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 14 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
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 522 556
Rank change year-on-year +2 +34 +73
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 144 176 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.35% 0.33%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 0.91% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 55 115 195
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,025
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.29% +20.91% -11.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £81,376
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.58% -0.95%

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 19,899 19,251 28,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.67% 38.77% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,053 9,803 22,256
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 14 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 14 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 +9 126 £55,560 -17.07% 49
London +33 70 £87,500 +16.67% 16
UK excluding London -2 66 £52,500 -8.70% 46
Work from Home +33 54 £85,000 +47.83% 17
Scotland +11 17 £55,500 -14.62% 8
South East 0 17 £55,000 -4.35% 17
North of England -11 11 £48,500 -15.65% 6
South West -16 11 £53,000 -11.67% 1
East of England +21 5 £47,500 -17.39% 7
North West +5 5 £50,500 -22.31% 4
North East - 5 - -
West Midlands +6 4 £52,500 +5.00% 5
Midlands -5 4 £52,500 +5.00% 8
Wales +1 1 £38,500 -25.05%
Yorkshire -36 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 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (11.81%) MS Visio
2 12 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 76 (52.78%) Azure
2 38 (26.39%) AWS
3 12 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.64%) SaaS
5 10 (6.94%) AWS Direct Connect
6 8 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (4.86%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.47%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.08%) GCP
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.69%) IaaS
10 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.69%) PaaS
10 1 (0.69%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 131 (90.97%) Firewall
2 82 (56.94%) LAN
3 81 (56.25%) WAN
4 56 (38.89%) Cisco ASA
5 49 (34.03%) SD-WAN
6 46 (31.94%) Wireless
7 44 (30.56%) VPN
8 39 (27.08%) BGP
9 36 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
9 36 (25.00%) Network Security
10 35 (24.31%) OSPF
11 32 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (17.36%) MPLS
13 22 (15.28%) VLAN
13 22 (15.28%) Wireshark
14 20 (13.89%) IPsec
15 19 (13.19%) EIGRP
16 18 (12.50%) NX-OS
17 17 (11.81%) Cisco ISE
17 17 (11.81%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 2 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (41.67%) Finance
2 40 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 28 (19.44%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.94%) Banking
6 9 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.47%) Advertising
8 5 (3.47%) Retail
9 4 (2.78%) Marketing
10 2 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.39%) Law
10 2 (1.39%) Police
11 1 (0.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 92 (63.89%) Network Engineer
2 23 (15.97%) Cisco Engineer
2 23 (15.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 22 (15.28%) Senior
4 20 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (13.19%) AWS Engineer
6 18 (12.50%) Analyst
6 18 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (11.81%) Support Analyst
8 14 (9.72%) LAN Engineer
8 14 (9.72%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 14 (9.72%) Network Support
8 14 (9.72%) WAN Engineer
9 13 (9.03%) Network Operations Engineer
9 13 (9.03%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (8.33%) Firewall Engineer
10 12 (8.33%) Network Analyst
10 12 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.08%) JSON
1 3 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (0.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 79 (54.86%) Data Centre
2 30 (20.83%) Management Information System
3 14 (9.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.17%) CMDB
4 6 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.47%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.08%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.08%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.69%) PKI
8 1 (0.69%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.89%) Windows
2 14 (9.72%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.03%) Linux
4 6 (4.17%) Unix
5 5 (3.47%) Android
5 5 (3.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.56%) Load Balancing
2 31 (21.53%) Change Management
3 28 (19.44%) Computer Science
4 27 (18.75%) Asset Management
4 27 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (18.06%) Kalman Filter
6 24 (16.67%) Coaching
6 24 (16.67%) Problem Management
7 23 (15.97%) Network Monitoring
8 22 (15.28%) Capacity Planning
8 22 (15.28%) Customer Service
8 22 (15.28%) ITIL
8 22 (15.28%) Network Planning
8 22 (15.28%) Network Virtualisation
9 18 (12.50%) High Availability
10 17 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (11.81%) Process Improvement
11 15 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (9.72%) Project Delivery
12 14 (9.72%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.19%) Python
2 11 (7.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (38.19%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (29.17%) CCNP
3 41 (28.47%) Degree
4 39 (27.08%) CCIE
5 32 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 29 (20.14%) SC Cleared
7 28 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (18.06%) CCNA
9 23 (15.97%) CCSA
9 23 (15.97%) CCSE
10 6 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (2.08%) CISSP
13 2 (1.39%) Check Point Certification
13 2 (1.39%) CISM
13 2 (1.39%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.69%) CCNA CyberOps
14 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.69%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.94%) PMO
2 5 (3.47%) SLA
3 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.39%) QA
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.94%) ProxySG
4 8 (5.56%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.47%) Firmware
6 4 (2.78%) XenApp
7 1 (0.69%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.69%) NLBS
7 1 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.86%) Nagios
4 5 (3.47%) Ansible
5 3 (2.08%) Terraform
6 2 (1.39%) Nessus
6 2 (1.39%) SCCM
7 1 (0.69%) SCOM
7 1 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 131 (90.97%) Cisco
2 61 (42.36%) Palo Alto
3 48 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 48 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 47 (32.64%) Meraki
5 34 (23.61%) F5
6 25 (17.36%) VMware
7 18 (12.50%) ServiceNow
8 17 (11.81%) Blue Coat
9 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
10 12 (8.33%) Infoblox
11 11 (7.64%) Splunk
12 10 (6.94%) Dynatrace
12 10 (6.94%) Motorola
13 8 (5.56%) Arista
13 8 (5.56%) Citrix
13 8 (5.56%) Google
13 8 (5.56%) LogRhythm
13 8 (5.56%) Tenable
14 6 (4.17%) Juniper