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 6 April 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
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 300 370
Rank change year-on-year -144 +70 +11
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 139 179 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.73% 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 1.55% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 94 119
10th Percentile £300 £350 £350
25th Percentile £356 £388 £406
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 £575 £625 £578
UK median daily rate £443 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -15.71% +5.00% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £22.30 £31.69 -
25th Percentile £24.63 £32.24 -
Median hourly rate £29.13 £35.82 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% - -
75th Percentile £34.25 £40.23 -
90th Percentile £36.95 £41.28 -
UK median hourly rate £29.13 £35.82 -
% change year-on-year -18.70% - -

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 16,756 11,514 15,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.34% 47.23% 42.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,966 7,478 10,108
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 871 423 960
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.12 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £26.61 £29.00 £22.79
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +27.25% -40.03%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.72 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £28.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.11% -46.40%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -88 56 £400 -13.51% 7
South East -36 39 £445 +4.71% 6
Midlands -63 15 £345 -38.23% 2
West Midlands -46 13 £340 -40.04%
North of England -107 13 £500 -13.04% 2
North West -58 9 £515 -6.36% 2
East of England -30 6 £530 -3.64% 5
Yorkshire -68 4 £500 -13.04%
South West -26 3 £350 -11.89%
East Midlands -38 2 £488 -11.36% 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 5 (3.60%) Confluence
1 5 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) JBoss
2 1 (0.72%) nginx
2 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (8.63%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.14%) Azure
2 23 (16.55%) AWS
3 8 (5.76%) GCP
4 6 (4.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (4.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (3.60%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.88%) IaaS
6 4 (2.88%) PaaS
6 4 (2.88%) SaaS
7 2 (1.44%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.44%) GitHub
7 2 (1.44%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon ECR
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.72%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.72%) OCI
8 1 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 109 (78.42%) Firewall
2 73 (52.52%) WAN
3 60 (43.17%) LAN
4 47 (33.81%) BGP
4 47 (33.81%) OSPF
5 43 (30.94%) Network Security
5 43 (30.94%) VPN
6 34 (24.46%) IPsec
7 29 (20.86%) Wireless
8 27 (19.42%) Cisco ASA
9 19 (13.67%) MPLS
10 18 (12.95%) Cisco Nexus
10 18 (12.95%) SSL
10 18 (12.95%) Structured Cabling
11 15 (10.79%) EIGRP
11 15 (10.79%) VLAN
12 14 (10.07%) DNS
13 13 (9.35%) Multicast
13 13 (9.35%) Wireshark
14 12 (8.63%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.72%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.72%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.88%) JIRA
2 3 (2.16%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.72%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) GitLab
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (23.02%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.27%) Documentation Skills
3 17 (12.23%) Finance
4 13 (9.35%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.63%) Telecoms
6 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.47%) Financial Institution
8 7 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.04%) Retail
9 4 (2.88%) Banking
10 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.44%) Aviation
11 2 (1.44%) Legal
12 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.72%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (47.48%) Network Engineer
2 23 (16.55%) Senior
3 20 (14.39%) Architect
4 13 (9.35%) Network Architect
5 12 (8.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 11 (7.91%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.04%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Analyst
9 6 (4.32%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Lead
10 5 (3.60%) Network Manager
10 5 (3.60%) Network Operations Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Network Security Architect
10 5 (3.60%) Network Security Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Operations Engineer
11 4 (2.88%) Network Infrastructure Manager
11 4 (2.88%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.47%) 802.1X
2 8 (5.76%) LDAP
3 7 (5.04%) SAML
4 4 (2.88%) VML
5 2 (1.44%) CSS
5 2 (1.44%) HTML
6 1 (0.72%) .NET
6 1 (0.72%) eBPF
6 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.72%) Flask
6 1 (0.72%) REST
6 1 (0.72%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 41 (29.50%) Data Centre
2 13 (9.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.04%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.16%) PKI
6 3 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.44%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.44%) NHS
7 2 (1.44%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.72%) CESG
8 1 (0.72%) CSOC
8 1 (0.72%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.35%) Linux
2 12 (8.63%) Windows
3 7 (5.04%) Unix
4 4 (2.88%) CatOS
5 3 (2.16%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.72%) VMS
7 1 (0.72%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (12.95%) Change Management
2 18 (12.95%) Project Delivery
3 16 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (10.79%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (10.07%) Incident Response
6 13 (9.35%) Load Balancing
7 12 (8.63%) Customer Requirements
7 12 (8.63%) Validation
8 11 (7.91%) Cloud Security
8 11 (7.91%) ITIL
8 11 (7.91%) Migration
9 10 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (7.19%) Network Segmentation
10 9 (6.47%) AI
10 9 (6.47%) Computer Science
10 9 (6.47%) Mentoring
10 9 (6.47%) Security Architecture
10 9 (6.47%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.63%) Python
2 3 (2.16%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.44%) Bash
3 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.72%) Java
Qualifications
1 59 (42.45%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (38.85%) CCNP
3 49 (35.25%) Security Cleared
4 47 (33.81%) SC Cleared
5 28 (20.14%) Degree
6 20 (14.39%) CCNA
7 14 (10.07%) CCIE
7 14 (10.07%) CCSE
8 7 (5.04%) CISSP
9 4 (2.88%) CCSM
9 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.16%) CISM
10 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.16%) JNCIE
10 3 (2.16%) JNCIP
10 3 (2.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (1.44%) BC Cleared
11 2 (1.44%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) NIST
2 7 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (5.04%) QA
3 5 (3.60%) GDPR
3 5 (3.60%) NCSC
4 4 (2.88%) SLA
5 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.16%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.16%) PMO
6 2 (1.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.72%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (12.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (10.79%) Active Directory
3 12 (8.63%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.44%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.44%) Firmware
5 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.72%) Docker
6 1 (0.72%) NFS
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (12.23%) Ansible
2 9 (6.47%) Terraform
3 8 (5.76%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (5.04%) Prometheus
5 6 (4.32%) Grafana
6 5 (3.60%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.60%) Salt
6 5 (3.60%) SCCM
7 2 (1.44%) AirWatch
7 2 (1.44%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.44%) Iperf
7 2 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.44%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.44%) Nmap
8 1 (0.72%) CASB
8 1 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 106 (76.26%) Cisco
2 88 (63.31%) Palo Alto
3 49 (35.25%) Aruba
4 43 (30.94%) F5
5 32 (23.02%) Fortinet
6 24 (17.27%) Juniper
7 19 (13.67%) VMware
8 18 (12.95%) Microsoft
9 12 (8.63%) Arista
10 11 (7.91%) Zscaler
11 10 (7.19%) ServiceNow
12 8 (5.76%) SolarWinds
13 7 (5.04%) Meraki
13 7 (5.04%) Splunk
14 6 (4.32%) BigPanda
15 5 (3.60%) Ekahau
16 4 (2.88%) Remedy
17 3 (2.16%) Forcepoint
17 3 (2.16%) Google
17 3 (2.16%) Symantec