Cisco Firepower Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 280 328 445
Rank change year-on-year +48 +117 +121
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 24 17 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.30% 1.06% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 29
10th Percentile £400 £420 £360
25th Percentile £419 £463 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £519
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.68% +29.63%
75th Percentile £542 £575 £575
90th Percentile £556 £625 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +37.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Cisco Firepower
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Firepower as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Firepower trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Firepower.

Cisco Firepower daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cisco Firepower daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Firepower
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cisco Firepower.

Cisco Firepower hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
1 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 16 (66.67%) VPN
3 10 (41.67%) Wireless
4 8 (33.33%) Network Security
5 7 (29.17%) BGP
5 7 (29.17%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (29.17%) IPsec
5 7 (29.17%) OSPF
6 6 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
7 5 (20.83%) TACACS
8 4 (16.67%) EIGRP
8 4 (16.67%) HSRP
9 3 (12.50%) Broadband
9 3 (12.50%) IPv6
9 3 (12.50%) MPLS
9 3 (12.50%) Multicast
9 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (8.33%) LAN
General
1 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) German Language
2 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Advertising
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (79.17%) Network Engineer
2 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Principal Network Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Security Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Principal Security Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior
6 2 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Lead
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Technical Leader
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
1 2 (8.33%) LDAP
1 2 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
1 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.17%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Migration
1 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (20.83%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) Network Management
5 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (4.17%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
6 1 (4.17%) Load Balancing
6 1 (4.17%) Network Design
6 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.17%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.83%) CCIE
4 5 (20.83%) CCNP
5 2 (8.33%) CCIE Security
5 2 (8.33%) CCNA
6 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) HIPAA
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.33%) NIST
1 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Nagios
1 3 (12.50%) ZABBIX
2 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (41.67%) Palo Alto
3 9 (37.50%) SolarWinds
4 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
5 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.33%) F5
7 1 (4.17%) AlgoSec
7 1 (4.17%) Arista
7 1 (4.17%) Meraki
7 1 (4.17%) Tufin