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 3 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
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 548 425
Rank change year-on-year +36 -123 +151
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 131 159 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.29% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 0.68% 0.79% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 48 96 244
10th Percentile £43,375 £47,500 £38,725
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,625 £77,625 £77,813
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +1.98%

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 19,139 20,229 21,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.32% 36.95% 40.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,843 10,432 16,261
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £28,800
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,750 £38,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,934
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 3 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 3 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 +27 111 £57,500 -11.54% 40
London +60 66 £85,000 +14.54% 20
UK excluding London +48 57 £52,500 -8.70% 25
Work from Home +68 48 £75,000 +25.00% 14
Scotland +21 18 £75,000 +15.38%
South East 0 12 £54,000 -6.09% 10
North of England +20 9 £48,500 -15.65% 4
South West +14 9 £53,000 -5.56%
North East - 5 £50,000 -
West Midlands +25 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
East of England +25 4 £51,250 -10.87% 8
Midlands +13 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
North West +29 3 £48,500 -15.65% 3
Wales +1 1 £38,500 -40.77% 1
Yorkshire -8 1 £45,000 -21.74% 1

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 (6.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (15.27%) MS Visio
2 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (54.20%) Azure
2 27 (20.61%) AWS
3 9 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.34%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.82%) GCP
5 5 (3.82%) Google Workspace
5 5 (3.82%) SaaS
6 4 (3.05%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.53%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.53%) Rubrik
7 2 (1.53%) SecurityScorecard
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.76%) IaaS
8 1 (0.76%) OCI
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (87.02%) Firewall
2 79 (60.31%) LAN
3 73 (55.73%) WAN
4 44 (33.59%) SD-WAN
5 41 (31.30%) Wireless
6 39 (29.77%) Cisco ASA
7 36 (27.48%) VPN
8 31 (23.66%) Network Security
9 30 (22.90%) BGP
10 28 (21.37%) OSPF
11 26 (19.85%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (18.32%) Cisco Firepower
12 24 (18.32%) Wireshark
13 18 (13.74%) EIGRP
14 15 (11.45%) IPsec
14 15 (11.45%) MPLS
14 15 (11.45%) VLAN
15 14 (10.69%) TCP/IP
16 13 (9.92%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (9.92%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) JIRA
2 2 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (43.51%) Finance
2 41 (31.30%) Social Skills
3 28 (21.37%) Telecoms
4 12 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.16%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (6.87%) Banking
6 7 (5.34%) Marketing
7 6 (4.58%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.05%) Advertising
9 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.05%) Retail
10 2 (1.53%) Legal
10 2 (1.53%) Police
11 1 (0.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (66.41%) Network Engineer
2 22 (16.79%) Senior
3 20 (15.27%) Analyst
4 19 (14.50%) Support Analyst
5 18 (13.74%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (12.21%) Network Support
7 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (10.69%) AWS Engineer
8 14 (10.69%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (10.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (10.69%) Network Analyst
8 14 (10.69%) Network Support Analyst
9 10 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) LAN Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) Security Engineer
9 10 (7.63%) WAN Engineer
10 9 (6.87%) Network Security Engineer
11 8 (6.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (5.34%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.05%) JSON
3 3 (2.29%) REST
4 1 (0.76%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (51.15%) Data Centre
2 28 (21.37%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.82%) CMDB
4 5 (3.82%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.05%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.05%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.53%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.53%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 22 (16.79%) Windows
2 16 (12.21%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.92%) Linux
4 6 (4.58%) Unix
5 5 (3.82%) Android
5 5 (3.82%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (37.40%) Load Balancing
2 33 (25.19%) Change Management
3 30 (22.90%) Customer Service
4 28 (21.37%) Asset Management
5 26 (19.85%) Coaching
5 26 (19.85%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (19.85%) Problem Management
6 24 (18.32%) Capacity Planning
6 24 (18.32%) Network Planning
6 24 (18.32%) Network Virtualisation
7 23 (17.56%) ITIL
8 21 (16.03%) Computer Science
9 20 (15.27%) Kalman Filter
10 18 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 15 (11.45%) Change Control
13 13 (9.92%) High Availability
13 13 (9.92%) Inventory Management
14 11 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (8.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.50%) Python
2 7 (5.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (40.46%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (31.30%) CCNP
3 39 (29.77%) Degree
4 37 (28.24%) CCIE
5 22 (16.79%) CCNA
5 22 (16.79%) Security Cleared
6 21 (16.03%) CCSE
6 21 (16.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (15.27%) CCSA
7 20 (15.27%) SC Cleared
8 6 (4.58%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.29%) CISSP
11 2 (1.53%) Check Point Certification
12 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.76%) CISM
12 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.76%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.76%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) PMO
2 4 (3.05%) SLA
3 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.53%) QA
5 1 (0.76%) COBIT
5 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.76%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (13.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (9.92%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.87%) ProxySG
4 7 (5.34%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.05%) Firmware
6 4 (3.05%) XenApp
7 2 (1.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.53%) pfSense
7 2 (1.53%) Squid
8 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (11.45%) FortiGate
2 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.34%) Ansible
4 6 (4.58%) Nagios
5 5 (3.82%) Terraform
6 2 (1.53%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.53%) Nessus
6 2 (1.53%) SCCM
6 2 (1.53%) VxRail
7 1 (0.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 117 (89.31%) Cisco
2 52 (39.69%) Palo Alto
3 43 (32.82%) Meraki
4 41 (31.30%) SolarWinds
5 39 (29.77%) F5
6 37 (28.24%) Fortinet
7 26 (19.85%) VMware
8 16 (12.21%) Blue Coat
9 14 (10.69%) Microsoft
10 11 (8.40%) Arista
11 10 (7.63%) Citrix
11 10 (7.63%) Infoblox
12 9 (6.87%) Google
12 9 (6.87%) Motorola
13 8 (6.11%) ServiceNow
14 7 (5.34%) Juniper
15 6 (4.58%) HP
16 5 (3.82%) Aruba
16 5 (3.82%) Dynatrace
16 5 (3.82%) Veeam