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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 523 418
Rank change year-on-year +33 -105 +159
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 110 153 258
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.31% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 0.67% 0.83% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 45 94 219
10th Percentile £44,750 £47,500 £39,100
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £106,289
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -11.29%

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 16,463 18,528 18,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.65% 37.37% 40.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,761 9,676 14,225
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,844 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +17 65 £82,500 +10.85% 26
South East +4 12 £54,000 -6.09% 15
North of England +18 9 £48,500 -15.65% 4
South West +11 9 £53,000 -5.56% 2
North East - 5 £50,000 -
East of England +25 4 £51,250 -10.87% 12
Midlands +14 4 £52,500 +5.00% 6
West Midlands +11 4 £52,500 +5.00% 6
North West +19 3 £48,500 -20.82% 3
Yorkshire -9 1 £45,000 -21.74% 1
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 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (17.27%) MS Visio
2 16 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (48.18%) Azure
2 26 (23.64%) AWS
3 8 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.36%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.55%) GCP
5 5 (4.55%) Google Workspace
5 5 (4.55%) SaaS
6 4 (3.64%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.82%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.82%) Rubrik
7 2 (1.82%) SecurityScorecard
8 1 (0.91%) IaaS
8 1 (0.91%) OCI
8 1 (0.91%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (85.45%) Firewall
2 60 (54.55%) LAN
3 55 (50.00%) WAN
4 38 (34.55%) Cisco ASA
5 34 (30.91%) VPN
6 29 (26.36%) BGP
6 29 (26.36%) Network Security
7 27 (24.55%) OSPF
7 27 (24.55%) SD-WAN
8 25 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (21.82%) Cisco Firepower
10 23 (20.91%) Wireless
11 17 (15.45%) EIGRP
12 15 (13.64%) IPsec
12 15 (13.64%) VLAN
13 14 (12.73%) MPLS
13 14 (12.73%) TCP/IP
14 12 (10.91%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (10.91%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (10.91%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.82%) JIRA
1 2 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (36.36%) Finance
2 22 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (10.91%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (10.91%) Telecoms
4 10 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.18%) Banking
6 6 (5.45%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.45%) Marketing
7 4 (3.64%) Advertising
7 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.64%) Retail
8 2 (1.82%) Legal
8 2 (1.82%) Police
9 1 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (66.36%) Network Engineer
2 21 (19.09%) Senior
3 17 (15.45%) Senior Network Engineer
4 15 (13.64%) Analyst
4 15 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (13.64%) Support Analyst
5 14 (12.73%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (12.73%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (12.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 12 (10.91%) Network Support
7 10 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (9.09%) LAN Engineer
7 10 (9.09%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 10 (9.09%) Network Analyst
7 10 (9.09%) Network Support Analyst
7 10 (9.09%) Security Engineer
7 10 (9.09%) WAN Engineer
8 9 (8.18%) Network Security Engineer
9 8 (7.27%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (6.36%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.64%) JSON
3 3 (2.73%) REST
4 1 (0.91%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (45.45%) Data Centre
2 12 (10.91%) Management Information System
3 10 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (4.55%) CMDB
4 5 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.64%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.64%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (19.09%) Windows
2 15 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.82%) Linux
4 6 (5.45%) Unix
5 5 (4.55%) Android
5 5 (4.55%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.09%) Load Balancing
2 23 (20.91%) ITIL
3 19 (17.27%) Computer Science
3 19 (17.27%) Kalman Filter
4 17 (15.45%) Change Management
5 16 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (13.64%) Change Control
6 15 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (11.82%) Customer Service
7 13 (11.82%) High Availability
7 13 (11.82%) Inventory Management
8 12 (10.91%) Asset Management
9 11 (10.00%) Validation
10 10 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (9.09%) Problem Management
10 10 (9.09%) Process Improvement
11 9 (8.18%) Coaching
11 9 (8.18%) Runbook
12 8 (7.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.36%) Python
2 7 (6.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (34.55%) CCNP
3 37 (33.64%) Degree
4 34 (30.91%) CCIE
5 22 (20.00%) CCNA
5 22 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 21 (19.09%) CCSE
7 20 (18.18%) CCSA
7 20 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 19 (17.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.45%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.73%) CISSP
12 2 (1.82%) Check Point Certification
13 1 (0.91%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.91%) CISM
13 1 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.91%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.91%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.27%) PMO
2 4 (3.64%) SLA
3 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.91%) COBIT
5 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.91%) NIST
5 1 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 17 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.82%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.27%) ProxySG
4 6 (5.45%) VMware NSX
5 4 (3.64%) Firmware
5 4 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.64%) XenApp
6 2 (1.82%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.82%) pfSense
6 2 (1.82%) Squid
7 1 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (13.64%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (6.36%) Ansible
4 6 (5.45%) Nagios
5 5 (4.55%) Terraform
6 2 (1.82%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.82%) Nessus
6 2 (1.82%) SCCM
6 2 (1.82%) VxRail
7 1 (0.91%) SCOM
Vendors
1 99 (90.00%) Cisco
2 37 (33.64%) F5
3 36 (32.73%) Fortinet
4 35 (31.82%) Palo Alto
5 27 (24.55%) Meraki
6 25 (22.73%) VMware
7 24 (21.82%) SolarWinds
8 15 (13.64%) Blue Coat
9 14 (12.73%) Microsoft
10 11 (10.00%) Arista
11 10 (9.09%) Citrix
12 9 (8.18%) Google
12 9 (8.18%) Infoblox
13 8 (7.27%) Motorola
13 8 (7.27%) ServiceNow
14 6 (5.45%) HP
14 6 (5.45%) Juniper
15 5 (4.55%) Aruba
15 5 (4.55%) Dynatrace
15 5 (4.55%) Veeam