CheckPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CheckPoint over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 594 722
Rank change year-on-year -79 +128 -196
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 233 418 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.40% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 0.96% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 174 200 386
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,750
25th Percentile £46,563 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -3.39% +7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,688 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,300 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.29% - -

All Vendors
UK

CheckPoint is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,532 43,559 60,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.24% 41.87% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25,101 24,776 33,313
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,105 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CheckPoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CheckPoint.

Salary trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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 -12 201 £55,000 -4.35% 55
UK excluding London -116 153 £51,300 -2.29% 44
Work from Home -28 101 £57,500 +1.77% 25
West Midlands +63 76 £52,500 -17.00% 10
Midlands +24 76 £52,500 -19.23% 11
London +91 67 £70,000 +18.75% 15
East of England +19 24 £47,500 -5.00% 11
North of England -3 21 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Wales +21 19 - - 2
Yorkshire +81 10 £62,500 +2.04% 1
South West -22 9 £45,000 -
North West -10 6 £44,500 -10.55% 5
North East -5 5 £42,500 -10.06% 1
South East -72 5 £40,750 -19.18% 10

CheckPoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (6.44%) IIS
2 8 (3.43%) Skype for Business
3 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 82 (35.19%) Azure
2 67 (28.76%) AWS
3 21 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.29%) IaaS
5 9 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.86%) GCP
5 9 (3.86%) PaaS
5 9 (3.86%) SaaS
6 8 (3.43%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (2.15%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (2.15%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.15%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.15%) Rubrik
8 5 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.29%) Apigee
9 3 (1.29%) Azure API Management
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 183 (78.54%) Firewall
2 92 (39.48%) WAN
3 70 (30.04%) LAN
4 63 (27.04%) Network Security
5 59 (25.32%) VPN
6 58 (24.89%) Wireless
7 42 (18.03%) MPLS
8 38 (16.31%) SD-WAN
9 34 (14.59%) Cisco ASA
10 33 (14.16%) BGP
11 31 (13.30%) TCP/IP
12 30 (12.88%) VLAN
12 30 (12.88%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (12.45%) OSPF
14 28 (12.02%) Cisco Nexus
15 27 (11.59%) DNS
16 24 (10.30%) Internet
17 23 (9.87%) Cisco Firepower
17 23 (9.87%) VoIP
18 21 (9.01%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (3.00%) JIRA
2 3 (1.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (28.33%) Finance
2 33 (14.16%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.15%) Law
4 17 (7.30%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (5.15%) Retail
7 10 (4.29%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.86%) Legal
9 7 (3.00%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.58%) Banking
11 5 (2.15%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.72%) Games
12 4 (1.72%) Publishing
13 3 (1.29%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (1.29%) Automotive
13 3 (1.29%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.86%) Military
15 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 101 (43.35%) Network Engineer
2 97 (41.63%) Senior
3 54 (23.18%) Senior Network Engineer
4 31 (13.30%) Analyst
5 22 (9.44%) Security Engineer
6 20 (8.58%) Consultant
7 18 (7.73%) Network Security Engineer
8 17 (7.30%) Lead
9 16 (6.87%) Cisco Engineer
9 16 (6.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 15 (6.44%) Network Analyst
10 15 (6.44%) Project Manager
11 14 (6.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (5.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.58%) Project Consultant
13 12 (5.15%) Network Specialist
13 12 (5.15%) Senior Consultant
14 11 (4.72%) Senior Network Consultant
14 11 (4.72%) Senior Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.87%) 802.1X
2 14 (6.01%) REST
2 14 (6.01%) WebRTC
3 8 (3.43%) SAML
4 5 (2.15%) JSON
4 5 (2.15%) XMPP
5 3 (1.29%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.29%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 59 (25.32%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.44%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (6.01%) Clustering
4 12 (5.15%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.43%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.43%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.43%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.29%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.29%) Wiki
9 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.86%) PKI
10 1 (0.43%) Handset
10 1 (0.43%) IoT
10 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.45%) Windows
2 25 (10.73%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.72%) Linux
4 5 (2.15%) Android
4 5 (2.15%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.29%) CatOS
5 3 (1.29%) CentOS
5 3 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.86%) Unix
6 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.60%) ITIL
2 46 (19.74%) Load Balancing
3 34 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (13.30%) Change Control
6 28 (12.02%) Project Management
7 25 (10.73%) Information Security
8 24 (10.30%) Customer Service
8 24 (10.30%) Migration
8 24 (10.30%) Network Design
9 23 (9.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (9.87%) Roadmaps
10 20 (8.58%) Project Delivery
11 18 (7.73%) Network Monitoring
12 16 (6.87%) Actionable Insight
12 16 (6.87%) Cloud Security
12 16 (6.87%) Service Management
13 15 (6.44%) Cryptography
13 15 (6.44%) Line Management
13 15 (6.44%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.58%) SQL
2 7 (3.00%) Python
3 6 (2.58%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.72%) Bash
5 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (33.91%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (27.47%) CCNP
3 62 (26.61%) Security Cleared
4 51 (21.89%) CCNA
4 51 (21.89%) SC Cleared
5 19 (8.15%) Degree
6 18 (7.73%) CCIE
7 15 (6.44%) DV Cleared
8 14 (6.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 12 (5.15%) CCSA
10 10 (4.29%) CISSP
11 8 (3.43%) AWS Certification
12 7 (3.00%) CCSP
13 6 (2.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.58%) CCIE Security
13 6 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (2.15%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.72%) Check Point Certification
15 4 (1.72%) CISM
15 4 (1.72%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.30%) SLA
2 10 (4.29%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.86%) PMO
4 8 (3.43%) GDPR
4 8 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (3.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.00%) QA
6 6 (2.58%) NIST
7 5 (2.15%) NCSC
8 4 (1.72%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 42 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (13.73%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.58%) vSphere
4 5 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (10.73%) FortiGate
2 11 (4.72%) Nagios
3 8 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.43%) Terraform
4 7 (3.00%) Ansible
5 6 (2.58%) WSUS
6 5 (2.15%) OfficeScan
7 4 (1.72%) CASB
7 4 (1.72%) Nessus
8 3 (1.29%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.86%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.43%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 154 (66.09%) Cisco
2 97 (41.63%) Palo Alto
3 58 (24.89%) Microsoft
4 48 (20.60%) VMware
5 37 (15.88%) F5
6 34 (14.59%) Fortinet
7 30 (12.88%) Juniper
8 23 (9.87%) Meraki
9 22 (9.44%) SolarWinds
10 18 (7.73%) Blue Coat
11 16 (6.87%) Citrix
12 15 (6.44%) McAfee
13 13 (5.58%) Aruba
13 13 (5.58%) Oracle
14 12 (5.15%) IBM
15 11 (4.72%) Infoblox
15 11 (4.72%) Riverbed
16 10 (4.29%) Forcepoint
17 9 (3.86%) Dell
17 9 (3.86%) HP