Cisco Firepower Contracts in the Midlands

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 126 161
Rank change year-on-year +21 +35 +38
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 6 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.31% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.80% 1.42% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile - £513 £432
25th Percentile £238 £725 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £750 £519
Median % change year-on-year -51.67% +44.65% +39.38%
75th Percentile £484 £775 £528
90th Percentile £546 - £564
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +49.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 214 492 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.18% 17.85% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 294 337
10th Percentile £162 £200 £250
25th Percentile £249 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.64%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £594
90th Percentile £693 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 36 17
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.31%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £28.50
90th Percentile £24.21 £28.75 £40.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the Midlands

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the Midlands

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in the Midlands

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +13 6 £363 -51.67%
Cisco Firepower
England

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) BGP
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) IPsec
1 2 (33.33%) MPLS
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) NX-OS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) SIEM
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISA
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) GIAC
2 2 (33.33%) ISACA
2 2 (33.33%) SANS
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Juniper
2 2 (33.33%) Tenable
3 1 (16.67%) Arista
3 1 (16.67%) F5