Cisco Firepower Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 659 657
Rank change year-on-year +126 -2 +116
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 54 108 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% 1.08% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 52 64 49
10th Percentile £50,125 £48,750 £40,686
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,688 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,400 £68,550
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% - +9.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,456 9,983 10,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.63% 12.68% 19.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,571 7,118 4,558
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,760 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,533 £44,886 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% -0.25% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.94% -3.81%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cisco Firepower as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK excluding London

Cisco Firepower
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South East +44 15 £62,500 +17.92% 20
South West +125 14 £55,000 +22.22% 6
North of England +57 13 £60,000 -1.94% 8
Midlands +78 12 £65,000 +20.93% 5
East Midlands - 10 £65,000 - 3
North West -9 8 £63,750 +4.19% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £60,000 - 5
West Midlands +45 2 £80,000 +48.84% 2
Cisco Firepower
UK

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (9.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.63%) Azure
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (90.74%) Firewall
2 24 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
2 24 (44.44%) VPN
3 21 (38.89%) WAN
4 18 (33.33%) BGP
4 18 (33.33%) OSPF
5 17 (31.48%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (29.63%) IPsec
6 16 (29.63%) SD-WAN
7 14 (25.93%) Network Security
8 11 (20.37%) Cisco Nexus
8 11 (20.37%) EIGRP
8 11 (20.37%) LAN
8 11 (20.37%) MPLS
9 9 (16.67%) HSRP
10 8 (14.81%) DHCP
10 8 (14.81%) DNS
11 7 (12.96%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (12.96%) Reverse Proxy
11 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
4 2 (3.70%) Local Government
4 2 (3.70%) Police
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (64.81%) Network Engineer
2 13 (24.07%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (12.96%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Cisco Support
4 7 (12.96%) Cisco Support Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Network Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Network Security Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Project Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Security Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Security Technical Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Support Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Technical Consultant
4 7 (12.96%) Technical Security Consultant
5 6 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Presales Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Presales Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.26%) Operational Technology
2 5 (9.26%) PKI
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) Presales
2 9 (16.67%) Zero Trust
3 8 (14.81%) Mentoring
4 7 (12.96%) Migration
5 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 5 (9.26%) Agile
6 5 (9.26%) Identity Management
6 5 (9.26%) Network Design
6 5 (9.26%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (7.41%) Architectural Design
7 4 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.41%) ITSM
7 4 (7.41%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (5.56%) Change Management
8 3 (5.56%) IT Governance
8 3 (5.56%) IT Strategy
8 3 (5.56%) ITIL
8 3 (5.56%) Service Management
9 2 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (70.37%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (64.81%) CCNP
3 27 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 19 (35.19%) CCNA
4 19 (35.19%) SC Cleared
5 9 (16.67%) CCIE
5 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 8 (14.81%) CCSA
7 5 (9.26%) CCDA
7 5 (9.26%) CCDP
8 2 (3.70%) Degree
9 1 (1.85%) CCSE
9 1 (1.85%) CISA
9 1 (1.85%) CISM
9 1 (1.85%) CISSP
9 1 (1.85%) GIAC
9 1 (1.85%) ISACA
9 1 (1.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Firmware
2 3 (5.56%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Ansible
1 5 (9.26%) CASB
1 5 (9.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (7.41%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.56%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.85%) Nagios
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (51.85%) Palo Alto
3 27 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 23 (42.59%) Meraki
5 16 (29.63%) CheckPoint
6 15 (27.78%) HP
7 12 (22.22%) Juniper
7 12 (22.22%) SolarWinds
8 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
9 9 (16.67%) Aruba
10 7 (12.96%) VMware
11 5 (9.26%) Aerohive Networks
11 5 (9.26%) Citrix
11 5 (9.26%) Ekahau
11 5 (9.26%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (7.41%) F5
13 3 (5.56%) Broadcom
14 1 (1.85%) Tenable