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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 763 823 1076
Rank change year-on-year +60 +253 -281
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 151 129 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.096%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.12% 0.83% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 113 105 136
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £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 £71,000 £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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 28 May 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 28 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 +139 142 £55,000 - 35
UK excluding London +7 98 £53,000 -3.64% 29
Work from Home +50 56 £67,500 +3.85% 18
South East +31 55 £53,000 -3.64% 9
London +178 48 £62,500 +20.19% 14
West Midlands +27 22 £53,750 -6.52% 3
Midlands +11 22 £53,750 -6.52% 3
North of England +43 15 £61,185 +16.54% 6
North West +13 15 £61,185 +22.37% 6
Scotland -58 4 £71,250 - 9
East of England -8 1 - - 1
South West -29 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 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.88%) Azure
2 23 (15.23%) AWS
3 8 (5.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (2.65%) IaaS
4 4 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.99%) PaaS
5 3 (1.99%) SaaS
6 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.66%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.66%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 80 (52.98%) Firewall
2 71 (47.02%) WAN
3 54 (35.76%) SD-WAN
4 45 (29.80%) BGP
5 44 (29.14%) Network Security
6 39 (25.83%) Cisco ISE
6 39 (25.83%) VPN
7 33 (21.85%) OSPF
8 28 (18.54%) Cisco ASA
8 28 (18.54%) LAN
9 27 (17.88%) Cisco Nexus
10 23 (15.23%) MPLS
10 23 (15.23%) NGFW
11 20 (13.25%) VLAN
12 19 (12.58%) Wireless
13 18 (11.92%) SSL
14 16 (10.60%) HSRP
15 15 (9.93%) IPsec
16 11 (7.28%) DNS
16 11 (7.28%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 17 (11.26%) Finance
2 9 (5.96%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.30%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.31%) Banking
5 4 (2.65%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.65%) Retail
6 3 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Law
7 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.66%) Billing
8 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (55.63%) Network Engineer
2 63 (41.72%) Senior
3 38 (25.17%) Architect
4 28 (18.54%) Senior Network Engineer
5 27 (17.88%) Cisco Architect
5 27 (17.88%) Cisco Security Architect
5 27 (17.88%) Security Architect
5 27 (17.88%) Senior Architect
5 27 (17.88%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 27 (17.88%) Senior Security Architect
6 20 (13.25%) Network Security Engineer
6 20 (13.25%) Security Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) Consultant
7 11 (7.28%) Security Consultant
8 10 (6.62%) Network Architect
8 10 (6.62%) Network Consultant
8 10 (6.62%) Network Security Consultant
8 10 (6.62%) Network Support
9 9 (5.96%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.26%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (34.44%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (2.65%) Driving Licence
2 4 (2.65%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.65%) PKI
2 4 (2.65%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.30%) Windows
2 6 (3.97%) Linux
3 5 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.31%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.31%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.31%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.83%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (18.54%) Presales
3 27 (17.88%) Analytics
3 27 (17.88%) Customer Engagement
3 27 (17.88%) Software Licensing
3 27 (17.88%) Time Management
4 25 (16.56%) Project Delivery
5 17 (11.26%) ITIL
6 12 (7.95%) Network Design
6 12 (7.95%) Network Management
7 11 (7.28%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (5.96%) Migration
8 9 (5.96%) Network Monitoring
9 8 (5.30%) Agile
9 8 (5.30%) DevOps
10 7 (4.64%) Load Balancing
10 7 (4.64%) Service Delivery
11 6 (3.97%) Change Control
11 6 (3.97%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.64%) SQL
2 4 (2.65%) Bash
2 4 (2.65%) C#
2 4 (2.65%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 108 (71.52%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (66.23%) CCNP
3 52 (34.44%) CCNA
4 46 (30.46%) Security Cleared
5 39 (25.83%) SC Cleared
6 28 (18.54%) Degree
7 13 (8.61%) CCIE
8 12 (7.95%) JNCIS
9 10 (6.62%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.65%) MCSA
10 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.66%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (0.66%) CCSA
11 1 (0.66%) CCSE
11 1 (0.66%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.31%) SLA
2 4 (2.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (5.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.32%) NFS
3 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.32%) vSphere
4 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (20.53%) Stealthwatch
2 12 (7.95%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.97%) Endace
4 5 (3.31%) Cisco CUCM
4 5 (3.31%) Nessus
5 3 (1.99%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.99%) WSUS
6 2 (1.32%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.32%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.66%) Ansible
7 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 142 (94.04%) Cisco
2 58 (38.41%) F5
3 50 (33.11%) Microsoft
4 38 (25.17%) Meraki
5 36 (23.84%) Palo Alto
6 35 (23.18%) Juniper
7 27 (17.88%) Adobe
7 27 (17.88%) Apple
8 23 (15.23%) CheckPoint
9 16 (10.60%) Fortinet
9 16 (10.60%) VMware
10 12 (7.95%) SolarWinds
11 8 (5.30%) Aruba
12 6 (3.97%) Citrix
13 5 (3.31%) Red Hat
14 4 (2.65%) Forcepoint
14 4 (2.65%) McAfee
14 4 (2.65%) Splunk
15 3 (1.99%) arcserve
15 3 (1.99%) Clearswift