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 26 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
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 541 425
Rank change year-on-year +17 -116 +162
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 130 162 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.29% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 0.67% 0.78% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 48 99 244
10th Percentile £43,375 £47,500 £38,725
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,810 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £76,563
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% +1.94%

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 19,507 20,643 20,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.54% 36.93% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,078 10,785 16,069
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,500 £73,750
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 26 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 26 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 +33 110 £56,810 -12.60% 120
London +40 65 £80,000 +7.49% 27
UK excluding London +45 57 £52,500 -8.70% 104
Work from Home +48 45 £75,000 +22.45% 26
Scotland +21 18 £75,000 +15.38% 3
North of England +22 11 £48,500 -15.65% 21
South East +5 11 £54,000 -6.09% 32
South West +15 8 £53,000 -5.56% 10
North East - 5 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands +28 4 £52,500 +5.00% 10
East of England +25 4 £51,250 -10.87% 22
Midlands +19 4 £52,500 +5.00% 16
North West +24 3 £48,500 -20.82% 12
Yorkshire -16 3 £47,500 -17.39% 8
Wales +9 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 (6.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 15 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 72 (55.38%) Azure
2 29 (22.31%) AWS
3 9 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.38%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.85%) GCP
6 4 (3.08%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.08%) SaaS
7 3 (2.31%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.54%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.54%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.54%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.77%) IaaS
9 1 (0.77%) OCI
9 1 (0.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (87.69%) Firewall
2 80 (61.54%) LAN
3 74 (56.92%) WAN
4 45 (34.62%) SD-WAN
5 42 (32.31%) Wireless
6 40 (30.77%) VPN
7 37 (28.46%) Cisco ASA
8 33 (25.38%) Network Security
9 32 (24.62%) BGP
10 30 (23.08%) OSPF
11 24 (18.46%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (18.46%) Wireshark
12 22 (16.92%) Cisco Firepower
13 20 (15.38%) EIGRP
14 17 (13.08%) VLAN
15 16 (12.31%) TCP/IP
16 15 (11.54%) MPLS
17 14 (10.77%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (10.77%) IPsec
18 13 (10.00%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.54%) JIRA
1 2 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 56 (43.08%) Finance
2 43 (33.08%) Social Skills
3 29 (22.31%) Telecoms
4 12 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.23%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (7.69%) Banking
6 7 (5.38%) Marketing
7 5 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.08%) Advertising
8 4 (3.08%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.08%) Retail
9 2 (1.54%) Legal
9 2 (1.54%) Police
10 1 (0.77%) Aviation
10 1 (0.77%) Law
10 1 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (66.92%) Network Engineer
2 22 (16.92%) Senior
3 19 (14.62%) Analyst
4 18 (13.85%) Senior Network Engineer
4 18 (13.85%) Support Analyst
5 16 (12.31%) Network Support
6 14 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (10.77%) Network Analyst
6 14 (10.77%) Network Support Analyst
7 12 (9.23%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (9.23%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (9.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (8.46%) Security Engineer
9 10 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
10 9 (6.92%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (6.92%) LAN Engineer
10 9 (6.92%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 9 (6.92%) WAN Engineer
11 7 (5.38%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.62%) Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.38%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.08%) JSON
3 3 (2.31%) REST
4 1 (0.77%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 66 (50.77%) Data Centre
2 27 (20.77%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.08%) CMDB
5 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.08%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.54%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.77%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.77%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.38%) Windows
2 15 (11.54%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.23%) Linux
4 6 (4.62%) Unix
5 4 (3.08%) Android
5 4 (3.08%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.54%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.46%) Load Balancing
2 33 (25.38%) Change Management
3 30 (23.08%) Customer Service
4 27 (20.77%) Asset Management
4 27 (20.77%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (20.00%) Problem Management
6 25 (19.23%) Network Virtualisation
7 24 (18.46%) Capacity Planning
7 24 (18.46%) Coaching
7 24 (18.46%) Network Planning
8 23 (17.69%) ITIL
9 20 (15.38%) Computer Science
10 19 (14.62%) Kalman Filter
11 17 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 14 (10.77%) Change Control
14 13 (10.00%) High Availability
14 13 (10.00%) Inventory Management
15 12 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
16 11 (8.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.92%) Python
2 7 (5.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.54%) Bash
Qualifications
1 53 (40.77%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (32.31%) CCNP
3 39 (30.00%) Degree
4 35 (26.92%) CCIE
5 22 (16.92%) CCNA
5 22 (16.92%) CCSA
5 22 (16.92%) CCSE
6 21 (16.15%) Security Cleared
7 20 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (14.62%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.31%) CISSP
12 2 (1.54%) Check Point Certification
12 2 (1.54%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.92%) PMO
2 5 (3.85%) SLA
3 3 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.77%) COBIT
5 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (13.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (9.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.92%) ProxySG
4 8 (6.15%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.08%) Firmware
6 4 (3.08%) XenApp
7 2 (1.54%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.54%) pfSense
7 2 (1.54%) Squid
8 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (12.31%) FortiGate
2 8 (6.15%) Ansible
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.85%) Nagios
3 5 (3.85%) Terraform
4 2 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.54%) Nessus
4 2 (1.54%) SCCM
4 2 (1.54%) VxRail
5 1 (0.77%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (0.77%) SCOM
Vendors
1 117 (90.00%) Cisco
2 55 (42.31%) Palo Alto
3 43 (33.08%) Meraki
4 42 (32.31%) SolarWinds
5 40 (30.77%) F5
6 37 (28.46%) Fortinet
7 26 (20.00%) VMware
8 16 (12.31%) Blue Coat
9 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
10 11 (8.46%) Arista
10 11 (8.46%) Citrix
11 10 (7.69%) Infoblox
11 10 (7.69%) Juniper
12 9 (6.92%) Motorola
13 8 (6.15%) Google
13 8 (6.15%) ServiceNow
14 6 (4.62%) HP
15 5 (3.85%) Aruba
15 5 (3.85%) Veeam
16 4 (3.08%) Splunk