Cisco Firepower Contracts in the West Midlands

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 91 104 138
Rank change year-on-year +13 +34 +35
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 6 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.45% 0.36% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.20% 1.77% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 1
10th Percentile - £513 -
25th Percentile £238 £725 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £750 £575
Median % change year-on-year -51.67% +30.43% +54.57%
75th Percentile £484 £775 £588
90th Percentile £546 - -
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +49.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 143 395 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.63% 20.29% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 232 218
10th Percentile £145 £201 £263
25th Percentile £263 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £598 £575 £606
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 6
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.78 £13.50 £13.13
Median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%
75th Percentile £19.65 £23.75 £20.58
90th Percentile £35.95 £28.75 £21.80
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the West Midlands

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the West Midlands

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in the West Midlands

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Coventry - 2 - - 1
Birmingham +17 1 £450 - 1
Warwickshire -1 1 £575 -23.33%
Cisco Firepower
England

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) BGP
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) IPsec
1 2 (33.33%) MPLS
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) NX-OS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support
1 2 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Technical Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) SIEM
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISA
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) GIAC
2 2 (33.33%) ISACA
2 2 (33.33%) SANS
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Juniper
2 2 (33.33%) Tenable
3 1 (16.67%) Arista
3 1 (16.67%) F5