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 24 December 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
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 295 345
Rank change year-on-year -56 +50 +126
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 193 225 221
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.78% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 1.29% 1.70% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 137 141
10th Percentile £400 £406 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £650 £650 £875
UK median daily rate £475 £536 £500
% change year-on-year -11.42% +7.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - £40.63
Median hourly rate £103.00 - £43.75
75th Percentile £105.50 - £46.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 £22.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +288.89% -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 14,990 13,240 16,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.44% 45.99% 44.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,721 8,058 10,582
10th Percentile £293 £299 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 382 600
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.51 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.69 £30.52 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.38% -33.48% +74.02%
75th Percentile £47.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.01 £80.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.75 £45.21
% change year-on-year -14.14% -38.62% +75.85%

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 24 December 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
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 24 December 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 -11 101 £475 -9.52% 50
South East -14 41 £480 -16.52% 33
Midlands -54 17 £475 -18.10% 9
West Midlands -25 13 £475 -18.10% 6
South West -15 10 £540 +20.00% 7
North of England -72 9 £425 -20.93% 22
North West -43 8 £500 -4.76% 16
East of England - 8 £700 - 6
East Midlands -27 4 £130 -65.33% 3
South Coast - 2 - -
Yorkshire -52 1 £310 -50.40% 5
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 (3.11%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.55%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 48 (24.87%) Azure
2 47 (24.35%) AWS
3 18 (9.33%) GCP
4 10 (5.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (5.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 8 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (3.11%) OpenShift
7 5 (2.59%) Akamai
7 5 (2.59%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.55%) GitHub
8 3 (1.55%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.55%) SaaS
9 2 (1.04%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.04%) IaaS
9 2 (1.04%) PaaS
9 2 (1.04%) Route 53
9 2 (1.04%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 132 (68.39%) Firewall
2 74 (38.34%) WAN
3 73 (37.82%) SD-WAN
4 65 (33.68%) LAN
5 57 (29.53%) VPN
6 53 (27.46%) BGP
7 48 (24.87%) OSPF
8 45 (23.32%) Network Security
9 40 (20.73%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (17.62%) Cisco Nexus
11 30 (15.54%) Wireless
12 28 (14.51%) MPLS
13 26 (13.47%) VLAN
14 22 (11.40%) TCP/IP
15 21 (10.88%) Cisco ASA
16 18 (9.33%) DNS
17 15 (7.77%) DHCP
18 13 (6.74%) SNMP
19 11 (5.70%) VXLAN
20 10 (5.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.07%) GitLab
3 3 (1.55%) Git
3 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.03%) Public Sector
3 22 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.88%) Finance
5 19 (9.84%) Telecoms
6 14 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.11%) Military
8 4 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.07%) Legal
8 4 (2.07%) Local Government
8 4 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Advertising
9 2 (1.04%) Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Police
10 1 (0.52%) Electronics
10 1 (0.52%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (31.09%) Network Engineer
2 52 (26.94%) Architect
3 41 (21.24%) Network Architect
4 20 (10.36%) Senior
5 19 (9.84%) Security Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (5.70%) Designer
7 11 (5.70%) Lead
7 11 (5.70%) Network Design Architect
8 10 (5.18%) Network Specialist
8 10 (5.18%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (4.66%) Consultant
9 9 (4.66%) Security Architect
10 8 (4.15%) Firewall Engineer
10 8 (4.15%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 8 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.63%) Network Security Architect
11 7 (3.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.11%) IP Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.07%) 802.1X
1 4 (2.07%) NETCONF
1 4 (2.07%) YANG
2 3 (1.55%) OpenConfig
3 2 (1.04%) JSON
3 2 (1.04%) RESTCONF
3 2 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.06%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.63%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.63%) PKI
4 5 (2.59%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (2.59%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.55%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.55%) Life Science
6 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.55%) SCADA
6 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.04%) NHS
7 2 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.04%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.74%) Windows
2 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.52%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (0.52%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.03%) Network Design
2 28 (14.51%) Incident Response
3 27 (13.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (13.47%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (12.95%) Migration
6 23 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.36%) Network Architecture
7 20 (10.36%) Roadmaps
7 20 (10.36%) SIEM
8 19 (9.84%) High Availability
9 17 (8.81%) Change Management
9 17 (8.81%) ITIL
10 15 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (7.77%) Security Architecture
11 14 (7.25%) Network Segmentation
12 13 (6.74%) Agile
12 13 (6.74%) Cloud Security
13 12 (6.22%) Zero Trust
14 11 (5.70%) Network Monitoring
15 10 (5.18%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.51%) Python
2 5 (2.59%) Bash
2 5 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.55%) SQL
4 1 (0.52%) C++
4 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 64 (33.16%) Security Cleared
2 57 (29.53%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (27.46%) SC Cleared
4 43 (22.28%) CCNP
5 26 (13.47%) CCIE
6 18 (9.33%) CISSP
7 16 (8.29%) Degree
8 14 (7.25%) CCNA
9 12 (6.22%) JNCIE
10 11 (5.70%) AWS Certification
11 8 (4.15%) Azure Certification
12 6 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (3.11%) CCIE Security
12 6 (3.11%) CISM
13 5 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (2.07%) CCSP
14 4 (2.07%) CISA
14 4 (2.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.33%) NIST
2 16 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (7.77%) GDPR
4 8 (4.15%) SLA
5 7 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.59%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.07%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.52%) PMO
8 1 (0.52%) QA
8 1 (0.52%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.70%) Active Directory
3 10 (5.18%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.04%) Firmware
5 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (17.62%) FortiGate
2 30 (15.54%) Ansible
3 23 (11.92%) Terraform
4 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.07%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.07%) QRadar
6 3 (1.55%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.55%) Iperf
6 3 (1.55%) Nmap
6 3 (1.55%) SCCM
7 2 (1.04%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.52%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 128 (66.32%) Cisco
2 68 (35.23%) Palo Alto
3 49 (25.39%) Juniper
4 35 (18.13%) F5
5 31 (16.06%) CheckPoint
5 31 (16.06%) Microsoft
6 23 (11.92%) SolarWinds
7 19 (9.84%) Aruba
8 14 (7.25%) VMware
9 12 (6.22%) Meraki
10 10 (5.18%) Zscaler
11 9 (4.66%) Splunk
12 8 (4.15%) Citrix
13 7 (3.63%) Forcepoint
14 6 (3.11%) Tenable
15 5 (2.59%) Arista
16 4 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (2.07%) Infoblox
17 3 (1.55%) McAfee
17 3 (1.55%) Nokia