Cisco Firepower Job Trends in the South East

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 239 244
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +172
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 15 63 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.68% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.99% 4.42% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13 53 17
10th Percentile £50,175 £51,500 £50,755
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £61,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £72,250
90th Percentile £62,000 £89,500 £73,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

Cisco Firepower falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,518 1,424 1,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.59% 15.41% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 687 744 984
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,700
90th Percentile £70,500 £75,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco Firepower relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Cisco Firepower job vacancy trend in the South East

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco Firepower.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cisco Firepower

Cisco Firepower
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the South East over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the South East

Cisco Firepower
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +12 13 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Buckinghamshire 0 1 £57,000 -8.80% 3
Thames Valley -5 1 £57,000 -32.94% 6
Kent - 1 - - 1
Cisco Firepower
England

Cisco Firepower
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco ISE
1 13 (86.67%) Firewall
2 11 (73.33%) Cisco IOS
2 11 (73.33%) Junos
3 9 (60.00%) NX-OS
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (20.00%) BGP
5 3 (20.00%) HSRP
5 3 (20.00%) IPsec
5 3 (20.00%) OSPF
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (13.33%) EIGRP
6 2 (13.33%) Network Security
6 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (13.33%) Wireless
7 1 (6.67%) BIG-IP
7 1 (6.67%) ICMP
7 1 (6.67%) VLAN
7 1 (6.67%) VRRP
7 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (6.67%) Advertising
1 1 (6.67%) Electronics
1 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 10 (66.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Support
5 1 (6.67%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (6.67%) CCTV
2 1 (6.67%) FMCG
2 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) ITSM
2 9 (60.00%) Change Management
2 9 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (6.67%) Availability Management
4 1 (6.67%) Coaching
4 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.67%) Facial Recognition
4 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (6.67%) Observability
4 1 (6.67%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
1 1 (6.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) VMware NSX
2 9 (60.00%) Firmware
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) vCenter Server
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (73.33%) SolarWinds
3 10 (66.67%) Juniper
4 9 (60.00%) Broadcom
5 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 2 (13.33%) F5
7 1 (6.67%) Citrix
7 1 (6.67%) Meraki
7 1 (6.67%) NetApp
7 1 (6.67%) Splunk
7 1 (6.67%) VMware