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 10 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
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 560 456
Rank change year-on-year +49 -104 +119
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 130 159 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.30% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 0.69% 0.80% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 46 96 220
10th Percentile £43,125 £47,500 £38,457
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £46,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £57,500 £50,300
% change year-on-year -8.26% +14.31% -2.31%

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 18,856 19,902 21,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.66% 37.09% 39.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,702 10,149 16,694
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.04% -2.00%

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 10 January 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 10 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
England +34 110 £57,500 -11.54% 32
London +36 65 £82,500 +10.85% 14
UK excluding London +37 56 £52,750 -8.26% 30
Work from Home +59 47 £75,000 +25.00% 10
Scotland +21 18 £75,000 +15.38% 6
South East +8 12 £54,000 -6.09% 12
South West +8 9 £53,000 -5.56% 2
North of England +8 8 £48,000 -16.52% 1
Midlands +20 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
West Midlands +17 4 £52,500 +5.00% 2
East of England +16 4 £51,250 -10.87% 7
North East - 4 - -
North West +18 3 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Wales +2 1 £38,500 -40.77% 1
Yorkshire -19 1 £45,000 -21.74%

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 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (16.92%) MS Visio
2 16 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 70 (53.85%) Azure
2 29 (22.31%) AWS
3 7 (5.38%) Entra ID
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.85%) GCP
4 5 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 5 (3.85%) SaaS
5 4 (3.08%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (3.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.54%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.54%) Rubrik
6 2 (1.54%) SecurityScorecard
7 1 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.77%) IaaS
7 1 (0.77%) OCI
7 1 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 116 (89.23%) Firewall
2 80 (61.54%) LAN
3 73 (56.15%) WAN
4 43 (33.08%) SD-WAN
4 43 (33.08%) Wireless
5 41 (31.54%) Cisco ASA
6 38 (29.23%) VPN
7 32 (24.62%) BGP
8 30 (23.08%) Network Security
8 30 (23.08%) OSPF
9 26 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (18.46%) Cisco Firepower
10 24 (18.46%) Wireshark
11 20 (15.38%) EIGRP
12 15 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (11.54%) IPsec
12 15 (11.54%) MPLS
12 15 (11.54%) VLAN
13 14 (10.77%) TCP/IP
14 13 (10.00%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) JIRA
2 2 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (43.85%) Finance
2 41 (31.54%) Social Skills
3 28 (21.54%) Telecoms
4 14 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (9.23%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (6.92%) Banking
7 7 (5.38%) Marketing
8 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.08%) Advertising
10 4 (3.08%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.08%) Retail
11 2 (1.54%) Legal
11 2 (1.54%) Police
12 1 (0.77%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (66.92%) Network Engineer
2 23 (17.69%) Senior
3 20 (15.38%) Analyst
4 19 (14.62%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (14.62%) Support Analyst
5 16 (12.31%) Network Support
6 15 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (10.77%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (10.77%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (10.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 14 (10.77%) Network Analyst
7 14 (10.77%) Network Support Analyst
8 10 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) LAN Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 10 (7.69%) WAN Engineer
9 9 (6.92%) Network Security Engineer
10 8 (6.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (5.38%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.85%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.08%) JSON
3 3 (2.31%) REST
4 1 (0.77%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (53.08%) Data Centre
2 28 (21.54%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.85%) CMDB
4 5 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.31%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.54%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.15%) Windows
2 15 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 13 (10.00%) Linux
4 6 (4.62%) Unix
5 5 (3.85%) Android
5 5 (3.85%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (39.23%) Load Balancing
2 32 (24.62%) Change Management
3 30 (23.08%) Customer Service
4 28 (21.54%) Asset Management
5 26 (20.00%) Coaching
5 26 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (20.00%) Problem Management
6 24 (18.46%) Capacity Planning
6 24 (18.46%) Network Planning
6 24 (18.46%) Network Virtualisation
7 23 (17.69%) Computer Science
8 22 (16.92%) ITIL
8 22 (16.92%) Kalman Filter
9 18 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (11.54%) Change Control
12 13 (10.00%) High Availability
12 13 (10.00%) Inventory Management
13 11 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (8.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.15%) Python
2 6 (4.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (41.54%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (32.31%) CCNP
3 40 (30.77%) Degree
4 39 (30.00%) CCIE
5 23 (17.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (16.92%) Security Cleared
7 21 (16.15%) CCNA
7 21 (16.15%) CCSE
8 20 (15.38%) CCSA
8 20 (15.38%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.31%) CISSP
12 2 (1.54%) Check Point Certification
13 1 (0.77%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.77%) CISM
13 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.77%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.77%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.46%) PMO
2 3 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.31%) SLA
3 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.54%) QA
4 1 (0.77%) COBIT
4 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (13.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 11 (8.46%) ProxySG
4 7 (5.38%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.08%) Firmware
6 4 (3.08%) XenApp
7 2 (1.54%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.54%) pfSense
7 2 (1.54%) Squid
8 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (11.54%) FortiGate
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.38%) Ansible
4 6 (4.62%) Nagios
5 5 (3.85%) Terraform
6 2 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.54%) Nessus
6 2 (1.54%) SCCM
6 2 (1.54%) VxRail
7 1 (0.77%) SCOM
Vendors
1 116 (89.23%) Cisco
2 52 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 43 (33.08%) SolarWinds
4 41 (31.54%) F5
5 40 (30.77%) Meraki
6 37 (28.46%) Fortinet
7 25 (19.23%) VMware
8 18 (13.85%) Blue Coat
9 12 (9.23%) Infoblox
9 12 (9.23%) Microsoft
10 11 (8.46%) Arista
10 11 (8.46%) Motorola
11 10 (7.69%) ServiceNow
12 9 (6.92%) Citrix
12 9 (6.92%) Google
13 7 (5.38%) Juniper
14 6 (4.62%) HP
15 5 (3.85%) Aruba
15 5 (3.85%) Dynatrace
15 5 (3.85%) Veeam