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 16 November 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 593 431
Rank change year-on-year +46 -162 +232
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 123 160 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.24% 0.61%
As % of the Vendors category 0.60% 0.71% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49 91 270
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £37,500
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 £89,000 £91,250 £105,129
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £58,750 £50,886
% change year-on-year -10.64% +15.45% -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 20,575 22,490 22,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 39.05% 33.17% 41.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,647 11,533 17,251
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.27%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 +48 102 £56,810 -12.60% 38
London +46 63 £80,000 +7.49% 16
UK excluding London +62 50 £52,500 -10.64% 34
Work from Home +64 44 £68,750 +10.00% 14
Scotland +15 17 - - 2
North of England +43 12 £49,250 -21.20% 4
South West +36 7 £53,000 -18.46% 1
Midlands +53 6 £52,500 +5.00% 3
West Midlands +50 6 £52,500 +5.00% 3
South East -4 5 £54,000 -6.09% 12
North East - 5 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +13 4 £47,500 -19.15% 3
North West +41 3 £48,500 -25.38% 1
East of England +20 2 £52,500 -23.64% 6
Wales +11 1 £38,500 -40.77% 5

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 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (13.82%) MS Visio
2 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 68 (55.28%) Azure
2 19 (15.45%) AWS
3 13 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.32%) GCP
5 7 (5.69%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.25%) Rubrik
7 3 (2.44%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.63%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.63%) SecurityScorecard
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.81%) IaaS
9 1 (0.81%) OCI
9 1 (0.81%) PaaS
9 1 (0.81%) SaaS
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 108 (87.80%) Firewall
2 82 (66.67%) LAN
3 73 (59.35%) WAN
4 47 (38.21%) SD-WAN
5 39 (31.71%) VPN
6 33 (26.83%) Network Security
6 33 (26.83%) Wireless
7 29 (23.58%) BGP
7 29 (23.58%) OSPF
8 25 (20.33%) Cisco ASA
9 24 (19.51%) Wireshark
10 20 (16.26%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (13.82%) EIGRP
12 16 (13.01%) MPLS
13 15 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
13 15 (12.20%) Cisco ISE
13 15 (12.20%) IPsec
14 14 (11.38%) HSRP
14 14 (11.38%) VLAN
15 13 (10.57%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
General
1 52 (42.28%) Finance
2 40 (32.52%) Social Skills
3 28 (22.76%) Telecoms
4 13 (10.57%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (7.32%) Banking
6 6 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.07%) Marketing
8 3 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.63%) Advertising
9 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.81%) Aviation
10 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Police
10 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (63.41%) Network Engineer
2 15 (12.20%) Analyst
2 15 (12.20%) Senior
3 14 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (11.38%) Network Analyst
3 14 (11.38%) Network Support
3 14 (11.38%) Network Support Analyst
3 14 (11.38%) Support Analyst
4 11 (8.94%) Security Engineer
4 11 (8.94%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (8.13%) Network Security Engineer
6 9 (7.32%) Architect
7 8 (6.50%) Network Architect
8 7 (5.69%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Deployment Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Network Deployment Engineer
8 7 (5.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.88%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.32%) 802.1X
2 8 (6.50%) JSON
3 3 (2.44%) REST
4 1 (0.81%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 63 (51.22%) Data Centre
2 27 (21.95%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.50%) Public Cloud
4 5 (4.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (3.25%) CMDB
6 3 (2.44%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.63%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.81%) IPTV
8 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.26%) Windows
2 15 (12.20%) Windows Server
3 13 (10.57%) Linux
4 6 (4.88%) Unix
4 6 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.63%) Check Point GAiA
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (36.59%) Load Balancing
2 34 (27.64%) Change Management
3 30 (24.39%) Customer Service
4 27 (21.95%) Asset Management
5 26 (21.14%) Capacity Planning
5 26 (21.14%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (21.14%) Network Virtualisation
6 24 (19.51%) Coaching
6 24 (19.51%) Network Planning
6 24 (19.51%) Problem Management
7 15 (12.20%) Change Control
7 15 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (11.38%) Inventory Management
8 14 (11.38%) ITIL
9 13 (10.57%) Kalman Filter
10 12 (9.76%) Validation
11 10 (8.13%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (8.13%) Incident Response
12 9 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.70%) Python
2 11 (8.94%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 52 (42.28%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (32.52%) CCNP
3 34 (27.64%) Degree
4 28 (22.76%) CCIE
5 25 (20.33%) CCNA
6 18 (14.63%) CCSA
6 18 (14.63%) CCSE
6 18 (14.63%) Security Cleared
7 16 (13.01%) SC Cleared
8 10 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.44%) CISSP
12 2 (1.63%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.63%) Check Point Certification
13 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.81%) CCNA CyberOps
13 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.07%) PMO
1 5 (4.07%) SLA
2 3 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.81%) COBIT
4 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (13.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (9.76%) Active Directory
3 11 (8.94%) VMware NSX
4 6 (4.88%) XenApp
5 5 (4.07%) Firmware
5 5 (4.07%) ProxySG
5 5 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (3.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.63%) pfSense
7 2 (1.63%) Squid
8 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (13.01%) FortiGate
2 12 (9.76%) Ansible
3 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (8.13%) Terraform
4 5 (4.07%) Nagios
5 4 (3.25%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (3.25%) VxRail
6 2 (1.63%) Nessus
6 2 (1.63%) SCCM
7 1 (0.81%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.81%) SCOM
Vendors
1 115 (93.50%) Cisco
2 47 (38.21%) Palo Alto
3 44 (35.77%) Meraki
4 38 (30.89%) SolarWinds
5 36 (29.27%) F5
6 31 (25.20%) Fortinet
7 29 (23.58%) VMware
8 15 (12.20%) Blue Coat
9 14 (11.38%) Citrix
10 12 (9.76%) Arista
10 12 (9.76%) Microsoft
11 10 (8.13%) Juniper
12 8 (6.50%) Google
13 7 (5.69%) Infoblox
14 6 (4.88%) SonicWALL
15 5 (4.07%) Motorola
15 5 (4.07%) Splunk
15 5 (4.07%) Veeam
15 5 (4.07%) Zscaler
16 4 (3.25%) IBM