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 20 March 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
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 304 341
Rank change year-on-year -98 +37 +95
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 174 177 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.72% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.07% 1.53% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 118 116
10th Percentile £375 £406 £375
25th Percentile £438 £494 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £591 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £573 £500
% change year-on-year -12.66% +14.50% -4.76%

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 16,331 11,539 16,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.96% 47.21% 42.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,660 7,401 10,280
10th Percentile £309 £293 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.28%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £513
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.49% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 870 399 942
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.26 £12.14
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.93 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.40 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +22.82% -29.28%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £52.78
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -13.28% +18.37% -31.94%

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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -64 69 £525 -4.55% 18
South East -37 40 £473 -17.83% 24
North of England -80 22 £575 +0.44% 20
Midlands -63 21 £469 -14.93% 12
North West -38 11 £576 +0.61% 17
Yorkshire -56 11 £413 -34.00% 3
East Midlands -31 10 £650 +51.16% 5
West Midlands -69 10 £469 -14.93% 7
East of England -16 6 £475 - 14
South West -31 6 £538 +30.30% 5
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 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.87%) Confluence
3 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (32.18%) Azure
2 49 (28.16%) AWS
3 20 (11.49%) GCP
4 14 (8.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (6.32%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (4.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.02%) GitHub
8 6 (3.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (2.87%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.30%) SaaS
11 3 (1.72%) IaaS
11 3 (1.72%) PaaS
11 3 (1.72%) Route 53
12 2 (1.15%) Akamai
12 2 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.15%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.15%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 116 (66.67%) Firewall
2 70 (40.23%) WAN
3 54 (31.03%) SD-WAN
4 50 (28.74%) Network Security
4 50 (28.74%) VPN
5 46 (26.44%) BGP
6 40 (22.99%) LAN
6 40 (22.99%) OSPF
7 33 (18.97%) MPLS
8 27 (15.52%) VLAN
9 22 (12.64%) TCP/IP
10 21 (12.07%) Wireless
11 20 (11.49%) Cisco ASA
11 20 (11.49%) DNS
12 18 (10.34%) DHCP
12 18 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (8.05%) NGFW
13 14 (8.05%) VXLAN
14 11 (6.32%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (6.32%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.15%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (5.75%) JIRA
2 6 (3.45%) GitLab
3 5 (2.87%) Git
4 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.15%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 17 (9.77%) Finance
6 16 (9.20%) Military
7 11 (6.32%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (5.75%) Banking
9 6 (3.45%) Legal
10 5 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.30%) Law
12 3 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.15%) Aviation
13 2 (1.15%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.15%) Police
13 2 (1.15%) Retail
14 1 (0.57%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 29 (16.67%) Architect
3 20 (11.49%) Network Architect
3 20 (11.49%) Security Engineer
4 17 (9.77%) Senior
5 14 (8.05%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (7.47%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.17%) Lead
9 8 (4.60%) Firewall Engineer
9 8 (4.60%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (4.02%) Security Architect
10 7 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (2.87%) IT Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Network Specialist
11 5 (2.87%) Security Manager
11 5 (2.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 4 (2.30%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.75%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.45%) NETCONF
2 6 (3.45%) YANG
3 5 (2.87%) OpenConfig
4 4 (2.30%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.15%) JSON
5 2 (1.15%) XML
6 1 (0.57%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.57%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.09%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.32%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.60%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.60%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.87%) PKI
5 5 (2.87%) SCADA
5 5 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.30%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.72%) CESG
7 3 (1.72%) Life Science
8 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.15%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.15%) NHS
8 2 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.75%) Windows
2 7 (4.02%) Linux
3 5 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.57%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (19.54%) ITIL
2 29 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (13.79%) Network Design
4 20 (11.49%) SIEM
4 20 (11.49%) Zero Trust
5 18 (10.34%) Security Architecture
6 17 (9.77%) Incident Response
6 17 (9.77%) Migration
6 17 (9.77%) Network Architecture
7 16 (9.20%) Change Management
7 16 (9.20%) DevOps
7 16 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.62%) Roadmaps
9 14 (8.05%) Agile
9 14 (8.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (8.05%) Network Segmentation
10 13 (7.47%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.09%) Python
2 9 (5.17%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.87%) Bash
4 3 (1.72%) SQL
5 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 51 (29.31%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 37 (21.26%) CCNP
5 30 (17.24%) CCIE
6 20 (11.49%) DV Cleared
7 17 (9.77%) Degree
8 15 (8.62%) CISSP
9 14 (8.05%) CCNA
10 9 (5.17%) AWS Certification
10 9 (5.17%) Azure Certification
11 7 (4.02%) CCSE
11 7 (4.02%) JNCIE
12 6 (3.45%) CCIE Security
13 4 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.30%) CCSP
13 4 (2.30%) CISM
13 4 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (11.49%) NIST
2 15 (8.62%) GDPR
3 10 (5.75%) SLA
4 9 (5.17%) NCSC
4 9 (5.17%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.30%) GRC
6 3 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.72%) RMADS
7 2 (1.15%) ISA99
7 2 (1.15%) JSP 440
7 2 (1.15%) QA
8 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.30%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.72%) Firmware
4 3 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.72%) vSphere
5 2 (1.15%) Docker
6 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (16.67%) Ansible
2 26 (14.94%) FortiGate
3 23 (13.22%) Terraform
4 5 (2.87%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.72%) Grafana
5 3 (1.72%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.15%) CASB
6 2 (1.15%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.15%) Iperf
6 2 (1.15%) Nmap
6 2 (1.15%) Puppet
6 2 (1.15%) Salt
6 2 (1.15%) SCCM
6 2 (1.15%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.57%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 93 (53.45%) Cisco
2 64 (36.78%) Palo Alto
3 33 (18.97%) CheckPoint
4 32 (18.39%) Juniper
5 30 (17.24%) Microsoft
6 25 (14.37%) F5
7 24 (13.79%) Aruba
8 21 (12.07%) ServiceNow
9 20 (11.49%) Zscaler
10 17 (9.77%) VMware
11 15 (8.62%) SolarWinds
12 14 (8.05%) NetApp
13 12 (6.90%) Infoblox
13 12 (6.90%) Meraki
14 11 (6.32%) Arista
14 11 (6.32%) Splunk
15 6 (3.45%) Tenable
16 4 (2.30%) Dell
16 4 (2.30%) ForeScout
16 4 (2.30%) HP