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 December 2025, 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 582 416
Rank change year-on-year +44 -166 +225
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 111 169 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.26% 0.63%
As % of the Vendors category 0.56% 0.75% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 42 100 262
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,375 £38,109
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £73,938
90th Percentile £88,750 £91,375 £106,160
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 19,886 22,429 21,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.72% 34.58% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,227 11,689 16,534
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,838 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +1.01% -1.00%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +48 92 £57,500 -11.54% 40
London +35 59 £82,500 +10.85% 12
UK excluding London +48 45 £52,500 -8.70% 35
Work from Home +60 39 £75,000 +20.00% 15
Scotland +26 17 - -
North of England +21 9 £48,500 -15.65%
South West +26 7 £53,000 -18.46% 4
South East +15 5 £54,000 -6.09% 20
West Midlands +48 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
Midlands +44 4 £52,500 +5.00% 5
North West +39 3 £48,500 -25.38%
Yorkshire +1 3 £47,500 -17.39%
North East - 3 £50,000 -
East of England +26 2 £52,500 -8.70% 6
Wales +11 1 £38,500 -40.77% 3

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 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (16.22%) MS Visio
2 13 (11.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (54.05%) Azure
2 17 (15.32%) AWS
3 9 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.31%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.41%) GCP
6 2 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.80%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.80%) Rubrik
6 2 (1.80%) SecurityScorecard
7 1 (0.90%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.90%) IaaS
7 1 (0.90%) OCI
7 1 (0.90%) PaaS
7 1 (0.90%) SaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 98 (88.29%) Firewall
2 74 (66.67%) LAN
3 63 (56.76%) WAN
4 41 (36.94%) SD-WAN
5 33 (29.73%) VPN
6 32 (28.83%) Wireless
7 28 (25.23%) Network Security
8 25 (22.52%) BGP
8 25 (22.52%) OSPF
9 24 (21.62%) Cisco ASA
9 24 (21.62%) Wireshark
10 18 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (14.41%) EIGRP
12 14 (12.61%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (11.71%) HSRP
13 13 (11.71%) MPLS
14 12 (10.81%) IPsec
14 12 (10.81%) VLAN
15 11 (9.91%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (9.91%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) JIRA
General
1 54 (48.65%) Finance
2 37 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 27 (24.32%) Telecoms
4 14 (12.61%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (7.21%) Banking
6 6 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.50%) Marketing
8 3 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.80%) Advertising
9 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.90%) Aviation
10 1 (0.90%) Law
10 1 (0.90%) Legal
10 1 (0.90%) Police
10 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 16 (14.41%) Senior
3 15 (13.51%) Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) Network Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) Network Support
4 14 (12.61%) Network Support Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) Support Analyst
5 13 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (9.91%) Security Engineer
8 10 (9.01%) Network Security Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Deployment Engineer
9 8 (7.21%) Network Deployment Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (6.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) Architect
11 6 (5.41%) LAN Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) LAN/WAN Engineer
11 6 (5.41%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.31%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.50%) JSON
3 3 (2.70%) REST
4 1 (0.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (50.45%) Data Centre
2 25 (22.52%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (4.50%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.60%) CMDB
6 3 (2.70%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.90%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.41%) Windows
2 11 (9.91%) Linux
2 11 (9.91%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.41%) Unix
4 4 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.80%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (41.44%) Load Balancing
2 33 (29.73%) Change Management
3 30 (27.03%) Customer Service
4 27 (24.32%) Asset Management
5 26 (23.42%) Network Monitoring
6 25 (22.52%) Network Virtualisation
7 24 (21.62%) Capacity Planning
7 24 (21.62%) Coaching
7 24 (21.62%) Network Planning
7 24 (21.62%) Problem Management
8 16 (14.41%) Change Control
9 15 (13.51%) Inventory Management
10 14 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (12.61%) ITIL
11 13 (11.71%) Validation
12 12 (10.81%) Kalman Filter
13 11 (9.91%) Computer Science
14 10 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
14 10 (9.01%) High Availability
15 9 (8.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.12%) Python
2 7 (6.31%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.80%) Bash
Qualifications
1 47 (42.34%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (32.43%) CCNP
3 33 (29.73%) Degree
4 30 (27.03%) CCIE
5 20 (18.02%) CCNA
5 20 (18.02%) CCSA
5 20 (18.02%) CCSE
6 15 (13.51%) Security Cleared
7 13 (11.71%) SC Cleared
8 11 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.70%) CISSP
12 2 (1.80%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.80%) Check Point Certification
13 1 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.90%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.50%) PMO
2 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.80%) SLA
4 1 (0.90%) COBIT
4 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.90%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (7.21%) Active Directory
3 7 (6.31%) VMware NSX
4 5 (4.50%) ProxySG
4 5 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.60%) Firmware
5 4 (3.60%) XenApp
6 2 (1.80%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (1.80%) pfSense
6 2 (1.80%) Squid
7 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (12.61%) FortiGate
2 8 (7.21%) Ansible
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (6.31%) Terraform
4 5 (4.50%) Nagios
5 2 (1.80%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.80%) Nessus
5 2 (1.80%) SCCM
5 2 (1.80%) VxRail
6 1 (0.90%) CA Spectrum
6 1 (0.90%) SCOM
Vendors
1 103 (92.79%) Cisco
2 46 (41.44%) Palo Alto
3 38 (34.23%) Meraki
4 35 (31.53%) SolarWinds
5 33 (29.73%) F5
6 29 (26.13%) Fortinet
7 21 (18.92%) VMware
8 12 (10.81%) Blue Coat
9 11 (9.91%) Arista
9 11 (9.91%) Citrix
10 10 (9.01%) Juniper
10 10 (9.01%) Microsoft
11 5 (4.50%) Google
11 5 (4.50%) Infoblox
11 5 (4.50%) Motorola
11 5 (4.50%) Veeam
12 4 (3.60%) IBM
12 4 (3.60%) SonicWALL
13 3 (2.70%) Dell
13 3 (2.70%) HP