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 22 September 2025, 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
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 299 367
Rank change year-on-year -16 +68 +110
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 190 246 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.76% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.71% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 148 166
10th Percentile £400 £400 £350
25th Percentile £430 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -5.31%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £650
90th Percentile £678 £650 £748
UK median daily rate £489 £536 £491
% change year-on-year -8.90% +9.16% -4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £26.06 - -
25th Percentile £38.47 - £40.63
Median hourly rate £60.40 - £43.75
75th Percentile £83.57 - £46.88
90th Percentile £96.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.40 £22.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +168.42% -48.57% -

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 13,011 14,422 18,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.45% 44.41% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,252 8,772 12,396
10th Percentile £275 £300 £263
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -1.87%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £650
90th Percentile £712 £733 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 622 575 591
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.50 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.62 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +83.61%
75th Percentile £44.01 £65.00 £63.38
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.75 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.87% -30.34% +86.11%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Fortinet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Fortinet 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 22 September 2025.

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 22 September 2025.

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 22 September 2025. 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 +23 114 £475 -9.52% 34
South East -15 24 £613 +20.69% 18
Midlands -15 20 £463 -20.26% 12
West Midlands 0 17 £550 -5.17% 11
North of England -39 12 £475 -2.56% 15
North West -18 9 £475 -9.52% 9
South West +15 8 £540 +20.00% 10
East of England - 8 £700 - 2
East Midlands -18 3 £130 -65.33% 1
Yorkshire -30 3 £500 +41.84% 5
South Coast - 2 - -
Fortinet
UK

Fortinet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.16%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.79%) AWS
2 25 (13.16%) Azure
3 7 (3.68%) Akamai
3 7 (3.68%) GCP
4 6 (3.16%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (3.16%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.05%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.53%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 136 (71.58%) Firewall
2 68 (35.79%) BGP
3 67 (35.26%) OSPF
4 57 (30.00%) SD-WAN
5 54 (28.42%) Network Security
5 54 (28.42%) VPN
6 53 (27.89%) LAN
7 50 (26.32%) WAN
8 43 (22.63%) Cisco Nexus
9 33 (17.37%) Wireless
10 31 (16.32%) VLAN
11 29 (15.26%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (14.21%) MPLS
12 27 (14.21%) TCP/IP
13 21 (11.05%) IPsec
14 19 (10.00%) DNS
15 14 (7.37%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (7.37%) SSL
16 13 (6.84%) SNMP
16 13 (6.84%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Git
1 1 (0.53%) GitLab
1 1 (0.53%) JIRA
1 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.11%) Telecoms
3 21 (11.05%) Finance
4 19 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 18 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.68%) Legal
7 5 (2.63%) Banking
7 5 (2.63%) Law
8 4 (2.11%) Local Government
8 4 (2.11%) Military
9 2 (1.05%) Advertising
9 2 (1.05%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.05%) Aviation
9 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (34.74%) Network Engineer
2 43 (22.63%) Architect
3 38 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 16 (8.42%) Senior
5 15 (7.89%) Designer
5 15 (7.89%) Security Engineer
6 12 (6.32%) Cisco Engineer
7 11 (5.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 11 (5.79%) Network Security Architect
7 11 (5.79%) Security Architect
8 10 (5.26%) Firewall Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Network Design Architect
9 9 (4.74%) Consultant
9 9 (4.74%) Network Designer
9 9 (4.74%) Network Security Engineer
10 8 (4.21%) Lead
10 8 (4.21%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Network Specialist
11 7 (3.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.05%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.32%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (5.26%) PKI
3 6 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.11%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.58%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.58%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.53%) SCADA
8 1 (0.53%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.32%) Windows
2 6 (3.16%) Check Point GAiA
3 5 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.26%) High Availability
2 27 (14.21%) Network Design
3 24 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (11.58%) Network Segmentation
5 21 (11.05%) Migration
5 21 (11.05%) Network Monitoring
6 20 (10.53%) SIEM
7 18 (9.47%) Incident Response
8 17 (8.95%) ITIL
9 15 (7.89%) Network Architecture
9 15 (7.89%) Roadmaps
10 14 (7.37%) Change Management
11 13 (6.84%) Computer Science
12 12 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (5.79%) Validation
14 9 (4.74%) ITSM
14 9 (4.74%) Service Management
14 9 (4.74%) Stakeholder Management
15 8 (4.21%) Data Protection
15 8 (4.21%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.21%) Python
2 8 (4.21%) Bash
3 5 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.05%) Perl
4 2 (1.05%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.53%) C++
5 1 (0.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (33.16%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (26.84%) Security Cleared
3 47 (24.74%) CCNP
4 44 (23.16%) SC Cleared
5 30 (15.79%) CCIE
6 17 (8.95%) Degree
7 12 (6.32%) JNCIE
8 9 (4.74%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.74%) CCNA
8 9 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.68%) CCSE
10 5 (2.63%) CISSP
10 5 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.11%) CISA
11 4 (2.11%) CISM
11 4 (2.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (2.11%) JNCIA
11 4 (2.11%) JNCIS
11 4 (2.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.79%) NIST
2 7 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.11%) GDPR
3 4 (2.11%) SLA
4 3 (1.58%) NCSC
5 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (3.68%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Firmware
3 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (16.84%) FortiGate
2 28 (14.74%) Ansible
3 15 (7.89%) Terraform
4 5 (2.63%) Cisco Prime
5 4 (2.11%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.11%) OpenView
5 4 (2.11%) QRadar
6 3 (1.58%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.58%) Iperf
6 3 (1.58%) Nmap
7 2 (1.05%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.05%) SCCM
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.53%) Nagios
8 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 133 (70.00%) Cisco
2 48 (25.26%) Palo Alto
3 42 (22.11%) Juniper
4 37 (19.47%) CheckPoint
4 37 (19.47%) F5
5 29 (15.26%) SolarWinds
6 20 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 13 (6.84%) Aruba
8 12 (6.32%) Arista
9 10 (5.26%) VMware
10 9 (4.74%) Meraki
11 8 (4.21%) Splunk
12 6 (3.16%) Citrix
13 5 (2.63%) AlgoSec
13 5 (2.63%) Ericsson
13 5 (2.63%) Forcepoint
13 5 (2.63%) Tufin
14 3 (1.58%) HP
14 3 (1.58%) McAfee
14 3 (1.58%) Zscaler