CheckPoint Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 497 385
Rank change year-on-year +48 -112 +110
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 57 75 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.21% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 0.46% 0.59% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24 43 142
10th Percentile £42,875 £46,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,375 £51,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £57,500 £50,300
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +14.31% -2.29%
75th Percentile £56,264 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £66,800 £66,925
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -11.29%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 12,408 12,732 13,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.40% 35.49% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,856 6,063 10,494
10th Percentile £26,088 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £60,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,596 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.23% +3.64% -4.35%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CheckPoint job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CheckPoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CheckPoint

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK excluding London

CheckPoint
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Scotland +18 18 £75,000 +15.38% 9
South East 0 12 £54,000 -6.09% 14
North of England +22 9 £48,000 -16.52% 1
South West +12 9 £53,000 -8.72% 2
East of England +25 4 £51,250 -10.87% 10
North West +23 4 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Midlands +18 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands +16 4 £52,500 +5.00% 2
North East - 4 - -
Wales +3 1 £38,500 -40.77% 1
Yorkshire -12 1 £45,000 -21.74%
CheckPoint
UK

CheckPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.02%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (52.63%) Azure
2 5 (8.77%) AWS
2 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
2 5 (8.77%) Google Workspace
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 55 (96.49%) Firewall
2 31 (54.39%) WAN
3 29 (50.88%) LAN
4 23 (40.35%) Wireless
5 22 (38.60%) SD-WAN
6 18 (31.58%) BGP
7 17 (29.82%) Network Security
8 16 (28.07%) OSPF
8 16 (28.07%) Wireshark
9 14 (24.56%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (22.81%) EIGRP
11 11 (19.30%) IPsec
11 11 (19.30%) VPN
12 8 (14.04%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (14.04%) DNS
12 8 (14.04%) HSRP
12 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
13 7 (12.28%) VLAN
14 6 (10.53%) SNMP
15 5 (8.77%) DHCP
General
1 26 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 22 (38.60%) Finance
3 18 (31.58%) Telecoms
4 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.51%) Banking
7 2 (3.51%) Marketing
7 2 (3.51%) Police
7 2 (3.51%) Retail
8 1 (1.75%) Advertising
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (68.42%) Network Engineer
2 11 (19.30%) Senior
3 10 (17.54%) Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Support Analyst
5 7 (12.28%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Network Support
6 5 (8.77%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Technical Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Technical Support
6 5 (8.77%) Technical Support Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Network Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Network Support Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Lead
8 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Lead Network Engineer
10 1 (1.75%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 1 (1.75%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (1.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (45.61%) Data Centre
2 16 (28.07%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.77%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (7.02%) CMDB
5 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.51%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.75%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.56%) Windows
2 10 (17.54%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.77%) Android
3 5 (8.77%) Apple iOS
3 5 (8.77%) Linux
4 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) Load Balancing
2 20 (35.09%) Asset Management
3 17 (29.82%) Network Monitoring
4 16 (28.07%) Capacity Planning
4 16 (28.07%) Change Management
4 16 (28.07%) Coaching
4 16 (28.07%) Customer Service
4 16 (28.07%) ITIL
4 16 (28.07%) Network Planning
4 16 (28.07%) Network Virtualisation
4 16 (28.07%) Problem Management
5 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.28%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
8 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (8.77%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (8.77%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (7.02%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 12 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (17.54%) CCIE
5 8 (14.04%) CCNP
6 6 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (10.53%) Degree
7 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.75%) CCNA
8 1 (1.75%) CISSP
8 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.75%) ISEB
8 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.75%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.75%) MCSE
8 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) PMO
2 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (7.02%) ProxySG
3 4 (7.02%) XenApp
4 3 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (10.53%) Nagios
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (84.21%) Cisco
2 35 (61.40%) Palo Alto
3 22 (38.60%) SolarWinds
4 21 (36.84%) Meraki
5 15 (26.32%) VMware
6 13 (22.81%) F5
7 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
8 7 (12.28%) Blue Coat
9 6 (10.53%) Fortinet
10 5 (8.77%) Citrix
10 5 (8.77%) Google
11 4 (7.02%) IBM
11 4 (7.02%) Infoblox
11 4 (7.02%) Motorola
11 4 (7.02%) ServiceNow
11 4 (7.02%) SonicWALL
11 4 (7.02%) Veeam
12 3 (5.26%) HP
12 3 (5.26%) Riverbed
13 2 (3.51%) Splunk