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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 438 429
Rank change year-on-year +56 -9 +240
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 13 30 59
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.083% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.91% 1.24% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 49
10th Percentile £56,400 £53,600 £39,766
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £56,662
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +19.13% -12.83%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £84,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 1,430 2,426 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.09% 12.19% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 998 1,404 2,544
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

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 14 November 2025.

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 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) BGP
2 7 (53.85%) OSPF
3 6 (46.15%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (46.15%) WAN
4 5 (38.46%) IPsec
4 5 (38.46%) LAN
4 5 (38.46%) VPN
4 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (30.77%) Network Security
5 4 (30.77%) SD-WAN
6 3 (23.08%) MPLS
7 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (15.38%) NX-OS
7 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (15.38%) WLAN
8 1 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (7.69%) HSRP
8 1 (7.69%) NetScaler
8 1 (7.69%) VXLAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) French Language
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Senior
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco Network Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) ICT Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Network Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Infoblox Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
2 2 (15.38%) Change Management
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
2 2 (15.38%) High Availability
2 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
2 2 (15.38%) Network Design
2 2 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
2 2 (15.38%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (7.69%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (7.69%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) CCNP
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CCIE
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) pfSense
2 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (38.46%) Palo Alto
3 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
3 3 (23.08%) Meraki
4 2 (15.38%) Arista
4 2 (15.38%) Dynatrace
4 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 2 (15.38%) Infoblox
4 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Citrix
5 1 (7.69%) HP
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft