Cisco Firepower Jobs

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Firepower skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 819 1096
Rank change year-on-year +73 +277 -275
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 159 127 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.17% 0.82% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 114 103 140
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,275 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,625 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Cisco Firepower is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower.

Salary trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +139 149 £55,000 - 35
UK excluding London -6 102 £53,000 -3.64% 29
Work from Home +41 64 £67,500 +3.85% 19
South East +19 56 £53,000 -3.64% 9
London +143 49 £62,500 +20.19% 12
West Midlands +8 23 £53,750 -6.52% 5
Midlands +6 23 £53,750 -6.52% 5
North of England +29 17 £61,185 +16.54% 5
North West -3 17 £61,185 +22.37% 5
Scotland -69 4 £71,250 - 8
East of England -8 1 - - 1
South West -32 1 £45,000 - 1

Cisco Firepower
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 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (18.24%) Azure
2 23 (14.47%) AWS
3 8 (5.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.52%) IaaS
6 3 (1.89%) PaaS
6 3 (1.89%) SaaS
7 2 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 86 (54.09%) Firewall
2 78 (49.06%) WAN
3 60 (37.74%) SD-WAN
4 48 (30.19%) Network Security
5 45 (28.30%) BGP
6 39 (24.53%) Cisco ISE
6 39 (24.53%) VPN
7 33 (20.75%) OSPF
8 31 (19.50%) Cisco ASA
9 29 (18.24%) LAN
10 27 (16.98%) Cisco Nexus
11 26 (16.35%) NGFW
12 24 (15.09%) MPLS
13 21 (13.21%) Wireless
14 20 (12.58%) VLAN
15 18 (11.32%) SSL
16 16 (10.06%) HSRP
17 15 (9.43%) IPsec
18 12 (7.55%) Internet
19 11 (6.92%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 17 (10.69%) Finance
2 9 (5.66%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.03%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.14%) Banking
5 4 (2.52%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.52%) Retail
6 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.26%) Law
7 2 (1.26%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.63%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Billing
8 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (53.46%) Network Engineer
2 70 (44.03%) Senior
3 41 (25.79%) Architect
4 30 (18.87%) Cisco Architect
4 30 (18.87%) Cisco Security Architect
4 30 (18.87%) Security Architect
4 30 (18.87%) Senior Architect
4 30 (18.87%) Senior Cisco Architect
4 30 (18.87%) Senior Security Architect
5 28 (17.61%) Senior Network Engineer
6 19 (11.95%) Network Security Engineer
6 19 (11.95%) Security Engineer
7 15 (9.43%) Consultant
7 15 (9.43%) Security Consultant
8 14 (8.81%) Network Consultant
8 14 (8.81%) Network Security Consultant
9 12 (7.55%) Senior Consultant
9 12 (7.55%) Senior Network Consultant
9 12 (7.55%) Senior Network Security Consultant
9 12 (7.55%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.69%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.89%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (35.85%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.14%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (2.52%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.89%) Hedge funds
4 3 (1.89%) PKI
5 2 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.03%) Windows
2 7 (4.40%) Linux
3 6 (3.77%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.79%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (19.50%) Presales
2 31 (19.50%) Time Management
3 30 (18.87%) Analytics
3 30 (18.87%) Customer Engagement
3 30 (18.87%) Software Licensing
4 26 (16.35%) Project Delivery
5 18 (11.32%) ITIL
6 12 (7.55%) Migration
6 12 (7.55%) Network Management
7 11 (6.92%) Network Design
8 10 (6.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (5.66%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (5.03%) Agile
10 8 (5.03%) Service Delivery
11 7 (4.40%) DevOps
11 7 (4.40%) Load Balancing
12 6 (3.77%) Mentoring
12 6 (3.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.77%) SQL
2 5 (3.14%) Python
3 4 (2.52%) Bash
4 3 (1.89%) C#
4 3 (1.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 115 (72.33%) Cisco Certification
2 108 (67.92%) CCNP
3 55 (34.59%) CCNA
4 49 (30.82%) Security Cleared
5 41 (25.79%) SC Cleared
6 31 (19.50%) Degree
7 14 (8.81%) CCIE
8 12 (7.55%) JNCIS
9 10 (6.29%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.52%) MCSA
10 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.26%) CCSA
11 2 (1.26%) CCSE
12 1 (0.63%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 1 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.14%) SLA
2 4 (2.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.26%) NFS
3 2 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.26%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.26%) vSphere
4 1 (0.63%) Docker
4 1 (0.63%) Firmware
4 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 33 (20.75%) Stealthwatch
2 15 (9.43%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.77%) Endace
4 5 (3.14%) Nessus
5 4 (2.52%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (1.89%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.89%) WSUS
7 2 (1.26%) Ansible
7 2 (1.26%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.26%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.63%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 150 (94.34%) Cisco
2 61 (38.36%) F5
3 54 (33.96%) Microsoft
4 43 (27.04%) Meraki
5 40 (25.16%) Palo Alto
6 36 (22.64%) Juniper
7 30 (18.87%) Adobe
7 30 (18.87%) Apple
8 25 (15.72%) CheckPoint
9 20 (12.58%) Fortinet
10 17 (10.69%) VMware
11 12 (7.55%) SolarWinds
12 11 (6.92%) Aruba
13 6 (3.77%) Citrix
14 5 (3.14%) Red Hat
15 4 (2.52%) Forcepoint
15 4 (2.52%) McAfee
16 3 (1.89%) arcserve
16 3 (1.89%) Clearswift
16 3 (1.89%) Splunk