Cisco Firepower Contracts in England

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 547 655
Rank change year-on-year +106 +108 -64
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 89 84 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 1.42% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 65 79
10th Percentile £387 £320 £230
25th Percentile £463 £375 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £691 £575 £500
90th Percentile £775 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £515 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +8.42% +8.57% +3.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco Firepower falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,834 5,918 8,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.90% 12.58% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,886 3,840 5,324
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £380 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £644 £619
90th Percentile £688 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 409 316
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £48.46
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +4.00%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +53 44 £500 -9.09% 8
North of England +32 21 £515 +14.44% 4
North West +15 18 £515 +14.44% 4
London +53 10 £425 -19.05% 12
Midlands +17 8 £750 +53.85% 2
West Midlands +15 7 £750 +57.89% 2
Yorkshire +7 3 £475 -
East Midlands +7 1 £550 +10.72%
South West - 1 £725 - 1
Cisco Firepower
UK

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (2.25%) AWS
1 2 (2.25%) Azure
1 2 (2.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (61.80%) BGP
2 46 (51.69%) Firewall
3 36 (40.45%) Cisco ASA
4 35 (39.33%) WAN
5 33 (37.08%) MPLS
6 29 (32.58%) Cisco ISE
6 29 (32.58%) IPsec
6 29 (32.58%) OSPF
7 26 (29.21%) SSL
8 25 (28.09%) EIGRP
9 23 (25.84%) HSRP
10 19 (21.35%) NetScaler
11 16 (17.98%) Spanning Tree
12 13 (14.61%) VPN
13 12 (13.48%) SNMP
13 12 (13.48%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (10.11%) LAN
14 9 (10.11%) Network Security
15 8 (8.99%) DNS
15 8 (8.99%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) JIRA
1 2 (2.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (32.58%) Finance
2 12 (13.48%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.74%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.25%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Advertising
5 1 (1.12%) Legal
5 1 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (49.44%) Network Engineer
2 41 (46.07%) Architect
3 34 (38.20%) Network Architect
4 17 (19.10%) Senior
5 12 (13.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (7.87%) Senior Architect
8 5 (5.62%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (5.62%) Senior Network Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Build Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Cisco Network Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Cisco Security Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Network Build Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Security Architect
10 3 (3.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) Security Engineer
11 2 (2.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) Jinja
2 5 (5.62%) Web Services
3 4 (4.49%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.25%) .NET
4 2 (2.25%) Regular Expression
5 1 (1.12%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.10%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.25%) Cyberattack
2 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (50.56%) Network Management
2 33 (37.08%) Network Design
3 30 (33.71%) Customer Requirements
4 23 (25.84%) Technical Leadership
5 22 (24.72%) ITIL
6 18 (20.22%) ITSM
7 15 (16.85%) Project Delivery
8 13 (14.61%) Change Management
9 12 (13.48%) DevOps
10 10 (11.24%) Migration
11 8 (8.99%) Mentoring
12 6 (6.74%) Knowledge Transfer
13 5 (5.62%) Architectural Design
13 5 (5.62%) Programme Management
13 5 (5.62%) Resource Management
13 5 (5.62%) Service Delivery
13 5 (5.62%) SOA
13 5 (5.62%) Storage Management
13 5 (5.62%) Technical Architecture
13 5 (5.62%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.10%) Python
2 12 (13.48%) Perl
2 12 (13.48%) Tcl
3 4 (4.49%) Bash
4 2 (2.25%) C#
4 2 (2.25%) Go
4 2 (2.25%) Java
4 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.25%) Ruby
4 2 (2.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (71.91%) Security Cleared
2 37 (41.57%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (40.45%) SC Cleared
4 26 (29.21%) CCNP
5 21 (23.60%) CCNA
6 10 (11.24%) CCIE
7 7 (7.87%) CISSP
8 6 (6.74%) DV Cleared
9 5 (5.62%) CCIE Data Center
10 4 (4.49%) CCIE Security
11 3 (3.37%) JNCIA
12 2 (2.25%) CEH
12 2 (2.25%) CISM
12 2 (2.25%) JNCIS
12 2 (2.25%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (2.25%) RHCE
12 2 (2.25%) SANS
13 1 (1.12%) CCDP
System Software
1 13 (14.61%) Firmware
2 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (35.96%) Endace
2 15 (16.85%) Ansible
3 2 (2.25%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.25%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (96.63%) Cisco
2 48 (53.93%) F5
2 48 (53.93%) Juniper
3 29 (32.58%) Palo Alto
4 20 (22.47%) SolarWinds
5 19 (21.35%) Citrix
6 11 (12.36%) CheckPoint
7 10 (11.24%) Infoblox
8 7 (7.87%) Symantec
8 7 (7.87%) Zscaler
9 3 (3.37%) AlgoSec
9 3 (3.37%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.25%) AlienVault
10 2 (2.25%) ArcSight
10 2 (2.25%) Aruba
10 2 (2.25%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.25%) Carbon Black
10 2 (2.25%) LogRhythm
10 2 (2.25%) McAfee
11 1 (1.12%) VMware