Cisco Firepower Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 200 167
Rank change year-on-year +9 -33 +20
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 16 4 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.21% 0.10% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.22% 0.71% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 15
10th Percentile £44,750 - £47,500
25th Percentile £44,875 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +2.38% -25.00%
75th Percentile £45,625 £55,938 £54,375
90th Percentile £46,250 £57,625 £81,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -9.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 497 567 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.60% 14.80% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 367 257 295
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,350 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Cisco Firepower job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco Firepower.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Cisco Firepower

Cisco Firepower
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Oxfordshire - 11 £45,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 - - 1
Cisco Firepower
South East

Cisco Firepower
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (31.25%) AWS
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) Network Security
2 11 (68.75%) Cisco ISE
3 8 (50.00%) Firewall
3 8 (50.00%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (31.25%) LAN
4 5 (31.25%) NGFW
4 5 (31.25%) SD-WAN
4 5 (31.25%) WAN
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Network Engineer
1 11 (68.75%) Network Security Engineer
1 11 (68.75%) Security Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Network Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
1 5 (31.25%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (31.25%) Private Cloud
2 3 (18.75%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
2 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (31.25%) Network Architecture
2 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (31.25%) TOGAF
2 5 (31.25%) Zero Trust
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) CCNP
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) FortiGate
1 11 (68.75%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (68.75%) Fortinet
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Palo Alto
3 5 (31.25%) VMware