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 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 283 267
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 +69
Contract jobs citing CheckPoint 91 119 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.56% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.36% 1.32% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 81 127
10th Percentile £351 £413 £273
25th Percentile £407 £456 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +36.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £475
90th Percentile £625 £723 £550
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £459
% change year-on-year -2.44% +11.66% -8.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £47.75
25th Percentile £31.32 - £50.00
Median hourly rate £36.65 - £78.50
75th Percentile £41.97 - £80.25
90th Percentile - - £80.70
UK median hourly rate £36.65 - £78.50
% change year-on-year - - +45.37%

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 6,672 9,009 10,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.13% 42.41% 45.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,107 5,368 6,972
10th Percentile £220 £213 £205
25th Percentile £363 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 504 1,023 438
10th Percentile £14.23 £12.00 £14.33
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.48 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.94 £22.50 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -30.02% +64.87%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.23 £23.80 £40.50
% change year-on-year +5.99% -41.23% +85.95%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +48 44 £575 +15.00% 33
North West +19 23 £575 +9.52% 15
Yorkshire +20 21 £563 +17.19% 16
Midlands +15 17 £550 -13.73% 19
South East -5 17 £450 -12.20% 21
West Midlands +5 12 £588 -21.67% 11
South West +45 7 £413 -17.50% 8
East of England +23 5 £550 +57.14% 10
East Midlands +10 5 £550 +22.22% 7
Scotland 0 1 £375 -9.09% 12
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
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Azure
2 4 (4.40%) AWS
2 4 (4.40%) Cloudflare
3 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.30%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 79 (86.81%) Firewall
2 34 (37.36%) Cisco ASA
3 31 (34.07%) BGP
3 31 (34.07%) OSPF
4 26 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 25 (27.47%) IPsec
6 23 (25.27%) Network Security
7 21 (23.08%) VPN
8 18 (19.78%) Cisco Firepower
8 18 (19.78%) DNS
9 17 (18.68%) DHCP
9 17 (18.68%) EIGRP
9 17 (18.68%) HSRP
10 12 (13.19%) VLAN
11 7 (7.69%) SSL
11 7 (7.69%) WAN
11 7 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (5.49%) Wireless
13 4 (4.40%) LAN
13 4 (4.40%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 9 (9.89%) JIRA
General
1 15 (16.48%) Finance
2 12 (13.19%) Telecoms
3 11 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Social Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.20%) Banking
5 2 (2.20%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 55 (60.44%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.19%) Security Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Firewall Engineer
4 10 (10.99%) Network Security Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Check Point Expert
6 6 (6.59%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Field Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Network Field Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Network Delivery Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Technical Manager
9 2 (2.20%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.20%) IT Engineer
10 1 (1.10%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.40%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.30%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.10%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.59%) Check Point GAiA
2 3 (3.30%) Windows
2 3 (3.30%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.48%) Network Management
2 12 (13.19%) ITIL
2 12 (13.19%) Migration
2 12 (13.19%) SIEM
3 10 (10.99%) Agile
4 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (7.69%) Security Operations
6 6 (6.59%) Change Management
6 6 (6.59%) High Availability
6 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (6.59%) Load Balancing
6 6 (6.59%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (6.59%) Security Monitoring
6 6 (6.59%) Zero Trust
7 5 (5.49%) Network Design
7 5 (5.49%) Supplier Management
8 4 (4.40%) Asset Management
8 4 (4.40%) Cost Control
8 4 (4.40%) Network Architecture
8 4 (4.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) Python
2 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (31.87%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (29.67%) Security Cleared
3 24 (26.37%) CCNP
3 24 (26.37%) SC Cleared
4 14 (15.38%) CCNA
4 14 (15.38%) CCSE
5 8 (8.79%) CCSA
6 6 (6.59%) Check Point Certification
7 5 (5.49%) CCIE
8 4 (4.40%) APMP
9 3 (3.30%) Degree
10 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.10%) CCIE Security
11 1 (1.10%) CCSM
11 1 (1.10%) CISSP
11 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.30%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.30%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (16.48%) Ansible
2 10 (10.99%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.10%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 65 (71.43%) Cisco
2 32 (35.16%) Palo Alto
3 19 (20.88%) F5
4 15 (16.48%) Fortinet
5 12 (13.19%) Zscaler
6 11 (12.09%) SolarWinds
7 7 (7.69%) Citrix
8 6 (6.59%) Aruba
8 6 (6.59%) Microsoft
9 5 (5.49%) Infoblox
9 5 (5.49%) ServiceNow
10 4 (4.40%) CyberArk
10 4 (4.40%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (4.40%) Ruckus Wireless
11 3 (3.30%) Google
12 2 (2.20%) Juniper
13 1 (1.10%) Blue Coat
13 1 (1.10%) Dell
13 1 (1.10%) Imperva
13 1 (1.10%) VMware