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 24 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 705 853
Rank change year-on-year +120 +148 +211
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 97 153 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 1.25% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 89 134 151
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,500 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +21.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year +13.64% +1.38% +8.03%

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 7,366 12,218 15,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.27% 13.53% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,960 9,344 8,766
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -6.73% -0.95%
75th Percentile £69,125 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,461 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.54% -3.42% -

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +117 95 £62,500 +8.70% 18
UK excluding London +150 80 £62,500 +13.64% 10
South East +75 37 £62,500 +13.64% 1
Midlands +53 20 £65,000 +23.81%
Work from Home +116 17 £62,500 +8.70% 19
London +52 14 £67,500 +3.85% 8
North of England +72 13 £57,500 +0.44% 9
West Midlands +32 10 £62,500 +19.05%
East Midlands - 10 £65,000 -
North West +17 9 £57,500 -4.17% 7
South West +108 8 £56,250 -2.17%
Yorkshire +69 4 £62,350 +8.43% 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 23 (23.71%) Azure
2 5 (5.15%) AWS
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.12%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.06%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.06%) IaaS
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 66 (68.04%) Firewall
2 41 (42.27%) VPN
3 32 (32.99%) Cisco ASA
4 25 (25.77%) BGP
4 25 (25.77%) OSPF
4 25 (25.77%) WAN
5 24 (24.74%) SD-WAN
6 22 (22.68%) Network Security
7 19 (19.59%) EIGRP
7 19 (19.59%) IPsec
8 18 (18.56%) TCP/IP
9 14 (14.43%) LAN
9 14 (14.43%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (13.40%) VXLAN
11 11 (11.34%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (11.34%) Ethernet VPN
11 11 (11.34%) RIP
11 11 (11.34%) SSL
11 11 (11.34%) VLAN
12 10 (10.31%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 28 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.22%) Finance
3 4 (4.12%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.12%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.12%) Retail
4 3 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.06%) Local Government
5 2 (2.06%) Police
6 1 (1.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (54.64%) Network Engineer
2 12 (12.37%) Designer
2 12 (12.37%) Network Designer
3 11 (11.34%) Cisco Engineer
3 11 (11.34%) Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (11.34%) Network Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) Network Security Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) Security Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) Security Technical Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) Technical Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) Technical Security Consultant
4 9 (9.28%) Security Engineer
4 9 (9.28%) Senior
4 9 (9.28%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 8 (8.25%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (7.22%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (7.22%) Cisco Support
6 7 (7.22%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.40%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.09%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.06%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.06%) PKI
4 2 (2.06%) Replication
5 1 (1.03%) HP StoreVirtual
5 1 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.40%) Windows
2 12 (12.37%) Linux
3 8 (8.25%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.46%) Presales
2 11 (11.34%) Agile
2 11 (11.34%) ITIL
2 11 (11.34%) Migration
2 11 (11.34%) Zero Trust
3 10 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (9.28%) SIEM
5 8 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (8.25%) Incident Management
5 8 (8.25%) Project Delivery
6 7 (7.22%) Network Monitoring
6 7 (7.22%) Project Management
7 6 (6.19%) Customer Service
7 6 (6.19%) Fintech
7 6 (6.19%) Open Source
8 5 (5.15%) Architectural Design
8 5 (5.15%) Decision-Making
8 5 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (5.15%) Service Delivery
9 4 (4.12%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.25%) Python
2 7 (7.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 67 (69.07%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (56.70%) CCNP
3 45 (46.39%) Security Cleared
4 36 (37.11%) CCNA
5 31 (31.96%) SC Cleared
6 12 (12.37%) DV Cleared
6 12 (12.37%) JNCIS
7 11 (11.34%) CCIE
7 11 (11.34%) CCSA
8 8 (8.25%) CISSP
9 4 (4.12%) CCSE
9 4 (4.12%) CCSM
9 4 (4.12%) CISA
9 4 (4.12%) CISM
9 4 (4.12%) GIAC
9 4 (4.12%) ISACA
9 4 (4.12%) SANS
10 3 (3.09%) Degree
11 1 (1.03%) CWNA
11 1 (1.03%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.09%) GRC
1 3 (3.09%) JSP 440
1 3 (3.09%) NCSC
2 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (14.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (8.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.09%) vSphere
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (18.56%) Ansible
2 10 (10.31%) FortiGate
3 7 (7.22%) ZABBIX
4 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.09%) Nessus
5 2 (2.06%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.06%) WSUS
6 1 (1.03%) Grafana
6 1 (1.03%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (1.03%) Nagios
6 1 (1.03%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (1.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (100.00%) Cisco
2 40 (41.24%) Fortinet
3 37 (38.14%) Palo Alto
4 29 (29.90%) CheckPoint
5 24 (24.74%) Juniper
6 19 (19.59%) Meraki
7 16 (16.49%) F5
7 16 (16.49%) HP
8 15 (15.46%) VMware
9 11 (11.34%) Microsoft
10 9 (9.28%) Aruba
11 7 (7.22%) SolarWinds
12 6 (6.19%) Arista
13 5 (5.15%) Citrix
14 4 (4.12%) Tenable
15 2 (2.06%) Forcepoint
15 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
15 2 (2.06%) Veeam
16 1 (1.03%) arcserve
16 1 (1.03%) McAfee