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 17 January 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
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 299 357
Rank change year-on-year -104 +58 +81
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 153 203 197
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.75% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.03% 1.64% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 121 119
10th Percentile £390 £406 £335
25th Percentile £450 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £493
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% -6.19%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £490
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -6.67%
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 14,806 12,407 16,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.33% 46.10% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,732 7,496 10,412
10th Percentile £300 £292 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £709 £719 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 359 697
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.59 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.18 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -25.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.93 £62.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.75 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -13.36% -29.03% +27.05%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -35 72 £500 -4.76% 25
South East -1 40 £480 -12.73% 50
Midlands -51 16 £475 -13.79% 24
West Midlands -42 12 £500 -11.58% 9
South West -27 7 £513 +13.89% 20
North of England -86 6 £400 -25.58% 30
East Midlands -35 4 £130 -65.33% 14
North West -41 4 £400 -23.81% 13
East of England - 3 £500 - 27
Yorkshire -63 2 - - 13
South Coast - 2 - -
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 (3.92%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (33.99%) AWS
2 48 (31.37%) Azure
3 18 (11.76%) GCP
4 13 (8.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 9 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.92%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.92%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.96%) Akamai
8 3 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.96%) GitHub
8 3 (1.96%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.96%) Route 53
8 3 (1.96%) SaaS
9 2 (1.31%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.31%) IaaS
9 2 (1.31%) PaaS
9 2 (1.31%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 97 (63.40%) Firewall
2 68 (44.44%) WAN
3 50 (32.68%) SD-WAN
4 48 (31.37%) VPN
5 45 (29.41%) BGP
5 45 (29.41%) LAN
6 41 (26.80%) OSPF
7 38 (24.84%) Network Security
8 31 (20.26%) MPLS
9 30 (19.61%) Wireless
10 23 (15.03%) VLAN
11 20 (13.07%) TCP/IP
12 17 (11.11%) DNS
12 17 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (10.46%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (9.15%) DHCP
15 11 (7.19%) SNMP
15 11 (7.19%) VXLAN
16 10 (6.54%) EIGRP
16 10 (6.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.92%) JIRA
2 5 (3.27%) GitLab
3 3 (1.96%) Git
3 3 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.65%) Artifactory
General
1 42 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.99%) Public Sector
3 19 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.11%) Finance
5 12 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (7.19%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.92%) Legal
8 5 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.61%) Local Government
9 4 (2.61%) Military
10 3 (1.96%) Law
11 2 (1.31%) Banking
11 2 (1.31%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.31%) Police
12 1 (0.65%) Electronics
12 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (32.68%) Network Engineer
2 31 (20.26%) Architect
3 24 (15.69%) Network Architect
4 19 (12.42%) Senior
5 17 (11.11%) Security Engineer
6 11 (7.19%) Lead
6 11 (7.19%) Network Security Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Consultant
8 8 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.58%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.92%) Designer
10 6 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) IP Designer
10 6 (3.92%) Network Specialist
10 6 (3.92%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 5 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.27%) Network Security Architect
11 5 (3.27%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.61%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.61%) YANG
3 3 (1.96%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.31%) JSON
4 2 (1.31%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.95%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.92%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.27%) PKI
6 4 (2.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.61%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.96%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.96%) Life Science
7 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.31%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.31%) CESG
8 2 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.31%) NHS
8 2 (1.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (0.65%) Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
2 26 (16.99%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (16.99%) Incident Response
3 24 (15.69%) Migration
4 20 (13.07%) Roadmaps
5 19 (12.42%) Network Design
6 18 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (11.11%) ITIL
7 17 (11.11%) Network Architecture
7 17 (11.11%) SIEM
8 16 (10.46%) Security Architecture
9 15 (9.80%) Change Management
10 13 (8.50%) Agile
10 13 (8.50%) Cloud Security
10 13 (8.50%) High Availability
10 13 (8.50%) Mentoring
10 13 (8.50%) Zero Trust
11 12 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (7.84%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (6.54%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.30%) Python
2 6 (3.92%) Bash
3 5 (3.27%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.61%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.96%) SQL
6 1 (0.65%) C++
6 1 (0.65%) Perl
Qualifications
1 50 (32.68%) Cisco Certification
1 50 (32.68%) Security Cleared
2 41 (26.80%) SC Cleared
3 36 (23.53%) CCNP
4 25 (16.34%) CCIE
5 17 (11.11%) CISSP
6 16 (10.46%) Degree
7 13 (8.50%) AWS Certification
7 13 (8.50%) CCNA
8 12 (7.84%) JNCIE
9 8 (5.23%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.92%) CCIE Security
10 6 (3.92%) CISM
11 5 (3.27%) CCSE
12 4 (2.61%) CCSP
12 4 (2.61%) CISA
12 4 (2.61%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (2.61%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (2.61%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.76%) NIST
2 17 (11.11%) GDPR
3 16 (10.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.23%) SLA
5 7 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (3.92%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.31%) JSP 440
7 2 (1.31%) NCSC
7 2 (1.31%) RMADS
8 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.65%) GRC
8 1 (0.65%) PMO
8 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (7.19%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.54%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.65%) Docker
5 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (18.95%) Ansible
2 28 (18.30%) FortiGate
3 25 (16.34%) Terraform
4 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.61%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.61%) QRadar
6 3 (1.96%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.96%) Iperf
6 3 (1.96%) Nmap
6 3 (1.96%) SCCM
7 2 (1.31%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.31%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.65%) Grafana
8 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.65%) Puppet
8 1 (0.65%) Salt
8 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (60.78%) Cisco
2 62 (40.52%) Palo Alto
3 39 (25.49%) Juniper
4 29 (18.95%) F5
5 28 (18.30%) CheckPoint
5 28 (18.30%) Microsoft
6 22 (14.38%) Aruba
6 22 (14.38%) SolarWinds
7 14 (9.15%) VMware
8 12 (7.84%) Meraki
9 10 (6.54%) Zscaler
10 7 (4.58%) Citrix
11 6 (3.92%) Forcepoint
11 6 (3.92%) Splunk
11 6 (3.92%) Tenable
12 4 (2.61%) Arista
12 4 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (2.61%) Infoblox
13 3 (1.96%) McAfee
13 3 (1.96%) Nokia