Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cisco Firepower skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 828 1105
Rank change year-on-year +55 +277 -334
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 141 136 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.083%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.04% 0.85% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 112 113 114
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £51,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £71,757 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,500 £76,025
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,580 15,992 20,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.78% 15.46% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,159 11,855
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.17% +2.22%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower.

Salary trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +154 130 £57,500 +4.55% 49
UK excluding London +12 86 £55,000 - 40
Work from Home +46 53 £60,750 -10.00% 25
London +157 51 £63,750 +6.25% 18
South East +43 41 £55,000 - 13
West Midlands +40 21 £55,000 +30.02% 5
Midlands +37 21 £55,000 +30.02% 6
North of England +39 15 £60,593 +15.41% 7
North West +20 14 £61,185 +22.37% 6
Scotland -62 7 £67,500 - 11
Yorkshire +72 1 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East of England +12 1 - - 3
South West -29 1 £45,000 -

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.57%) Azure
2 26 (18.44%) AWS
3 9 (6.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) IaaS
4 4 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.13%) PaaS
5 3 (2.13%) SaaS
6 2 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.71%) Cohesity
7 1 (0.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 84 (59.57%) Firewall
2 66 (46.81%) WAN
3 48 (34.04%) SD-WAN
4 44 (31.21%) BGP
5 43 (30.50%) Cisco ISE
6 41 (29.08%) VPN
7 38 (26.95%) Network Security
8 35 (24.82%) Cisco ASA
9 32 (22.70%) OSPF
10 29 (20.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 29 (20.57%) LAN
11 21 (14.89%) MPLS
12 20 (14.18%) Wireless
13 19 (13.48%) VLAN
14 18 (12.77%) NGFW
15 15 (10.64%) HSRP
16 14 (9.93%) Spanning Tree
17 13 (9.22%) Cisco IOS
18 12 (8.51%) IPsec
18 12 (8.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (11.35%) Finance
2 11 (7.80%) Public Sector
2 11 (7.80%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.55%) Banking
3 5 (3.55%) Retail
4 4 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.42%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (59.57%) Network Engineer
2 59 (41.84%) Senior
3 33 (23.40%) Senior Network Engineer
4 30 (21.28%) Architect
5 18 (12.77%) Cisco Architect
5 18 (12.77%) Cisco Security Architect
5 18 (12.77%) Security Architect
5 18 (12.77%) Senior Architect
5 18 (12.77%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 18 (12.77%) Senior Security Architect
6 16 (11.35%) Network Security Engineer
6 16 (11.35%) Security Engineer
7 12 (8.51%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (8.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (7.80%) Network Architect
9 10 (7.09%) Network Support
10 9 (6.38%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (6.38%) Consultant
10 9 (6.38%) Senior Network Security Engineer
10 9 (6.38%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.06%) 802.1X
2 7 (4.96%) HTML
3 1 (0.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (29.79%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.96%) Hedge funds
2 7 (4.96%) PKI
3 6 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.26%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.09%) Windows
2 8 (5.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.55%) Linux
4 4 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.84%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (26.24%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (17.02%) Project Delivery
3 19 (13.48%) Presales
4 18 (12.77%) Analytics
4 18 (12.77%) Customer Engagement
4 18 (12.77%) Software Licensing
4 18 (12.77%) Time Management
5 15 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (9.93%) ITIL
6 14 (9.93%) Network Design
7 10 (7.09%) DevOps
7 10 (7.09%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (5.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (5.67%) Network Management
8 8 (5.67%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.96%) Change Control
9 7 (4.96%) Load Balancing
9 7 (4.96%) Project Management
10 6 (4.26%) Migration
10 6 (4.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.09%) SQL
2 7 (4.96%) C#
2 7 (4.96%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.55%) Python
4 4 (2.84%) Bash
Qualifications
1 108 (76.60%) Cisco Certification
2 97 (68.79%) CCNP
3 46 (32.62%) CCNA
4 38 (26.95%) Security Cleared
5 33 (23.40%) SC Cleared
6 19 (13.48%) Degree
7 16 (11.35%) CCIE
8 12 (8.51%) JNCIS
9 4 (2.84%) MCSA
9 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.71%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (0.71%) CCSA
10 1 (0.71%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.55%) PCI DSS
1 5 (3.55%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (7.80%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.84%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.84%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.71%) NFS
4 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (17.73%) Stealthwatch
2 10 (7.09%) FortiGate
3 8 (5.67%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (4.26%) Endace
5 5 (3.55%) Nessus
6 3 (2.13%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (2.13%) WSUS
7 2 (1.42%) Ansible
8 1 (0.71%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.71%) Terraform
8 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 132 (93.62%) Cisco
2 49 (34.75%) F5
3 43 (30.50%) Microsoft
4 35 (24.82%) Juniper
5 32 (22.70%) Palo Alto
6 29 (20.57%) Meraki
7 24 (17.02%) CheckPoint
8 22 (15.60%) VMware
9 18 (12.77%) Adobe
9 18 (12.77%) Apple
10 15 (10.64%) Fortinet
11 10 (7.09%) SolarWinds
12 7 (4.96%) Aruba
12 7 (4.96%) Splunk
13 5 (3.55%) Forcepoint
14 4 (2.84%) Citrix
14 4 (2.84%) Huawei
14 4 (2.84%) Red Hat
15 3 (2.13%) Avaya
15 3 (2.13%) Veritas