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 28 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 527 492 580
Rank change year-on-year -35 +88 +56
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 144 181 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.38% 0.32%
As % of the Vendors category 0.71% 0.98% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 56 124 191
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,184 £48,378
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,810 £67,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.21% +21.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -8.26% +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 20,262 18,425 29,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.94% 38.98% 38.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,110 9,809 22,371
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.70% -6.00%

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 28 February 2026.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Top 16 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 28 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 -19 127 £57,500 -14.81% 29
London +22 70 £86,250 +15.89% 12
UK excluding London -23 64 £52,750 -8.26% 27
Work from Home +29 52 £85,000 +47.83% 9
South East -17 18 £55,000 -4.35% 10
Scotland +2 16 £42,500 -34.62% 5
North of England -17 10 £52,500 -14.29% 4
South West -12 9 £54,560 -6.03%
East of England +16 6 £51,250 -10.87% 4
North East - 6 - -
Midlands -17 5 £52,500 +5.00% 6
West Midlands -2 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
North West -10 3 £52,750 -23.27% 4
Wales -3 1 £38,500 -25.05%
East Midlands -27 1 £62,500 -21.88% 3
Yorkshire -38 1 £45,000 -19.28%

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 16 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (54.17%) Azure
2 42 (29.17%) AWS
3 13 (9.03%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.33%) SaaS
5 11 (7.64%) AWS Direct Connect
6 9 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (4.86%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.47%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.78%) GCP
10 2 (1.39%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.69%) IaaS
11 1 (0.69%) PaaS
11 1 (0.69%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 130 (90.28%) Firewall
2 83 (57.64%) WAN
3 80 (55.56%) LAN
4 55 (38.19%) Cisco ASA
5 49 (34.03%) VPN
6 48 (33.33%) SD-WAN
7 46 (31.94%) Wireless
8 41 (28.47%) Network Security
9 37 (25.69%) BGP
10 33 (22.92%) Cisco Firepower
10 33 (22.92%) OSPF
11 31 (21.53%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (18.06%) MPLS
13 24 (16.67%) VLAN
14 21 (14.58%) Cisco ISE
15 18 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
15 18 (12.50%) IPsec
15 18 (12.50%) NX-OS
15 18 (12.50%) Wireshark
15 18 (12.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.39%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (2.78%) JIRA
2 2 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 53 (36.81%) Finance
2 39 (27.08%) Social Skills
3 26 (18.06%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.33%) Banking
6 11 (7.64%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.56%) Retail
8 6 (4.17%) Marketing
9 5 (3.47%) Advertising
10 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.39%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.39%) Law
11 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.39%) Police
11 2 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 91 (63.19%) Network Engineer
2 24 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 24 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 24 (16.67%) Senior
3 21 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (13.89%) Senior Network Engineer
5 19 (13.19%) AWS Engineer
5 19 (13.19%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) Analyst
6 14 (9.72%) Firewall Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) LAN Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) Network Operations Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) Operations Engineer
6 14 (9.72%) WAN Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) Security Engineer
7 13 (9.03%) Support Analyst
8 12 (8.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 10 (6.94%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) JSON
2 1 (0.69%) LDAP
2 1 (0.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 79 (54.86%) Data Centre
2 27 (18.75%) Management Information System
3 14 (9.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.17%) CMDB
4 6 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.47%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.69%) PKI
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 40 (27.78%) Load Balancing
2 32 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 29 (20.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (20.14%) Kalman Filter
4 28 (19.44%) Change Management
5 24 (16.67%) ITIL
6 23 (15.97%) Asset Management
7 20 (13.89%) Coaching
7 20 (13.89%) Problem Management
8 19 (13.19%) High Availability
8 19 (13.19%) Network Monitoring
9 18 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
9 18 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 18 (12.50%) Network Planning
9 18 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
9 18 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (11.81%) Process Improvement
10 17 (11.81%) Project Delivery
11 16 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.28%) Python
2 12 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 58 (40.28%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (31.25%) CCNP
3 42 (29.17%) Degree
4 40 (27.78%) CCIE
5 32 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (21.53%) Security Cleared
7 28 (19.44%) CCNA
7 28 (19.44%) SC Cleared
8 23 (15.97%) CCSE
9 21 (14.58%) CCSA
10 6 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (3.47%) CISSP
11 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.78%) CISM
13 2 (1.39%) APMG
13 2 (1.39%) Check Point Certification
13 2 (1.39%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.69%) CCNA CyberOps
14 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.33%) PMO
2 6 (4.17%) 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 19 (13.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 12 (8.33%) ProxySG
4 9 (6.25%) 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 19 (13.19%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.86%) Nagios
4 6 (4.17%) Ansible
5 4 (2.78%) 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 57 (39.58%) Palo Alto
3 54 (37.50%) Fortinet
4 47 (32.64%) SolarWinds
5 45 (31.25%) Meraki
6 39 (27.08%) F5
7 25 (17.36%) VMware
8 21 (14.58%) ServiceNow
9 20 (13.89%) Blue Coat
10 17 (11.81%) Microsoft
11 14 (9.72%) Infoblox
12 13 (9.03%) Splunk
13 12 (8.33%) Motorola
14 11 (7.64%) Dynatrace
15 9 (6.25%) Google
15 9 (6.25%) LogRhythm
15 9 (6.25%) Tenable
16 8 (5.56%) Arista
16 8 (5.56%) Citrix
17 6 (4.17%) Juniper