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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 282 278
Rank change year-on-year -28 -4 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 17 14 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.094% 0.15% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 1.08% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 42
10th Percentile £44,750 £51,250 £47,625
25th Percentile £44,938 £51,906 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £46,250 £62,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - £66,200 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% +5.89%

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 1,435 1,292 2,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.94% 14.22% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 765 1,009
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 9 September 2026.

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 9 September 2026. 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
Thames Valley +23 17 £45,000 -16.28% 1
Oxfordshire - 11 £45,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 6 £60,000 -
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 6 (35.29%) AWS
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (94.12%) Network Security
2 11 (64.71%) Cisco ISE
3 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 8 (47.06%) VPN
4 6 (35.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (29.41%) LAN
5 5 (29.41%) NGFW
5 5 (29.41%) SD-WAN
5 5 (29.41%) WAN
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.88%) VSAN
General
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Finance
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Network Engineer
2 11 (64.71%) Network Security Engineer
2 11 (64.71%) Security Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Network Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Senior
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Senior Network Architect
4 1 (5.88%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Data Centre
2 5 (29.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (29.41%) Private Cloud
3 3 (17.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (29.41%) Cloud Security
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (29.41%) Network Architecture
2 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) TOGAF
2 5 (29.41%) Zero Trust
3 3 (17.65%) Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) Threat Detection
4 1 (5.88%) Change Management
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL
4 1 (5.88%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Presales
4 1 (5.88%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CCNP
1 9 (52.94%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (29.41%) DV Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (5.88%) CCSE
3 1 (5.88%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) FortiGate
1 11 (64.71%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 12 (70.59%) Fortinet
3 6 (35.29%) Palo Alto
3 6 (35.29%) VMware
4 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint