CheckPoint Jobs

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 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 691 562
Rank change year-on-year +107 -129 +202
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 152 198 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.19% 0.44%
As % of the Vendors category 0.59% 0.56% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 107 147 235
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,200
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £86,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £75,100 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 25,580 35,198 34,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 34.12% 40.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13,930 23,262 22,713
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

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 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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 +113 142 £60,000 +4.35% 66
London +109 67 £85,000 +21.43% 31
UK excluding London +93 56 £50,000 - 41
Work from Home +63 49 £56,121 -2.40% 29
North of England +62 23 £57,500 +31.43% 18
Midlands +34 15 £50,000 -4.76% 8
West Midlands +28 14 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Yorkshire +47 10 £53,750 -10.42% 8
South West +100 9 £56,121 -10.21% 2
South East +71 7 £37,500 -28.57% 11
North West +15 7 £70,000 +57.30% 6
North East +46 6 £50,000 +31.58% 4
Wales +22 2 £48,117 -
East Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 1

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 21 (13.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.97%) IIS
2 3 (1.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (7.89%) MS Visio
2 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 84 (55.26%) Azure
2 32 (21.05%) AWS
3 28 (18.42%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (17.11%) GCP
5 14 (9.21%) AWS Direct Connect
6 4 (2.63%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.97%) IaaS
7 3 (1.97%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.97%) Rubrik
7 3 (1.97%) SaaS
8 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.66%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 127 (83.55%) Firewall
2 95 (62.50%) WAN
3 81 (53.29%) LAN
4 62 (40.79%) SD-WAN
5 61 (40.13%) VPN
6 47 (30.92%) OSPF
7 46 (30.26%) BGP
8 44 (28.95%) Network Security
9 40 (26.32%) Cisco ASA
10 39 (25.66%) Cisco Firepower
11 36 (23.68%) Cisco ISE
12 31 (20.39%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (19.74%) IPsec
14 25 (16.45%) Ethernet
15 22 (14.47%) EIGRP
15 22 (14.47%) MPLS
16 21 (13.82%) WLAN
17 20 (13.16%) NX-OS
18 17 (11.18%) VLAN
19 15 (9.87%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 26 (17.11%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.50%) Banking
2 19 (12.50%) Finance
3 13 (8.55%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.92%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.95%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.29%) Police
7 4 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.97%) Back Office
8 3 (1.97%) Marketing
9 2 (1.32%) Local Government
10 1 (0.66%) Aviation
10 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 69 (45.39%) Network Engineer
2 24 (15.79%) Architect
3 23 (15.13%) Network Architect
4 20 (13.16%) Support Engineer
5 19 (12.50%) Senior
6 18 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (8.55%) Consultant
8 13 (8.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) Network Operations Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) Operations Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) Security Consultant
10 11 (7.24%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (7.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (7.24%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 11 (7.24%) Network Consultant
10 11 (7.24%) Network Security Consultant
10 11 (7.24%) Security Technical Consultant
10 11 (7.24%) Technical Consultant
10 11 (7.24%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.45%) JSON
2 11 (7.24%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.66%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (44.08%) Data Centre
2 28 (18.42%) Public Cloud
3 14 (9.21%) Management Information System
4 12 (7.89%) Onboarding
5 9 (5.92%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.95%) IPTV
7 2 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.32%) PKI
7 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.66%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.11%) Windows
2 22 (14.47%) Windows Server
3 14 (9.21%) Windows Server 2016
3 14 (9.21%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (5.26%) Linux
5 2 (1.32%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (1.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.68%) Change Management
2 24 (15.79%) Due Diligence
3 18 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (11.84%) Load Balancing
3 18 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (11.84%) Runbook
4 16 (10.53%) Migration
5 15 (9.87%) Inventory Management
5 15 (9.87%) Mentoring
5 15 (9.87%) Network Design
6 14 (9.21%) Cloud Security
6 14 (9.21%) Infrastructure Management
6 14 (9.21%) Network Management
7 13 (8.55%) Incident Response
8 12 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.89%) Data Security
9 11 (7.24%) ITIL
9 11 (7.24%) Kalman Filter
9 11 (7.24%) Process Improvement
10 10 (6.58%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (21.71%) Python
2 21 (13.82%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.29%) SQL
4 2 (1.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 58 (38.16%) Cisco Certification
2 48 (31.58%) CCNP
3 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
4 34 (22.37%) SC Cleared
5 29 (19.08%) Degree
6 27 (17.76%) CCNA
7 22 (14.47%) CCSA
8 15 (9.87%) CCIE
9 9 (5.92%) CCSE
10 5 (3.29%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.29%) Check Point Certification
11 3 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.66%) CCDP
13 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.66%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.66%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.92%) SLA
2 3 (1.97%) PMO
3 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 27 (17.76%) VMware NSX
2 22 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (13.16%) Active Directory
4 14 (9.21%) Firmware
5 12 (7.89%) XenApp
6 4 (2.63%) ProxySG
7 3 (1.97%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 3 (1.97%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (21.05%) Ansible
2 31 (20.39%) Terraform
3 27 (17.76%) FortiGate
4 15 (9.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.29%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.97%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.97%) SCCM
6 3 (1.97%) VxRail
7 2 (1.32%) WSUS
8 1 (0.66%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 138 (90.79%) Cisco
2 50 (32.89%) VMware
3 47 (30.92%) F5
3 47 (30.92%) Fortinet
4 44 (28.95%) Meraki
5 39 (25.66%) SolarWinds
6 33 (21.71%) Palo Alto
7 28 (18.42%) Blue Coat
8 26 (17.11%) Google
9 21 (13.82%) Citrix
10 17 (11.18%) Infoblox
11 16 (10.53%) Microsoft
12 14 (9.21%) Dynatrace
13 12 (7.89%) SonicWALL
14 9 (5.92%) Arista
15 8 (5.26%) Zscaler
16 6 (3.95%) Bloomberg
16 6 (3.95%) Dell
16 6 (3.95%) Juniper
16 6 (3.95%) Refinitiv