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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 369 511
Rank change year-on-year +3 +142 +77
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 28 21 46
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.49% 1.30% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 37
10th Percentile £55,675 £51,760 £48,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,625 £76,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £83,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.20% +8.70% -8.00%

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 1,878 1,612 4,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.22% 12.58% 13.80%
Number of salaries quoted 952 1,195 3,458
10th Percentile £28,275 £27,000 £30,588
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £66,914
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,250
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.81% -6.31%

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 1 April 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 22 (78.57%) AWS
2 15 (53.57%) Azure
3 11 (39.29%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (32.14%) SaaS
4 9 (32.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (92.86%) WAN
2 22 (78.57%) Firewall
3 19 (67.86%) Cisco ASA
3 19 (67.86%) VPN
4 18 (64.29%) LAN
5 17 (60.71%) BGP
6 16 (57.14%) MPLS
7 12 (42.86%) Cisco ISE
7 12 (42.86%) IPsec
7 12 (42.86%) OSPF
7 12 (42.86%) SD-WAN
8 11 (39.29%) NX-OS
8 11 (39.29%) VXLAN
8 11 (39.29%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (39.29%) WLAN
9 9 (32.14%) NetScaler
10 6 (21.43%) Unified Communications
10 6 (21.43%) VLAN
10 6 (21.43%) WebEx
11 5 (17.86%) HTTP
General
1 8 (28.57%) Banking
1 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (25.00%) Retail
3 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Network Engineer
2 14 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Cisco Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Network Operations Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Architect
4 5 (17.86%) AWS Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Collaboration Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Network Operations Manager
5 1 (3.57%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Operations Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (21.43%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (53.57%) Data Centre
2 9 (32.14%) Management Information System
3 6 (21.43%) FlexPod
3 6 (21.43%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 6 (21.43%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (17.86%) PKI
4 5 (17.86%) Replication
5 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Linux
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (39.29%) Network Segmentation
3 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (35.71%) Zero Trust
4 9 (32.14%) Cloud Security
4 9 (32.14%) Kalman Filter
4 9 (32.14%) Runbook
5 7 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (21.43%) Data Management
6 6 (21.43%) Performance Management
6 6 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (17.86%) Capacity Management
7 5 (17.86%) Cryptography
7 5 (17.86%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (17.86%) Network Design
7 5 (17.86%) Performance Testing
7 5 (17.86%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) DV Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) CCNP
2 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.71%) CCIE
3 3 (10.71%) CCNA
3 3 (10.71%) CCSE
4 2 (7.14%) CCSA
4 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.14%) Degree
5 1 (3.57%) CCSM
5 1 (3.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (17.86%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (17.86%) vSphere
3 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Ansible
1 6 (21.43%) Cisco CUCM
1 6 (21.43%) Grafana
2 5 (17.86%) Endace
2 5 (17.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (64.29%) Fortinet
3 12 (42.86%) CheckPoint
4 11 (39.29%) Dynatrace
4 11 (39.29%) Meraki
4 11 (39.29%) SolarWinds
5 10 (35.71%) Palo Alto
6 9 (32.14%) ServiceNow
7 7 (25.00%) VMware
8 6 (21.43%) F5
8 6 (21.43%) Juniper
8 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 6 (21.43%) Splunk
9 5 (17.86%) NetApp