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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 820 1107
Rank change year-on-year +63 +287 -331
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 139 150 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.081%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 0.93% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 113 128 110
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £51,344 £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 £69,500 £71,563 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,250 £50,108
% change year-on-year +1.38% +8.27% +0.22%

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 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £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 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Top 13 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 27 April 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 +145 125 £56,000 +1.82% 40
UK excluding London +28 85 £55,000 +1.38% 35
Work from Home +52 53 £60,000 -7.69% 14
London +154 49 £62,500 +4.17% 15
South East +43 39 £54,000 -1.82% 12
West Midlands +44 21 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Midlands +26 21 £55,000 +10.00% 5
North of England +41 14 £60,593 +15.41% 6
North West +18 13 £61,185 +22.37% 4
Scotland -57 9 £55,000 - 10
Yorkshire +77 1 £55,000 -8.33% 2
East of England +6 1 - - 2
South West -4 1 £45,000 -

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 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.14%) Azure
2 26 (18.71%) AWS
3 9 (6.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (2.88%) IaaS
4 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.16%) PaaS
5 3 (2.16%) SaaS
6 2 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.72%) Cohesity
7 1 (0.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 84 (60.43%) Firewall
2 60 (43.17%) WAN
3 44 (31.65%) BGP
3 44 (31.65%) Cisco ISE
4 42 (30.22%) SD-WAN
5 40 (28.78%) VPN
6 36 (25.90%) Cisco ASA
7 35 (25.18%) Network Security
8 32 (23.02%) OSPF
9 30 (21.58%) Cisco Nexus
10 29 (20.86%) LAN
11 21 (15.11%) MPLS
12 19 (13.67%) VLAN
13 18 (12.95%) Wireless
14 16 (11.51%) NGFW
15 15 (10.79%) HSRP
16 14 (10.07%) Spanning Tree
17 12 (8.63%) Cisco IOS
17 12 (8.63%) IPsec
18 11 (7.91%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.16%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (10.79%) Finance
2 11 (7.91%) Public Sector
2 11 (7.91%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.60%) Banking
3 5 (3.60%) Retail
4 4 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.88%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.44%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (63.31%) Network Engineer
2 55 (39.57%) Senior
3 33 (23.74%) Senior Network Engineer
4 27 (19.42%) Architect
5 15 (10.79%) Cisco Architect
5 15 (10.79%) Cisco Security Architect
5 15 (10.79%) Network Security Engineer
5 15 (10.79%) Security Architect
5 15 (10.79%) Security Engineer
5 15 (10.79%) Senior Architect
5 15 (10.79%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 15 (10.79%) Senior Security Architect
6 13 (9.35%) Cisco Engineer
6 13 (9.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 11 (7.91%) Network Architect
8 10 (7.19%) Network Support
9 9 (6.47%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (6.47%) Senior Network Security Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.23%) 802.1X
2 7 (5.04%) HTML
3 1 (0.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.62%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.19%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.04%) Hedge funds
3 7 (5.04%) PKI
4 6 (4.32%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.19%) Windows
2 9 (6.47%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.88%) Linux
4 3 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.34%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (15.83%) Project Delivery
3 16 (11.51%) Presales
4 15 (10.79%) Analytics
4 15 (10.79%) Customer Engagement
4 15 (10.79%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (10.79%) Software Licensing
4 15 (10.79%) Time Management
5 14 (10.07%) ITIL
5 14 (10.07%) Network Design
6 10 (7.19%) Network Monitoring
7 9 (6.47%) DevOps
8 8 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (5.76%) Network Management
8 8 (5.76%) Service Delivery
9 7 (5.04%) Change Control
9 7 (5.04%) Project Management
10 6 (4.32%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (4.32%) Load Balancing
10 6 (4.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.19%) SQL
2 7 (5.04%) C#
2 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.60%) Python
4 4 (2.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 108 (77.70%) Cisco Certification
2 97 (69.78%) CCNP
3 44 (31.65%) CCNA
4 35 (25.18%) Security Cleared
5 30 (21.58%) SC Cleared
6 16 (11.51%) Degree
7 14 (10.07%) CCIE
8 12 (8.63%) JNCIS
9 4 (2.88%) MCSA
9 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.72%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (0.72%) CCSA
10 1 (0.72%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.60%) PCI DSS
1 5 (3.60%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.88%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (15.83%) Stealthwatch
2 8 (5.76%) Cisco CUCM
3 7 (5.04%) FortiGate
4 6 (4.32%) Endace
5 5 (3.60%) Nessus
6 3 (2.16%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (2.16%) WSUS
7 2 (1.44%) Ansible
8 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 130 (93.53%) Cisco
2 45 (32.37%) F5
3 39 (28.06%) Microsoft
4 35 (25.18%) Juniper
5 29 (20.86%) Palo Alto
6 24 (17.27%) Meraki
7 23 (16.55%) CheckPoint
8 21 (15.11%) VMware
9 15 (10.79%) Adobe
9 15 (10.79%) Apple
10 13 (9.35%) Fortinet
11 10 (7.19%) SolarWinds
12 7 (5.04%) Splunk
13 5 (3.60%) Aruba
13 5 (3.60%) Forcepoint
14 4 (2.88%) Citrix
14 4 (2.88%) Huawei
15 3 (2.16%) Clearswift
15 3 (2.16%) IBM
15 3 (2.16%) Oracle