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 25 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
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 478 605
Rank change year-on-year -83 +127 +40
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 136 166 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.40% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 1.03% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 52 133 176
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £41,063
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £85,625 £82,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £56,121 £51,300
% change year-on-year -6.45% +9.40% +0.90%

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 21,191 16,055 33,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.55% 39.01% 37.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,530 9,829 24,695
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,580 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +12.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,191
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.25% -7.62%

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 25 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 25 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 -70 129 £57,800 -11.08% 21
London -1 73 £87,500 +18.24% 7
UK excluding London -76 52 £52,500 -6.45% 15
Work from Home +7 42 £85,000 +51.46% 12
South East -26 19 £55,000 +4.76% 6
North of England -54 14 £48,750 -15.22% 2
North East - 8 - -
Scotland -15 6 £42,500 -34.62% 2
North West -28 5 £52,500 -17.65% 2
Midlands -47 5 £52,500 +5.00% 2
East of England -14 4 £50,000 -13.04% 5
West Midlands -14 4 £52,500 +5.00%
South West -51 4 £52,800 -5.92%
Wales -22 1 £38,500 -34.19%
East Midlands -42 1 £62,500 -21.88% 2
Yorkshire -48 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 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (13.97%) MS Visio
2 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (52.21%) Azure
2 52 (38.24%) AWS
3 12 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.09%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (8.09%) SaaS
5 9 (6.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (5.15%) GCP
7 5 (3.68%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.68%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.94%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.94%) OCI
9 2 (1.47%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 119 (87.50%) Firewall
2 75 (55.15%) LAN
2 75 (55.15%) WAN
3 62 (45.59%) Cisco ASA
4 54 (39.71%) VPN
5 45 (33.09%) Network Security
6 42 (30.88%) Wireless
7 41 (30.15%) BGP
8 36 (26.47%) OSPF
9 35 (25.74%) Cisco Firepower
9 35 (25.74%) SD-WAN
10 32 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (21.32%) VLAN
12 28 (20.59%) MPLS
13 25 (18.38%) Cisco ISE
13 25 (18.38%) Cisco Nexus
14 21 (15.44%) EIGRP
15 20 (14.71%) WLAN
16 19 (13.97%) NX-OS
17 18 (13.24%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.21%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (3.68%) JIRA
2 2 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (30.88%) Finance
2 30 (22.06%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.76%) Banking
4 16 (11.76%) Telecoms
5 14 (10.29%) Public Sector
6 11 (8.09%) Retail
7 8 (5.88%) Marketing
8 6 (4.41%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.21%) Advertising
9 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.74%) Law
11 1 (0.74%) Legal
11 1 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 82 (60.29%) Network Engineer
2 28 (20.59%) Senior
3 25 (18.38%) Cisco Engineer
3 25 (18.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 24 (17.65%) Senior Network Engineer
5 21 (15.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (14.71%) AWS Engineer
6 20 (14.71%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (11.03%) LAN Engineer
7 15 (11.03%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 15 (11.03%) Network Operations Engineer
7 15 (11.03%) Operations Engineer
7 15 (11.03%) WAN Engineer
8 14 (10.29%) Firewall Engineer
9 13 (9.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (8.82%) Analyst
10 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
11 11 (8.09%) Support Analyst
12 10 (7.35%) Security Engineer
13 8 (5.88%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) JSON
2 1 (0.74%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 74 (54.41%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (9.56%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.88%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.41%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.68%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.68%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.47%) CMDB
8 2 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) PKI
9 1 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.97%) Windows
2 14 (10.29%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.82%) Linux
4 6 (4.41%) Unix
5 5 (3.68%) Android
5 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.68%) Computer Science
2 30 (22.06%) Kalman Filter
2 30 (22.06%) Load Balancing
3 29 (21.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (19.12%) ITIL
5 25 (18.38%) High Availability
5 25 (18.38%) Project Delivery
6 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (15.44%) Zero Trust
7 19 (13.97%) Root Cause Analysis
8 18 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (13.24%) Process Improvement
9 17 (12.50%) SIEM
10 16 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
10 16 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (11.76%) WAN Optimisation
11 15 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (10.29%) Network Architecture
12 14 (10.29%) Network Segmentation
12 14 (10.29%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.59%) Python
2 14 (10.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 70 (51.47%) Cisco Certification
2 60 (44.12%) CCNP
3 48 (35.29%) CCIE
3 48 (35.29%) Degree
4 39 (28.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (23.53%) CCNA
6 28 (20.59%) CCSE
7 27 (19.85%) Security Cleared
8 26 (19.12%) SC Cleared
9 24 (17.65%) CCSA
10 6 (4.41%) JNCIP
10 6 (4.41%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.94%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.94%) CCIE Security
12 4 (2.94%) CISM
12 4 (2.94%) CISSP
12 4 (2.94%) JNCIE
13 3 (2.21%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.76%) PMO
2 7 (5.15%) SLA
3 2 (1.47%) QA
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (11.76%) ProxySG
3 14 (10.29%) Active Directory
4 9 (6.62%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.68%) Firmware
6 4 (2.94%) XenApp
7 2 (1.47%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.74%) NLBS
8 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (13.24%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.88%) Ansible
3 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.15%) Terraform
4 2 (1.47%) Nagios
4 2 (1.47%) SCCM
4 2 (1.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 124 (91.18%) Cisco
2 60 (44.12%) Fortinet
3 49 (36.03%) Palo Alto
4 38 (27.94%) F5
5 34 (25.00%) SolarWinds
6 31 (22.79%) Meraki
7 25 (18.38%) ServiceNow
7 25 (18.38%) VMware
8 21 (15.44%) Blue Coat
9 18 (13.24%) Infoblox
10 16 (11.76%) Microsoft
10 16 (11.76%) Motorola
11 15 (11.03%) Splunk
12 11 (8.09%) Dynatrace
13 10 (7.35%) Arista
14 8 (5.88%) Google
14 8 (5.88%) LogRhythm
15 7 (5.15%) Citrix
15 7 (5.15%) Juniper
15 7 (5.15%) Zscaler