Cisco Firepower Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 268 326 428
Rank change year-on-year +58 +102 -6
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 68 73 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.35% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.46% 2.11% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 36 31
10th Percentile £400 £373 £375
25th Percentile £422 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +61.54%
75th Percentile £588 £709 £550
90th Percentile £613 £775 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +37.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England +36 37 £575 +11.65% 20
North West +36 36 £575 +11.65% 8
South East +10 9 £575 +21.05% 27
Wales - 9 £450 - 2
Midlands +21 6 £363 -51.67% 16
West Midlands +13 6 £363 -51.67% 8
Scotland - 5 £438 - 3
South West - 4 £525 - 11
Yorkshire +6 1 - - 10
Cisco Firepower
UK

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.18%) Azure
2 10 (14.71%) AWS
3 2 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (70.59%) Firewall
2 47 (69.12%) Cisco ASA
3 36 (52.94%) BGP
4 34 (50.00%) OSPF
5 28 (41.18%) IPsec
6 26 (38.24%) VPN
7 24 (35.29%) EIGRP
7 24 (35.29%) HSRP
8 21 (30.88%) Wireless
9 15 (22.06%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (19.12%) Network Security
11 11 (16.18%) Cisco Wireless
12 10 (14.71%) LAN
12 10 (14.71%) WAN
13 9 (13.24%) Cisco ISE
14 7 (10.29%) Broadband
15 6 (8.82%) Cisco IOS
15 6 (8.82%) Junos
15 6 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
16 5 (7.35%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
1 1 (1.47%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (10.29%) Public Sector
2 2 (2.94%) Advertising
2 2 (2.94%) Finance
2 2 (2.94%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.47%) Electronics
3 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.47%) Marketing
3 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (88.24%) Network Engineer
2 19 (27.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (13.24%) Senior
4 8 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Architect
8 3 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Principal Network Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Network Architect
9 2 (2.94%) Principal Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.94%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.94%) NHS
2 2 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.71%) Load Balancing
1 10 (14.71%) Migration
2 8 (11.76%) ITIL
3 7 (10.29%) Network Management
4 6 (8.82%) Agile
4 6 (8.82%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (8.82%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (5.88%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.94%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (2.94%) Problem Management
8 2 (2.94%) Project Delivery
8 2 (2.94%) Risk Management
8 2 (2.94%) Risk Register
8 2 (2.94%) SIEM
8 2 (2.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (2.94%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) Python
1 6 (8.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (69.12%) Security Cleared
2 40 (58.82%) SC Cleared
3 23 (33.82%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (23.53%) CCNP
5 8 (11.76%) CCIE
6 6 (8.82%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.35%) CCNA
8 2 (2.94%) CISA
8 2 (2.94%) CISM
8 2 (2.94%) CISSP
8 2 (2.94%) GIAC
8 2 (2.94%) ISACA
8 2 (2.94%) SANS
9 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.47%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (14.71%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.82%) Ansible
3 5 (7.35%) Terraform
4 3 (4.41%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.94%) Nagios
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 42 (61.76%) Palo Alto
3 19 (27.94%) CheckPoint
4 10 (14.71%) F5
4 10 (14.71%) SolarWinds
5 7 (10.29%) Citrix
5 7 (10.29%) Juniper
6 4 (5.88%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.94%) Arista
7 2 (2.94%) Ekahau
7 2 (2.94%) Meraki
7 2 (2.94%) Tenable
7 2 (2.94%) VMware
8 1 (1.47%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.47%) SAP
8 1 (1.47%) Splunk
8 1 (1.47%) Symantec
8 1 (1.47%) Zscaler