Cisco Firepower Contracts in England

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cisco Firepower skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 590 663
Rank change year-on-year +137 +73 -72
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 84 61 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.76% 1.03% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 45 73
10th Percentile £333 £358 £241
25th Percentile £453 £413 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +31.24% -8.56%
75th Percentile £691 £575 £538
90th Percentile £775 £638 £643
UK median daily rate £515 £522 £450
% change year-on-year -1.29% +15.94% +6.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco Firepower is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,784 5,911 7,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.15% 12.27% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 3,864 5,161
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 424 309
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco Firepower as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Firepower in England

Cisco Firepower
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +48 42 £500 -6.98% 13
North of England +35 20 £515 +14.44% 10
North West +26 17 £515 +14.44% 9
London +82 9 £400 -25.58% 13
Midlands +30 8 £750 +44.65% 3
West Midlands +32 7 £750 +30.43% 3
Yorkshire +16 3 £475 - 1
East Midlands +10 1 £550 +6.08%
East of England +8 1 £350 -9.68% 3
Cisco Firepower
UK

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.19%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 47 (55.95%) BGP
2 40 (47.62%) Firewall
3 38 (45.24%) WAN
4 31 (36.90%) MPLS
5 30 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
6 27 (32.14%) Cisco ISE
7 26 (30.95%) SSL
8 21 (25.00%) IPsec
8 21 (25.00%) OSPF
9 17 (20.24%) EIGRP
9 17 (20.24%) HSRP
10 16 (19.05%) Spanning Tree
11 13 (15.48%) NetScaler
11 13 (15.48%) VPN
11 13 (15.48%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (14.29%) LAN
12 12 (14.29%) SNMP
13 10 (11.90%) SD-WAN
14 9 (10.71%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (10.71%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (34.52%) Finance
2 12 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.19%) Advertising
5 1 (1.19%) Legal
5 1 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (50.00%) Architect
2 40 (47.62%) Network Engineer
3 35 (41.67%) Network Architect
4 18 (21.43%) Senior
5 11 (13.10%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (8.33%) Senior Architect
8 5 (5.95%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (5.95%) Senior Network Architect
9 4 (4.76%) Build Engineer
9 4 (4.76%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (4.76%) Cisco Network Architect
9 4 (4.76%) Cisco Security Architect
9 4 (4.76%) Network Build Engineer
9 4 (4.76%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (4.76%) Security Architect
10 3 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Security Engineer
11 2 (2.38%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.29%) Jinja
2 5 (5.95%) Web Services
3 4 (4.76%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.38%) .NET
4 2 (2.38%) JSON
4 2 (2.38%) Regular Expression
5 1 (1.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.24%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.38%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.19%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.19%) NHS
3 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.19%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (46.43%) Network Management
2 33 (39.29%) Network Design
3 30 (35.71%) Customer Requirements
4 23 (27.38%) Technical Leadership
5 21 (25.00%) ITIL
6 14 (16.67%) Project Delivery
7 13 (15.48%) Change Management
7 13 (15.48%) DevOps
8 12 (14.29%) ITSM
9 8 (9.52%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.33%) Migration
11 5 (5.95%) Analytics
11 5 (5.95%) Data Analytics
11 5 (5.95%) Network Architecture
11 5 (5.95%) Performance Management
11 5 (5.95%) Programme Management
11 5 (5.95%) Resource Management
11 5 (5.95%) SOA
11 5 (5.95%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (5.95%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.43%) Python
2 12 (14.29%) Perl
2 12 (14.29%) Tcl
3 4 (4.76%) Bash
4 3 (3.57%) C#
4 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.57%) SQL
5 2 (2.38%) Go
5 2 (2.38%) Java
5 2 (2.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 59 (70.24%) Security Cleared
2 37 (44.05%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (38.10%) SC Cleared
4 25 (29.76%) CCNP
5 20 (23.81%) CCNA
6 11 (13.10%) CCIE
7 7 (8.33%) CISSP
8 6 (7.14%) DV Cleared
9 5 (5.95%) CCIE Data Center
10 4 (4.76%) CCIE Security
11 3 (3.57%) JNCIA
12 2 (2.38%) CEH
12 2 (2.38%) CISM
12 2 (2.38%) JNCIS
12 2 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (2.38%) RHCE
12 2 (2.38%) SANS
13 1 (1.19%) CCDP
System Software
1 13 (15.48%) Firmware
2 2 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (36.90%) Endace
2 16 (19.05%) Ansible
3 3 (3.57%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.38%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (2.38%) Terraform
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.19%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 81 (96.43%) Cisco
2 45 (53.57%) Juniper
3 44 (52.38%) F5
4 21 (25.00%) Palo Alto
5 17 (20.24%) SolarWinds
6 13 (15.48%) Citrix
7 10 (11.90%) CheckPoint
8 9 (10.71%) Infoblox
9 7 (8.33%) Symantec
10 5 (5.95%) Zscaler
11 3 (3.57%) AlgoSec
12 2 (2.38%) AlienVault
12 2 (2.38%) ArcSight
12 2 (2.38%) CA
12 2 (2.38%) Carbon Black
12 2 (2.38%) Fortinet
12 2 (2.38%) LogRhythm
12 2 (2.38%) Meraki
12 2 (2.38%) Microsoft
12 2 (2.38%) VMware