CheckPoint Job Trends

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 1 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 535 543
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 +57
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 141 169 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.33% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 0.86% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 51 103 209
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,886
% change year-on-year -8.70% +13.00% -3.07%

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 19,450 19,617 27,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.48% 37.82% 38.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,799 9,850 21,439
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,254 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% -5.00%

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 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Top 15 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 1 February 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 +19 122 £56,121 -13.66% 43
London +47 69 £86,250 +15.89% 13
UK excluding London -5 64 £52,500 -8.70% 40
Work from Home +44 54 £85,000 +47.83% 14
Scotland +15 18 £75,000 +15.38% 6
South East +13 16 £54,000 -6.09% 16
South West +3 11 £53,000 -11.67% 3
North of England -10 9 £48,000 -16.52% 3
East of England +24 5 £47,500 -17.39% 9
West Midlands +21 4 £52,500 +5.00% 2
North West +19 4 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Midlands +4 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
North East - 4 - -
Wales +1 1 £38,500 -40.77%
Yorkshire -18 1 £45,000 -21.74% 2

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 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (13.48%) MS Visio
2 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 73 (51.77%) Azure
2 35 (24.82%) AWS
3 10 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.38%) SaaS
5 8 (5.67%) AWS Direct Connect
6 7 (4.96%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (3.55%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.84%) GCP
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.71%) IaaS
10 1 (0.71%) OCI
10 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (90.07%) Firewall
2 82 (58.16%) LAN
3 80 (56.74%) WAN
4 53 (37.59%) Cisco ASA
5 48 (34.04%) SD-WAN
6 46 (32.62%) Wireless
7 40 (28.37%) VPN
8 39 (27.66%) BGP
9 35 (24.82%) OSPF
10 32 (22.70%) Network Security
11 31 (21.99%) Cisco Firepower
11 31 (21.99%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (17.02%) Wireshark
13 22 (15.60%) MPLS
14 19 (13.48%) EIGRP
15 18 (12.77%) IPsec
15 18 (12.77%) VLAN
16 17 (12.06%) NX-OS
17 14 (9.93%) Cisco ISE
17 14 (9.93%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (45.39%) Finance
2 43 (30.50%) Social Skills
3 30 (21.28%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.80%) Banking
6 10 (7.09%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.96%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.96%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.26%) Marketing
8 6 (4.26%) Retail
9 4 (2.84%) Advertising
10 2 (1.42%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.42%) Law
10 2 (1.42%) Legal
10 2 (1.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (64.54%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.60%) Senior
3 20 (14.18%) Analyst
3 20 (14.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 20 (14.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 19 (13.48%) Support Analyst
5 18 (12.77%) AWS Engineer
5 18 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (12.77%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (11.35%) Network Support
7 15 (10.64%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (9.93%) Network Analyst
8 14 (9.93%) Network Support Analyst
9 13 (9.22%) LAN Engineer
9 13 (9.22%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 13 (9.22%) WAN Engineer
10 11 (7.80%) Security Engineer
11 10 (7.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (6.38%) Network Operations Engineer
12 9 (6.38%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) JSON
1 3 (2.13%) REST
2 2 (1.42%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 78 (55.32%) Data Centre
2 30 (21.28%) Management Information System
3 13 (9.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.26%) CMDB
5 5 (3.55%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.55%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.42%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.18%) Windows
2 13 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.51%) Linux
4 6 (4.26%) Unix
5 5 (3.55%) Android
5 5 (3.55%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.62%) Load Balancing
2 33 (23.40%) Change Management
3 29 (20.57%) Asset Management
4 27 (19.15%) Computer Science
5 26 (18.44%) Coaching
5 26 (18.44%) Customer Service
5 26 (18.44%) Problem Management
6 25 (17.73%) Network Monitoring
7 24 (17.02%) Capacity Planning
7 24 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (17.02%) Kalman Filter
7 24 (17.02%) Network Planning
7 24 (17.02%) Network Virtualisation
8 22 (15.60%) ITIL
9 17 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (11.35%) High Availability
10 16 (11.35%) Process Improvement
11 15 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (9.93%) Change Control
13 13 (9.22%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.48%) Python
2 9 (6.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (37.59%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (29.79%) Degree
3 41 (29.08%) CCIE
4 40 (28.37%) CCNP
5 28 (19.86%) Security Cleared
6 27 (19.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (17.73%) SC Cleared
8 23 (16.31%) CCNA
8 23 (16.31%) CCSA
8 23 (16.31%) CCSE
9 6 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.42%) Check Point Certification
11 2 (1.42%) CISSP
11 2 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.71%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.71%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.09%) PMO
2 5 (3.55%) SLA
3 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.42%) QA
5 1 (0.71%) COBIT
5 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.71%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (13.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (9.22%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.09%) ProxySG
4 8 (5.67%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.55%) Firmware
6 4 (2.84%) XenApp
7 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (12.06%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.96%) Nagios
4 6 (4.26%) Ansible
5 4 (2.84%) Terraform
6 2 (1.42%) Nessus
6 2 (1.42%) SCCM
7 1 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 127 (90.07%) Cisco
2 59 (41.84%) Palo Alto
3 48 (34.04%) SolarWinds
4 47 (33.33%) Meraki
5 43 (30.50%) Fortinet
6 37 (26.24%) F5
7 24 (17.02%) VMware
8 17 (12.06%) Blue Coat
9 15 (10.64%) Microsoft
10 14 (9.93%) ServiceNow
11 12 (8.51%) Infoblox
12 10 (7.09%) Motorola
13 9 (6.38%) Arista
13 9 (6.38%) Dynatrace
14 8 (5.67%) Citrix
14 8 (5.67%) Google
15 7 (4.96%) Juniper
15 7 (4.96%) Splunk
16 6 (4.26%) LogRhythm
16 6 (4.26%) Tenable