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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 822 1088
Rank change year-on-year +75 +266 -286
Permanent jobs citing Cisco Firepower 148 130 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.092%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 0.83% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 113 107 129
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,313 £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 £71,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £72,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +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 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
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 £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -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 23 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 23 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 +161 139 £55,000 - 44
UK excluding London +35 94 £54,000 -1.82% 36
Work from Home +42 53 £67,500 +1.89% 22
South East +38 53 £53,000 -3.64% 10
London +151 49 £62,500 +15.21% 18
West Midlands +23 20 £53,750 -6.52% 4
Midlands +5 20 £53,750 -6.52% 4
North of England +34 15 £61,185 +16.54% 8
North West +8 15 £61,185 +22.37% 7
Scotland -59 4 £71,250 - 9
East of England +5 1 - - 3
South West -18 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 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.38%) 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
7 1 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 81 (54.73%) Firewall
2 69 (46.62%) WAN
3 51 (34.46%) SD-WAN
4 46 (31.08%) BGP
5 43 (29.05%) Network Security
6 40 (27.03%) VPN
7 39 (26.35%) Cisco ISE
8 34 (22.97%) OSPF
9 29 (19.59%) Cisco ASA
9 29 (19.59%) LAN
10 28 (18.92%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (15.54%) MPLS
12 22 (14.86%) NGFW
13 20 (13.51%) VLAN
14 19 (12.84%) Wireless
15 18 (12.16%) SSL
16 16 (10.81%) HSRP
17 15 (10.14%) IPsec
18 12 (8.11%) Spanning Tree
19 11 (7.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 17 (11.49%) Finance
2 9 (6.08%) Public Sector
2 9 (6.08%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.38%) Banking
4 4 (2.70%) Financial Institution
4 4 (2.70%) Retail
5 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Law
6 2 (1.35%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.35%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.68%) Billing
7 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (56.76%) Network Engineer
2 59 (39.86%) Senior
3 35 (23.65%) Architect
4 28 (18.92%) 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 19 (12.84%) Network Security Engineer
6 19 (12.84%) Security Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Consultant
7 10 (6.76%) Network Architect
7 10 (6.76%) Network Support
7 10 (6.76%) Security Consultant
8 9 (6.08%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (6.08%) Network Consultant
8 9 (6.08%) Network Security Consultant
9 8 (5.41%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.49%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (32.43%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 5 (3.38%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.70%) Hedge funds
3 4 (2.70%) PKI
4 2 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.41%) Windows
2 6 (4.05%) Linux
3 5 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.38%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2012
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.32%) 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 17 (11.49%) ITIL
5 12 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (8.11%) Network Design
5 12 (8.11%) Network Management
6 10 (6.76%) Network Monitoring
7 9 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (6.08%) Migration
8 8 (5.41%) Agile
8 8 (5.41%) DevOps
8 8 (5.41%) Load Balancing
8 8 (5.41%) Service Delivery
9 6 (4.05%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (4.05%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.73%) SQL
2 4 (2.70%) Bash
2 4 (2.70%) C#
2 4 (2.70%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 106 (71.62%) Cisco Certification
2 98 (66.22%) CCNP
3 50 (33.78%) CCNA
4 44 (29.73%) Security Cleared
5 37 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 25 (16.89%) Degree
7 12 (8.11%) CCIE
7 12 (8.11%) JNCIS
8 9 (6.08%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.70%) MCSA
9 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.68%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 1 (0.68%) CCSA
10 1 (0.68%) CCSE
10 1 (0.68%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.38%) PCI DSS
1 5 (3.38%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.08%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.35%) NFS
3 2 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.35%) vSphere
4 1 (0.68%) Docker
4 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (18.92%) Stealthwatch
2 11 (7.43%) FortiGate
3 6 (4.05%) Endace
4 5 (3.38%) Cisco CUCM
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 57 (38.51%) F5
3 47 (31.76%) Microsoft
4 35 (23.65%) Juniper
4 35 (23.65%) Palo Alto
5 34 (22.97%) Meraki
6 24 (16.22%) Adobe
6 24 (16.22%) Apple
7 23 (15.54%) CheckPoint
8 17 (11.49%) VMware
9 15 (10.14%) Fortinet
10 13 (8.78%) SolarWinds
11 7 (4.73%) Aruba
12 6 (4.05%) Citrix
13 5 (3.38%) Forcepoint
13 5 (3.38%) Red Hat
14 4 (2.70%) McAfee
14 4 (2.70%) Splunk
15 3 (2.03%) arcserve
15 3 (2.03%) Avaya