Cisco Firepower Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 428 461
Rank change year-on-year -75 +33 +201
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 30 76 102
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.095% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.88% 2.06% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 49 56
10th Percentile £443 £381 £252
25th Percentile - £430 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -4.27%
75th Percentile - £575 £550
90th Percentile £508 £614 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.75
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £77.19
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK median hourly rate - - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.92%

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 3,398 3,694 5,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.80% 12.75% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,195 2,173 3,282
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £357 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £681 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 115 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.69 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -26.39% +23.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.18
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.24
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +34.05%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco Firepower relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco Firepower job vacancy trend in England

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Firepower.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Firepower

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Firepower.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco Firepower

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 19 December 2025. 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 -16 23 £500 -2.44% 8
London -23 4 £388 -29.55% 3
West Midlands -34 1 £450 -10.00% 3
Yorkshire -41 1 - - 3
Midlands -42 1 £450 -10.00% 4
North of England -87 1 - - 4
Cisco Firepower
UK

Cisco Firepower
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) GCP
3 1 (3.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 24 (80.00%) Cisco IOS
1 24 (80.00%) Cisco ISE
2 23 (76.67%) Junos
3 8 (26.67%) Firewall
4 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (20.00%) NX-OS
5 4 (13.33%) Network Security
6 3 (10.00%) VLAN
7 2 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (6.67%) LAN
8 1 (3.33%) BIG-IP
8 1 (3.33%) DHCP
8 1 (3.33%) DNS
8 1 (3.33%) HTTP
8 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
8 1 (3.33%) SNMP
8 1 (3.33%) VPN
8 1 (3.33%) VSAN
8 1 (3.33%) WAN
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Military
3 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 21 (70.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 21 (70.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 21 (70.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 21 (70.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
3 20 (66.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 15 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 15 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 15 (50.00%) Network Support
4 15 (50.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 15 (50.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) PKI
2 1 (3.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.33%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
1 17 (56.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (73.33%) ITSM
2 17 (56.67%) Service Management
3 4 (13.33%) Change Management
3 4 (13.33%) Network Virtualisation
4 3 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (6.67%) Network Design
6 1 (3.33%) Agile
6 1 (3.33%) Analytics
6 1 (3.33%) Business Strategy
6 1 (3.33%) CI/CD
6 1 (3.33%) Load Balancing
6 1 (3.33%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (3.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.33%) Project Management
6 1 (3.33%) Roadmaps
6 1 (3.33%) Security Architecture
6 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.33%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) Python
1 1 (3.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 22 (73.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) CCNP
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 24 (80.00%) VMware NSX
2 17 (56.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (20.00%) Firmware
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (73.33%) vCenter Server
2 2 (6.67%) Ansible
2 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.67%) Terraform
3 1 (3.33%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) Cisco
2 25 (83.33%) Juniper
3 22 (73.33%) SolarWinds
4 5 (16.67%) Broadcom
5 3 (10.00%) F5
5 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 3 (10.00%) VMware
6 2 (6.67%) Meraki
7 1 (3.33%) Arista
7 1 (3.33%) Citrix
7 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.33%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.33%) NetScout
7 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.33%) SevOne