Cisco Firepower Jobs

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 821 1111
Rank change year-on-year +61 +290 -273
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 162 124 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.099%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 0.81% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 109 99 141
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,950 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -

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 13,776 15,239 22,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.70% 16.37% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,647 11,856
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,850 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

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 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Top 12 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 9 June 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 +106 153 £55,000 - 31
UK excluding London -25 108 £53,000 -3.64% 20
Work from Home +52 65 £70,000 +7.69% 16
South East +29 60 £53,000 -3.64% 8
London +99 46 £60,000 +10.60% 9
West Midlands +8 23 £53,750 -6.52% 3
Midlands -14 23 £53,750 -6.52% 3
North of England +25 20 £61,185 +22.37% 6
North West +3 20 £61,185 +22.37% 6
Scotland -66 3 £75,000 - 1
East of England -15 1 - - 1
South West -33 1 £45,000 - 1

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 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (17.28%) Azure
2 22 (13.58%) AWS
3 7 (4.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.47%) IaaS
6 3 (1.85%) PaaS
6 3 (1.85%) SaaS
7 2 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.62%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.62%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 87 (53.70%) Firewall
2 76 (46.91%) WAN
3 61 (37.65%) SD-WAN
4 50 (30.86%) BGP
5 46 (28.40%) Network Security
6 41 (25.31%) Cisco ISE
7 38 (23.46%) OSPF
8 36 (22.22%) VPN
9 33 (20.37%) Cisco ASA
10 26 (16.05%) Cisco Nexus
10 26 (16.05%) LAN
10 26 (16.05%) NGFW
11 24 (14.81%) MPLS
12 20 (12.35%) HSRP
12 20 (12.35%) VLAN
12 20 (12.35%) Wireless
13 19 (11.73%) IPsec
14 18 (11.11%) SSL
15 13 (8.02%) EIGRP
16 11 (6.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 17 (10.49%) Finance
2 9 (5.56%) Public Sector
2 9 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.09%) Banking
4 4 (2.47%) Financial Institution
4 4 (2.47%) Retail
5 2 (1.23%) Law
5 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.23%) Retail Banking
5 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.62%) Billing
6 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (50.62%) Network Engineer
2 72 (44.44%) Senior
3 44 (27.16%) Architect
4 33 (20.37%) Cisco Architect
4 33 (20.37%) Cisco Security Architect
4 33 (20.37%) Security Architect
4 33 (20.37%) Senior Architect
4 33 (20.37%) Senior Cisco Architect
4 33 (20.37%) Senior Security Architect
5 26 (16.05%) Senior Network Engineer
6 18 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
6 18 (11.11%) Security Engineer
7 16 (9.88%) Consultant
7 16 (9.88%) Security Consultant
8 15 (9.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 15 (9.26%) Network Consultant
8 15 (9.26%) Network Security Consultant
9 13 (8.02%) Senior Consultant
9 13 (8.02%) Senior Network Security Consultant
9 13 (8.02%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.88%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.62%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (37.04%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.47%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.62%) CMDB
5 1 (0.62%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.32%) Linux
1 7 (4.32%) Windows
2 6 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.09%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (3.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (2.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.31%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (21.60%) Time Management
3 34 (20.99%) Presales
4 33 (20.37%) Analytics
4 33 (20.37%) Customer Engagement
4 33 (20.37%) Software Licensing
5 26 (16.05%) Project Delivery
6 18 (11.11%) ITIL
7 15 (9.26%) Network Management
8 13 (8.02%) Migration
9 10 (6.17%) Network Design
10 9 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (4.94%) Agile
11 8 (4.94%) ITSM
11 8 (4.94%) Network Monitoring
12 7 (4.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (4.32%) Mentoring
12 7 (4.32%) Service Delivery
13 6 (3.70%) Proactive Monitoring
13 6 (3.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.09%) Python
2 4 (2.47%) Bash
2 4 (2.47%) SQL
3 1 (0.62%) C#
3 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 113 (69.75%) Cisco Certification
2 108 (66.67%) CCNP
3 57 (35.19%) CCNA
4 54 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 45 (27.78%) SC Cleared
6 34 (20.99%) Degree
7 14 (8.64%) CCIE
8 12 (7.41%) JNCIS
9 11 (6.79%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.47%) MCSA
10 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.85%) CCSA
11 3 (1.85%) CCSE
12 1 (0.62%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 1 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.09%) SLA
2 3 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.85%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.23%) NFS
4 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.23%) vSphere
5 1 (0.62%) Docker
5 1 (0.62%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (20.99%) Stealthwatch
2 16 (9.88%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.70%) Endace
4 5 (3.09%) Nessus
5 3 (1.85%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.85%) WSUS
6 2 (1.23%) Ansible
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.23%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.23%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.62%) Nagios
7 1 (0.62%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 153 (94.44%) Cisco
2 62 (38.27%) F5
3 55 (33.95%) Microsoft
4 46 (28.40%) Meraki
5 45 (27.78%) Palo Alto
6 36 (22.22%) Juniper
7 33 (20.37%) Adobe
7 33 (20.37%) Apple
8 26 (16.05%) CheckPoint
9 21 (12.96%) Fortinet
10 16 (9.88%) VMware
11 14 (8.64%) SolarWinds
12 12 (7.41%) Aruba
13 9 (5.56%) Citrix
14 5 (3.09%) Red Hat
15 4 (2.47%) McAfee
16 3 (1.85%) arcserve
16 3 (1.85%) Clearswift
16 3 (1.85%) Forcepoint
16 3 (1.85%) Veritas