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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 314 408
Rank change year-on-year +50 +94 +3
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 71 71 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.35% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.50% 2.17% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 33 26
10th Percentile £400 £344 £372
25th Percentile £425 £463 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% +21.79%
75th Percentile £588 £775 £547
90th Percentile £613 - £594
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £519
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.68% +15.22%

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 2,028 3,273 3,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.68% 16.13% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,855 2,191
10th Percentile £200 £203 £206
25th Percentile £300 £348 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £628 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £515
% change year-on-year -0.51% -4.85% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 359 308
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.28 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.66 £45.88 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +154.89% -16.28%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £59.85
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.66 £73.98
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -23.25% +116.22% -34.70%

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 19 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 19 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 39 £525 +1.94% 11
North West +31 34 £563 +9.22% 2
South East +4 9 £575 +15.00% 17
Wales - 9 £450 -
Midlands +17 7 £450 -40.00% 7
West Midlands +5 7 £450 -40.00% 5
Yorkshire +15 5 £485 +2.11% 7
Scotland - 5 £438 -
South West - 4 £525 - 4
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 (2.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.49%) Azure
2 10 (14.08%) AWS
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (71.83%) Firewall
2 45 (63.38%) Cisco ASA
3 34 (47.89%) BGP
4 32 (45.07%) OSPF
5 26 (36.62%) IPsec
5 26 (36.62%) VPN
6 22 (30.99%) EIGRP
6 22 (30.99%) HSRP
7 21 (29.58%) Wireless
8 18 (25.35%) Network Security
9 15 (21.13%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (18.31%) Cisco ISE
11 11 (15.49%) Cisco Wireless
12 10 (14.08%) LAN
12 10 (14.08%) WAN
13 7 (9.86%) Broadband
14 6 (8.45%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (8.45%) Junos
14 6 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (7.04%) MPLS
General
1 8 (11.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (2.82%) Advertising
3 1 (1.41%) Electronics
3 1 (1.41%) Finance
3 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.41%) Marketing
3 1 (1.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (88.73%) Network Engineer
2 22 (30.99%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 10 (14.08%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (14.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 9 (12.68%) Senior
5 8 (11.27%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Principal Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 2 (2.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.82%) Principal Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.82%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.82%) NHS
2 2 (2.82%) PKI
3 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.49%) Load Balancing
2 10 (14.08%) Migration
3 8 (11.27%) ITIL
4 6 (8.45%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (8.45%) Network Management
4 6 (8.45%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (7.04%) Agile
5 5 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (5.63%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (5.63%) Service Delivery
7 3 (4.23%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.23%) Problem Management
7 3 (4.23%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (2.82%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (2.82%) Network Design
8 2 (2.82%) Project Delivery
8 2 (2.82%) Risk Register
8 2 (2.82%) SIEM
8 2 (2.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (2.82%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.45%) Python
1 6 (8.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (70.42%) Security Cleared
2 43 (60.56%) SC Cleared
3 24 (33.80%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (22.54%) CCNP
5 9 (12.68%) CCIE
6 6 (8.45%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.04%) CCNA
8 2 (2.82%) CISA
8 2 (2.82%) CISM
8 2 (2.82%) CISSP
8 2 (2.82%) GIAC
8 2 (2.82%) ISACA
8 2 (2.82%) SANS
9 1 (1.41%) CCIE Security
9 1 (1.41%) CCSE
9 1 (1.41%) CCSM
9 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.41%) Degree
9 1 (1.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (14.08%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.45%) Ansible
3 5 (7.04%) Terraform
4 3 (4.23%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.82%) Nagios
6 1 (1.41%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 71 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (57.75%) Palo Alto
3 19 (26.76%) CheckPoint
4 11 (15.49%) F5
5 9 (12.68%) SolarWinds
6 7 (9.86%) Juniper
7 6 (8.45%) Citrix
8 4 (5.63%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.82%) Arista
9 2 (2.82%) Ekahau
9 2 (2.82%) Meraki
9 2 (2.82%) Tenable
9 2 (2.82%) VMware
9 2 (2.82%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.41%) Blue Coat
10 1 (1.41%) Microsoft
10 1 (1.41%) SAP
10 1 (1.41%) Splunk
10 1 (1.41%) Symantec