Hybrid/Remote Cisco Firepower Job Trends

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 404 526
Rank change year-on-year +33 +122 +42
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 36 31 56
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.76% 1.61% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 30
10th Percentile £58,200 £56,760 £52,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £61,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +5.69% -8.89%
75th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £81,063
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,044 1,928 5,052
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.91% 12.77% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,186 3,332
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,599 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cisco Firepower and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cisco Firepower job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Firepower.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Firepower

Cisco Firepower
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Cisco Firepower salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cisco Firepower
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 30 (83.33%) AWS
2 20 (55.56%) Azure
3 15 (41.67%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (36.11%) SaaS
4 13 (36.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 9 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.78%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 34 (94.44%) WAN
2 30 (83.33%) Firewall
3 26 (72.22%) Cisco ASA
3 26 (72.22%) LAN
4 24 (66.67%) VPN
5 20 (55.56%) MPLS
6 18 (50.00%) BGP
7 17 (47.22%) Cisco ISE
7 17 (47.22%) SD-WAN
8 16 (44.44%) IPsec
9 15 (41.67%) NX-OS
9 15 (41.67%) VXLAN
9 15 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (41.67%) WLAN
10 13 (36.11%) NetScaler
10 13 (36.11%) OSPF
11 9 (25.00%) Unified Communications
11 9 (25.00%) VLAN
11 9 (25.00%) WebEx
12 5 (13.89%) HTTP
General
1 13 (36.11%) Finance
2 11 (30.56%) Banking
3 10 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 10 (27.78%) Retail
4 9 (25.00%) Marketing
4 9 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 15 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Architect
3 9 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Network Operations Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) Collaboration Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) AWS Engineer
5 5 (13.89%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.11%) Network Architect
7 3 (8.33%) Voice Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Voice Network Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) Telephony Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Network Manager
9 1 (2.78%) NOC Engineer
9 1 (2.78%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 9 (25.00%) FlexPod
2 9 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 9 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (16.67%) Replication
4 5 (13.89%) PKI
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Linux
1 7 (19.44%) Windows
2 6 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (41.67%) Network Segmentation
3 14 (38.89%) Zero Trust
4 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (25.00%) Data Management
5 9 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
5 9 (25.00%) Performance Management
5 9 (25.00%) Runbook
6 7 (19.44%) Incident Response
6 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
8 5 (13.89%) Capacity Management
8 5 (13.89%) Cryptography
8 5 (13.89%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) CCNP
1 6 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 6 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) CCIE
2 3 (8.33%) CCNA
2 3 (8.33%) CCSE
3 2 (5.56%) CCSA
3 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.78%) CCSM
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 6 (16.67%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (16.67%) vSphere
3 1 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Ansible
1 9 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 9 (25.00%) Grafana
2 6 (16.67%) Terraform
3 5 (13.89%) Endace
4 1 (2.78%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (58.33%) Fortinet
3 16 (44.44%) CheckPoint
3 16 (44.44%) SolarWinds
4 15 (41.67%) Dynatrace
4 15 (41.67%) Meraki
5 14 (38.89%) Palo Alto
6 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 9 (25.00%) ServiceNow
6 9 (25.00%) Splunk
7 8 (22.22%) VMware
8 6 (16.67%) F5
8 6 (16.67%) Juniper
8 6 (16.67%) NetApp