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 6 June 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
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 510 666
Rank change year-on-year -121 +156 -18
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 116 154 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.49% 0.83% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 48 115 164
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,900
25th Percentile £42,188 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £88,125 £86,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year - -2.53% +0.62%

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 23,636 18,639 36,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.61% 42.43% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13,490 10,204 24,915
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £36,207
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,335 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £45,828
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.74% -8.34%

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 6 June 2026.

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 6 June 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 -90 113 £55,000 -8.33% 37
London -14 59 £90,000 +5.88% 15
UK excluding London -73 47 £50,000 - 26
Work from Home -7 38 £90,000 +60.37% 10
North of England -32 18 £42,500 -26.09% 7
South East -15 15 £55,000 +46.67% 11
North West +4 8 £42,500 -33.33% 2
North East -36 8 - - 1
South West -63 5 £50,000 -10.91% 2
East of England - 4 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -26 3 £44,472 -44.41% 2
Midlands -40 3 £44,472 -11.06% 3
Scotland - 3 £42,500 - 1
Yorkshire -45 2 £40,000 -23.59% 4

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 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (13.79%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (50.86%) Azure
2 53 (45.69%) AWS
3 14 (12.07%) AWS Direct Connect
3 14 (12.07%) SaaS
4 13 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (10.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (8.62%) GCP
7 8 (6.90%) OCI
8 6 (5.17%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.59%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.59%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 99 (85.34%) Firewall
2 61 (52.59%) WAN
3 57 (49.14%) LAN
4 52 (44.83%) Cisco ASA
4 52 (44.83%) Network Security
5 44 (37.93%) VPN
5 44 (37.93%) Wireless
6 38 (32.76%) BGP
7 33 (28.45%) OSPF
7 33 (28.45%) SD-WAN
8 29 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 29 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
9 28 (24.14%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (21.55%) VLAN
11 24 (20.69%) Cisco Nexus
12 22 (18.97%) MPLS
13 20 (17.24%) EIGRP
14 19 (16.38%) WLAN
15 18 (15.52%) Cisco Wireless
15 18 (15.52%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.86%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.83%) Finance
3 20 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.07%) Public Sector
5 12 (10.34%) Banking
5 12 (10.34%) Retail
5 12 (10.34%) Telecoms
6 9 (7.76%) Marketing
7 8 (6.90%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.59%) Advertising
10 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.86%) Law
11 1 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 61 (52.59%) Network Engineer
2 27 (23.28%) Senior
3 21 (18.10%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (14.66%) Cisco Engineer
4 17 (14.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (12.93%) Architect
6 14 (12.07%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (12.07%) Network Architect
7 13 (11.21%) Firewall Engineer
8 12 (10.34%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (9.48%) Consultant
9 11 (9.48%) Network Operations Engineer
9 11 (9.48%) Operations Engineer
9 11 (9.48%) Security Engineer
10 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (7.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (6.90%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
12 8 (6.90%) Network Security Specialist
12 8 (6.90%) Network Specialist
12 8 (6.90%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) JSON
2 1 (0.86%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.86%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.86%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 64 (55.17%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.76%) Security Posture
3 8 (6.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.17%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.31%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.59%) FMCG
7 3 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.72%) CMDB
8 2 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.86%) PKI
9 1 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.93%) Windows
2 9 (7.76%) Linux
2 9 (7.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.59%) Android
3 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.72%) Solaris
4 2 (1.72%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.59%) Computer Science
2 30 (25.86%) Project Delivery
3 28 (24.14%) Zero Trust
4 25 (21.55%) Kalman Filter
5 24 (20.69%) High Availability
5 24 (20.69%) ITIL
6 23 (19.83%) Load Balancing
7 20 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (16.38%) Network Architecture
8 19 (16.38%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (15.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (15.52%) Network Segmentation
10 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (14.66%) Roadmaps
10 17 (14.66%) SIEM
11 16 (13.79%) Analytical Thinking
11 16 (13.79%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (13.79%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.41%) Python
2 10 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.45%) SQL
4 1 (0.86%) Java
4 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (49.14%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (46.55%) CCNP
3 42 (36.21%) CCIE
4 35 (30.17%) Degree
5 32 (27.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (23.28%) Security Cleared
7 25 (21.55%) SC Cleared
8 23 (19.83%) CCSE
9 20 (17.24%) CCNA
10 18 (15.52%) CCSA
11 10 (8.62%) JNCIP
12 9 (7.76%) Azure Certification
13 8 (6.90%) AWS Certification
13 8 (6.90%) CCIE Security
13 8 (6.90%) JNCIE
14 5 (4.31%) CISM
14 5 (4.31%) CISSP
15 4 (3.45%) APMG
16 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
17 1 (0.86%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) PMO
2 7 (6.03%) SLA
3 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.59%) QA
4 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.86%) GDPR
5 1 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (13.79%) ProxySG
1 16 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (10.34%) Active Directory
3 7 (6.03%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.86%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.86%) Firmware
5 1 (0.86%) NLBS
5 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (9.48%) Ansible
1 11 (9.48%) FortiGate
2 10 (8.62%) Terraform
3 3 (2.59%) VxRail
4 2 (1.72%) Nagios
5 1 (0.86%) Grafana
5 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (87.93%) Cisco
2 48 (41.38%) Fortinet
3 41 (35.34%) Palo Alto
4 35 (30.17%) F5
5 33 (28.45%) SolarWinds
6 30 (25.86%) Meraki
7 25 (21.55%) ServiceNow
8 20 (17.24%) Blue Coat
9 18 (15.52%) VMware
10 17 (14.66%) Infoblox
10 17 (14.66%) Microsoft
10 17 (14.66%) Splunk
11 16 (13.79%) Motorola
12 14 (12.07%) Dynatrace
13 8 (6.90%) LogRhythm
13 8 (6.90%) Zscaler
14 7 (6.03%) Sophos
14 7 (6.03%) Tenable
15 6 (5.17%) Aruba
16 5 (4.31%) Google