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 2 May 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
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 306 327
Rank change year-on-year -82 +21 +110
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 201 180 219
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.50% 0.74% 0.59%
As % of the Vendors category 1.19% 1.55% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 108 127
10th Percentile £400 £421 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +5.87% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £613
90th Percentile £688 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £557 £500
% change year-on-year -10.19% +11.35% -4.76%

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 16,954 11,600 15,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.96% 47.54% 42.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,057 7,473 9,936
10th Percentile £313 £288 £257
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.99%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £631
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £517
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.43% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 888 460 1,003
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.73 £17.79 £14.27
Median hourly rate £30.63 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +20.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £56.91
90th Percentile £78.98 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.88 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +16.73% +17.56% -48.86%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 83 £525 -4.55% 27
South East -31 42 £480 -16.52% 25
North of England -65 22 £576 +0.61% 24
Midlands -73 20 £463 -14.35% 13
East Midlands -28 12 £650 +51.16% 3
North West -39 11 £577 +7.60% 11
Yorkshire -46 11 £413 -34.00% 11
West Midlands -73 7 £463 -16.06% 10
South West -29 6 £525 -8.70% 6
East of England -29 5 £475 - 6
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 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.99%) Confluence
3 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 51 (25.37%) Azure
2 42 (20.90%) AWS
3 10 (4.98%) Entra ID
3 10 (4.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 8 (3.98%) GCP
4 8 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.48%) GitHub
6 5 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.99%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.99%) AWS Control Tower
7 4 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.99%) SaaS
7 4 (1.99%) Serverless
8 3 (1.49%) IaaS
8 3 (1.49%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.49%) PaaS
8 3 (1.49%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 137 (68.16%) Firewall
2 76 (37.81%) WAN
3 59 (29.35%) BGP
4 50 (24.88%) Network Security
4 50 (24.88%) SD-WAN
5 49 (24.38%) OSPF
6 43 (21.39%) LAN
7 42 (20.90%) VPN
8 39 (19.40%) VLAN
9 26 (12.94%) MPLS
10 22 (10.95%) Wireless
11 20 (9.95%) TCP/IP
12 18 (8.96%) DNS
13 17 (8.46%) Multicast
14 16 (7.96%) IPsec
14 16 (7.96%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (7.46%) Cisco ASA
16 14 (6.97%) NGFW
17 13 (6.47%) Cisco Nexus
17 13 (6.47%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.99%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (1.99%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.48%) Git
1 7 (3.48%) JIRA
2 5 (2.49%) GitLab
3 4 (1.99%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (16.42%) Social Skills
2 20 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.45%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.46%) Military
5 16 (7.96%) Telecoms
6 15 (7.46%) Finance
7 14 (6.97%) Banking
8 12 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.48%) Law
10 6 (2.99%) Legal
11 5 (2.49%) Police
11 5 (2.49%) Retail
12 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.00%) Aviation
13 2 (1.00%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Electronics
14 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (45.27%) Network Engineer
2 31 (15.42%) Senior
3 25 (12.44%) Security Engineer
4 19 (9.45%) Network Security Engineer
5 18 (8.96%) Senior Network Engineer
6 17 (8.46%) Architect
7 15 (7.46%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) Firewall Engineer
8 10 (4.98%) Network Architect
9 9 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.48%) Lead
9 9 (4.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.48%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.48%) Network Specialist
10 7 (3.48%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 6 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (2.99%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (2.99%) Senior Network Specialist
12 5 (2.49%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.47%) 802.1X
2 6 (2.99%) NETCONF
3 5 (2.49%) YANG
4 4 (1.99%) OpenConfig
4 4 (1.99%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.50%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.50%) Flask
5 1 (0.50%) Jinja
5 1 (0.50%) JSON
5 1 (0.50%) LDAP
5 1 (0.50%) REST
5 1 (0.50%) SAML
5 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.41%) Data Centre
2 16 (7.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (4.48%) Operational Technology
3 9 (4.48%) Security Posture
4 7 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.99%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.99%) PKI
7 4 (1.99%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.99%) SCADA
8 3 (1.49%) CESG
9 2 (1.00%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.00%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.00%) NHS
9 2 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.97%) Windows
2 8 (3.98%) Linux
2 8 (3.98%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.50%) CatOS
4 1 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.50%) VMS
4 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.42%) ITIL
2 25 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (11.94%) Network Design
4 20 (9.95%) DevOps
5 19 (9.45%) Infrastructure as Code
5 19 (9.45%) Migration
6 17 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (8.46%) SIEM
6 17 (8.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (8.46%) Zero Trust
7 16 (7.96%) High Availability
7 16 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (7.46%) Validation
9 14 (6.97%) Change Management
9 14 (6.97%) Network Segmentation
10 13 (6.47%) Mentoring
10 13 (6.47%) Network Architecture
11 12 (5.97%) CI/CD
11 12 (5.97%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.41%) Python
2 10 (4.98%) Bash
3 9 (4.48%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.00%) SQL
5 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 76 (37.81%) Security Cleared
2 55 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 54 (26.87%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (20.40%) CCNP
5 24 (11.94%) CCIE
6 21 (10.45%) DV Cleared
7 13 (6.47%) CCNA
8 11 (5.47%) Degree
9 7 (3.48%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.48%) CCSE
9 7 (3.48%) CISSP
10 6 (2.99%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.49%) JNCIE
12 4 (1.99%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.99%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (1.49%) CCDP
13 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (1.00%) CISM
14 2 (1.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.97%) NIST
2 11 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.48%) NCSC
3 9 (4.48%) SLA
4 8 (3.98%) GDPR
5 4 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.99%) GRC
5 4 (1.99%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.99%) QA
6 3 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.49%) RMADS
7 2 (1.00%) ISA99
7 2 (1.00%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (8.96%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.99%) Firmware
4 4 (1.99%) Docker
4 4 (1.99%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.49%) vSphere
6 2 (1.00%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (19.40%) FortiGate
2 34 (16.92%) Ansible
3 25 (12.44%) Terraform
4 7 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.48%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.49%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.49%) Grafana
6 4 (1.99%) Puppet
6 4 (1.99%) Salt
7 3 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.00%) CASB
8 2 (1.00%) Consul
8 2 (1.00%) Iperf
8 2 (1.00%) Nmap
8 2 (1.00%) SCCM
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 117 (58.21%) Cisco
2 68 (33.83%) Palo Alto
3 37 (18.41%) CheckPoint
4 31 (15.42%) F5
4 31 (15.42%) Microsoft
5 30 (14.93%) Juniper
6 23 (11.44%) Zscaler
7 22 (10.95%) Arista
7 22 (10.95%) ServiceNow
8 21 (10.45%) Aruba
9 20 (9.95%) Infoblox
10 17 (8.46%) VMware
11 14 (6.97%) NetApp
12 11 (5.47%) SolarWinds
12 11 (5.47%) Splunk
13 9 (4.48%) Meraki
14 4 (1.99%) ForeScout
14 4 (1.99%) HP
14 4 (1.99%) Tenable
15 3 (1.49%) Dell