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 5 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
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 314 407
Rank change year-on-year -102 +93 0
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 139 175 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.67% 0.41%
As % of the Vendors category 0.91% 1.44% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 76 105
10th Percentile £268 £325 £350
25th Percentile £350 £398 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £491 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -4.15% -0.34%
75th Percentile £522 £582 £525
90th Percentile £676 £625 £594
UK median daily rate £440 £548 £513
% change year-on-year -19.63% +6.83% +1.69%
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 15,286 12,159 16,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.76% 46.27% 43.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,031 7,351 10,618
10th Percentile £300 £281 £250
25th Percentile £410 £409 £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 £703 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 744 351 844
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.90
25th Percentile £17.88 £19.47 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.41 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.65% +1.37% -6.25%
75th Percentile £52.87 £63.93 £57.50
90th Percentile £71.05 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% -4.67% +4.53%

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 5 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 5 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 -60 46 £434 -17.38% 16
South East -9 37 £440 -4.86% 16
Midlands -49 26 £380 -20.00% 5
West Midlands -24 24 £375 -29.71% 3
North of England -85 19 £500 +19.40% 5
Yorkshire -53 14 £500 +81.82% 2
North West -57 5 £520 +4.00% 3
East of England -27 3 - - 10
South West -28 3 £325 -31.58% 2
East Midlands -33 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 (5.04%) Confluence
2 5 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) JBoss
3 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (7.19%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.18%) AWS
2 21 (15.11%) Azure
3 18 (12.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 15 (10.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 15 (10.79%) Amazon EC2
4 15 (10.79%) Amazon ELB
4 15 (10.79%) Amazon S3
5 9 (6.47%) GCP
6 6 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.88%) OCI
8 3 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.16%) IaaS
8 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.16%) PaaS
8 3 (2.16%) SaaS
9 2 (1.44%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.72%) GitHub
10 1 (0.72%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 115 (82.73%) Firewall
2 59 (42.45%) WAN
3 57 (41.01%) VPN
4 52 (37.41%) Network Security
5 47 (33.81%) LAN
6 39 (28.06%) BGP
6 39 (28.06%) OSPF
7 35 (25.18%) DNS
8 33 (23.74%) SSL
9 31 (22.30%) IPsec
10 26 (18.71%) TCP/IP
11 22 (15.83%) Cisco ASA
12 18 (12.95%) Wireless
13 17 (12.23%) Structured Cabling
14 13 (9.35%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (9.35%) SD-WAN
15 12 (8.63%) Wireshark
16 11 (7.91%) MPLS
17 10 (7.19%) BIG-IP
18 9 (6.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (12.23%) Jenkins
2 16 (11.51%) Git
2 16 (11.51%) GitLab
3 4 (2.88%) JIRA
4 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (17.99%) Documentation Skills
1 25 (17.99%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.07%) Public Sector
2 14 (10.07%) Telecoms
3 13 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.91%) Manufacturing
5 10 (7.19%) Finance
6 6 (4.32%) Retail
7 5 (3.60%) Banking
8 4 (2.88%) Legal
8 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.16%) Military
10 2 (1.44%) Aviation
11 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Police
11 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (46.04%) Network Engineer
2 29 (20.86%) Senior
3 19 (13.67%) Architect
4 18 (12.95%) Security Engineer
5 16 (11.51%) Network Architect
6 12 (8.63%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (8.63%) Senior DevOps
6 12 (8.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 10 (7.19%) Network Security Engineer
7 10 (7.19%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 9 (6.47%) Firewall Engineer
8 9 (6.47%) Lead
8 9 (6.47%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.76%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 7 (5.04%) Network Security Architect
11 6 (4.32%) Analyst
12 5 (3.60%) Operations Engineer
13 4 (2.88%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.32%) 802.1X
1 6 (4.32%) LDAP
1 6 (4.32%) SAML
2 4 (2.88%) VML
3 2 (1.44%) CSS
3 2 (1.44%) HTML
3 2 (1.44%) Spring
4 1 (0.72%) .NET
4 1 (0.72%) eBPF
4 1 (0.72%) REST
4 1 (0.72%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 41 (29.50%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.60%) PKI
4 4 (2.88%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (2.88%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.16%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.16%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.16%) SCADA
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) CSOC
7 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.47%) Windows
2 4 (2.88%) CatOS
2 4 (2.88%) Linux
2 4 (2.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.44%) Unix
5 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.83%) Incident Response
2 20 (14.39%) DevOps
3 19 (13.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 19 (13.67%) Migration
3 19 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (12.95%) High Availability
5 17 (12.23%) Change Management
5 17 (12.23%) CI/CD
6 16 (11.51%) DevSecOps
7 15 (10.79%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (10.79%) Mentoring
7 15 (10.79%) Root Cause Analysis
8 13 (9.35%) Infrastructure Automation
8 13 (9.35%) Project Delivery
8 13 (9.35%) Validation
9 11 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (7.91%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (7.91%) Network Design
10 10 (7.19%) Security Architecture
10 10 (7.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.86%) Python
2 21 (15.11%) Bash
3 2 (1.44%) Java
3 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 61 (43.88%) Security Cleared
2 57 (41.01%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (38.85%) SC Cleared
4 52 (37.41%) CCNP
5 18 (12.95%) CCIE
5 18 (12.95%) CCNA
5 18 (12.95%) Degree
6 9 (6.47%) CCSE
7 8 (5.76%) CISSP
8 4 (2.88%) JNCIE
9 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.16%) CCSA
9 3 (2.16%) JNCIP
9 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.44%) CCSM
10 2 (1.44%) CCSP
10 2 (1.44%) CISM
10 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.44%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) NIST
1 8 (5.76%) QA
2 6 (4.32%) GDPR
3 5 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.60%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.88%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.88%) NCSC
5 3 (2.16%) PMO
6 2 (1.44%) COBIT
6 2 (1.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.72%) RMADS
7 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (12.23%) Docker
2 13 (9.35%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.76%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.88%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.44%) Firmware
5 2 (1.44%) vSphere
6 1 (0.72%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 32 (23.02%) Ansible
2 28 (20.14%) Terraform
3 8 (5.76%) FortiGate
4 6 (4.32%) SCCM
4 6 (4.32%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.88%) Iperf
5 4 (2.88%) Nmap
6 3 (2.16%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.44%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.44%) Grafana
7 2 (1.44%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.44%) Salt
7 2 (1.44%) SCOM
8 1 (0.72%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 93 (66.91%) Cisco
2 80 (57.55%) Palo Alto
3 51 (36.69%) F5
4 35 (25.18%) Aruba
5 31 (22.30%) Fortinet
6 22 (15.83%) Juniper
7 16 (11.51%) SolarWinds
8 15 (10.79%) Microsoft
9 14 (10.07%) Zscaler
10 13 (9.35%) VMware
11 9 (6.47%) Meraki
12 6 (4.32%) Arista
12 6 (4.32%) Blue Coat
12 6 (4.32%) ServiceNow
13 5 (3.60%) Oracle
14 4 (2.88%) Remedy
14 4 (2.88%) Tenable
15 3 (2.16%) Broadcom
15 3 (2.16%) Extreme Networks
15 3 (2.16%) Netskope