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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 463 548
Rank change year-on-year +47 +85 +105
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 70 96 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 1.99% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 52 66
10th Percentile £423 £401 £325
25th Percentile £461 £463 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% +8.44% +18.74%
75th Percentile £588 £641 £571
90th Percentile £613 £775 £631
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £450
% change year-on-year -2.93% +14.47% -

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 3,224 4,817 5,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.84% 12.86% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,995 2,871 3,877
10th Percentile £230 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 396 411
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.68 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +141.47% -23.23%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £60.60
90th Percentile £81.35 £73.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.48 £45.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% +136.84% -33.23%

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 25 June 2025.

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 25 June 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
North of England +35 37 £500 -2.91% 9
North West +12 27 £575 +11.65% 4
London +44 14 £450 -2.70% 15
Yorkshire +14 10 £487 +2.58% 5
South East +13 9 £575 +9.52% 15
Midlands +10 8 £500 -33.33% 7
West Midlands +5 8 £500 -33.33% 5
South West +52 4 £525 -27.59%
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 10 (14.29%) AWS
1 10 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 51 (72.86%) Firewall
2 40 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
3 27 (38.57%) BGP
4 24 (34.29%) IPsec
4 24 (34.29%) OSPF
5 22 (31.43%) Network Security
6 21 (30.00%) Cisco ISE
7 19 (27.14%) HSRP
8 18 (25.71%) EIGRP
8 18 (25.71%) VPN
9 16 (22.86%) Wireless
10 14 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (15.71%) LAN
12 10 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
13 9 (12.86%) NGFW
14 8 (11.43%) Junos
15 7 (10.00%) MPLS
16 6 (8.57%) Broadband
16 6 (8.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
2 5 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.29%) Advertising
3 3 (4.29%) Finance
4 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.43%) Electronics
5 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.43%) Law
5 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (90.00%) Network Engineer
2 22 (31.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 10 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Security Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) Network Security Engineer
6 7 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
6 7 (10.00%) Principal Network Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Principal Security Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) Senior
9 3 (4.29%) Architect
10 2 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support
10 2 (2.86%) Network Architect
10 2 (2.86%) Network Support
10 2 (2.86%) Network Support Engineer
10 2 (2.86%) Senior Network Engineer
10 2 (2.86%) Service Delivery Manager
10 2 (2.86%) Service Manager
10 2 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) JSON
1 1 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.86%) PKI
3 1 (1.43%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.57%) Load Balancing
2 12 (17.14%) ITIL
3 10 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (10.00%) Agile
4 7 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (10.00%) Migration
4 7 (10.00%) Network Management
4 7 (10.00%) Preventative Maintenance
5 4 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (4.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (4.29%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (4.29%) Problem Management
6 3 (4.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (4.29%) Process Improvement
6 3 (4.29%) Project Delivery
6 3 (4.29%) SIEM
6 3 (4.29%) Task Automation
7 2 (2.86%) Network Design
7 2 (2.86%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.86%) Python
2 8 (11.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (74.29%) Security Cleared
2 43 (61.43%) SC Cleared
3 17 (24.29%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (11.43%) DV Cleared
5 6 (8.57%) CCIE
5 6 (8.57%) CCNP
6 3 (4.29%) CCNA
6 3 (4.29%) CISSP
7 2 (2.86%) CCIE Security
7 2 (2.86%) CISA
7 2 (2.86%) CISM
7 2 (2.86%) GIAC
7 2 (2.86%) ISACA
7 2 (2.86%) SANS
8 1 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.43%) CCIE Service Provider
8 1 (1.43%) CCSE
8 1 (1.43%) CCSM
8 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.43%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (17.14%) FortiGate
2 11 (15.71%) Ansible
3 7 (10.00%) Terraform
4 3 (4.29%) Nagios
4 3 (4.29%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.43%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) Cisco
2 30 (42.86%) Palo Alto
3 23 (32.86%) CheckPoint
4 18 (25.71%) F5
5 16 (22.86%) SolarWinds
6 9 (12.86%) Juniper
7 8 (11.43%) Citrix
8 4 (5.71%) AlgoSec
9 3 (4.29%) Infoblox
9 3 (4.29%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.86%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.86%) Tenable
11 1 (1.43%) Arista
11 1 (1.43%) Bloomberg
11 1 (1.43%) Fujitsu
11 1 (1.43%) Meraki
11 1 (1.43%) Refinitiv
11 1 (1.43%) Tufin
11 1 (1.43%) Zscaler