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 28 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 323 381
Rank change year-on-year -104 +58 +2
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 148 168 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.65% 0.45%
As % of the Vendors category 0.93% 1.40% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 76 111
10th Percentile £288 £313 £350
25th Percentile £356 £382 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -3.57%
75th Percentile £523 £575 £525
90th Percentile £673 £619 £575
UK median daily rate £445 £548 £513
% change year-on-year -18.80% +6.93% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 1
Median hourly rate £20.75 £35.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.71% -44.00% -20.38%
UK median hourly rate £20.75 £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -40.71% -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 15,932 11,984 16,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.84% 46.66% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,408 7,437 10,457
10th Percentile £305 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £517
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.58% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 828 367 889
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £31.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +19.23% -21.21%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.44% +11.81% -25.27%

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 28 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 28 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 -40 56 £421 -12.24% 12
South East -16 36 £443 +5.36% 10
Midlands -46 24 £375 -25.00% 6
North of England -93 22 £500 - 4
West Midlands -34 21 £350 -34.40% 3
Yorkshire -67 13 £500 +81.82%
North West -61 9 £515 +0.49% 4
East Midlands -27 3 £500 +11.11% 3
East of England -30 3 - - 4
South West -41 2 £325 -30.67%
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 6 (4.05%) Confluence
2 5 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) JBoss
3 1 (0.68%) nginx
3 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (7.43%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.30%) AWS
2 25 (16.89%) Azure
3 17 (11.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 14 (9.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 14 (9.46%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (9.46%) Amazon ELB
4 14 (9.46%) Amazon S3
5 9 (6.08%) GCP
6 7 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.70%) IaaS
7 4 (2.70%) PaaS
7 4 (2.70%) SaaS
8 3 (2.03%) Cloudflare
8 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (2.03%) OCI
9 2 (1.35%) GitHub
9 2 (1.35%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.68%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 126 (85.14%) Firewall
2 70 (47.30%) WAN
3 60 (40.54%) VPN
4 54 (36.49%) LAN
4 54 (36.49%) Network Security
5 45 (30.41%) BGP
5 45 (30.41%) OSPF
6 35 (23.65%) IPsec
7 33 (22.30%) SSL
8 32 (21.62%) DNS
9 27 (18.24%) Wireless
10 26 (17.57%) TCP/IP
11 25 (16.89%) Cisco ASA
12 21 (14.19%) MPLS
13 18 (12.16%) Structured Cabling
14 16 (10.81%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (8.78%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (8.78%) Wireshark
16 12 (8.11%) EIGRP
16 12 (8.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 16 (10.81%) Jenkins
2 15 (10.14%) Git
3 14 (9.46%) GitLab
4 4 (2.70%) JIRA
5 3 (2.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (18.24%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.57%) Documentation Skills
3 14 (9.46%) Finance
3 14 (9.46%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.43%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.73%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.38%) Retail
8 4 (2.70%) Banking
8 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.03%) Legal
9 3 (2.03%) Military
10 2 (1.35%) Aviation
10 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (46.62%) Network Engineer
2 30 (20.27%) Senior
3 21 (14.19%) Architect
4 17 (11.49%) Network Architect
5 16 (10.81%) Security Engineer
6 13 (8.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 12 (8.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (8.11%) Senior DevOps
7 12 (8.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) Firewall Engineer
8 10 (6.76%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.41%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Network Security Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Lead
10 7 (4.73%) Network Security Architect
10 7 (4.73%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (3.38%) Analyst
11 5 (3.38%) Operations Engineer
12 4 (2.70%) Network Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.43%) 802.1X
2 6 (4.05%) LDAP
2 6 (4.05%) SAML
3 4 (2.70%) VML
4 2 (1.35%) CSS
4 2 (1.35%) HTML
5 1 (0.68%) .NET
5 1 (0.68%) eBPF
5 1 (0.68%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.68%) Flask
5 1 (0.68%) REST
5 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (28.38%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.73%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.38%) PKI
5 4 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.70%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.03%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.03%) SCADA
7 2 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.68%) CSOC
8 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.43%) Linux
2 9 (6.08%) Windows
3 7 (4.73%) Unix
4 4 (2.70%) CatOS
4 4 (2.70%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.03%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.68%) VMS
7 1 (0.68%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (16.89%) Incident Response
2 20 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (12.84%) Mentoring
4 18 (12.16%) DevOps
4 18 (12.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 18 (12.16%) Root Cause Analysis
5 17 (11.49%) Change Management
6 16 (10.81%) Project Delivery
7 15 (10.14%) CI/CD
7 15 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (10.14%) DevSecOps
7 15 (10.14%) High Availability
7 15 (10.14%) Migration
8 14 (9.46%) Network Design
8 14 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
9 12 (8.11%) Infrastructure Automation
9 12 (8.11%) Network Segmentation
9 12 (8.11%) Validation
10 11 (7.43%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.59%) Python
2 18 (12.16%) Bash
3 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.68%) Java
4 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (41.89%) Cisco Certification
1 62 (41.89%) Security Cleared
2 57 (38.51%) CCNP
3 55 (37.16%) SC Cleared
4 25 (16.89%) Degree
5 22 (14.86%) CCNA
6 17 (11.49%) CCIE
7 12 (8.11%) CCSE
8 9 (6.08%) CISSP
9 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.03%) CISM
11 3 (2.03%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.03%) JNCIE
11 3 (2.03%) JNCIP
11 3 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.35%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.35%) CCSM
12 2 (1.35%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.41%) NIST
2 7 (4.73%) QA
3 6 (4.05%) GDPR
3 6 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.38%) NCSC
4 5 (3.38%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.03%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.03%) PMO
7 2 (1.35%) GRC
7 2 (1.35%) SLA
8 1 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.68%) COBIT
8 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.68%) RMADS
System Software
1 15 (10.14%) Docker
2 14 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.41%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.38%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.35%) Firmware
5 2 (1.35%) vSphere
6 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 34 (22.97%) Ansible
2 26 (17.57%) Terraform
3 8 (5.41%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.73%) Prometheus
4 7 (4.73%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (4.05%) Grafana
5 6 (4.05%) SCCM
6 5 (3.38%) Salt
7 3 (2.03%) Iperf
7 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.03%) Nmap
8 2 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.35%) SCOM
9 1 (0.68%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.68%) CASB
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.68%) QRadar
Vendors
1 100 (67.57%) Cisco
2 95 (64.19%) Palo Alto
3 58 (39.19%) F5
4 47 (31.76%) Aruba
5 30 (20.27%) Fortinet
6 26 (17.57%) Juniper
7 17 (11.49%) Microsoft
8 15 (10.14%) Zscaler
9 14 (9.46%) VMware
10 12 (8.11%) Arista
11 10 (6.76%) ServiceNow
11 10 (6.76%) SolarWinds
12 8 (5.41%) Meraki
13 7 (4.73%) Splunk
14 6 (4.05%) BigPanda
14 6 (4.05%) Blue Coat
15 4 (2.70%) Ekahau
15 4 (2.70%) Oracle
15 4 (2.70%) Remedy
15 4 (2.70%) Tenable