CheckPoint Contracts in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 293 297
Rank change year-on-year +48 +4 +34
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 91 107 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.52% 0.69%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.21% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 72 107
10th Percentile £325 £400 £273
25th Percentile £406 £445 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +20.59% -
75th Percentile £588 £519 £500
90th Percentile £625 £689 £569
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £39.50
25th Percentile £31.32 - £47.19
Median hourly rate £36.65 - £64.25
75th Percentile £41.97 - £80.25
90th Percentile - - £80.63
UK median hourly rate £36.65 - £78.50

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,222 8,861 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.74% 42.66% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 5,339 7,359
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £369 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 940 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.63 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CheckPoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CheckPoint in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CheckPoint in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CheckPoint in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CheckPoint in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CheckPoint in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CheckPoint in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North of England +59 46 £575 +9.52% 26
North West +39 27 £555 -9.39% 9
South East +2 21 £450 -12.20% 29
Yorkshire +26 19 £588 +11.90% 15
Midlands +21 10 £550 -26.67% 21
South West +41 7 £413 -17.50% 11
East of England +28 5 £550 +57.14% 14
East Midlands +14 5 £550 +22.22% 6
West Midlands +9 5 - - 14
Scotland +8 2 £375 -9.09% 4
Wales - 1 £475 - 2
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.09%) Azure
2 4 (4.40%) AWS
2 4 (4.40%) Cloudflare
2 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
2 4 (4.40%) Google Workspace
3 2 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 76 (83.52%) Firewall
2 31 (34.07%) Cisco ASA
3 29 (31.87%) BGP
3 29 (31.87%) OSPF
4 25 (27.47%) IPsec
5 20 (21.98%) VPN
6 19 (20.88%) Cisco Firepower
6 19 (20.88%) EIGRP
6 19 (20.88%) HSRP
6 19 (20.88%) TCP/IP
7 18 (19.78%) Network Security
8 17 (18.68%) DNS
9 16 (17.58%) DHCP
10 10 (10.99%) VLAN
11 8 (8.79%) WAN
12 7 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (7.69%) Wireless
13 5 (5.49%) LAN
13 5 (5.49%) SSL
14 4 (4.40%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) JIRA
General
1 15 (16.48%) Finance
2 12 (13.19%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 10 (10.99%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.20%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Automotive
7 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 53 (58.24%) Network Engineer
2 13 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) Network Security Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Firewall Engineer
5 6 (6.59%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (5.49%) Field Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Network Field Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Check Point Expert
7 4 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) IT Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Network Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.40%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.30%) Analyst
9 2 (2.20%) Migration Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Network Analyst
9 2 (2.20%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.40%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.10%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.40%) Check Point GAiA
1 4 (4.40%) Windows
1 4 (4.40%) Windows 10
1 4 (4.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.48%) Network Management
2 12 (13.19%) Migration
3 9 (9.89%) SIEM
4 8 (8.79%) ITIL
4 8 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (7.69%) Agile
6 6 (6.59%) Change Management
6 6 (6.59%) Zero Trust
7 5 (5.49%) Network Design
7 5 (5.49%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (5.49%) Roadmaps
7 5 (5.49%) Supplier Management
7 5 (5.49%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (4.40%) Break/Fix
8 4 (4.40%) High Availability
8 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (4.40%) Network Architecture
8 4 (4.40%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (4.40%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (4.40%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (32.97%) Security Cleared
2 27 (29.67%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (29.67%) SC Cleared
3 21 (23.08%) CCNP
4 14 (15.38%) CCNA
5 9 (9.89%) CCSE
6 6 (6.59%) CCSA
7 4 (4.40%) APMP
7 4 (4.40%) CCIE
7 4 (4.40%) Check Point Certification
8 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.20%) HP APS
9 1 (1.10%) CISSP
9 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.10%) Degree
9 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.40%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.40%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.10%) Firmware
2 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (9.89%) Ansible
1 9 (9.89%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.40%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.20%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 61 (67.03%) Cisco
2 32 (35.16%) Palo Alto
3 16 (17.58%) Fortinet
4 14 (15.38%) F5
5 13 (14.29%) Zscaler
6 9 (9.89%) Microsoft
6 9 (9.89%) SolarWinds
7 8 (8.79%) Citrix
8 7 (7.69%) Infoblox
9 6 (6.59%) Aruba
10 5 (5.49%) CyberArk
11 4 (4.40%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (4.40%) Google
11 4 (4.40%) Ruckus Wireless
12 3 (3.30%) Juniper
13 2 (2.20%) Blue Coat
13 2 (2.20%) HP
13 2 (2.20%) VMware
14 1 (1.10%) Imperva
14 1 (1.10%) Tufin