Cisco Firepower Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 393 407
Rank change year-on-year +75 +14 +24
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 74 42 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.25% 1.19% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 36 73
10th Percentile £421 £366 £230
25th Percentile £463 £375 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £390
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £775 £541 £488
90th Percentile - £581 £585
UK median daily rate £515 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +8.42% +8.57% +3.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,283 3,532 4,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.56% 15.55% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,847 2,199 2,767
10th Percentile £203 £212 £189
25th Percentile £350 £341 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £600 £587 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £498 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 302 242
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.53
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.14
Median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +156.76% -13.95% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.54 £48.35
90th Percentile £73.04 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +6.12%

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 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 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
South East +51 44 £500 -9.09% 8
North of England +28 21 £515 +14.44% 6
North West +14 18 £515 +14.44% 6
Midlands +23 8 £750 +53.85% 3
West Midlands +16 7 £750 +57.89% 3
Yorkshire +14 3 £475 -
East Midlands +10 1 £550 +10.72%
South West - 1 £725 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) AWS
1 2 (2.70%) Azure
1 2 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 50 (67.57%) BGP
2 34 (45.95%) Firewall
2 34 (45.95%) WAN
3 33 (44.59%) MPLS
4 26 (35.14%) Cisco ASA
4 26 (35.14%) SSL
5 24 (32.43%) Cisco ISE
5 24 (32.43%) IPsec
5 24 (32.43%) OSPF
6 20 (27.03%) EIGRP
7 18 (24.32%) HSRP
8 16 (21.62%) Spanning Tree
9 14 (18.92%) NetScaler
10 13 (17.57%) VPN
11 12 (16.22%) SNMP
11 12 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (12.16%) LAN
13 7 (9.46%) Network Security
13 7 (9.46%) SD-WAN
14 6 (8.11%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 25 (33.78%) Finance
2 9 (12.16%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.35%) Advertising
5 1 (1.35%) Legal
5 1 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (51.35%) Architect
2 33 (44.59%) Network Architect
3 31 (41.89%) Network Engineer
4 15 (20.27%) Senior
5 10 (13.51%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (6.76%) Senior Architect
7 5 (6.76%) Senior Network Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Build Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Cisco Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Cisco Network Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Cisco Security Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Network Build Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Network Security Architect
8 4 (5.41%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.22%) Jinja
2 5 (6.76%) Web Services
3 4 (5.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (54.05%) Network Management
2 33 (44.59%) Network Design
3 30 (40.54%) Customer Requirements
4 23 (31.08%) Technical Leadership
5 20 (27.03%) ITIL
6 15 (20.27%) Project Delivery
7 13 (17.57%) Change Management
7 13 (17.57%) ITSM
8 12 (16.22%) DevOps
9 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
9 8 (10.81%) Migration
10 6 (8.11%) Knowledge Transfer
11 5 (6.76%) Architectural Design
11 5 (6.76%) Network Architecture
11 5 (6.76%) Performance Management
11 5 (6.76%) Programme Management
11 5 (6.76%) Resource Management
11 5 (6.76%) Storage Management
11 5 (6.76%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (6.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.22%) Perl
1 12 (16.22%) Python
1 12 (16.22%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 55 (74.32%) Security Cleared
2 34 (45.95%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (36.49%) SC Cleared
4 23 (31.08%) CCNP
5 21 (28.38%) CCNA
6 10 (13.51%) CCIE
7 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared
8 5 (6.76%) CCIE Data Center
8 5 (6.76%) CISSP
9 4 (5.41%) CCIE Security
10 3 (4.05%) JNCIA
11 2 (2.70%) JNCIS
11 2 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.35%) CCDP
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (43.24%) Endace
2 12 (16.22%) Ansible
3 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 71 (95.95%) Cisco
2 48 (64.86%) Juniper
3 44 (59.46%) F5
4 21 (28.38%) Palo Alto
5 14 (18.92%) Citrix
5 14 (18.92%) SolarWinds
6 8 (10.81%) CheckPoint
7 7 (9.46%) Zscaler
8 6 (8.11%) Infoblox
9 5 (6.76%) Symantec
10 2 (2.70%) Aruba
10 2 (2.70%) Blue Coat
10 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.70%) McAfee
11 1 (1.35%) Microsoft