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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 374 502
Rank change year-on-year +1 +128 +86
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 27 21 45
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.44% 1.30% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 38
10th Percentile £55,675 £51,760 £41,250
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 £76,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £83,250
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 1,870 1,614 4,302
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 12.49% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 962 1,201 3,472
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £30,513
25th Percentile £33,750 £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 £67,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,125
% change year-on-year -19.05% +9.09% -6.68%

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 29 March 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 21 (77.78%) AWS
2 15 (55.56%) Azure
3 11 (40.74%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (33.33%) SaaS
4 9 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (92.59%) WAN
2 21 (77.78%) Firewall
3 19 (70.37%) VPN
4 18 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (62.96%) BGP
5 17 (62.96%) LAN
6 16 (59.26%) MPLS
7 12 (44.44%) Cisco ISE
7 12 (44.44%) IPsec
7 12 (44.44%) OSPF
7 12 (44.44%) SD-WAN
8 11 (40.74%) NX-OS
8 11 (40.74%) VXLAN
8 11 (40.74%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (40.74%) WLAN
9 9 (33.33%) NetScaler
10 5 (18.52%) HTTP
10 5 (18.52%) Unified Communications
10 5 (18.52%) VLAN
10 5 (18.52%) WebEx
General
1 8 (29.63%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Banking
3 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 6 (22.22%) Retail
4 5 (18.52%) Marketing
4 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
5 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Network Engineer
2 14 (51.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Network Operations Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Architect
4 5 (18.52%) AWS Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Collaboration Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Network Operations Manager
5 1 (3.70%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Operations Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 9 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (18.52%) FlexPod
3 5 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
3 5 (18.52%) PKI
3 5 (18.52%) Replication
3 5 (18.52%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Linux
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (40.74%) Network Segmentation
3 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (37.04%) Zero Trust
4 9 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 9 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
4 9 (33.33%) Runbook
5 7 (25.93%) Incident Response
6 6 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (18.52%) Capacity Management
7 5 (18.52%) Cryptography
7 5 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (18.52%) Data Management
7 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Automation
7 5 (18.52%) Performance Management
7 5 (18.52%) Performance Testing
7 5 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) DV Cleared
1 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) CCNP
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (11.11%) CCIE
3 3 (11.11%) CCNA
3 3 (11.11%) CCSE
4 2 (7.41%) CCSA
4 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.41%) Degree
5 1 (3.70%) CCSM
5 1 (3.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (18.52%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (18.52%) vSphere
3 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Ansible
1 5 (18.52%) Cisco CUCM
1 5 (18.52%) Endace
1 5 (18.52%) Grafana
1 5 (18.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (62.96%) Fortinet
3 12 (44.44%) CheckPoint
4 11 (40.74%) Dynatrace
4 11 (40.74%) Meraki
4 11 (40.74%) SolarWinds
5 9 (33.33%) Palo Alto
5 9 (33.33%) ServiceNow
6 7 (25.93%) VMware
7 6 (22.22%) F5
7 6 (22.22%) Juniper
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
8 5 (18.52%) NetApp
8 5 (18.52%) Splunk