%) JNCIP
12 2 (1.32%) BC Cleared
12 2 (1.32%) CCIP
12 2 (1.32%) CCSP
12 2 (1.32%) CISM
12 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
12 2 (1.32%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.61%) QA
1 7 (4.61%) SLA
2 5 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.29%) NCSC
3 4 (2.63%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.63%) NIST
4 3 (1.97%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.97%) PMO
5 2 (1.32%) GDPR
5 2 (1.32%) GRC
6 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.66%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (11.18%) Active Directory
3 15 (9.87%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.97%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.32%) Firmware
6 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.32%) vSphere
7 1 (0.66%) Docker
7 1 (0.66%) NFS
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (11.18%) Ansible
2 11 (7.24%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (5.92%) Terraform
4 8 (5.26%) FortiGate
5 7 (4.61%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.95%) Grafana
7 5 (3.29%) Salt
8 4 (2.63%) SCCM
9 2 (1.32%) AirWatch
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.32%) Iperf
9 2 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.32%) Kubernetes
9 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.32%) Nmap
10 1 (0.66%) CASB
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 118 (77.63%) Cisco
2 100 (65.79%) Palo Alto
3 50 (32.89%) F5
4 49 (32.24%) Aruba
5 35 (23.03%) Fortinet
6 26 (17.11%) VMware
7 24 (15.79%) Juniper
8 19 (12.50%) Microsoft
9 12 (7.89%) Zscaler
10 11 (7.24%) Arista
10 11 (7.24%) ServiceNow
10 11 (7.24%) SolarWinds
11 10 (6.58%) Meraki
12 7 (4.61%) Splunk
13 6 (3.95%) BigPanda
13 6 (3.95%) Blue Coat
14 5 (3.29%) Ekahau
15 4 (2.63%) Broadcom
15 4 (2.63%) Remedy
16 3 (1.97%) Symantec