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 13 June 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
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 515 682
Rank change year-on-year -101 +167 -40
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 117 150 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.49% 0.78% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 51 112 166
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £68,438
90th Percentile £107,500 £89,875 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.53% +0.62%

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 23,834 19,175 36,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.70% 43.17% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13,863 10,406 25,111
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.26% -8.00%

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 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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 -91 114 £55,000 -8.33% 26
London -12 61 £95,000 +11.76% 9
UK excluding London -79 47 £47,500 -5.00% 21
Work from Home -11 39 £95,000 +69.28% 10
North of England -40 18 £41,250 -29.79% 6
South East -6 14 £55,000 +46.67% 7
North West +7 8 £42,500 -39.29% 1
North East -35 7 - - 1
South West -64 5 £50,000 -10.91% 2
East Midlands -18 4 £44,472 -44.41% 2
Midlands -33 4 £44,472 -11.06% 2
East of England - 4 £50,000 - 3
Yorkshire -44 3 £40,000 -23.59% 4
Scotland - 3 £42,500 - 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 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (11.97%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (48.72%) Azure
2 52 (44.44%) AWS
3 14 (11.97%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (11.11%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (11.11%) SaaS
5 11 (9.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (8.55%) GCP
7 8 (6.84%) OCI
8 7 (5.98%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.56%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.71%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 99 (84.62%) Firewall
2 59 (50.43%) WAN
3 55 (47.01%) LAN
4 51 (43.59%) Network Security
5 50 (42.74%) Cisco ASA
6 43 (36.75%) Wireless
7 42 (35.90%) VPN
8 37 (31.62%) BGP
9 33 (28.21%) SD-WAN
10 32 (27.35%) OSPF
11 29 (24.79%) Cisco ISE
12 28 (23.93%) Cisco Firepower
13 27 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
14 24 (20.51%) VLAN
15 23 (19.66%) MPLS
16 22 (18.80%) Cisco Nexus
17 19 (16.24%) EIGRP
18 18 (15.38%) NX-OS
18 18 (15.38%) WLAN
19 16 (13.68%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.42%) Big Data
2 2 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.71%) Hadoop
2 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.71%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.51%) Finance
3 19 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.68%) Public Sector
5 13 (11.11%) Banking
5 13 (11.11%) Retail
5 13 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 10 (8.55%) Marketing
7 8 (6.84%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Advertising
10 2 (1.71%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.85%) Law
11 1 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (51.28%) Network Engineer
2 27 (23.08%) Senior
3 19 (16.24%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (13.68%) Cisco Engineer
4 16 (13.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (12.82%) Architect
6 14 (11.97%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (11.97%) Network Architect
7 12 (10.26%) Consultant
7 12 (10.26%) Firewall Engineer
7 12 (10.26%) Security Engineer
8 11 (9.40%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (8.55%) Network Operations Engineer
9 10 (8.55%) Operations Engineer
10 9 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.84%) LAN Engineer
11 8 (6.84%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.84%) Network Security Specialist
11 8 (6.84%) Network Specialist
11 8 (6.84%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (1.71%) JSON
1 2 (1.71%) Kafka
2 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 62 (52.99%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 8 (6.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (5.98%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.13%) Public Cloud
6 5 (4.27%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.56%) FMCG
9 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.71%) CMDB
9 2 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.85%) PKI
10 1 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.68%) Windows
2 11 (9.40%) Linux
3 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.56%) Solaris
4 3 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.71%) Android
5 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.64%) Computer Science
2 29 (24.79%) Project Delivery
3 27 (23.08%) Zero Trust
4 25 (21.37%) High Availability
5 23 (19.66%) ITIL
6 22 (18.80%) Kalman Filter
7 21 (17.95%) Load Balancing
8 19 (16.24%) Network Architecture
8 19 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 18 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 17 (14.53%) Network Segmentation
10 17 (14.53%) Roadmaps
10 17 (14.53%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (14.53%) SIEM
11 15 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (11.97%) Analytical Thinking
12 14 (11.97%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (11.97%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.22%) Python
2 10 (8.55%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.13%) SQL
4 2 (1.71%) Java
4 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (47.86%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (45.30%) CCNP
3 40 (34.19%) CCIE
4 33 (28.21%) Degree
5 30 (25.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (23.93%) Security Cleared
7 25 (21.37%) SC Cleared
8 23 (19.66%) CCSE
9 21 (17.95%) CCNA
10 18 (15.38%) CCSA
11 10 (8.55%) JNCIP
12 9 (7.69%) Azure Certification
13 8 (6.84%) AWS Certification
13 8 (6.84%) CCIE Security
13 8 (6.84%) JNCIE
14 5 (4.27%) CISM
14 5 (4.27%) CISSP
15 4 (3.42%) APMG
16 3 (2.56%) DV Cleared
17 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.82%) PMO
2 7 (5.98%) SLA
3 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.56%) QA
5 1 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (11.97%) ProxySG
3 12 (10.26%) Active Directory
4 8 (6.84%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.85%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) NLBS
6 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (11.11%) Ansible
2 11 (9.40%) FortiGate
3 10 (8.55%) Terraform
4 3 (2.56%) VxRail
5 2 (1.71%) Grafana
5 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.71%) Nagios
5 2 (1.71%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 103 (88.03%) Cisco
2 48 (41.03%) Fortinet
3 42 (35.90%) Palo Alto
4 35 (29.91%) F5
5 31 (26.50%) Meraki
6 30 (25.64%) SolarWinds
7 23 (19.66%) ServiceNow
8 19 (16.24%) VMware
9 18 (15.38%) Blue Coat
9 18 (15.38%) Splunk
10 17 (14.53%) Microsoft
11 15 (12.82%) Infoblox
12 14 (11.97%) Motorola
13 13 (11.11%) Dynatrace
14 8 (6.84%) LogRhythm
14 8 (6.84%) Zscaler
15 7 (5.98%) Sophos
15 7 (5.98%) Tenable
16 6 (5.13%) Aruba
17 5 (4.27%) Arista