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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 671 684
Rank change year-on-year +153 +13 +78
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 67 92 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.03% 0.94% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 61 68 47
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £47,325
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,188 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,000 £69,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +14.29%

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 6,526 9,748 10,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.70% 13.76% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,189 7,064 4,738
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +73 23 £62,500 +17.92% 17
Midlands +62 18 £65,000 +18.18% 6
North of England +54 13 £60,000 -0.98% 9
South West +128 11 £55,000 +22.22% 7
East Midlands - 10 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands +42 8 £62,500 +13.64% 5
North West -7 8 £63,750 +4.19% 2
Yorkshire +69 5 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Wales - 2 £47,929 -
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 3 (4.48%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.37%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.49%) AWS
3 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 50 (74.63%) Firewall
2 34 (50.75%) VPN
3 27 (40.30%) Cisco ASA
4 20 (29.85%) WAN
5 17 (25.37%) BGP
5 17 (25.37%) OSPF
5 17 (25.37%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (23.88%) IPsec
6 16 (23.88%) SD-WAN
7 15 (22.39%) Network Security
8 12 (17.91%) LAN
9 11 (16.42%) EIGRP
10 10 (14.93%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (14.93%) DNS
11 9 (13.43%) DHCP
11 9 (13.43%) HSRP
11 9 (13.43%) MPLS
11 9 (13.43%) TCP/IP
12 7 (10.45%) Reverse Proxy
13 6 (8.96%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (4.48%) Finance
2 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.99%) Local Government
3 2 (2.99%) Police
4 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (49.25%) Network Engineer
2 12 (17.91%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (14.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 10 (14.93%) Designer
3 10 (14.93%) Network Designer
4 9 (13.43%) Support Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) 3rd Line Support
5 7 (10.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Cisco Support
5 7 (10.45%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) Network Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) Network Security Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) Project Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Security Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) Security Technical Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) Technical Consultant
5 7 (10.45%) Technical Security Consultant
6 5 (7.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.40%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.48%) Operational Technology
2 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.99%) PKI
4 1 (1.49%) NHS
4 1 (1.49%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.40%) Presales
2 9 (13.43%) Zero Trust
3 8 (11.94%) ITIL
3 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
4 7 (10.45%) Migration
5 6 (8.96%) Mentoring
5 6 (8.96%) Project Management
6 5 (7.46%) Agile
6 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (7.46%) SIEM
7 4 (5.97%) Architectural Design
7 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.97%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (5.97%) Problem Management
7 4 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.97%) Roadmaps
7 4 (5.97%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (4.48%) Compliance Management
8 3 (4.48%) IT Strategy
8 3 (4.48%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (71.64%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (65.67%) CCNP
3 38 (56.72%) Security Cleared
4 31 (46.27%) SC Cleared
5 28 (41.79%) CCNA
6 10 (14.93%) JNCIS
7 9 (13.43%) CCIE
8 8 (11.94%) CCSA
9 6 (8.96%) DV Cleared
10 5 (7.46%) CISSP
11 4 (5.97%) CISA
11 4 (5.97%) CISM
11 4 (5.97%) GIAC
11 4 (5.97%) ISACA
11 4 (5.97%) SANS
12 3 (4.48%) CCDA
12 3 (4.48%) CCDP
13 2 (2.99%) CCSE
13 2 (2.99%) Degree
14 1 (1.49%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) GRC
1 3 (4.48%) JSP 440
1 3 (4.48%) NCSC
2 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (19.40%) Ansible
2 6 (8.96%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.48%) CASB
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.48%) Nessus
3 3 (4.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.49%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.49%) Grafana
4 1 (1.49%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (43.28%) Fortinet
3 27 (40.30%) Palo Alto
4 21 (31.34%) Meraki
5 19 (28.36%) Juniper
6 17 (25.37%) CheckPoint
7 15 (22.39%) HP
8 14 (20.90%) F5
9 9 (13.43%) Aruba
9 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
10 8 (11.94%) VMware
11 7 (10.45%) SolarWinds
12 5 (7.46%) Citrix
13 4 (5.97%) Aerohive Networks
13 4 (5.97%) Tenable
14 3 (4.48%) Ekahau
14 3 (4.48%) Extreme Networks
15 1 (1.49%) Nokia
15 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow