The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Fortinet products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Fortinet over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Fortinet, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fortinet
Rank 507 566 578
Rank change year-on-year
+59 +12
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 27 20 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.057% 0.034% 0.013%
As % of the Vendors category 0.122% 0.073% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 6
Average daily rate £450 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -16.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £208 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £574 £400 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+8.80% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 - -
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
22169 27540 27997
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.04% 46.46% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11827 14057 14005
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1214 1336 1586
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

Fortinet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Fortinet within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Fortinet Jobs Demand Trend

Fortinet
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Fortinet within the UK.

Fortinet Daily Rate Trend

Fortinet
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Fortinet within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Fortinet Daily Rate Histogram

Fortinet
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Fortinet within the UK.

Fortinet Hourly Rate Trend

Fortinet
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +59 22 £481 +48.07%
London +38 11 £475 +6.14%
West Midlands +15 6 £540 +35.00%
Telford - 5 £540 -
Shropshire - 5 £540 -
South East +16 3 £340 +4.61%
Scotland - 3 £263 -
Hammersmith - 3 - -
Aberdeen - 3 £263 -
City of London +9 2 £475 +6.14%
Midlands - 2 - -
Oxford - 2 £340 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £340 -
Berkshire +14 1 £575 +53.33%
Newbury -1 1 £575 +53.33%

Fortinet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Fortinet also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Fortinet.

1 41 (80.39%) Firewall
2 40 (78.43%) Cisco
3 32 (62.75%) Juniper
4 25 (49.02%) F5
5 21 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (39.22%) CheckPoint
6 20 (39.22%) OSPF
6 20 (39.22%) BGP
7 19 (37.25%) Cisco Nexus
8 16 (31.37%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (31.37%) Finance
9 15 (29.41%) WAN
9 15 (29.41%) Network Security
10 14 (27.45%) Network Management
10 14 (27.45%) LAN
10 14 (27.45%) HP
10 14 (27.45%) Wireless
11 12 (23.53%) MPLS
11 12 (23.53%) Load Balancing
12 11 (21.57%) PCI DSS
12 11 (21.57%) ITIL
12 11 (21.57%) VPN
12 11 (21.57%) CCNP
12 11 (21.57%) Sourcefire
12 11 (21.57%) IP Telephony
13 10 (19.61%) VLAN
13 10 (19.61%) CCIE
13 10 (19.61%) DHCP
13 10 (19.61%) Network Architecture
13 10 (19.61%) FortiGate

Fortinet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Fortinet also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Fortinet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (9.804%) CSS
2 3 (5.882%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.922%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 41 (80.39%) Firewall
2 20 (39.22%) OSPF
2 20 (39.22%) BGP
3 19 (37.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 16 (31.37%) Cisco ASA
5 15 (29.41%) WAN
5 15 (29.41%) Network Security
6 14 (27.45%) LAN
6 14 (27.45%) Wireless
7 12 (23.53%) MPLS
8 11 (21.57%) VPN
8 11 (21.57%) IP Telephony
9 10 (19.61%) VLAN
9 10 (19.61%) DHCP
10 9 (17.65%) DNS
11 8 (15.69%) VoIP
12 7 (13.73%) SNMP
12 7 (13.73%) Cisco PIX
13 6 (11.76%) Junos
13 6 (11.76%) Ethernet
General
1 16 (31.37%) Finance
2 8 (15.69%) Banking
3 7 (13.73%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.882%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.922%) Legal
5 2 (3.922%) Games
5 2 (3.922%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.961%) Publishing
6 1 (1.961%) Billing
Job Titles
1 29 (56.86%) Network Engineer
2 14 (27.45%) Firewall Engineer
3 8 (15.69%) Security Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Consultant
5 5 (9.804%) Network Specialist
5 5 (9.804%) Security Consultant
6 4 (7.843%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (5.882%) Architect
7 3 (5.882%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.882%) Network Support
8 2 (3.922%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.922%) Voice Support Engineer
8 2 (3.922%) Voice Network Engineer
8 2 (3.922%) Voice Engineer
8 2 (3.922%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.922%) Telecoms Engineer
8 2 (3.922%) Security Architect
8 2 (3.922%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (3.922%) Senior Security Consultant
8 2 (3.922%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.843%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (3.922%) Online Games
2 2 (3.922%) e-Health
2 2 (3.922%) Handset
3 1 (1.961%) PKI
3 1 (1.961%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (5.882%) Linux
2 3 (5.882%) UNIX
3 1 (1.961%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Network Management
2 12 (23.53%) Load Balancing
3 11 (21.57%) ITIL
4 10 (19.61%) Network Architecture
5 9 (17.65%) Migration
6 7 (13.73%) Project Planning
7 6 (11.76%) E-Commerce
8 5 (9.804%) Service Management
9 4 (7.843%) Information Assurance
9 4 (7.843%) Kanban
9 4 (7.843%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (7.843%) Scrum
9 4 (7.843%) Information Security
10 3 (5.882%) Root Cause Analysis
11 2 (3.922%) SIEM
11 2 (3.922%) Computer Security
11 2 (3.922%) Security Management
11 2 (3.922%) Workflow
11 2 (3.922%) Information Security Management
11 2 (3.922%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.961%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (21.57%) CCNP
3 10 (19.61%) CCIE
4 9 (17.65%) CCSE
5 8 (15.69%) CCSA
6 7 (13.73%) CISSP
6 7 (13.73%) JNCIE
7 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
8 5 (9.804%) CCSP
8 5 (9.804%) CCNA
9 4 (7.843%) CISA
9 4 (7.843%) CISM
10 3 (5.882%) JNCIP
11 2 (3.922%) Degree
11 2 (3.922%) SC Cleared
11 2 (3.922%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) PCI DSS
2 5 (9.804%) SLA
3 4 (7.843%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.922%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.882%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.961%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 10 (19.61%) FortiGate
2 5 (9.804%) OpenView
3 2 (3.922%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.961%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.961%) Splunk
Vendors
1 40 (78.43%) Cisco
2 32 (62.75%) Juniper
3 25 (49.02%) F5
4 20 (39.22%) CheckPoint
5 14 (27.45%) HP
6 11 (21.57%) Sourcefire
7 9 (17.65%) VMware
8 8 (15.69%) Citrix
9 7 (13.73%) Nokia
10 6 (11.76%) Blue Coat
11 5 (9.804%) McAfee
11 5 (9.804%) BMC
11 5 (9.804%) IBM
11 5 (9.804%) OPNET
11 5 (9.804%) SolarWinds
12 4 (7.843%) Polycom
12 4 (7.843%) Aruba
13 3 (5.882%) Tufin
14 2 (3.922%) Riverbed
14 2 (3.922%) Qualys
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Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
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Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
West London
ITIL Service Management Experience and SLA Reporting experience... Citrix Netscalers. Juniper Netscreen, Cisco ASA Firewalls and PIX. Network Security products (firewall, IPS, DLP) Arista Switches. Fortinet Firewalls... Minimum...
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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West London
ITIL Service Management... Scrum and KanBan Methodology experience... MPLS, IPSEC VPN, Firewalls and TACACS authentication. Wireless, VOIP and Security technologies... Citrix Netscalers. Juniper Netscreen, Cisco ASA Firewalls and...
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Rate: Market Rates
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West London
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