CheckPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 531 684
Rank change year-on-year -144 +153 -99
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 99 151 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.39% 0.73% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 45 109 148
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £70,375
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £75,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,736 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -9.09%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 25,647 20,717 34,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.98% 42.08% 34.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,351 11,447 23,330
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CheckPoint job vacancy trend in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CheckPoint.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CheckPoint

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England -112 97 £55,000 -8.33% 36
London -39 53 £100,000 +17.65% 19
UK excluding London -86 40 £44,736 -10.53% 20
Work from Home -25 34 £100,000 +78.19% 15
North of England -33 18 £40,000 -30.43% 9
North West -12 10 £42,500 -39.29% 3
South East -17 10 £55,000 +46.67% 4
East Midlands -26 5 £44,472 -44.41%
Midlands -43 5 £44,472 -11.06%
Yorkshire -40 4 £40,000 -25.58% 6
North East -53 4 - -
South West -68 3 £48,750 -13.13% 3
East of England - 3 £62,500 - 3
Scotland - 2 £39,250 -

CheckPoint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.07%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.03%) Apache
3 3 (3.03%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (8.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (44.44%) Azure
2 39 (39.39%) AWS
3 18 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.11%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (11.11%) SaaS
5 10 (10.10%) GCP
6 9 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 8 (8.08%) Mimecast
7 8 (8.08%) OCI
8 4 (4.04%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.04%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.01%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 84 (84.85%) Firewall
2 46 (46.46%) WAN
3 45 (45.45%) LAN
4 43 (43.43%) Network Security
5 40 (40.40%) VPN
6 35 (35.35%) Cisco ASA
7 34 (34.34%) Wireless
8 30 (30.30%) SD-WAN
9 29 (29.29%) Cisco ISE
10 28 (28.28%) BGP
11 25 (25.25%) OSPF
12 24 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (23.23%) MPLS
14 21 (21.21%) Cisco Firepower
15 20 (20.20%) VLAN
16 16 (16.16%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (16.16%) NX-OS
17 15 (15.15%) WLAN
18 13 (13.13%) EIGRP
18 13 (13.13%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.04%) Big Data
1 4 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.03%) MySQL
3 2 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.02%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.02%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (7.07%) JIRA
2 2 (2.02%) Git
General
1 32 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.21%) Finance
3 16 (16.16%) Public Sector
4 13 (13.13%) Banking
4 13 (13.13%) Telecoms
5 12 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (12.12%) Retail
6 10 (10.10%) Marketing
7 6 (6.06%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.01%) Advertising
10 1 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (43.43%) Network Engineer
2 20 (20.20%) Senior
3 14 (14.14%) Architect
4 13 (13.13%) Network Architect
5 11 (11.11%) Consultant
5 11 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 11 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) Firewall Engineer
6 10 (10.10%) IT Support
7 9 (9.09%) Network Security Specialist
7 9 (9.09%) Network Specialist
7 9 (9.09%) Security Specialist
8 8 (8.08%) Network Operations Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.07%) Principal Architect
10 6 (6.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (2.02%) JSON
1 2 (2.02%) Kafka
2 1 (1.01%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 50 (50.51%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.08%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.06%) Public Cloud
4 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.04%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (3.03%) FMCG
7 2 (2.02%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.01%) CMDB
8 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (19.19%) Windows
2 15 (15.15%) Linux
3 12 (12.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.04%) Solaris
4 4 (4.04%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (3.03%) Ubuntu
5 3 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.26%) Project Delivery
2 23 (23.23%) High Availability
2 23 (23.23%) Zero Trust
3 21 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (21.21%) SIEM
4 20 (20.20%) ITIL
5 19 (19.19%) Computer Science
6 18 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (17.17%) Roadmaps
8 16 (16.16%) Network Architecture
9 15 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (15.15%) Network Segmentation
10 14 (14.14%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (14.14%) Kalman Filter
10 14 (14.14%) Load Balancing
10 14 (14.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (14.14%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (13.13%) Incident Response
11 13 (13.13%) Presales
11 13 (13.13%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.23%) Python
2 12 (12.12%) PowerShell
3 7 (7.07%) SQL
4 2 (2.02%) Java
4 2 (2.02%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (47.47%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (44.44%) CCNP
3 28 (28.28%) CCIE
4 22 (22.22%) Degree
5 21 (21.21%) CCNA
5 21 (21.21%) Security Cleared
6 19 (19.19%) CCSE
6 19 (19.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 14 (14.14%) CCSA
9 9 (9.09%) Azure Certification
9 9 (9.09%) JNCIP
10 8 (8.08%) AWS Certification
10 8 (8.08%) CCIE Security
10 8 (8.08%) JNCIE
11 5 (5.05%) CISM
11 5 (5.05%) CISSP
12 4 (4.04%) APMG
13 3 (3.03%) DV Cleared
13 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.09%) PMO
2 5 (5.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.04%) SLA
4 1 (1.01%) GDPR
4 1 (1.01%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.01%) QA
4 1 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (17.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (15.15%) Active Directory
3 8 (8.08%) ProxySG
3 8 (8.08%) VMware NSX
4 4 (4.04%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 4 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.03%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.01%) Firmware
6 1 (1.01%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 14 (14.14%) Ansible
2 10 (10.10%) Terraform
3 7 (7.07%) FortiGate
4 4 (4.04%) VxRail
5 3 (3.03%) WSUS
6 2 (2.02%) Grafana
6 2 (2.02%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.01%) Nagios
Vendors
1 88 (88.89%) Cisco
2 40 (40.40%) Fortinet
2 40 (40.40%) Palo Alto
3 27 (27.27%) Meraki
4 26 (26.26%) F5
5 22 (22.22%) VMware
6 21 (21.21%) SolarWinds
7 19 (19.19%) Microsoft
8 18 (18.18%) Splunk
9 15 (15.15%) ServiceNow
10 11 (11.11%) Blue Coat
10 11 (11.11%) Dynatrace
11 9 (9.09%) Infoblox
11 9 (9.09%) Zscaler
12 8 (8.08%) Motorola
12 8 (8.08%) Sophos
13 7 (7.07%) LogRhythm
13 7 (7.07%) Tenable
14 6 (6.06%) Aruba
15 5 (5.05%) Arista