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 28 January 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
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 529 524
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 +81
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 141 168 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 0.73% 0.85% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 102 208
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,886
% change year-on-year -8.70% +13.00% -3.07%

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 19,321 19,716 26,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.62% 37.62% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,802 9,915 20,455
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,251 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +7.90% -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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +12 122 £57,500 -11.54% 36
London +46 69 £86,250 +15.89% 11
UK excluding London +22 64 £52,500 -8.70% 34
Work from Home +38 53 £85,000 +44.68% 13
Scotland +10 18 £75,000 +15.38% 6
South East +4 16 £54,000 -6.09% 14
South West +7 11 £53,000 -8.72% 2
North of England +5 9 £48,000 -16.52% 2
East of England +26 5 £47,500 -17.39% 8
West Midlands +17 4 £52,500 +5.00% 1
North West +12 4 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Midlands -2 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
North East - 4 - -
Wales +4 1 £38,500 -40.77%
Yorkshire -25 1 £45,000 -21.74% 1

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 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (14.18%) MS Visio
2 15 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 73 (51.77%) Azure
2 34 (24.11%) AWS
3 9 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.38%) SaaS
4 7 (4.96%) AWS Direct Connect
4 7 (4.96%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (3.55%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.84%) GCP
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.71%) IaaS
9 1 (0.71%) OCI
9 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 126 (89.36%) Firewall
2 84 (59.57%) LAN
3 80 (56.74%) WAN
4 52 (36.88%) Cisco ASA
5 47 (33.33%) SD-WAN
6 45 (31.91%) Wireless
7 40 (28.37%) VPN
8 39 (27.66%) BGP
9 35 (24.82%) OSPF
10 33 (23.40%) Network Security
11 30 (21.28%) Cisco Firepower
11 30 (21.28%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (17.02%) Wireshark
13 21 (14.89%) MPLS
14 20 (14.18%) EIGRP
15 18 (12.77%) IPsec
15 18 (12.77%) VLAN
16 16 (11.35%) NX-OS
17 14 (9.93%) Cisco ISE
17 14 (9.93%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) JIRA
2 2 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (45.39%) Finance
2 43 (30.50%) Social Skills
3 30 (21.28%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.80%) Banking
5 11 (7.80%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.96%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.26%) Marketing
7 6 (4.26%) Retail
8 4 (2.84%) Advertising
9 2 (1.42%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.42%) Law
9 2 (1.42%) Legal
9 2 (1.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 92 (65.25%) Network Engineer
2 23 (16.31%) Senior
3 20 (14.18%) Analyst
3 20 (14.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 20 (14.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 19 (13.48%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (13.48%) Support Analyst
5 18 (12.77%) AWS Engineer
5 18 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (11.35%) Network Support
7 14 (9.93%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (9.93%) Network Analyst
7 14 (9.93%) Network Support Analyst
8 13 (9.22%) LAN Engineer
8 13 (9.22%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 13 (9.22%) WAN Engineer
9 11 (7.80%) Security Engineer
10 10 (7.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.38%) Network Operations Engineer
11 9 (6.38%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) JSON
1 3 (2.13%) REST
2 2 (1.42%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (54.61%) Data Centre
2 30 (21.28%) Management Information System
3 13 (9.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.26%) CMDB
4 6 (4.26%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.55%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.42%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.42%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.18%) Windows
2 13 (9.22%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.51%) Linux
4 6 (4.26%) Unix
5 5 (3.55%) Android
5 5 (3.55%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.04%) Load Balancing
2 33 (23.40%) Change Management
3 29 (20.57%) Asset Management
4 26 (18.44%) Coaching
4 26 (18.44%) Computer Science
4 26 (18.44%) Customer Service
4 26 (18.44%) Network Monitoring
4 26 (18.44%) Problem Management
5 24 (17.02%) Capacity Planning
5 24 (17.02%) Kalman Filter
5 24 (17.02%) Network Planning
5 24 (17.02%) Network Virtualisation
6 23 (16.31%) ITIL
7 22 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (11.35%) High Availability
10 15 (10.64%) Change Control
10 15 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (10.64%) Process Improvement
11 13 (9.22%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.48%) Python
2 9 (6.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (38.30%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (29.79%) Degree
3 41 (29.08%) CCIE
3 41 (29.08%) CCNP
4 27 (19.15%) Security Cleared
5 26 (18.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (17.02%) SC Cleared
7 23 (16.31%) CCNA
7 23 (16.31%) CCSA
7 23 (16.31%) CCSE
8 6 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.13%) CISSP
11 2 (1.42%) Check Point Certification
11 2 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.71%) CCNA CyberOps
12 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.09%) PMO
2 5 (3.55%) SLA
3 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.42%) QA
5 1 (0.71%) COBIT
5 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.71%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (13.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (9.22%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.09%) ProxySG
4 8 (5.67%) VMware NSX
5 5 (3.55%) Firmware
6 4 (2.84%) XenApp
7 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (12.06%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.96%) Nagios
4 6 (4.26%) Ansible
5 4 (2.84%) Terraform
6 2 (1.42%) Nessus
6 2 (1.42%) SCCM
7 1 (0.71%) SCOM
Vendors
1 127 (90.07%) Cisco
2 59 (41.84%) Palo Alto
3 47 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 46 (32.62%) Meraki
5 42 (29.79%) Fortinet
6 38 (26.95%) F5
7 24 (17.02%) VMware
8 17 (12.06%) Blue Coat
9 15 (10.64%) Microsoft
10 14 (9.93%) ServiceNow
11 12 (8.51%) Infoblox
12 10 (7.09%) Arista
12 10 (7.09%) Motorola
13 9 (6.38%) Citrix
14 8 (5.67%) Dynatrace
14 8 (5.67%) Google
15 7 (4.96%) Juniper
16 6 (4.26%) HP
16 6 (4.26%) Splunk
17 5 (3.55%) Aruba