Fortinet Contract Job Trends in England

Fortinet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 15 February 2026, 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
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 308 352
Rank change year-on-year -96 +44 +76
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 159 175 215
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.67% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.04% 1.45% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 111 121
10th Percentile £372 £410 £350
25th Percentile £428 £489 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £493
% change year-on-year -13.04% +16.75% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.63
Median hourly rate - - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £46.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £22.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +277.78% -48.57% +54.87%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,361 12,062 16,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.08% 46.41% 43.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,039 7,340 10,609
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £707 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.89% -0.90% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 787 340 852
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.87
25th Percentile £17.99 £20.00 £15.40
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £27.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.18% +10.29% -15.89%
75th Percentile £56.85 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £73.00 £80.93 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.91 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -17.54% +5.45% -15.38%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in England

Fortinet
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in England over the 6 months to 15 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fortinet in England

Fortinet
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fortinet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the England region over the 6 months to 15 February 2026. 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
London -32 69 £513 -6.82% 19
South East -12 38 £475 -17.39% 33
Midlands -56 21 £463 -17.85% 10
North of England -79 12 £494 -8.14% 20
East Midlands -21 11 £130 - 3
West Midlands -52 10 £469 -16.74% 7
Yorkshire -67 8 £675 +8.00% 4
South West -35 6 £519 +13.39% 10
North West -42 4 £400 -23.81% 16
East of England - 3 £500 - 19
South Coast - 1 - -
Fortinet
UK

Fortinet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.89%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.26%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (31.45%) AWS
1 50 (31.45%) Azure
2 19 (11.95%) GCP
3 13 (8.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.66%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.14%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.52%) GitHub
9 4 (2.52%) OpenShift
9 4 (2.52%) SaaS
10 3 (1.89%) Akamai
10 3 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.89%) IaaS
10 3 (1.89%) PaaS
10 3 (1.89%) Route 53
11 2 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.26%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 102 (64.15%) Firewall
2 66 (41.51%) WAN
3 51 (32.08%) SD-WAN
4 50 (31.45%) VPN
5 45 (28.30%) Network Security
6 43 (27.04%) BGP
7 42 (26.42%) LAN
8 39 (24.53%) OSPF
9 32 (20.13%) MPLS
10 25 (15.72%) Wireless
11 23 (14.47%) VLAN
12 22 (13.84%) TCP/IP
13 18 (11.32%) DNS
14 17 (10.69%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (9.43%) DHCP
15 15 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (8.18%) VXLAN
17 10 (6.29%) EIGRP
17 10 (6.29%) IPsec
17 10 (6.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.03%) JIRA
2 5 (3.14%) GitLab
3 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.89%) Git
5 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.63%) Artifactory
General
1 43 (27.04%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.21%) Public Sector
3 19 (11.95%) Telecoms
4 18 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (9.43%) Finance
5 15 (9.43%) Military
6 10 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.14%) Legal
7 5 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.52%) Banking
9 3 (1.89%) Law
10 2 (1.26%) Aviation
10 2 (1.26%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.26%) Police
11 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (30.82%) Network Engineer
2 31 (19.50%) Architect
3 23 (14.47%) Network Architect
4 21 (13.21%) Senior
5 20 (12.58%) Security Engineer
6 13 (8.18%) Network Security Engineer
7 12 (7.55%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (6.29%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.03%) Lead
9 8 (5.03%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Consultant
11 6 (3.77%) Network Specialist
11 6 (3.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 5 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 5 (3.14%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (3.14%) Network Security Architect
12 5 (3.14%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.77%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.52%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.52%) YANG
3 3 (1.89%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.26%) JSON
4 2 (1.26%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.26%) XML
5 1 (0.63%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.24%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (6.29%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.40%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.14%) PKI
7 4 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.52%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.52%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.89%) CESG
8 3 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.89%) Life Science
8 3 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.26%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.26%) NHS
9 2 (1.26%) SCADA
9 2 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.26%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.52%) Windows
2 3 (1.89%) Linux
3 2 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.63%) VMS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.13%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (15.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (14.47%) Migration
5 22 (13.84%) Network Design
6 19 (11.95%) ITIL
7 18 (11.32%) Incident Response
7 18 (11.32%) Network Architecture
7 18 (11.32%) Roadmaps
7 18 (11.32%) Security Architecture
8 17 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (10.06%) Zero Trust
10 15 (9.43%) Change Management
10 15 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (8.81%) Agile
11 14 (8.81%) Mentoring
12 12 (7.55%) Network Monitoring
12 12 (7.55%) SIEM
13 11 (6.92%) High Availability
13 11 (6.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.24%) Python
2 7 (4.40%) Bash
2 7 (4.40%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.89%) SQL
4 1 (0.63%) C++
4 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (37.74%) Security Cleared
2 47 (29.56%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (24.53%) SC Cleared
4 35 (22.01%) CCNP
5 26 (16.35%) CCIE
6 17 (10.69%) DV Cleared
7 16 (10.06%) CISSP
8 14 (8.81%) CCNA
8 14 (8.81%) Degree
9 11 (6.92%) AWS Certification
10 9 (5.66%) JNCIE
11 8 (5.03%) Azure Certification
12 6 (3.77%) CCIE Security
13 5 (3.14%) CCSE
13 5 (3.14%) CISM
14 4 (2.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (2.52%) CCSP
14 4 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.32%) NIST
2 17 (10.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (10.06%) GDPR
4 8 (5.03%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.77%) NCSC
5 6 (3.77%) SLA
6 4 (2.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (2.52%) GRC
7 3 (1.89%) RMADS
8 2 (1.26%) JSP 440
8 2 (1.26%) QA
9 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (8.81%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.40%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.26%) Firmware
4 2 (1.26%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.26%) vSphere
5 1 (0.63%) Docker
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (17.61%) Ansible
2 25 (15.72%) FortiGate
3 22 (13.84%) Terraform
4 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.14%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (2.52%) Iperf
6 4 (2.52%) Nmap
7 2 (1.26%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.26%) Grafana
7 2 (1.26%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.26%) SCCM
7 2 (1.26%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.63%) CASB
8 1 (0.63%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.63%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.63%) QRadar
8 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (55.97%) Cisco
2 62 (38.99%) Palo Alto
3 36 (22.64%) CheckPoint
3 36 (22.64%) Juniper
4 26 (16.35%) F5
5 24 (15.09%) SolarWinds
6 23 (14.47%) Aruba
6 23 (14.47%) Microsoft
7 15 (9.43%) VMware
8 14 (8.81%) Meraki
9 13 (8.18%) ServiceNow
10 12 (7.55%) NetApp
11 10 (6.29%) Zscaler
12 8 (5.03%) Arista
13 6 (3.77%) Tenable
14 4 (2.52%) Citrix
14 4 (2.52%) Infoblox
15 3 (1.89%) Nokia
15 3 (1.89%) Red Hat
15 3 (1.89%) Splunk