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 15 March 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
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 302 375
Rank change year-on-year -147 +73 +15
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 132 180 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.72% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 0.81% 1.53% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 89 117
10th Percentile £290 £325 £350
25th Percentile £356 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £514 £575 £525
90th Percentile £557 £625 £575
UK median daily rate £443 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -15.71% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £22.30 £23.40 -
25th Percentile £24.63 £28.49 -
Median hourly rate £29.13 £35.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.79% -44.00% -20.38%
75th Percentile £34.25 £36.74 -
90th Percentile £36.95 £39.88 -
UK median hourly rate £29.13 £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -16.79% -44.00% -20.38%

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 16,334 11,768 16,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.28% 47.28% 42.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,623 7,498 10,371
10th Percentile £306 £290 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -3.75% +1.17% -3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 878 397 941
10th Percentile £15.57 £15.37 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +21.60% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.58
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.28% +17.65% -31.53%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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 15 March 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 -68 56 £400 -15.79% 8
South East -34 36 £443 +4.12% 7
Midlands -52 15 £350 -38.27% 2
North of England -101 14 £500 -2.44% 2
West Midlands -54 13 £340 -40.04%
North West -52 7 £500 -4.76% 2
Yorkshire -70 7 £500 +5.26%
East of England -34 3 - - 6
East Midlands -35 2 £488 -4.88% 2
South West -39 2 £325 -18.19%
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 (3.79%) Confluence
1 5 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.76%) JBoss
2 1 (0.76%) nginx
2 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.42%) Azure
2 21 (15.91%) AWS
3 8 (6.06%) GCP
4 6 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (3.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.03%) IaaS
6 4 (3.03%) PaaS
6 4 (3.03%) SaaS
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon ELB
7 3 (2.27%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.27%) Cloudflare
7 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.52%) GitHub
8 2 (1.52%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.52%) OCI
9 1 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 109 (82.58%) Firewall
2 71 (53.79%) WAN
3 58 (43.94%) LAN
4 46 (34.85%) BGP
4 46 (34.85%) OSPF
5 45 (34.09%) Network Security
6 44 (33.33%) VPN
7 34 (25.76%) IPsec
8 29 (21.97%) Wireless
9 24 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
10 22 (16.67%) SSL
11 20 (15.15%) MPLS
12 19 (14.39%) DNS
13 18 (13.64%) Structured Cabling
14 16 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
15 15 (11.36%) TCP/IP
16 14 (10.61%) EIGRP
17 13 (9.85%) Multicast
17 13 (9.85%) VLAN
17 13 (9.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.79%) GitLab
2 4 (3.03%) Git
2 4 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.27%) JIRA
3 3 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.94%) Documentation Skills
3 15 (11.36%) Finance
4 12 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 12 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 11 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.82%) Financial Institution
7 8 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.55%) Retail
9 4 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Banking
11 2 (1.52%) Aviation
11 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 65 (49.24%) Network Engineer
2 21 (15.91%) Senior
3 18 (13.64%) Architect
4 14 (10.61%) Network Architect
5 13 (9.85%) Security Engineer
6 12 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Firewall Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Security Architect
8 6 (4.55%) Lead
9 5 (3.79%) Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) Network Security Architect
9 5 (3.79%) Network Security Engineer
9 5 (3.79%) Senior Network Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) Network Operations Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) Test Leader
11 3 (2.27%) Firewall Architect
11 3 (2.27%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.58%) 802.1X
2 7 (5.30%) LDAP
2 7 (5.30%) SAML
3 4 (3.03%) VML
4 2 (1.52%) CSS
4 2 (1.52%) HTML
5 1 (0.76%) .NET
5 1 (0.76%) eBPF
5 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.76%) Flask
5 1 (0.76%) REST
5 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (31.82%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.30%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.27%) PKI
6 2 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.52%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) CSOC
7 1 (0.76%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (0.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Linux
2 7 (5.30%) Unix
2 7 (5.30%) Windows
3 4 (3.03%) CatOS
4 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.76%) VMS
5 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (12.12%) Project Delivery
3 15 (11.36%) Change Management
3 15 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (11.36%) Incident Response
3 15 (11.36%) Technical Leadership
4 12 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 12 (9.09%) Validation
5 11 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (8.33%) Load Balancing
5 11 (8.33%) Migration
5 11 (8.33%) Network Design
5 11 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 10 (7.58%) AI
6 10 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (7.58%) ITIL
6 10 (7.58%) Network Segmentation
6 10 (7.58%) Security Architecture
7 9 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.12%) Python
2 5 (3.79%) Bash
3 3 (2.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.76%) Java
4 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 58 (43.94%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (40.15%) CCNP
3 51 (38.64%) Security Cleared
4 47 (35.61%) SC Cleared
5 26 (19.70%) Degree
6 20 (15.15%) CCNA
7 14 (10.61%) CCIE
8 13 (9.85%) CCSE
9 7 (5.30%) CISSP
10 5 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.27%) CCSM
12 3 (2.27%) CISM
12 3 (2.27%) DV Cleared
12 3 (2.27%) JNCIE
12 3 (2.27%) JNCIP
12 3 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.52%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.52%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.06%) NIST
2 7 (5.30%) QA
3 6 (4.55%) GDPR
3 6 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.79%) NCSC
5 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.27%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.27%) PMO
6 3 (2.27%) SLA
7 2 (1.52%) GRC
8 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.76%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (9.85%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.58%) VMware NSX
4 4 (3.03%) Docker
5 3 (2.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.52%) Firmware
7 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (15.91%) Ansible
2 13 (9.85%) Terraform
3 8 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (5.30%) Prometheus
5 6 (4.55%) Grafana
6 5 (3.79%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.79%) Salt
7 4 (3.03%) SCCM
8 2 (1.52%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.52%) Iperf
8 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.52%) Nmap
9 1 (0.76%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.76%) CASB
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.76%) QRadar
Vendors
1 99 (75.00%) Cisco
2 85 (64.39%) Palo Alto
3 49 (37.12%) Aruba
4 45 (34.09%) F5
5 30 (22.73%) Fortinet
6 24 (18.18%) Juniper
7 16 (12.12%) Microsoft
8 15 (11.36%) VMware
9 12 (9.09%) Arista
10 11 (8.33%) Zscaler
11 10 (7.58%) ServiceNow
12 8 (6.06%) SolarWinds
13 7 (5.30%) Meraki
13 7 (5.30%) Splunk
14 6 (4.55%) BigPanda
15 5 (3.79%) Ekahau
16 4 (3.03%) Blue Coat
16 4 (3.03%) Remedy
16 4 (3.03%) Tenable
17 3 (2.27%) Symantec