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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 401 452
Rank change year-on-year -40 +51 -4
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 17 29 55
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.071% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 1.61% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 10
10th Percentile - £58,250 £59,325
25th Percentile £44,750 £62,500 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +11.48% +27.08%
75th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile - £106,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% -

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 2,252 1,804 3,712
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.34% 11.10% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,043 1,607
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -0.50%

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 16 September 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 11 (64.71%) AWS
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (29.41%) Azure
4 4 (23.53%) AWS Direct Connect
4 4 (23.53%) SaaS
4 4 (23.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (5.88%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) Firewall
2 14 (82.35%) LAN
2 14 (82.35%) WAN
3 11 (64.71%) VPN
4 10 (58.82%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (47.06%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (35.29%) Unified Communications
6 6 (35.29%) VLAN
6 6 (35.29%) WebEx
7 5 (29.41%) SD-WAN
8 4 (23.53%) BGP
8 4 (23.53%) IPsec
8 4 (23.53%) MPLS
8 4 (23.53%) NetScaler
8 4 (23.53%) NX-OS
8 4 (23.53%) OSPF
8 4 (23.53%) VXLAN
8 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (23.53%) WLAN
9 3 (17.65%) Wireless
General
1 6 (35.29%) Banking
1 6 (35.29%) Marketing
1 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
1 6 (35.29%) Retail
1 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Network Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Network Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Network Support
3 3 (17.65%) Network Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Voice Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Voice Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Collaboration Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Network Communications Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) XMPP
2 3 (17.65%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) FlexPod
1 6 (35.29%) Hybrid Cloud
1 6 (35.29%) Onboarding
1 6 (35.29%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
3 3 (17.65%) Replication
3 3 (17.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (35.29%) Data Management
2 6 (35.29%) Performance Management
3 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
3 4 (23.53%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (23.53%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (23.53%) Zero Trust
4 3 (17.65%) Decarbonisation
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
4 3 (17.65%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CCNP
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 3 (17.65%) Virtual Servers
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (17.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Ansible
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco CUCM
1 6 (35.29%) Grafana
2 3 (17.65%) FortiGate
2 3 (17.65%) Stealthwatch
3 1 (5.88%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (52.94%) Fortinet
3 7 (41.18%) Palo Alto
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
4 6 (35.29%) Splunk
5 5 (29.41%) SolarWinds
6 4 (23.53%) CheckPoint
6 4 (23.53%) Dynatrace
6 4 (23.53%) Meraki
7 3 (17.65%) Aruba
7 3 (17.65%) NetApp
7 3 (17.65%) VMware