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 5 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
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 309 345
Rank change year-on-year -93 +36 +84
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 165 175 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.69% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.02% 1.48% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 114 113
10th Percentile £375 £427 £365
25th Percentile £450 £494 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +10.10% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £860
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -4.53%

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 16,224 11,855 16,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.67% 46.74% 42.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,582 7,418 10,312
10th Percentile £306 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +1.94% -4.28%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.17% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 843 379 905
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £14.72
Median hourly rate £24.00 £31.35 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.43% +24.14% -27.86%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.54 £25.18
% change year-on-year -15.35% +17.30% -28.06%

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 5 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 5 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 -56 73 £525 -4.55% 19
South East -25 36 £480 -16.52% 35
Midlands -67 19 £500 -9.26% 12
North of England -72 19 £575 +0.44% 23
East Midlands -28 10 £650 +51.16% 5
Yorkshire -66 10 £544 -13.00% 7
North West -44 9 £575 +0.44% 16
West Midlands -62 9 £475 -13.79% 7
South West -38 5 £525 +7.42% 7
East of England -24 3 £500 -23.08% 15
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 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.03%) Confluence
3 2 (1.21%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) nginx
4 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.52%) Azure
2 46 (27.88%) AWS
3 19 (11.52%) GCP
4 14 (8.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.24%) GitHub
7 6 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.03%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.42%) SaaS
10 3 (1.82%) IaaS
10 3 (1.82%) PaaS
10 3 (1.82%) Route 53
11 2 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.21%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.21%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 107 (64.85%) Firewall
2 67 (40.61%) WAN
3 52 (31.52%) SD-WAN
4 48 (29.09%) VPN
5 45 (27.27%) Network Security
6 44 (26.67%) BGP
7 38 (23.03%) OSPF
8 37 (22.42%) LAN
9 33 (20.00%) MPLS
10 23 (13.94%) VLAN
11 21 (12.73%) TCP/IP
11 21 (12.73%) Wireless
12 17 (10.30%) DNS
13 16 (9.70%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (8.48%) DHCP
15 14 (8.48%) VXLAN
16 13 (7.88%) NGFW
17 11 (6.67%) IPsec
18 10 (6.06%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.45%) JIRA
2 6 (3.64%) GitLab
3 5 (3.03%) Git
4 4 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.21%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.12%) Telecoms
3 18 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.30%) Military
5 16 (9.70%) Finance
6 11 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.85%) Banking
8 6 (3.64%) Legal
9 5 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.82%) Law
11 2 (1.21%) Aviation
11 2 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.61%) Electronics
12 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.61%) Marketing
12 1 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (29.70%) Network Engineer
2 29 (17.58%) Architect
3 21 (12.73%) Network Architect
4 18 (10.91%) Senior
5 16 (9.70%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.48%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
8 9 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.45%) Lead
9 8 (4.85%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) Security Architect
11 6 (3.64%) Network Specialist
11 6 (3.64%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 5 (3.03%) Consultant
12 5 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 5 (3.03%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (3.03%) Security Manager
13 4 (2.42%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.85%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.64%) NETCONF
2 6 (3.64%) YANG
3 5 (3.03%) OpenConfig
4 4 (2.42%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.21%) JSON
5 2 (1.21%) XML
6 1 (0.61%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.61%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.97%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.03%) PKI
5 5 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.42%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.42%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.82%) CESG
7 3 (1.82%) Life Science
8 2 (1.21%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.21%) NHS
8 2 (1.21%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.03%) Windows
2 3 (1.82%) Linux
2 3 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.61%) VMS
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (18.18%) ITIL
3 28 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (14.55%) Network Design
5 22 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (12.73%) Migration
7 19 (11.52%) Network Architecture
8 18 (10.91%) Security Architecture
8 18 (10.91%) SIEM
8 18 (10.91%) Zero Trust
9 16 (9.70%) Agile
9 16 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (9.70%) Roadmaps
10 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.09%) DevOps
11 14 (8.48%) Change Management
11 14 (8.48%) Incident Response
11 14 (8.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (8.48%) Mentoring
12 12 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (17.58%) Python
2 7 (4.24%) Bash
2 7 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.82%) SQL
4 1 (0.61%) C++
4 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 59 (35.76%) Security Cleared
2 48 (29.09%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (22.42%) SC Cleared
4 35 (21.21%) CCNP
5 29 (17.58%) CCIE
6 19 (11.52%) DV Cleared
7 17 (10.30%) Degree
8 15 (9.09%) CISSP
9 12 (7.27%) CCNA
10 9 (5.45%) AWS Certification
11 8 (4.85%) Azure Certification
11 8 (4.85%) JNCIE
12 6 (3.64%) CCIE Security
13 5 (3.03%) CCSE
14 4 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (2.42%) CCSP
14 4 (2.42%) CISM
14 4 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.82%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.12%) NIST
2 17 (10.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.09%) GDPR
4 9 (5.45%) PCI DSS
5 8 (4.85%) SLA
6 6 (3.64%) NCSC
7 4 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.42%) GRC
8 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.82%) RMADS
9 2 (1.21%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.21%) QA
10 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (9.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.03%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.82%) Firmware
5 2 (1.21%) Docker
5 2 (1.21%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.21%) vSphere
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (18.79%) Ansible
2 27 (16.36%) FortiGate
3 24 (14.55%) Terraform
4 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.82%) Grafana
6 3 (1.82%) Iperf
6 3 (1.82%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.82%) Nmap
6 3 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.21%) CASB
7 2 (1.21%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.21%) Puppet
7 2 (1.21%) Salt
7 2 (1.21%) SCCM
7 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 88 (53.33%) Cisco
2 59 (35.76%) Palo Alto
3 34 (20.61%) Juniper
4 30 (18.18%) CheckPoint
5 27 (16.36%) F5
5 27 (16.36%) Microsoft
6 23 (13.94%) Aruba
7 21 (12.73%) ServiceNow
8 20 (12.12%) Zscaler
9 16 (9.70%) SolarWinds
10 14 (8.48%) NetApp
10 14 (8.48%) VMware
11 12 (7.27%) Meraki
12 11 (6.67%) Splunk
13 10 (6.06%) Arista
14 9 (5.45%) Infoblox
15 6 (3.64%) Tenable
16 4 (2.42%) Citrix
16 4 (2.42%) ForeScout
17 3 (1.82%) Nokia