CheckPoint Job Trends in England

CheckPoint
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of CheckPoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CheckPoint over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Check Point Software Technologies.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 505 640
Rank change year-on-year -112 +135 -64
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 101 142 182
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.78% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 43 100 147
10th Percentile £38,250 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £44,166 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £91,250 £86,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,818 18,207 30,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.14% 42.10% 34.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14,085 10,312 21,286
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,131 £26,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £91,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CheckPoint relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CheckPoint job vacancy trend in England

CheckPoint
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CheckPoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CheckPoint

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint in England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in England

CheckPoint
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the England region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -36 54 £100,000 +17.65% 12
North of England -36 20 £40,000 -30.43% 7
North West -2 11 £42,500 -39.29% 3
South East -26 10 £55,000 +46.67% 3
East Midlands -25 5 £44,472 -44.41%
Midlands -43 5 £44,472 -11.06%
North East -50 5 - -
Yorkshire -32 4 £40,000 -25.58% 4
South West -67 3 £48,750 -13.13% 2
East of England - 3 £62,500 - 3
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 11 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.97%) Apache
3 3 (2.97%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (9.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 47 (46.53%) Azure
2 42 (41.58%) AWS
3 18 (17.82%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (10.89%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (10.89%) SaaS
5 10 (9.90%) GCP
6 9 (8.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 8 (7.92%) Mimecast
7 8 (7.92%) OCI
8 4 (3.96%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.96%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.99%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 85 (84.16%) Firewall
2 48 (47.52%) WAN
3 47 (46.53%) LAN
4 44 (43.56%) Network Security
5 41 (40.59%) VPN
6 38 (37.62%) Cisco ASA
7 35 (34.65%) Wireless
8 30 (29.70%) BGP
9 29 (28.71%) Cisco ISE
9 29 (28.71%) SD-WAN
10 27 (26.73%) OSPF
11 25 (24.75%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (21.78%) MPLS
13 21 (20.79%) Cisco Firepower
13 21 (20.79%) VLAN
14 18 (17.82%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (15.84%) NX-OS
16 15 (14.85%) EIGRP
17 14 (13.86%) WLAN
18 13 (12.87%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) Big Data
1 4 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.97%) MySQL
3 2 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.98%) Hadoop
3 2 (1.98%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (6.93%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) Git
General
1 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.78%) Finance
3 15 (14.85%) Public Sector
4 14 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (12.87%) Banking
5 13 (12.87%) Telecoms
6 12 (11.88%) Retail
7 10 (9.90%) Marketing
8 6 (5.94%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.98%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.99%) Advertising
11 1 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (43.56%) Network Engineer
2 22 (21.78%) Senior
3 14 (13.86%) Architect
4 13 (12.87%) Network Architect
4 13 (12.87%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Cisco Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (10.89%) Consultant
5 11 (10.89%) Security Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Firewall Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) IT Support
7 9 (8.91%) Network Security Specialist
7 9 (8.91%) Network Specialist
7 9 (8.91%) Security Specialist
8 7 (6.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (6.93%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (6.93%) Operations Engineer
8 7 (6.93%) Principal Architect
9 6 (5.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.98%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (1.98%) JSON
1 2 (1.98%) Kafka
2 1 (0.99%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 53 (52.48%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.92%) Security Posture
3 6 (5.94%) Public Cloud
4 5 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.96%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (2.97%) FMCG
7 2 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.99%) CMDB
8 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.99%) PKI
8 1 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.81%) Windows
2 15 (14.85%) Linux
3 12 (11.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.96%) Solaris
4 4 (3.96%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.97%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.72%) Project Delivery
2 24 (23.76%) High Availability
3 23 (22.77%) Zero Trust
4 22 (21.78%) Computer Science
5 21 (20.79%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (20.79%) SIEM
6 19 (18.81%) ITIL
7 18 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (16.83%) Roadmaps
8 17 (16.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (15.84%) Kalman Filter
9 16 (15.84%) Network Architecture
10 15 (14.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (13.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (13.86%) Load Balancing
11 14 (13.86%) Network Segmentation
11 14 (13.86%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (12.87%) Incident Response
12 13 (12.87%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (12.87%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (24.75%) Python
2 12 (11.88%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.93%) SQL
4 2 (1.98%) Java
4 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 48 (47.52%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (44.55%) CCNP
3 31 (30.69%) CCIE
4 25 (24.75%) Degree
5 22 (21.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (20.79%) CCNA
7 20 (19.80%) CCSE
7 20 (19.80%) Security Cleared
8 17 (16.83%) SC Cleared
9 15 (14.85%) CCSA
10 9 (8.91%) Azure Certification
10 9 (8.91%) JNCIP
11 8 (7.92%) AWS Certification
11 8 (7.92%) CCIE Security
11 8 (7.92%) JNCIE
12 5 (4.95%) CISM
12 5 (4.95%) CISSP
13 4 (3.96%) APMG
14 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.89%) PMO
2 5 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.96%) SLA
4 1 (0.99%) GDPR
4 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.99%) QA
4 1 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (16.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (14.85%) Active Directory
3 10 (9.90%) ProxySG
4 8 (7.92%) VMware NSX
5 4 (3.96%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 4 (3.96%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.97%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.99%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.99%) Firmware
7 1 (0.99%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 14 (13.86%) Ansible
2 10 (9.90%) Terraform
3 8 (7.92%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.96%) VxRail
5 3 (2.97%) WSUS
6 2 (1.98%) Grafana
6 2 (1.98%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.99%) Nagios
Vendors
1 89 (88.12%) Cisco
2 39 (38.61%) Fortinet
2 39 (38.61%) Palo Alto
3 27 (26.73%) F5
3 27 (26.73%) Meraki
4 23 (22.77%) SolarWinds
5 22 (21.78%) VMware
6 19 (18.81%) Microsoft
7 18 (17.82%) Splunk
8 17 (16.83%) ServiceNow
9 13 (12.87%) Blue Coat
10 11 (10.89%) Dynatrace
10 11 (10.89%) Infoblox
11 10 (9.90%) Motorola
12 9 (8.91%) Zscaler
13 8 (7.92%) Sophos
14 7 (6.93%) LogRhythm
14 7 (6.93%) Tenable
15 6 (5.94%) Aruba
16 5 (4.95%) Arista