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 21 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
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 546 497
Rank change year-on-year +45 -49 +81
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 134 164 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.31% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 0.70% 0.83% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 47 99 214
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £38,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £45,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +19.27% -10.66%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -2.87%

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 19,124 19,777 24,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.08% 37.34% 38.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,705 9,997 18,964
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,561 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £57,443 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% +9.41% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,500 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.10% +5.38% -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 21 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 21 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 +23 115 £57,500 -11.54% 41
London +45 65 £85,000 +14.21% 14
UK excluding London +32 61 £52,500 -8.70% 39
Work from Home +50 50 £85,000 +41.67% 12
Scotland +15 18 £75,000 +15.38% 6
South East +2 14 £52,500 -8.70% 17
South West +14 10 £53,000 -8.72% 3
North of England +8 9 £48,000 -16.52% 3
East of England +18 5 £47,500 -17.39% 8
West Midlands +16 4 £52,500 +5.00% 1
North West +15 4 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Midlands +15 4 £52,500 +5.00% 3
North East - 4 - - 1
Wales +6 1 £38,500 -40.77%
Yorkshire -18 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 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (14.93%) MS Visio
2 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 70 (52.24%) Azure
2 31 (23.13%) AWS
3 7 (5.22%) Entra ID
3 7 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.22%) SaaS
4 5 (3.73%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (3.73%) Google Workspace
4 5 (3.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (2.99%) GCP
6 2 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.75%) IaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.75%) OCI
7 1 (0.75%) PaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.75%) SecurityScorecard
Communications & Networking
1 120 (89.55%) Firewall
2 80 (59.70%) LAN
3 75 (55.97%) WAN
4 46 (34.33%) Cisco ASA
5 44 (32.84%) SD-WAN
6 43 (32.09%) Wireless
7 37 (27.61%) VPN
8 35 (26.12%) BGP
9 33 (24.63%) Network Security
10 31 (23.13%) OSPF
11 26 (19.40%) Cisco Firepower
12 25 (18.66%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (17.91%) Wireshark
14 19 (14.18%) EIGRP
15 18 (13.43%) MPLS
15 18 (13.43%) VLAN
16 15 (11.19%) IPsec
17 14 (10.45%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (10.45%) TCP/IP
18 13 (9.70%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (44.78%) Finance
2 41 (30.60%) Social Skills
3 30 (22.39%) Telecoms
4 13 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.21%) Banking
5 11 (8.21%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.48%) Marketing
7 6 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.48%) Retail
8 4 (2.99%) Advertising
9 2 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.49%) Law
9 2 (1.49%) Legal
9 2 (1.49%) Police
10 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 89 (66.42%) Network Engineer
2 22 (16.42%) Senior
3 20 (14.93%) Analyst
4 19 (14.18%) Support Analyst
5 18 (13.43%) Senior Network Engineer
6 17 (12.69%) AWS Engineer
6 17 (12.69%) Cisco Engineer
6 17 (12.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 17 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (11.94%) Network Support
8 14 (10.45%) Network Analyst
8 14 (10.45%) Network Support Analyst
9 12 (8.96%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (8.96%) LAN Engineer
9 12 (8.96%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 12 (8.96%) WAN Engineer
10 11 (8.21%) Security Engineer
11 9 (6.72%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.72%) Network Security Engineer
12 8 (5.97%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) JSON
1 3 (2.24%) REST
2 2 (1.49%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 72 (53.73%) Data Centre
2 29 (21.64%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (4.48%) CMDB
4 6 (4.48%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.73%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.24%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.24%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.49%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.75%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.67%) Windows
2 14 (10.45%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.70%) Linux
4 6 (4.48%) Unix
5 5 (3.73%) Android
5 5 (3.73%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (35.82%) Load Balancing
2 32 (23.88%) Change Management
3 29 (21.64%) Asset Management
4 27 (20.15%) Customer Service
5 26 (19.40%) Coaching
5 26 (19.40%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (19.40%) Problem Management
6 24 (17.91%) Capacity Planning
6 24 (17.91%) Computer Science
6 24 (17.91%) Network Planning
6 24 (17.91%) Network Virtualisation
7 23 (17.16%) ITIL
8 22 (16.42%) Kalman Filter
9 18 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 16 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.19%) Change Control
11 15 (11.19%) High Availability
12 14 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (9.70%) Project Delivery
14 12 (8.96%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.18%) Python
2 7 (5.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (39.55%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (29.85%) CCNP
2 40 (29.85%) Degree
3 39 (29.10%) CCIE
4 26 (19.40%) Security Cleared
5 24 (17.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (17.16%) SC Cleared
7 22 (16.42%) CCNA
7 22 (16.42%) CCSE
8 21 (15.67%) CCSA
9 6 (4.48%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.24%) CISSP
12 2 (1.49%) Check Point Certification
12 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.75%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.75%) ISEB
13 1 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.75%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.46%) PMO
2 4 (2.99%) SLA
3 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.49%) QA
5 1 (0.75%) COBIT
5 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (14.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (9.70%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.46%) ProxySG
4 8 (5.97%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.99%) Firmware
5 4 (2.99%) XenApp
6 2 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.75%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.75%) pfSense
7 1 (0.75%) Squid
7 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (11.94%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (5.22%) Nagios
4 6 (4.48%) Ansible
5 4 (2.99%) Terraform
6 2 (1.49%) Nessus
6 2 (1.49%) SCCM
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.75%) SCOM
7 1 (0.75%) VxRail
Vendors
1 119 (88.81%) Cisco
2 55 (41.04%) Palo Alto
3 44 (32.84%) SolarWinds
4 42 (31.34%) Meraki
5 40 (29.85%) Fortinet
6 39 (29.10%) F5
7 25 (18.66%) VMware
8 17 (12.69%) Blue Coat
9 13 (9.70%) Microsoft
9 13 (9.70%) ServiceNow
10 12 (8.96%) Infoblox
11 10 (7.46%) Arista
11 10 (7.46%) Motorola
12 9 (6.72%) Citrix
13 8 (5.97%) Google
14 7 (5.22%) Juniper
15 6 (4.48%) Dynatrace
15 6 (4.48%) HP
16 5 (3.73%) Aruba
16 5 (3.73%) Veeam