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 2 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
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 510 673
Rank change year-on-year -110 +163 -42
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 116 153 213
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.49% 0.83% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46 114 166
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £42,917 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £89,625 £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 23,628 18,541 35,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.38% 42.39% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 13,380 10,163 24,915
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,170 £36,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,225 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £76,347 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% +5.43% -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 2 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 2 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 -89 113 £57,500 -4.17% 37
London -31 60 £90,000 +5.88% 18
UK excluding London -78 46 £50,000 - 23
Work from Home +8 39 £90,000 +65.71% 13
North of England -33 17 £42,500 -26.09% 4
South East -6 16 £55,000 +46.67% 11
North West -8 8 £42,500 -33.33% 1
North East -35 8 - - 1
South West -69 4 £52,800 -5.92% 3
East of England - 4 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -27 3 £44,472 -44.41% 2
Midlands -42 3 £44,472 -11.06% 2
Scotland - 3 £42,500 - 1
Yorkshire -50 1 £40,000 -23.59% 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 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (13.79%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (50.86%) Azure
2 54 (46.55%) AWS
3 15 (12.93%) AWS Direct Connect
3 15 (12.93%) SaaS
4 13 (11.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (7.76%) GCP
7 7 (6.03%) OCI
8 5 (4.31%) Mimecast
9 4 (3.45%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.59%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 99 (85.34%) Firewall
2 63 (54.31%) WAN
3 59 (50.86%) LAN
4 55 (47.41%) Cisco ASA
5 50 (43.10%) Network Security
6 46 (39.66%) VPN
7 40 (34.48%) Wireless
8 39 (33.62%) BGP
9 34 (29.31%) OSPF
10 33 (28.45%) SD-WAN
11 30 (25.86%) Cisco Firepower
11 30 (25.86%) Cisco ISE
11 30 (25.86%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (20.69%) Cisco Nexus
12 24 (20.69%) VLAN
13 23 (19.83%) MPLS
14 21 (18.10%) WLAN
15 20 (17.24%) EIGRP
15 20 (17.24%) NX-OS
16 18 (15.52%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.86%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Git
2 1 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.55%) Finance
3 19 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.07%) Public Sector
5 13 (11.21%) Banking
6 12 (10.34%) Retail
6 12 (10.34%) Telecoms
7 9 (7.76%) Marketing
8 8 (6.90%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.59%) Advertising
11 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.86%) Law
12 1 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (54.31%) Network Engineer
2 28 (24.14%) Senior
3 22 (18.97%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (16.38%) Cisco Engineer
4 19 (16.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (12.07%) Architect
5 14 (12.07%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (12.07%) Azure Engineer
5 14 (12.07%) Firewall Engineer
6 13 (11.21%) Network Architect
7 12 (10.34%) Network Operations Engineer
7 12 (10.34%) Operations Engineer
8 11 (9.48%) Security Engineer
9 10 (8.62%) Consultant
9 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) LAN Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (7.76%) WAN Engineer
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 66 (56.90%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 9 (7.76%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.76%) Security Posture
3 6 (5.17%) Public Cloud
4 5 (4.31%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.59%) FMCG
7 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.72%) CMDB
7 2 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.86%) PKI
8 1 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.07%) Windows
2 9 (7.76%) Linux
3 8 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.45%) Android
4 4 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.72%) Solaris
6 1 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.86%) Unix
6 1 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.45%) Computer Science
2 29 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 28 (24.14%) Zero Trust
4 27 (23.28%) Kalman Filter
5 23 (19.83%) High Availability
5 23 (19.83%) ITIL
6 22 (18.97%) Load Balancing
7 20 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (16.38%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (15.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (15.52%) Network Architecture
9 18 (15.52%) Network Segmentation
9 18 (15.52%) Root Cause Analysis
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%) Roadmaps
11 16 (13.79%) WAN Optimisation
12 15 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.55%) Python
2 10 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.59%) SQL
4 1 (0.86%) Java
4 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (48.28%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (45.69%) CCNP
3 42 (36.21%) CCIE
4 36 (31.03%) Degree
5 33 (28.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (22.41%) Security Cleared
7 24 (20.69%) SC Cleared
8 23 (19.83%) CCSE
9 20 (17.24%) CCNA
10 18 (15.52%) CCSA
11 9 (7.76%) JNCIP
12 7 (6.03%) AWS Certification
12 7 (6.03%) Azure Certification
12 7 (6.03%) CCIE Security
12 7 (6.03%) JNCIE
13 5 (4.31%) CISM
13 5 (4.31%) CISSP
14 4 (3.45%) APMG
15 2 (1.72%) DV Cleared
16 1 (0.86%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.66%) PMO
2 7 (6.03%) SLA
3 3 (2.59%) QA
4 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
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 11 (9.48%) Active Directory
3 7 (6.03%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.59%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 3 (2.59%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.72%) Firmware
6 1 (0.86%) NLBS
6 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (9.48%) FortiGate
2 10 (8.62%) Ansible
3 9 (7.76%) Terraform
4 3 (2.59%) VxRail
5 2 (1.72%) Nagios
6 1 (0.86%) Grafana
6 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (87.93%) Cisco
2 49 (42.24%) Fortinet
3 41 (35.34%) Palo Alto
4 35 (30.17%) F5
5 34 (29.31%) SolarWinds
6 29 (25.00%) Meraki
7 26 (22.41%) ServiceNow
8 20 (17.24%) Blue Coat
9 18 (15.52%) VMware
10 17 (14.66%) Infoblox
10 17 (14.66%) Splunk
11 16 (13.79%) Motorola
12 15 (12.93%) Dynatrace
12 15 (12.93%) Microsoft
13 8 (6.90%) LogRhythm
13 8 (6.90%) Zscaler
14 7 (6.03%) Sophos
14 7 (6.03%) Tenable
15 6 (5.17%) Google
16 5 (4.31%) Aruba