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 1 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
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 312 339
Rank change year-on-year -89 +27 +92
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 160 176 212
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.69% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.01% 1.48% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 116 114
10th Percentile £378 £428 £366
25th Percentile £452 £494 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% +10.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £597 £616 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £859
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £496
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.87% -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 15,859 11,931 16,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.79% 46.73% 43.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,353 7,428 10,470
10th Percentile £305 £285 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +1.35% -3.63%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £635
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.97% -2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 828 372 911
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.62 £12.76
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £14.94
Median hourly rate £24.00 £31.42 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.62% +20.86% -21.80%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.62 £54.78
90th Percentile £74.26 £84.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.28 £30.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% +17.65% -27.14%

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 1 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 1 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 -47 72 £525 -4.55% 19
South East -15 34 £480 -18.30% 47
Midlands -59 19 £500 -9.26% 15
North of England -72 18 £575 +0.44% 33
East Midlands -23 10 £650 +51.16% 7
Yorkshire -65 10 £544 -13.00% 9
West Midlands -58 9 £475 -13.79% 8
North West -49 8 £575 +0.44% 23
South West -36 5 £525 +7.42% 13
East of England -26 3 £500 -23.08% 22
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 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.50%) Confluence
3 2 (1.25%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) nginx
4 1 (0.63%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (31.88%) Azure
2 46 (28.75%) AWS
3 19 (11.88%) GCP
4 14 (8.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (6.88%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (3.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (3.75%) GitHub
7 5 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.13%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.50%) SaaS
9 3 (1.88%) IaaS
9 3 (1.88%) PaaS
9 3 (1.88%) Route 53
10 2 (1.25%) Akamai
10 2 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.25%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 106 (66.25%) Firewall
2 67 (41.88%) WAN
3 53 (33.13%) SD-WAN
4 48 (30.00%) VPN
5 43 (26.88%) BGP
5 43 (26.88%) Network Security
6 38 (23.75%) LAN
6 38 (23.75%) OSPF
7 32 (20.00%) MPLS
8 23 (14.38%) VLAN
9 21 (13.13%) Wireless
10 19 (11.88%) TCP/IP
11 16 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (10.00%) DNS
12 15 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (8.75%) VXLAN
14 13 (8.13%) DHCP
15 12 (7.50%) NGFW
16 11 (6.88%) IPsec
17 10 (6.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.25%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.00%) JIRA
2 6 (3.75%) GitLab
3 4 (2.50%) Git
3 4 (2.50%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.25%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 18 (11.25%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.63%) Military
5 16 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (9.38%) Finance
7 11 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.38%) Banking
9 6 (3.75%) Legal
10 5 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.50%) Law
12 2 (1.25%) Aviation
12 2 (1.25%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.63%) Electronics
13 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (30.63%) Network Engineer
2 29 (18.13%) Architect
3 21 (13.13%) Network Architect
4 18 (11.25%) Senior
5 16 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.75%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.88%) Network Security Engineer
8 8 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.00%) Lead
8 8 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (4.38%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.75%) Network Specialist
10 6 (3.75%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 5 (3.13%) Consultant
11 5 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.13%) Firewall Engineer
11 5 (3.13%) Security Manager
12 4 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.38%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.13%) NETCONF
2 5 (3.13%) YANG
3 4 (2.50%) OpenConfig
4 3 (1.88%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.25%) JSON
5 2 (1.25%) XML
6 1 (0.63%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.88%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.88%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.13%) PKI
7 4 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.50%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.50%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.50%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.88%) CESG
8 3 (1.88%) Life Science
9 2 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.25%) NHS
9 2 (1.25%) SCADA
9 2 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.50%) Windows
2 3 (1.88%) Linux
3 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.63%) VMS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (19.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (16.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (16.25%) ITIL
4 24 (15.00%) Network Design
5 21 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (13.13%) Migration
6 19 (11.88%) Network Architecture
7 17 (10.63%) Security Architecture
7 17 (10.63%) Zero Trust
8 16 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 16 (10.00%) SIEM
9 15 (9.38%) Agile
9 15 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (8.75%) Change Management
10 14 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (8.75%) DevOps
10 14 (8.75%) Incident Response
10 14 (8.75%) Mentoring
11 13 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.50%) Python
2 7 (4.38%) Bash
2 7 (4.38%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.88%) SQL
4 1 (0.63%) C++
4 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 59 (36.88%) Security Cleared
2 46 (28.75%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (23.13%) SC Cleared
4 34 (21.25%) CCNP
5 27 (16.88%) CCIE
6 19 (11.88%) DV Cleared
7 16 (10.00%) Degree
8 15 (9.38%) CISSP
9 12 (7.50%) CCNA
10 9 (5.63%) AWS Certification
11 8 (5.00%) Azure Certification
12 7 (4.38%) JNCIE
13 6 (3.75%) CCIE Security
14 5 (3.13%) CCSE
15 4 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (2.50%) CCSP
15 4 (2.50%) CISM
15 4 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.25%) NIST
2 16 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.38%) GDPR
4 8 (5.00%) PCI DSS
5 7 (4.38%) SLA
6 6 (3.75%) NCSC
7 4 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.50%) GRC
8 3 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.88%) RMADS
9 2 (1.25%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.25%) QA
10 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.13%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.88%) Firmware
5 2 (1.25%) Docker
5 2 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.25%) vSphere
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (18.13%) Ansible
2 26 (16.25%) FortiGate
3 23 (14.38%) Terraform
4 6 (3.75%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.88%) Grafana
5 3 (1.88%) Iperf
5 3 (1.88%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.88%) Nmap
5 3 (1.88%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.25%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.25%) Puppet
6 2 (1.25%) Salt
6 2 (1.25%) SCCM
6 2 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.63%) CASB
7 1 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.63%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 86 (53.75%) Cisco
2 60 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 33 (20.63%) Juniper
4 30 (18.75%) CheckPoint
5 25 (15.63%) F5
6 24 (15.00%) Aruba
6 24 (15.00%) Microsoft
7 19 (11.88%) ServiceNow
8 17 (10.63%) SolarWinds
8 17 (10.63%) Zscaler
9 14 (8.75%) NetApp
10 13 (8.13%) VMware
11 12 (7.50%) Meraki
12 10 (6.25%) Arista
13 8 (5.00%) Splunk
14 7 (4.38%) Infoblox
15 6 (3.75%) Tenable
16 4 (2.50%) Citrix
17 3 (1.88%) Nokia
17 3 (1.88%) Red Hat