FortiGate Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Fortinet FortiGate
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring FortiGate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 123 130
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +59
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 2 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.23% 0.38%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.80% 1.38% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £463 £563 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -10.64%
75th Percentile £488 £588 £550
90th Percentile - - £598
Central London median daily rate £475 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.18 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.36 - £22.50
75th Percentile £20.53 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.36 - £22.50

All Systems Management Skills
City of London

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 249 362 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 13.86% 16.95% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 237 298
10th Percentile £363 £350 £396
25th Percentile £450 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £546
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.26% -8.96%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £730 £781
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £24.35 £44.00 -
25th Percentile £30.60 £69.50 £21.25
Median hourly rate £42.04 £112.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.47% +397.78% +15.38%
75th Percentile £54.31 - £23.75
90th Percentile £61.07 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -77.26% +397.78% +12.50%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FortiGate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

FortiGate job vacancy trend in the City of London

FortiGate
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FortiGate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FortiGate

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FortiGate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Billing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Order Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) AlgoSec
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) Tufin