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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 845 1102
Rank change year-on-year +103 +257 -317
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 148 132 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.088%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 0.84% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 114 109 123
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,475 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £82,500 £73,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -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 18 May 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 18 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 +149 137 £56,000 +1.82% 49
UK excluding London -3 93 £55,000 - 44
Work from Home +57 56 £61,500 -8.89% 22
London +142 50 £62,500 +10.62% 15
South East +25 48 £53,000 -3.64% 16
West Midlands +30 22 £53,750 -6.52% 4
Midlands +9 22 £53,750 -6.52% 4
North of England +47 15 £61,185 +16.54% 10
North West +12 15 £61,185 +22.37% 8
Scotland -62 6 £71,250 - 9
East of England 0 1 - - 3
South West -29 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 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.92%) Azure
2 25 (16.89%) AWS
3 9 (6.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (2.70%) IaaS
4 4 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.03%) PaaS
5 3 (2.03%) SaaS
6 2 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.68%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 83 (56.08%) Firewall
2 71 (47.97%) WAN
3 53 (35.81%) SD-WAN
4 45 (30.41%) BGP
5 41 (27.70%) Network Security
6 40 (27.03%) VPN
7 37 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
8 33 (22.30%) OSPF
9 31 (20.95%) Cisco ASA
10 30 (20.27%) LAN
11 28 (18.92%) Cisco Nexus
12 23 (15.54%) MPLS
13 22 (14.86%) NGFW
14 21 (14.19%) VLAN
15 19 (12.84%) Wireless
16 16 (10.81%) SSL
17 15 (10.14%) HSRP
18 13 (8.78%) Spanning Tree
19 12 (8.11%) IPsec
19 12 (8.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (11.49%) Finance
2 10 (6.76%) Public Sector
2 10 (6.76%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.38%) Banking
4 4 (2.70%) Financial Institution
4 4 (2.70%) Retail
5 3 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Law
6 2 (1.35%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (57.43%) Network Engineer
2 61 (41.22%) Senior
3 35 (23.65%) Architect
4 30 (20.27%) Senior Network Engineer
5 24 (16.22%) Cisco Architect
5 24 (16.22%) Cisco Security Architect
5 24 (16.22%) Security Architect
5 24 (16.22%) Senior Architect
5 24 (16.22%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 24 (16.22%) Senior Security Architect
6 18 (12.16%) Network Security Engineer
6 18 (12.16%) Security Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Network Architect
7 10 (6.76%) Network Support
8 9 (6.08%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (6.08%) Consultant
8 9 (6.08%) Security Consultant
9 8 (5.41%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.49%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (32.43%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 5 (3.38%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.38%) Hedge funds
2 5 (3.38%) PKI
2 5 (3.38%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.08%) Windows
2 6 (4.05%) Linux
2 6 (4.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.38%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.35%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (16.89%) Presales
3 24 (16.22%) Analytics
3 24 (16.22%) Customer Engagement
3 24 (16.22%) Project Delivery
3 24 (16.22%) Software Licensing
3 24 (16.22%) Time Management
4 16 (10.81%) ITIL
5 13 (8.78%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (8.78%) Network Design
6 10 (6.76%) Network Management
6 10 (6.76%) Network Monitoring
7 9 (6.08%) DevOps
7 9 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (5.41%) Load Balancing
8 8 (5.41%) Migration
8 8 (5.41%) Service Delivery
9 7 (4.73%) Agile
9 7 (4.73%) Change Control
10 6 (4.05%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.41%) SQL
2 5 (3.38%) C#
2 5 (3.38%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.70%) Bash
3 4 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 110 (74.32%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (67.57%) CCNP
3 51 (34.46%) CCNA
4 42 (28.38%) Security Cleared
5 36 (24.32%) SC Cleared
6 25 (16.89%) Degree
7 14 (9.46%) CCIE
8 12 (8.11%) JNCIS
9 6 (4.05%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.70%) MCSA
10 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.68%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) PCI DSS
1 5 (3.38%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.35%) NFS
4 2 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.35%) vSphere
5 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (19.59%) Stealthwatch
2 11 (7.43%) FortiGate
3 6 (4.05%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (4.05%) Endace
4 5 (3.38%) Nessus
5 3 (2.03%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (2.03%) WSUS
6 2 (1.35%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.35%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.68%) Ansible
7 1 (0.68%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 139 (93.92%) Cisco
2 53 (35.81%) F5
3 48 (32.43%) Microsoft
4 35 (23.65%) Juniper
5 34 (22.97%) Meraki
6 32 (21.62%) Palo Alto
7 24 (16.22%) Adobe
7 24 (16.22%) Apple
8 22 (14.86%) CheckPoint
9 20 (13.51%) VMware
10 14 (9.46%) Fortinet
11 11 (7.43%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.05%) Aruba
13 5 (3.38%) Forcepoint
13 5 (3.38%) Red Hat
13 5 (3.38%) Splunk
14 4 (2.70%) Citrix
15 3 (2.03%) arcserve
15 3 (2.03%) Avaya
15 3 (2.03%) Veritas