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 11 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
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 517 555
Rank change year-on-year -3 +38 +65
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 143 178 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 0.93% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 51 116 197
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,100
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +18.18% -11.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £57,500 £51,650
% change year-on-year -8.26% +11.33% -1.62%

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 19,844 19,157 28,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.02% 38.58% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,920 9,785 22,087
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £26,730
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +12.75% -11.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -5.00%

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 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Top 15 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 11 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 -16 125 £56,121 -13.66% 45
London +35 71 £86,250 +15.00% 15
UK excluding London -11 64 £52,750 -8.26% 44
Work from Home +56 55 £85,000 +47.83% 16
Scotland +6 17 £75,000 +15.38% 7
South East -5 16 £55,000 -4.35% 17
South West -11 11 £53,000 -11.67% 2
North of England -21 10 £48,000 -16.52% 6
East of England +18 5 £47,500 -17.39% 8
North East - 5 - -
North West +13 4 £48,500 -25.38% 4
West Midlands +4 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
Midlands +2 4 £52,500 +5.00% 5
Wales +2 1 £38,500 -25.05%
Yorkshire -33 1 £45,000 -21.74% 2

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 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (13.29%) MS Visio
2 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 75 (52.45%) Azure
2 36 (25.17%) AWS
3 11 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.99%) SaaS
5 9 (6.29%) AWS Direct Connect
6 7 (4.90%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.50%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.10%) GCP
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.70%) IaaS
9 1 (0.70%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.70%) PaaS
9 1 (0.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 129 (90.21%) Firewall
2 82 (57.34%) LAN
3 80 (55.94%) WAN
4 55 (38.46%) Cisco ASA
5 48 (33.57%) SD-WAN
6 46 (32.17%) Wireless
7 41 (28.67%) VPN
8 39 (27.27%) BGP
9 35 (24.48%) OSPF
10 33 (23.08%) Cisco Firepower
10 33 (23.08%) Network Security
11 31 (21.68%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (16.78%) Wireshark
13 22 (15.38%) MPLS
14 20 (13.99%) VLAN
15 19 (13.29%) EIGRP
15 19 (13.29%) IPsec
16 18 (12.59%) NX-OS
17 16 (11.19%) Cisco ISE
18 15 (10.49%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 2 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (44.76%) Finance
2 42 (29.37%) Social Skills
3 30 (20.98%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.99%) Banking
6 9 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (4.90%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.90%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.50%) Retail
9 4 (2.80%) Advertising
9 4 (2.80%) Marketing
10 2 (1.40%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.40%) Law
10 2 (1.40%) Police
11 1 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 91 (63.64%) Network Engineer
2 22 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
2 22 (15.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 22 (15.38%) Senior
3 20 (13.99%) Analyst
4 19 (13.29%) AWS Engineer
4 19 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (13.29%) Support Analyst
5 18 (12.59%) Senior Network Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (11.19%) Network Support
8 14 (9.79%) LAN Engineer
8 14 (9.79%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 14 (9.79%) Network Analyst
8 14 (9.79%) Network Support Analyst
8 14 (9.79%) WAN Engineer
9 11 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (7.69%) Security Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Firewall Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) JSON
1 3 (2.10%) REST
2 1 (0.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 81 (56.64%) Data Centre
2 31 (21.68%) Management Information System
3 14 (9.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.20%) CMDB
4 6 (4.20%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.50%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.10%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.10%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.40%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.40%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.99%) Windows
2 14 (9.79%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.09%) Linux
4 6 (4.20%) Unix
5 5 (3.50%) Android
5 5 (3.50%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (32.17%) Load Balancing
2 33 (23.08%) Change Management
3 29 (20.28%) Asset Management
4 28 (19.58%) Computer Science
5 26 (18.18%) Coaching
5 26 (18.18%) Problem Management
6 25 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (17.48%) Kalman Filter
6 25 (17.48%) Network Monitoring
7 24 (16.78%) Capacity Planning
7 24 (16.78%) Customer Service
7 24 (16.78%) Network Planning
7 24 (16.78%) Network Virtualisation
8 20 (13.99%) ITIL
9 18 (12.59%) High Availability
10 17 (11.89%) Process Improvement
11 16 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (10.49%) Project Delivery
13 14 (9.79%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.29%) Python
2 11 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (30.07%) Degree
3 42 (29.37%) CCNP
4 41 (28.67%) CCIE
5 29 (20.28%) Security Cleared
6 28 (19.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (18.18%) CCNA
7 26 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 24 (16.78%) CCSA
8 24 (16.78%) CCSE
9 6 (4.20%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.40%) Check Point Certification
11 2 (1.40%) CISSP
11 2 (1.40%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.70%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.70%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.99%) PMO
2 5 (3.50%) SLA
3 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.40%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.70%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (13.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (9.79%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.99%) ProxySG
4 8 (5.59%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.50%) Firmware
6 4 (2.80%) XenApp
7 1 (0.70%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (12.59%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.90%) Nagios
4 5 (3.50%) Ansible
5 3 (2.10%) Terraform
6 2 (1.40%) Nessus
6 2 (1.40%) SCCM
7 1 (0.70%) SCOM
7 1 (0.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 130 (90.91%) Cisco
2 60 (41.96%) Palo Alto
3 49 (34.27%) SolarWinds
4 48 (33.57%) Meraki
5 45 (31.47%) Fortinet
6 36 (25.17%) F5
7 25 (17.48%) VMware
8 17 (11.89%) Blue Coat
8 17 (11.89%) ServiceNow
9 15 (10.49%) Microsoft
10 12 (8.39%) Infoblox
11 10 (6.99%) Motorola
11 10 (6.99%) Splunk
12 9 (6.29%) Arista
12 9 (6.29%) Dynatrace
13 8 (5.59%) Citrix
13 8 (5.59%) Google
14 7 (4.90%) LogRhythm
14 7 (4.90%) Tenable
15 6 (4.20%) Juniper