Cisco Firepower Jobs

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 756 842
Rank change year-on-year +157 +86 +239
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 93 140 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.34% 1.03% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 81 114 124
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,500 £51,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +0.92% +9.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Firepower as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower.

Salary trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +139 91 £62,500 +10.13% 30
UK excluding London +194 70 £62,500 +13.64% 20
Work from Home +169 28 £65,000 +8.33% 23
South East +98 28 £62,500 +15.74% 10
London +80 20 £85,000 +36.00% 14
Midlands +80 19 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North of England +84 13 £60,000 -0.98% 4
East Midlands - 10 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands +38 9 £62,500 +13.64%
South West +114 8 £56,250 +25.00% 2
North West +27 8 £63,750 +4.19% 2
Yorkshire +80 5 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Wales - 2 £47,929 -

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 28 (30.11%) Azure
2 17 (18.28%) AWS
3 6 (6.45%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (78.49%) Firewall
2 46 (49.46%) Cisco ASA
2 46 (49.46%) VPN
3 29 (31.18%) WAN
4 28 (30.11%) SD-WAN
5 25 (26.88%) BGP
5 25 (26.88%) OSPF
6 24 (25.81%) IPsec
6 24 (25.81%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (20.43%) Network Security
8 16 (17.20%) LAN
9 14 (15.05%) MPLS
10 12 (12.90%) EIGRP
11 11 (11.83%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (10.75%) DNS
12 10 (10.75%) TCP/IP
12 10 (10.75%) VXLAN
13 9 (9.68%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (9.68%) DHCP
13 9 (9.68%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 15 (16.13%) Finance
3 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.30%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.30%) Retail
4 3 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.15%) Local Government
5 2 (2.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (46.24%) Network Engineer
2 14 (15.05%) Cisco Engineer
3 12 (12.90%) Designer
3 12 (12.90%) Network Designer
4 11 (11.83%) Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Network Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Network Security Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Security Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Security Technical Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Technical Consultant
4 11 (11.83%) Technical Security Consultant
5 10 (10.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 10 (10.75%) Lead
6 9 (9.68%) Senior
6 9 (9.68%) Support Engineer
7 8 (8.60%) Security Engineer
8 7 (7.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (7.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (7.53%) Cisco Support
8 7 (7.53%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 25 (26.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.15%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.15%) PKI
5 1 (1.08%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.08%) NHS
5 1 (1.08%) Replication
5 1 (1.08%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.53%) Windows
2 6 (6.45%) Linux
3 2 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (13.98%) Presales
2 12 (12.90%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (11.83%) Change Management
3 11 (11.83%) Incident Management
3 11 (11.83%) ITIL
3 11 (11.83%) Migration
3 11 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (9.68%) Project Delivery
4 9 (9.68%) Runbook
4 9 (9.68%) SIEM
4 9 (9.68%) Zero Trust
5 8 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (7.53%) Data Centre Operations
7 6 (6.45%) Agile
7 6 (6.45%) Cloud Security
7 6 (6.45%) Incident Response
7 6 (6.45%) Process Improvement
7 6 (6.45%) Project Management
8 5 (5.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.30%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (62.37%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (55.91%) CCNP
3 42 (45.16%) Security Cleared
4 34 (36.56%) SC Cleared
5 30 (32.26%) CCNA
6 12 (12.90%) CCSA
6 12 (12.90%) JNCIS
7 10 (10.75%) CCIE
8 8 (8.60%) CISSP
9 7 (7.53%) DV Cleared
10 5 (5.38%) CCSE
11 4 (4.30%) CCSM
11 4 (4.30%) CISA
11 4 (4.30%) CISM
11 4 (4.30%) GIAC
11 4 (4.30%) ISACA
11 4 (4.30%) SANS
12 2 (2.15%) Degree
13 1 (1.08%) CWNA
13 1 (1.08%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) GRC
1 3 (3.23%) JSP 440
1 3 (3.23%) NCSC
2 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (11.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (7.53%) Firmware
3 5 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (13.98%) Ansible
2 7 (7.53%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.23%) Nessus
4 2 (2.15%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.08%) Grafana
5 1 (1.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 93 (100.00%) Cisco
2 41 (44.09%) Fortinet
3 40 (43.01%) CheckPoint
4 33 (35.48%) Palo Alto
5 25 (26.88%) Meraki
6 19 (20.43%) Juniper
7 17 (18.28%) F5
8 15 (16.13%) HP
9 14 (15.05%) SolarWinds
10 12 (12.90%) VMware
11 10 (10.75%) Infoblox
12 9 (9.68%) Aruba
13 7 (7.53%) Microsoft
14 6 (6.45%) Dynatrace
15 5 (5.38%) Citrix
16 4 (4.30%) Tenable
17 2 (2.15%) Zscaler
18 1 (1.08%) Arista
18 1 (1.08%) Nokia
18 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow