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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 382 442
Rank change year-on-year -55 +60 +42
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 25 36 59
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 1.83% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 11 24 14
10th Percentile £44,750 £57,875 £57,725
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £58,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% +14.58%
75th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile - £105,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -

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 2,365 1,963 3,770
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.36% 11.82% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,194 1,961
10th Percentile £29,058 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 17 August 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 19 (76.00%) AWS
2 10 (40.00%) Azure
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (20.00%) AWS Direct Connect
4 5 (20.00%) SaaS
4 5 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 23 (92.00%) Firewall
2 22 (88.00%) WAN
3 20 (80.00%) LAN
4 15 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
4 15 (60.00%) VPN
5 9 (36.00%) Unified Communications
5 9 (36.00%) VLAN
5 9 (36.00%) WebEx
6 8 (32.00%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (28.00%) SD-WAN
8 6 (24.00%) BGP
8 6 (24.00%) MPLS
9 5 (20.00%) IPsec
9 5 (20.00%) NetScaler
9 5 (20.00%) NX-OS
9 5 (20.00%) OSPF
9 5 (20.00%) VXLAN
9 5 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (20.00%) WLAN
10 3 (12.00%) Network Security
General
1 11 (44.00%) Banking
2 10 (40.00%) Retail
3 9 (36.00%) Marketing
3 9 (36.00%) Public Sector
3 9 (36.00%) Telecoms
4 7 (28.00%) Finance
5 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Retail Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Architect
3 5 (20.00%) Collaboration Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Network Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Network Support
5 3 (12.00%) Network Support Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Voice Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Voice Network Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Telephony Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Firewall Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Network Manager
7 1 (4.00%) NOC Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
1 9 (36.00%) FlexPod
1 9 (36.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 9 (36.00%) Onboarding
1 9 (36.00%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (24.00%) Replication
3 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) PKI
4 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Linux
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (36.00%) Data Management
1 9 (36.00%) Performance Management
2 8 (32.00%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (24.00%) Zero Trust
5 5 (20.00%) Change Management
5 5 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (16.00%) Network Architecture
6 4 (16.00%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (12.00%) Decarbonisation
7 3 (12.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) CCNP
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.00%) CCIE
2 1 (4.00%) CCSE
2 1 (4.00%) CCSM
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 6 (24.00%) Virtual Servers
2 6 (24.00%) vSphere
3 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Ansible
1 9 (36.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 9 (36.00%) Grafana
2 6 (24.00%) Terraform
3 2 (8.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (8.00%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (4.00%) Check_MK
4 1 (4.00%) Endace
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (52.00%) Fortinet
2 13 (52.00%) Palo Alto
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (36.00%) Splunk
4 7 (28.00%) VMware
5 6 (24.00%) CheckPoint
5 6 (24.00%) NetApp
5 6 (24.00%) SolarWinds
6 5 (20.00%) Dynatrace
6 5 (20.00%) Meraki
7 3 (12.00%) Aruba
8 1 (4.00%) F5
8 1 (4.00%) Juniper
8 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow