CheckPoint
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CheckPoint over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 678 601 737
Rank change year-on-year -77 +136 -214
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 235 420 548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.41% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 0.97% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 176 204 390
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,375 £69,577
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,889 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,300 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.29% - -

All Vendors
UK

CheckPoint is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,650 43,239 61,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.10% 41.81% 38.95%
Number of salaries quoted 25,151 24,714 33,279
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

CheckPoint
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CheckPoint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CheckPoint.

Salary trend for CheckPoint in the UK

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CheckPoint over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 -19 203 £55,000 -4.35% 51
UK excluding London -118 156 £51,300 -2.29% 41
Work from Home -30 104 £57,500 +2.68% 20
West Midlands +67 77 £52,500 -17.00% 9
Midlands +43 77 £52,500 -19.23% 11
London +82 66 £70,000 +18.69% 14
East of England +24 26 £47,500 -5.00% 8
North of England +15 22 £43,750 -16.67% 9
Wales +21 19 - - 1
Yorkshire +82 10 £62,500 -1.96% 2
South West -37 9 £45,000 -
North East -6 6 £40,250 -9.57% 2
North West -9 6 £44,500 -8.25% 5
South East -75 5 £50,750 -7.73% 8

CheckPoint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.96%) IIS
2 8 (3.40%) Skype for Business
3 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 80 (34.04%) Azure
2 67 (28.51%) AWS
3 19 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.26%) IaaS
5 9 (3.83%) GCP
5 9 (3.83%) PaaS
5 9 (3.83%) SaaS
6 8 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.98%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (2.13%) AWS Direct Connect
9 5 (2.13%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.70%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.28%) Apigee
11 3 (1.28%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 186 (79.15%) Firewall
2 95 (40.43%) WAN
3 72 (30.64%) LAN
4 68 (28.94%) Network Security
5 60 (25.53%) VPN
5 60 (25.53%) Wireless
6 42 (17.87%) MPLS
7 41 (17.45%) SD-WAN
8 34 (14.47%) Cisco ASA
9 33 (14.04%) BGP
10 31 (13.19%) TCP/IP
11 30 (12.77%) VLAN
11 30 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (12.34%) DNS
12 29 (12.34%) OSPF
13 28 (11.91%) Cisco Nexus
14 24 (10.21%) Cisco Firepower
14 24 (10.21%) Internet
15 23 (9.79%) VoIP
16 21 (8.94%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.28%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (2.98%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (28.09%) Finance
2 34 (14.47%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.66%) Law
4 17 (7.23%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.53%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (5.53%) Retail
6 12 (5.11%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.83%) Legal
8 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.55%) Banking
10 5 (2.13%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.70%) Games
11 4 (1.70%) Publishing
12 3 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (1.28%) Automotive
12 3 (1.28%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.85%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 102 (43.40%) Network Engineer
2 98 (41.70%) Senior
3 55 (23.40%) Senior Network Engineer
4 30 (12.77%) Analyst
5 22 (9.36%) Consultant
5 22 (9.36%) Security Engineer
6 18 (7.66%) Network Security Engineer
7 16 (6.81%) Lead
8 15 (6.38%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (6.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (6.38%) Network Analyst
8 15 (6.38%) Project Manager
9 14 (5.96%) Network Specialist
9 14 (5.96%) Senior Consultant
10 13 (5.53%) Project Consultant
10 13 (5.53%) Senior Network Consultant
10 13 (5.53%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 13 (5.53%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (4.68%) Senior Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.81%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.53%) REST
2 13 (5.53%) WebRTC
3 8 (3.40%) SAML
4 5 (2.13%) XMPP
5 4 (1.70%) JSON
6 3 (1.28%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.28%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (25.96%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.38%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (5.53%) Clustering
4 12 (5.11%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.40%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.40%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.40%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.28%) Wiki
9 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.85%) PKI
10 1 (0.43%) Handset
10 1 (0.43%) IoT
10 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.06%) Windows
2 22 (9.36%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.68%) Linux
4 5 (2.13%) Android
4 5 (2.13%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.28%) CatOS
5 3 (1.28%) CentOS
5 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.85%) Unix
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.85%) ITIL
2 45 (19.15%) Load Balancing
3 33 (14.04%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (13.19%) Change Control
5 30 (12.77%) Project Management
6 26 (11.06%) Information Security
7 24 (10.21%) Customer Service
7 24 (10.21%) Migration
7 24 (10.21%) Network Design
8 22 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (9.36%) Project Delivery
8 22 (9.36%) Roadmaps
9 19 (8.09%) Network Monitoring
10 17 (7.23%) Cloud Security
10 17 (7.23%) Cryptography
11 16 (6.81%) Actionable Insight
11 16 (6.81%) Service Management
12 15 (6.38%) Line Management
12 15 (6.38%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.66%) SQL
2 7 (2.98%) Python
3 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.70%) Bash
5 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (34.89%) Cisco Certification
2 67 (28.51%) CCNP
3 65 (27.66%) Security Cleared
4 52 (22.13%) SC Cleared
5 51 (21.70%) CCNA
6 20 (8.51%) CCIE
7 18 (7.66%) Degree
8 17 (7.23%) DV Cleared
9 14 (5.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 12 (5.11%) CCSA
11 10 (4.26%) CISSP
12 8 (3.40%) AWS Certification
13 7 (2.98%) CCSP
14 6 (2.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (2.55%) Azure Certification
14 6 (2.55%) CCIE Security
14 6 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.70%) Check Point Certification
15 4 (1.70%) CISM
15 4 (1.70%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.23%) SLA
2 10 (4.26%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.83%) PMO
4 8 (3.40%) GDPR
4 8 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (3.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.98%) QA
6 6 (2.55%) NIST
7 5 (2.13%) NCSC
8 4 (1.70%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.43%) P3O
System Software
1 39 (16.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (12.77%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.53%) vSphere
4 4 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) Samba
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.43%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (11.49%) FortiGate
2 11 (4.68%) Nagios
3 8 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (3.40%) Terraform
4 7 (2.98%) Ansible
5 6 (2.55%) WSUS
6 5 (2.13%) OfficeScan
7 4 (1.70%) CASB
7 4 (1.70%) Nessus
8 3 (1.28%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.43%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 158 (67.23%) Cisco
2 101 (42.98%) Palo Alto
3 56 (23.83%) Microsoft
4 45 (19.15%) VMware
5 39 (16.60%) F5
6 36 (15.32%) Fortinet
7 32 (13.62%) Juniper
8 26 (11.06%) Meraki
9 22 (9.36%) SolarWinds
10 20 (8.51%) Blue Coat
11 15 (6.38%) Aruba
11 15 (6.38%) Citrix
11 15 (6.38%) McAfee
12 13 (5.53%) Infoblox
12 13 (5.53%) Oracle
12 13 (5.53%) Riverbed
13 12 (5.11%) IBM
14 10 (4.26%) Forcepoint
15 8 (3.40%) Dell
15 8 (3.40%) HP