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 27 September 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
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 376 313
Rank change year-on-year -133 -63 +82
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 126 149 230
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.53% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 0.66% 1.12% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 89 122
10th Percentile £336 £335 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £504
Median % change year-on-year - -10.67% +11.94%
75th Percentile £503 £621 £588
90th Percentile £613 £683 £650
UK median daily rate £456 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +1.33% -14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £55.00 £76.59 -
25th Percentile £65.25 £84.97 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £89.63 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +348.15% -54.29%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £20.42
90th Percentile - - £27.78
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £89.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.53% +348.15% -54.29%

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 19,216 13,269 14,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.45% 47.52% 44.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,871 8,446 8,740
10th Percentile £309 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £622 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £703 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,174 632 566
10th Percentile £14.04 £14.84 £14.53
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.96 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.69 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -28.14% -20.20%
75th Percentile £63.00 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.39% -22.62% -25.90%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -96 43 £450 - 47
North of England -62 36 £453 -17.64% 10
South East -62 24 £456 +1.39% 8
North West -43 23 £449 -24.94% 3
Midlands -57 13 £350 -7.89% 9
Yorkshire -51 12 £500 -9.09% 5
West Midlands -67 10 £350 -7.89% 6
East Midlands -13 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 £530 - 4
South West -34 1 £350 -34.58% 8
North East - 1 - - 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 8 (6.35%) SAS
2 2 (1.59%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.79%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.79%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.43%) Azure
2 20 (15.87%) AWS
3 8 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.38%) GCP
6 2 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.59%) OCI
6 2 (1.59%) SaaS
6 2 (1.59%) Serverless
6 2 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Akamai
7 1 (0.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.79%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.79%) Kong
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (83.33%) Firewall
2 49 (38.89%) Network Security
3 46 (36.51%) VPN
4 45 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
5 42 (33.33%) WAN
6 35 (27.78%) Cisco Firepower
7 34 (26.98%) BGP
8 33 (26.19%) OSPF
9 32 (25.40%) LAN
10 31 (24.60%) DNS
11 27 (21.43%) Wireless
12 25 (19.84%) IPsec
12 25 (19.84%) VLAN
13 22 (17.46%) DHCP
13 22 (17.46%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (16.67%) EIGRP
15 18 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
16 14 (11.11%) SSL
17 12 (9.52%) TCP/IP
18 11 (8.73%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Git
General
1 19 (15.08%) Finance
2 17 (13.49%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.14%) Banking
5 8 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.76%) Police
8 4 (3.17%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.38%) Retail
10 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.79%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 72 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 32 (25.40%) Security Engineer
3 25 (19.84%) Network Security Engineer
4 18 (14.29%) Senior
5 13 (10.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 11 (8.73%) Architect
6 11 (8.73%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (7.94%) Network Architect
8 8 (6.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) AWS Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Consultant
10 3 (2.38%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Infrastructure Manager
10 3 (2.38%) Network Consultant
10 3 (2.38%) Network Security Consultant
10 3 (2.38%) NOC Engineer
10 3 (2.38%) Security Architect
10 3 (2.38%) Security Consultant
10 3 (2.38%) Security Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.94%) 802.1X
2 7 (5.56%) Terraform
3 3 (2.38%) LDAP
3 3 (2.38%) SAML
4 1 (0.79%) JWT
4 1 (0.79%) OpenID
4 1 (0.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (26.98%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (7.14%) PKI
3 8 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.38%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.79%) SCADA
7 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Linux
2 8 (6.35%) Windows
3 5 (3.97%) Unix
4 3 (2.38%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.79%) CatOS
6 1 (0.79%) CentOS
6 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (16.67%) Change Management
2 20 (15.87%) ITIL
3 14 (11.11%) Zero Trust
4 12 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (8.73%) Incident Management
5 11 (8.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (8.73%) Validation
6 10 (7.94%) Migration
6 10 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (7.94%) SIEM
7 9 (7.14%) Load Balancing
8 8 (6.35%) Change Control
8 8 (6.35%) ITSM
8 8 (6.35%) Network Segmentation
8 8 (6.35%) Patch Management
8 8 (6.35%) Security Operations
9 7 (5.56%) Cloud Security
9 7 (5.56%) Inventory Management
9 7 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.94%) Python
2 7 (5.56%) Bash
3 6 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.79%) Bicep
4 1 (0.79%) Groovy
4 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 55 (43.65%) Security Cleared
2 49 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 32 (25.40%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (23.81%) CCNP
5 12 (9.52%) CCSE
6 11 (8.73%) Degree
7 6 (4.76%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.17%) CCIE
8 4 (3.17%) CCSA
8 4 (3.17%) CISSP
9 3 (2.38%) CCSM
10 2 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.59%) CCIE Security
10 2 (1.59%) CCSP
10 2 (1.59%) GCIA
10 2 (1.59%) GCIH
10 2 (1.59%) GIAC
10 2 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.79%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (3.97%) NIST
1 5 (3.97%) PCI DSS
1 5 (3.97%) SLA
2 4 (3.17%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.79%) NCSC
3 1 (0.79%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (5.56%) vSphere
3 6 (4.76%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.97%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.97%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.79%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.79%) Docker
5 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.79%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.97%) Ansible
3 3 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.59%) SCCM
5 1 (0.79%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.79%) Istio
5 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.79%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 94 (74.60%) Cisco
2 71 (56.35%) Palo Alto
3 40 (31.75%) Fortinet
4 34 (26.98%) F5
5 23 (18.25%) Juniper
6 18 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 18 (14.29%) VMware
7 14 (11.11%) Blue Coat
7 14 (11.11%) Meraki
8 13 (10.32%) Zscaler
9 9 (7.14%) SolarWinds
10 8 (6.35%) Aruba
11 6 (4.76%) AlgoSec
11 6 (4.76%) Infoblox
11 6 (4.76%) NetApp
12 5 (3.97%) BT
12 5 (3.97%) Commvault
12 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
12 5 (3.97%) Veeam
12 5 (3.97%) Xerox