Cisco Firepower Contracts in the South East

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 151 203
Rank change year-on-year -6 +52 +46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 12 37 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.78% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.02% 4.08% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 4
10th Percentile - £363 -
25th Percentile £500 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +9.38% +20.47%
75th Percentile £613 £556 £570
90th Percentile - £643 £588
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 595 907 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.75% 19.03% 18.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 484 618
10th Percentile £220 £254 £208
25th Percentile £357 £400 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £457
Median % change year-on-year - +9.36% -0.10%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £580
90th Percentile £638 £668 £675
England median daily rate £492 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -2.09% +0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 99 61
10th Percentile £14.20 £25.55 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.63 £51.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -2.64% +32.37%
75th Percentile £70.16 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.05 £75.67
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £56.49
% change year-on-year -22.55% -2.86% +51.20%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the South East

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco Firepower.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco Firepower

Cisco Firepower
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +7 12 £550 +15.79% 4
Cisco Firepower
England

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco IOS
2 10 (83.33%) Cisco ISE
2 10 (83.33%) Junos
3 7 (58.33%) LAN
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 10 (83.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Network Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Network Support
3 4 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
1 6 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (33.33%) ITSM
2 4 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 4 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
1 6 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) VMware NSX
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) FortiGate
2 6 (50.00%) Ansible
2 6 (50.00%) Terraform
3 4 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (91.67%) Juniper
3 6 (50.00%) Citrix
3 6 (50.00%) F5
4 4 (33.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (8.33%) VMware