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 25 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
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 301 338
Rank change year-on-year -110 +37 +75
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 173 173 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.71% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.05% 1.51% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 115 117
10th Percentile £373 £406 £375
25th Percentile £441 £494 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £570 £496
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.86% -5.48%

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 16,450 11,495 16,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.85% 47.35% 42.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,734 7,433 10,247
10th Percentile £311 £291 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.14% -4.73%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 873 406 949
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.00 £14.36
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +24.48% -31.20%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £52.78
90th Percentile £76.28 £81.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.38 £29.00 £23.56
% change year-on-year -12.48% +23.12% -38.82%

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 25 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 25 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 -79 66 £530 -3.64% 21
South East -29 39 £473 -17.83% 25
Midlands -67 22 £469 -14.93% 14
North of England -75 22 £575 +0.44% 15
East Midlands -27 11 £650 +51.16% 5
North West -40 11 £576 +0.61% 12
Yorkshire -56 11 £413 -34.00% 3
West Midlands -58 10 £469 -14.93% 9
South West -25 6 £538 +30.30% 5
East of England -29 6 £475 - 13
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 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.89%) Confluence
3 3 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.31%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 55 (31.79%) Azure
2 49 (28.32%) AWS
3 19 (10.98%) GCP
4 13 (7.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 9 (5.20%) Entra ID
5 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.05%) GitHub
7 6 (3.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.89%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.31%) SaaS
10 3 (1.73%) IaaS
10 3 (1.73%) PaaS
10 3 (1.73%) Route 53
11 2 (1.16%) Akamai
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.16%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 115 (66.47%) Firewall
2 71 (41.04%) WAN
3 53 (30.64%) SD-WAN
4 50 (28.90%) BGP
4 50 (28.90%) VPN
5 47 (27.17%) Network Security
6 43 (24.86%) OSPF
7 39 (22.54%) LAN
8 33 (19.08%) MPLS
9 30 (17.34%) VLAN
10 23 (13.29%) TCP/IP
11 20 (11.56%) Cisco ASA
11 20 (11.56%) Wireless
12 19 (10.98%) DNS
13 18 (10.40%) DHCP
13 18 (10.40%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (8.09%) NGFW
14 14 (8.09%) VXLAN
15 11 (6.36%) IPsec
15 11 (6.36%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.16%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (5.78%) JIRA
2 6 (3.47%) GitLab
3 5 (2.89%) Git
4 4 (2.31%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.16%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 18 (10.40%) Finance
4 18 (10.40%) Telecoms
5 16 (9.25%) Military
6 11 (6.36%) Banking
7 10 (5.78%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.47%) Legal
9 5 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.31%) Law
11 3 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.16%) Aviation
12 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.16%) Police
12 2 (1.16%) Retail
13 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (35.26%) Network Engineer
2 28 (16.18%) Architect
3 20 (11.56%) Security Engineer
4 19 (10.98%) Network Architect
5 18 (10.40%) Senior
6 14 (8.09%) Systems Engineer
7 13 (7.51%) Network Security Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.20%) Lead
9 9 (5.20%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (4.05%) Firewall Engineer
10 7 (4.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (4.05%) Security Architect
10 7 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.89%) IT Engineer
11 5 (2.89%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 4 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
12 4 (2.31%) Consultant
12 4 (2.31%) IP Specialist
12 4 (2.31%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.78%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.47%) NETCONF
2 6 (3.47%) YANG
3 5 (2.89%) OpenConfig
4 4 (2.31%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.16%) JSON
5 2 (1.16%) XML
6 1 (0.58%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.58%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.34%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (5.78%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.62%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.47%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.89%) PKI
6 5 (2.89%) SCADA
6 5 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.31%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.31%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.73%) CESG
8 3 (1.73%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.73%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.16%) Life Science
9 2 (1.16%) NHS
9 2 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.78%) Windows
2 7 (4.05%) Linux
3 5 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (19.65%) ITIL
2 29 (16.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (13.87%) Network Design
5 22 (12.72%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (10.98%) Zero Trust
7 18 (10.40%) SIEM
8 17 (9.83%) Incident Response
8 17 (9.83%) Network Architecture
9 16 (9.25%) DevOps
9 16 (9.25%) Migration
9 16 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (8.67%) Change Management
10 15 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (8.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (8.67%) Mentoring
10 15 (8.67%) Security Architecture
11 14 (8.09%) Load Balancing
12 13 (7.51%) Agile
12 13 (7.51%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.34%) Python
2 9 (5.20%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.89%) Bash
4 3 (1.73%) SQL
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (36.42%) Security Cleared
2 52 (30.06%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (24.28%) SC Cleared
4 38 (21.97%) CCNP
5 30 (17.34%) CCIE
6 20 (11.56%) DV Cleared
7 16 (9.25%) Degree
8 14 (8.09%) CCNA
9 13 (7.51%) CISSP
10 9 (5.20%) AWS Certification
10 9 (5.20%) Azure Certification
11 7 (4.05%) CCSE
11 7 (4.05%) JNCIE
12 6 (3.47%) CCIE Security
13 4 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.31%) CCSP
13 4 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.31%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (1.73%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.98%) NIST
2 18 (10.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (8.09%) GDPR
4 10 (5.78%) SLA
5 9 (5.20%) NCSC
5 9 (5.20%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.31%) GRC
7 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.73%) RMADS
8 2 (1.16%) ISA99
8 2 (1.16%) JSP 440
8 2 (1.16%) QA
9 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (8.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.31%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.73%) Firmware
4 3 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.73%) vSphere
5 2 (1.16%) Docker
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (17.92%) Ansible
2 26 (15.03%) FortiGate
3 24 (13.87%) Terraform
4 5 (2.89%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (1.73%) Grafana
5 3 (1.73%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.16%) CASB
6 2 (1.16%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.16%) Iperf
6 2 (1.16%) Nmap
6 2 (1.16%) Puppet
6 2 (1.16%) Salt
6 2 (1.16%) SCCM
6 2 (1.16%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.58%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 94 (54.34%) Cisco
2 60 (34.68%) Palo Alto
3 32 (18.50%) CheckPoint
3 32 (18.50%) Juniper
4 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
5 26 (15.03%) F5
6 23 (13.29%) Aruba
7 21 (12.14%) ServiceNow
8 20 (11.56%) Zscaler
9 17 (9.83%) VMware
10 14 (8.09%) Arista
10 14 (8.09%) NetApp
10 14 (8.09%) SolarWinds
11 13 (7.51%) Infoblox
12 12 (6.94%) Meraki
13 11 (6.36%) Splunk
14 6 (3.47%) Tenable
15 4 (2.31%) Dell
15 4 (2.31%) ForeScout
15 4 (2.31%) HP