Cisco Firepower Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cisco Firepower skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 145 159
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 -25
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 4 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.66% 0.63% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £551 £331
25th Percentile £463 £553 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £555 £524
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% +5.91% +30.35%
75th Percentile £488 £558 £661
90th Percentile - £559 £684
South East median daily rate £475 £513 £319
% change year-on-year -7.32% +60.78% -24.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

Cisco Firepower is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 602 477 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.53% 16.24% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 293 344
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £464
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +4.99% +16.08%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £552
90th Percentile £650 £648 £645
South East median daily rate £488 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -47.29%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the Thames Valley

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the Thames Valley

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Berkshire - 3 £475 - 6
Buckinghamshire +24 1 - - 1
Cisco Firepower
South East

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) MPLS
2 2 (50.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) CATAPAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Endace
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) F5
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Meraki
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds