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 19 June 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
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 308 326
Rank change year-on-year -52 +18 +57
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 243 173 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.70% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.39% 1.46% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 96 128
10th Percentile £400 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £472 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £578
90th Percentile £634 £666 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.50 £17.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +285.05% - -
75th Percentile £78.56 - -
90th Percentile £78.68 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £17.79 -
% change year-on-year +332.83% - -

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 17,476 11,820 15,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.54% 47.52% 42.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,183 7,505 10,039
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 532 1,062
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.50 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.48 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.42% +10.31% -40.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £23.80
% change year-on-year +35.13% +5.67% -45.13%

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 19 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fortinet in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Fortinet in England

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 19 June 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 -53 102 £530 -3.64% 24
South East -44 39 £463 -19.57% 31
North of England -58 34 £532 +6.35% 30
Midlands -57 29 £565 +2.73% 13
North West -31 18 £576 +15.20% 17
West Midlands -67 17 £573 +3.99% 9
Yorkshire -50 15 £416 -27.62% 13
East Midlands -11 11 - - 4
East of England -29 4 £450 +12.50% 11
South West -24 3 £538 -10.42% 7
North East -38 1 £425 -
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 5 (2.06%) Confluence
2 2 (0.82%) Apache
2 2 (0.82%) CloudStack
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.47%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.63%) Azure
2 44 (18.11%) AWS
3 9 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 8 (3.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (3.29%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.29%) GitHub
5 7 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.06%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.06%) Serverless
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.65%) AWS Control Tower
7 4 (1.65%) GCP
8 3 (1.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.23%) IaaS
8 3 (1.23%) Route 53
9 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 164 (67.49%) Firewall
2 84 (34.57%) WAN
3 77 (31.69%) BGP
4 62 (25.51%) Network Security
5 60 (24.69%) OSPF
6 54 (22.22%) VPN
7 48 (19.75%) VLAN
8 47 (19.34%) LAN
9 46 (18.93%) SD-WAN
10 30 (12.35%) MPLS
11 27 (11.11%) Wireless
12 23 (9.47%) IPsec
12 23 (9.47%) TCP/IP
13 22 (9.05%) DNS
14 21 (8.64%) Multicast
15 20 (8.23%) NGFW
16 19 (7.82%) Cisco IOS
16 19 (7.82%) Cisco Nexus
17 17 (7.00%) NX-OS
17 17 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (1.65%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.12%) JIRA
2 8 (3.29%) Git
3 5 (2.06%) GitLab
4 4 (1.65%) Artifactory
4 4 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (16.05%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.88%) Finance
3 23 (9.47%) Banking
4 22 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.00%) Military
6 16 (6.58%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.17%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (4.12%) Retail
10 8 (3.29%) Legal
11 7 (2.88%) Law
12 5 (2.06%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.06%) Police
13 2 (0.82%) Aviation
13 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 125 (51.44%) Network Engineer
2 36 (14.81%) Senior
3 32 (13.17%) Security Engineer
4 26 (10.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 24 (9.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 19 (7.82%) Architect
7 15 (6.17%) Firewall Engineer
7 15 (6.17%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (5.76%) Network Architect
9 12 (4.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 9 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.70%) Network Specialist
11 8 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 8 (3.29%) Senior Network Specialist
12 7 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (2.88%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.88%) Lead
13 6 (2.47%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.17%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.23%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.82%) OpenConfig
3 2 (0.82%) REST
3 2 (0.82%) RESTCONF
3 2 (0.82%) YANG
4 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.41%) Flask
4 1 (0.41%) Jinja
4 1 (0.41%) LDAP
4 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (23.46%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.47%) PKI
5 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.06%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.23%) CESG
8 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.23%) SCADA
9 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.82%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.29%) Windows
2 20 (8.23%) Linux
3 10 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.41%) CatOS
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.17%) ITIL
2 28 (11.52%) Network Design
2 28 (11.52%) Project Delivery
3 27 (11.11%) Migration
4 24 (9.88%) DevOps
4 24 (9.88%) High Availability
5 23 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (9.47%) Validation
6 22 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (9.05%) SIEM
7 20 (8.23%) Zero Trust
8 18 (7.41%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (7.00%) Load Balancing
9 17 (7.00%) Network Segmentation
10 16 (6.58%) CI/CD
10 16 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (6.58%) Mentoring
10 16 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (6.17%) Knowledge Transfer
12 14 (5.76%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.58%) Python
2 11 (4.53%) Bash
3 9 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.70%) SQL
4 2 (0.82%) Perl
5 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 83 (34.16%) Security Cleared
2 65 (26.75%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (26.75%) SC Cleared
3 54 (22.22%) CCNP
4 25 (10.29%) CCIE
5 21 (8.64%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.17%) Degree
7 10 (4.12%) CCSE
8 7 (2.88%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.88%) CCNA
9 5 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.06%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.06%) CCSM
9 5 (2.06%) JNCIA
9 5 (2.06%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.65%) CISSP
11 3 (1.23%) CCDP
11 3 (1.23%) CCIE Security
12 2 (0.82%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (0.82%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (3.70%) NCSC
1 9 (3.70%) SLA
2 8 (3.29%) NIST
3 6 (2.47%) GDPR
4 5 (2.06%) GRC
4 5 (2.06%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.65%) QA
6 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.23%) RMADS
7 2 (0.82%) ISA99
7 2 (0.82%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.29%) Firmware
4 7 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.47%) vSphere
6 4 (1.65%) Docker
7 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.23%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.41%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (20.58%) FortiGate
2 42 (17.28%) Ansible
3 27 (11.11%) Terraform
4 10 (4.12%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.12%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.88%) Grafana
5 7 (2.88%) WMI
6 5 (2.06%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (1.65%) Puppet
7 4 (1.65%) Salt
8 3 (1.23%) Consul
8 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.82%) CASB
9 2 (0.82%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.82%) Iperf
9 2 (0.82%) Nmap
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.41%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 151 (62.14%) Cisco
2 86 (35.39%) Palo Alto
3 47 (19.34%) F5
4 42 (17.28%) CheckPoint
5 41 (16.87%) Juniper
6 32 (13.17%) Microsoft
7 30 (12.35%) Arista
8 28 (11.52%) ServiceNow
9 26 (10.70%) VMware
10 22 (9.05%) Aruba
10 22 (9.05%) Zscaler
11 20 (8.23%) Infoblox
11 20 (8.23%) Splunk
12 18 (7.41%) SolarWinds
13 13 (5.35%) NetApp
14 7 (2.88%) Meraki
15 6 (2.47%) Blue Coat
15 6 (2.47%) HP
16 4 (1.65%) ForeScout
16 4 (1.65%) Veeam