Fortinet Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Fortinet
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring knowledge or experience of Fortinet products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fortinet over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 50 53
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 2 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.32% 1.32% 0.51%
As % of the Vendors category 0.52% 2.40% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £366 £429 -
25th Percentile £372 £454 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +0.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £397 £544 -
90th Percentile £399 £566 -
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% -52.15%

All Vendors
Cheshire

Fortinet falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 384 250 228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 60.66% 54.82% 57.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 140 142
10th Percentile £271 £312 £265
25th Percentile £358 £400 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £614 £581 £553
90th Percentile £716 £675 £586
North West median daily rate £464 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -7.13% -1.96% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 18
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.61 £16.96
25th Percentile £15.62 £16.00 £17.37
Median hourly rate £21.00 £23.05 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.87% -32.22% +142.86%
75th Percentile £31.50 £26.89 £35.56
90th Percentile £73.85 £81.75 £38.08
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +64.51%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fortinet relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Fortinet job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Fortinet
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Fortinet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford -22 2 £388 -22.89%
Fortinet
North West

Fortinet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement