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 24 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
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 485 617
Rank change year-on-year -70 +132 +32
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 140 166 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.40% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.66% 1.03% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 53 133 176
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £41,063
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £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 21,159 16,153 33,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.56% 39.05% 37.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,511 9,865 24,732
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,598 £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 £93,767 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% -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 24 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 24 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 -72 130 £57,500 -11.54% 20
London +16 73 £87,500 +18.24% 7
UK excluding London -72 56 £52,500 -6.45% 14
Work from Home +9 47 £85,000 +51.46% 12
South East -23 19 £55,000 +4.76% 6
North of England -44 14 £48,750 -15.22% 1
Scotland -14 9 £42,500 -34.62% 2
North East - 8 - -
North West -21 5 £52,500 -17.65% 1
South West -36 5 £56,121 -
Midlands -40 5 £52,500 +5.00% 2
East of England -15 4 £50,000 -13.04% 5
West Midlands -16 4 £52,500 +5.00%
Wales -18 1 £38,500 -34.19%
East Midlands -39 1 £62,500 -21.88% 2
Yorkshire -53 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 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (13.57%) MS Visio
2 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 76 (54.29%) Azure
2 52 (37.14%) AWS
3 12 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (7.86%) AWS Direct Connect
4 11 (7.86%) SaaS
5 9 (6.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (5.00%) GCP
7 5 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.57%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.86%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.86%) OCI
9 2 (1.43%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 124 (88.57%) Firewall
2 80 (57.14%) WAN
3 79 (56.43%) LAN
4 62 (44.29%) Cisco ASA
5 54 (38.57%) VPN
6 46 (32.86%) Wireless
7 45 (32.14%) Network Security
8 42 (30.00%) BGP
9 39 (27.86%) SD-WAN
10 37 (26.43%) OSPF
11 35 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
12 32 (22.86%) Wi-Fi
13 29 (20.71%) VLAN
14 28 (20.00%) MPLS
15 25 (17.86%) Cisco ISE
15 25 (17.86%) Cisco Nexus
16 21 (15.00%) EIGRP
17 20 (14.29%) WLAN
18 19 (13.57%) NX-OS
19 18 (12.86%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.43%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 46 (32.86%) Finance
2 33 (23.57%) Social Skills
3 19 (13.57%) Telecoms
4 18 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.71%) Banking
6 13 (9.29%) Public Sector
7 10 (7.14%) Retail
8 7 (5.00%) Marketing
9 6 (4.29%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.14%) Advertising
10 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.43%) Police
11 2 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Law
12 1 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 87 (62.14%) Network Engineer
2 29 (20.71%) Senior
3 25 (17.86%) Cisco Engineer
3 25 (17.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 25 (17.86%) Senior Network Engineer
4 21 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (14.29%) AWS Engineer
5 20 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (10.71%) LAN Engineer
6 15 (10.71%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 15 (10.71%) Network Operations Engineer
6 15 (10.71%) Operations Engineer
6 15 (10.71%) WAN Engineer
7 14 (10.00%) Firewall Engineer
8 13 (9.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (8.57%) Analyst
9 12 (8.57%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 11 (7.86%) Support Analyst
11 10 (7.14%) Security Engineer
12 8 (5.71%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.14%) JSON
2 1 (0.71%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 78 (55.71%) Data Centre
2 17 (12.14%) Management Information System
3 15 (10.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (5.71%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (3.57%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.43%) CMDB
7 2 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.43%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) PKI
8 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.57%) Windows
2 14 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.57%) Linux
4 6 (4.29%) Unix
5 5 (3.57%) Android
5 5 (3.57%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.14%) Computer Science
2 34 (24.29%) Load Balancing
3 30 (21.43%) Kalman Filter
4 29 (20.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (18.57%) ITIL
6 25 (17.86%) High Availability
7 24 (17.14%) Project Delivery
8 21 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (15.00%) Zero Trust
9 19 (13.57%) Root Cause Analysis
10 18 (12.86%) Change Management
10 18 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (12.86%) Process Improvement
11 17 (12.14%) SIEM
12 16 (11.43%) Analytical Thinking
12 16 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (11.43%) WAN Optimisation
13 15 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
14 14 (10.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.00%) Python
2 14 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 69 (49.29%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (42.14%) CCNP
3 47 (33.57%) CCIE
3 47 (33.57%) Degree
4 38 (27.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (22.86%) CCNA
6 27 (19.29%) CCSE
6 27 (19.29%) Security Cleared
7 26 (18.57%) SC Cleared
8 24 (17.14%) CCSA
9 6 (4.29%) JNCIP
9 6 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.86%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.86%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.86%) CCIE Security
11 4 (2.86%) JNCIE
12 3 (2.14%) CISM
12 3 (2.14%) CISSP
13 2 (1.43%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.43%) PMO
2 7 (5.00%) SLA
3 2 (1.43%) QA
4 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (11.43%) ProxySG
3 14 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (6.43%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.57%) Firmware
6 4 (2.86%) XenApp
7 2 (1.43%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.71%) NLBS
8 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (12.86%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.71%) Ansible
3 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.00%) Terraform
4 2 (1.43%) Nagios
4 2 (1.43%) SCCM
4 2 (1.43%) VxRail
Vendors
1 128 (91.43%) Cisco
2 59 (42.14%) Fortinet
3 52 (37.14%) Palo Alto
4 39 (27.86%) SolarWinds
5 37 (26.43%) F5
6 35 (25.00%) Meraki
7 25 (17.86%) ServiceNow
7 25 (17.86%) VMware
8 21 (15.00%) Blue Coat
9 18 (12.86%) Infoblox
10 16 (11.43%) Microsoft
10 16 (11.43%) Motorola
11 15 (10.71%) Splunk
12 11 (7.86%) Dynatrace
13 9 (6.43%) Arista
14 8 (5.71%) Google
14 8 (5.71%) LogRhythm
15 7 (5.00%) Citrix
15 7 (5.00%) Juniper
15 7 (5.00%) Zscaler