Cisco Firepower Contracts in the North of England

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 164 194
Rank change year-on-year +41 +30 +18
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 41 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.25% 0.43% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.52% 3.58% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 10
10th Percentile £400 - £375
25th Percentile £463 £463 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +14.44% +38.46%
75th Percentile £588 £535 £485
90th Percentile - £775 £564
England median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +31.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 545 559 673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.62% 12.06% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 385 454
10th Percentile £184 £200 £200
25th Percentile £250 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £568
90th Percentile £625 £765 £675
England median daily rate £500 £495 £524
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.49% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 26 49
10th Percentile £20.00 £13.31 -
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.89 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.59 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +133.96% -42.54%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £15.72
90th Percentile £25.90 £48.75 £34.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% +116.22% -22.63%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the North of England

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the North of England

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in the North of England

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West +31 35 £563 +9.22% 2
Yorkshire +15 6 £485 +2.11% 6
Cisco Firepower
England

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 34 (82.93%) Firewall
2 33 (80.49%) Cisco ASA
3 25 (60.98%) BGP
3 25 (60.98%) OSPF
4 23 (56.10%) HSRP
4 23 (56.10%) IPsec
5 19 (46.34%) EIGRP
6 14 (34.15%) VPN
7 13 (31.71%) Network Security
8 10 (24.39%) Wireless
9 9 (21.95%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (21.95%) Cisco Wireless
10 6 (14.63%) Broadband
10 6 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (12.20%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (12.20%) NGFW
12 4 (9.76%) Converged Networks
12 4 (9.76%) LAN
12 4 (9.76%) NetScaler
12 4 (9.76%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) Katalon Studio
General
1 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.44%) Advertising
2 1 (2.44%) Finance
2 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (2.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (95.12%) Network Engineer
2 20 (48.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Security Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Principal Network Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Principal Security Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Lead
5 1 (2.44%) Senior
5 1 (2.44%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (14.63%) ITIL
1 6 (14.63%) Network Management
2 4 (9.76%) Load Balancing
3 2 (4.88%) Migration
3 2 (4.88%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (2.44%) Agile
4 1 (2.44%) Defect Management
4 1 (2.44%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.44%) Manual Testing
4 1 (2.44%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (2.44%) Project Delivery
4 1 (2.44%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (2.44%) SDLC
4 1 (2.44%) Software Testing
4 1 (2.44%) Test Automation
4 1 (2.44%) Test Management
4 1 (2.44%) Test Scripting
4 1 (2.44%) Test Strategy
4 1 (2.44%) Time Management
4 1 (2.44%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 35 (85.37%) SC Cleared
1 35 (85.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.76%) CCNA
4 2 (4.88%) CCIE
5 1 (2.44%) CCNP
5 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Nagios
2 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) Cisco
2 32 (78.05%) Palo Alto
3 19 (46.34%) CheckPoint
4 8 (19.51%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.44%) Arista
5 1 (2.44%) Blue Coat
5 1 (2.44%) F5
5 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.44%) Juniper
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.44%) Symantec
5 1 (2.44%) Zscaler