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 10 March 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
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 483 612
Rank change year-on-year -53 +129 +27
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 148 174 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 1.01% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 56 128 180
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £41,213
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,438 £47,692
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,810 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% +18.18% -6.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £71,564
90th Percentile £91,250 £86,250 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £56,121 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.45% +6.90% -

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 20,417 17,306 31,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.04% 39.41% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11,048 9,867 24,309
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £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 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +13.04% -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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -27 132 £57,800 -11.08% 29
London +16 75 £86,250 +16.55% 8
UK excluding London -40 63 £52,500 -6.45% 22
Work from Home +45 52 £85,000 +49.62% 11
South East -19 18 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Scotland -3 15 £42,500 -34.62% 2
North of England -38 13 £48,750 -15.22% 2
South West -33 8 £54,560 -2.78%
North East - 7 - -
North West -13 5 £52,500 -25.00% 2
Midlands -28 5 £52,500 +5.00% 6
East of England +5 4 £50,000 -13.04% 6
West Midlands -12 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
Wales -12 1 £38,500 -34.19%
East Midlands -27 1 £62,500 -21.88% 3
Yorkshire -55 1 £45,000 -8.81%

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 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (12.16%) MS Visio
2 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (52.70%) Azure
2 45 (30.41%) AWS
3 13 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.11%) SaaS
5 11 (7.43%) AWS Direct Connect
6 9 (6.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (4.73%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.38%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.03%) GCP
9 3 (2.03%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.35%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.68%) IaaS
11 1 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 134 (90.54%) Firewall
2 85 (57.43%) WAN
3 83 (56.08%) LAN
4 60 (40.54%) Cisco ASA
5 52 (35.14%) VPN
6 49 (33.11%) Wireless
7 46 (31.08%) SD-WAN
8 44 (29.73%) Network Security
9 41 (27.70%) BGP
10 36 (24.32%) OSPF
11 35 (23.65%) Cisco Firepower
12 33 (22.30%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (18.92%) MPLS
14 27 (18.24%) VLAN
15 24 (16.22%) Cisco ISE
16 21 (14.19%) Cisco Nexus
17 20 (13.51%) EIGRP
17 20 (13.51%) WLAN
18 19 (12.84%) NX-OS
19 16 (10.81%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (36.49%) Finance
2 39 (26.35%) Social Skills
3 25 (16.89%) Telecoms
4 17 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.78%) Banking
5 13 (8.78%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.08%) Retail
7 7 (4.73%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.73%) Marketing
8 5 (3.38%) Advertising
9 4 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.35%) Police
10 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Law
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 95 (64.19%) Network Engineer
2 27 (18.24%) Senior
3 25 (16.89%) Cisco Engineer
3 25 (16.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 23 (15.54%) Senior Network Engineer
5 21 (14.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (13.51%) AWS Engineer
6 20 (13.51%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (10.14%) LAN Engineer
7 15 (10.14%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 15 (10.14%) Network Operations Engineer
7 15 (10.14%) Operations Engineer
7 15 (10.14%) WAN Engineer
8 14 (9.46%) Firewall Engineer
9 13 (8.78%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (8.11%) Analyst
10 12 (8.11%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 12 (8.11%) Security Engineer
11 11 (7.43%) Support Analyst
12 8 (5.41%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.03%) JSON
2 1 (0.68%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 81 (54.73%) Data Centre
2 25 (16.89%) Management Information System
3 15 (10.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (6.08%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.38%) CMDB
5 5 (3.38%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.38%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.03%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.35%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.35%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.68%) PKI
9 1 (0.68%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.19%) Windows
2 15 (10.14%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.78%) Linux
4 6 (4.05%) Unix
5 5 (3.38%) Android
5 5 (3.38%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.03%) Load Balancing
2 36 (24.32%) Computer Science
3 30 (20.27%) Kalman Filter
4 29 (19.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (17.57%) Change Management
6 24 (16.22%) ITIL
7 22 (14.86%) High Availability
8 20 (13.51%) Asset Management
8 20 (13.51%) Project Delivery
9 19 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (12.16%) Coaching
10 18 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (12.16%) Network Monitoring
10 18 (12.16%) Problem Management
10 18 (12.16%) Process Improvement
10 18 (12.16%) Zero Trust
11 17 (11.49%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (11.49%) SIEM
12 16 (10.81%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.54%) Python
2 14 (9.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (43.92%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (35.14%) CCNP
3 46 (31.08%) Degree
4 43 (29.05%) CCIE
5 36 (24.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (21.62%) CCNA
7 29 (19.59%) Security Cleared
8 28 (18.92%) SC Cleared
9 24 (16.22%) CCSE
10 22 (14.86%) CCSA
11 6 (4.05%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (3.38%) CISSP
12 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (2.70%) CISM
14 2 (1.35%) APMG
14 2 (1.35%) Check Point Certification
14 2 (1.35%) JNCIP
15 1 (0.68%) CCNA CyberOps
15 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
15 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.46%) PMO
2 6 (4.05%) SLA
3 4 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.35%) QA
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (14.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (10.14%) Active Directory
3 14 (9.46%) ProxySG
4 9 (6.08%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.38%) Firmware
6 4 (2.70%) XenApp
7 2 (1.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.68%) NLBS
8 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (12.84%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.38%) Ansible
4 4 (2.70%) Nagios
4 4 (2.70%) Terraform
5 2 (1.35%) Nessus
5 2 (1.35%) SCCM
5 2 (1.35%) VxRail
6 1 (0.68%) SCOM
Vendors
1 134 (90.54%) Cisco
2 57 (38.51%) Fortinet
2 57 (38.51%) Palo Alto
3 47 (31.76%) SolarWinds
4 44 (29.73%) Meraki
5 38 (25.68%) F5
6 26 (17.57%) VMware
7 23 (15.54%) ServiceNow
8 19 (12.84%) Blue Coat
9 17 (11.49%) Microsoft
10 16 (10.81%) Infoblox
11 14 (9.46%) Motorola
11 14 (9.46%) Splunk
12 11 (7.43%) Dynatrace
13 9 (6.08%) Arista
13 9 (6.08%) Tenable
14 8 (5.41%) Citrix
14 8 (5.41%) Google
14 8 (5.41%) LogRhythm
15 7 (4.73%) Aruba