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 21 November 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
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 299 337
Rank change year-on-year -53 +38 +123
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 192 235 245
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.76% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 1.32% 1.68% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 142 166
10th Percentile £400 £406 £350
25th Percentile £425 £456 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £648 £650 £748
UK median daily rate £475 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +8.00% -4.76%
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% +54.87%

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 14,552 13,990 17,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.65% 45.04% 44.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,363 8,415 11,588
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 734 436 618
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +64.81%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +72.61%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -6 106 £475 -13.64% 57
South East -16 36 £475 -13.64% 45
Midlands -37 18 £463 -20.26% 14
West Midlands -19 15 £475 -18.10% 10
South West -10 10 £540 +20.00% 10
East of England - 10 £700 - 14
North of England -65 8 £425 -19.05% 22
North West -33 7 £450 -14.29% 18
East Midlands -25 3 £130 -65.33% 4
South Coast - 2 - -
Yorkshire -52 1 £310 - 2
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 (3.13%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.56%) Confluence
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 39 (20.31%) Azure
2 38 (19.79%) AWS
3 15 (7.81%) GCP
4 9 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (4.17%) Akamai
6 7 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 6 (3.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.13%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.56%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.56%) GitHub
9 3 (1.56%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.04%) IaaS
10 2 (1.04%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.04%) PaaS
10 2 (1.04%) SaaS
11 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 130 (67.71%) Firewall
2 73 (38.02%) SD-WAN
3 68 (35.42%) WAN
4 61 (31.77%) BGP
5 58 (30.21%) OSPF
6 56 (29.17%) LAN
7 55 (28.65%) VPN
8 44 (22.92%) Network Security
9 39 (20.31%) Cisco Nexus
10 34 (17.71%) Wi-Fi
11 29 (15.10%) Wireless
12 28 (14.58%) MPLS
13 27 (14.06%) VLAN
14 22 (11.46%) DNS
15 21 (10.94%) Cisco ASA
16 18 (9.38%) DHCP
16 18 (9.38%) TCP/IP
17 14 (7.29%) SNMP
18 13 (6.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 13 (6.77%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (3.13%) JIRA
2 4 (2.08%) GitLab
3 3 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.04%) Git
5 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 47 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.54%) Public Sector
3 23 (11.98%) Finance
4 18 (9.38%) Telecoms
5 17 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.85%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.60%) Military
7 4 (2.08%) Local Government
8 3 (1.56%) Banking
8 3 (1.56%) Legal
8 3 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Advertising
9 2 (1.04%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.04%) Aviation
9 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Law
9 2 (1.04%) Police
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 65 (33.85%) Network Engineer
2 51 (26.56%) Architect
3 40 (20.83%) Network Architect
4 20 (10.42%) Security Engineer
5 19 (9.90%) Senior
6 13 (6.77%) Network Security Engineer
7 12 (6.25%) Designer
8 11 (5.73%) Network Design Architect
9 10 (5.21%) Senior Network Engineer
9 10 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.69%) Consultant
10 9 (4.69%) Network Specialist
11 8 (4.17%) Security Architect
12 7 (3.65%) Firewall Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Lead
12 7 (3.65%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 7 (3.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (3.13%) IP Designer
13 6 (3.13%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.04%) NETCONF
1 2 (1.04%) OpenConfig
1 2 (1.04%) YANG
2 1 (0.52%) JSON
2 1 (0.52%) RESTCONF
2 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.13%) PKI
5 5 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.08%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.08%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.56%) SCADA
8 2 (1.04%) Life Science
8 2 (1.04%) NHS
8 2 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.04%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.77%) Windows
2 5 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.52%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (13.02%) Network Design
2 24 (12.50%) Migration
3 23 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (11.98%) Incident Response
3 23 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (11.46%) High Availability
5 21 (10.94%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (9.90%) ITIL
6 19 (9.90%) Network Segmentation
7 18 (9.38%) Network Architecture
7 18 (9.38%) SIEM
8 17 (8.85%) Roadmaps
9 16 (8.33%) Change Management
10 14 (7.29%) Security Architecture
11 13 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (6.25%) Agile
12 12 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
13 11 (5.73%) Cloud Security
14 10 (5.21%) Knowledge Transfer
14 10 (5.21%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.10%) Python
2 5 (2.60%) Bash
2 5 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (1.56%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.04%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) C++
5 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 59 (30.73%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (29.69%) Security Cleared
3 49 (25.52%) SC Cleared
4 46 (23.96%) CCNP
5 28 (14.58%) CCIE
6 18 (9.38%) CISSP
7 14 (7.29%) Degree
8 12 (6.25%) CCNA
8 12 (6.25%) JNCIE
9 11 (5.73%) AWS Certification
10 7 (3.65%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (3.13%) CISM
12 5 (2.60%) CCIE Security
12 5 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.08%) CCSP
13 4 (2.08%) CISA
13 4 (2.08%) DV Cleared
13 4 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (8.85%) NIST
2 13 (6.77%) GDPR
3 9 (4.69%) SLA
4 7 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.60%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.56%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (7.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.21%) VMware NSX
3 9 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (19.27%) FortiGate
2 29 (15.10%) Ansible
3 20 (10.42%) Terraform
4 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.08%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.08%) OpenView
5 4 (2.08%) QRadar
6 3 (1.56%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.56%) Iperf
6 3 (1.56%) Nmap
6 3 (1.56%) SCCM
7 2 (1.04%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.04%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 131 (68.23%) Cisco
2 58 (30.21%) Palo Alto
3 45 (23.44%) Juniper
4 43 (22.40%) F5
5 29 (15.10%) CheckPoint
6 28 (14.58%) Microsoft
7 27 (14.06%) SolarWinds
8 15 (7.81%) Aruba
9 14 (7.29%) VMware
10 12 (6.25%) Meraki
11 8 (4.17%) Arista
12 7 (3.65%) Citrix
12 7 (3.65%) Forcepoint
12 7 (3.65%) Splunk
12 7 (3.65%) Zscaler
13 5 (2.60%) Tenable
14 3 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (1.56%) Extreme Networks
14 3 (1.56%) Infoblox
14 3 (1.56%) McAfee