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 10 June 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
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 307 331
Rank change year-on-year -69 +24 +69
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 230 180 216
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.74% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.34% 1.55% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 103 126
10th Percentile £400 £401 £375
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £649 £650 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £59.10 - -
25th Percentile £65.25 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 £17.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +332.83% - -
75th Percentile £78.63 - -
90th Percentile £78.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.25 £17.79 -
% change year-on-year +334.23% - -

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 17,126 11,610 15,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.54% 47.45% 41.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,994 7,370 9,982
10th Percentile £313 £276 £267
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -0.61% -1.67%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £515
% change year-on-year -0.20% -2.72% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 907 510 1,045
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.81 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +19.82% +13.97% -39.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £59.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +8.51% -45.35%

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 10 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fortinet in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

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 10 June 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 -73 94 £530 +3.41% 27
South East -48 39 £463 -19.57% 36
North of England -69 30 £575 +15.00% 24
Midlands -64 28 £565 +2.73% 14
West Midlands -60 16 £565 +2.54% 10
Yorkshire -46 15 £416 -27.62% 11
North West -37 14 £600 +20.00% 12
East Midlands -21 11 - - 4
South West -23 4 £550 -8.33% 7
East of England -24 4 £450 +16.13% 3
North East -27 1 £425 - 1
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 (2.17%) Confluence
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.87%) Apache
3 2 (0.87%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 53 (23.04%) Azure
2 45 (19.57%) AWS
3 10 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 8 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (3.48%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.04%) GitHub
6 6 (2.61%) GCP
6 6 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.17%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.74%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.74%) AWS Control Tower
8 4 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.74%) Serverless
9 3 (1.30%) IaaS
9 3 (1.30%) Route 53
10 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 157 (68.26%) Firewall
2 81 (35.22%) WAN
3 67 (29.13%) BGP
4 59 (25.65%) Network Security
5 55 (23.91%) OSPF
6 53 (23.04%) VPN
7 50 (21.74%) LAN
8 45 (19.57%) VLAN
9 43 (18.70%) SD-WAN
10 29 (12.61%) MPLS
11 24 (10.43%) Wireless
12 20 (8.70%) DNS
12 20 (8.70%) IPsec
12 20 (8.70%) Multicast
13 19 (8.26%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (7.83%) NGFW
14 18 (7.83%) TCP/IP
15 17 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (6.96%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (6.52%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (1.74%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.35%) JIRA
2 8 (3.48%) Git
3 5 (2.17%) GitLab
4 4 (1.74%) Artifactory
4 4 (1.74%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (16.09%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.13%) Finance
4 19 (8.26%) Banking
5 17 (7.39%) Military
6 15 (6.52%) Telecoms
7 14 (6.09%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.91%) Retail
10 8 (3.48%) Legal
11 7 (3.04%) Law
12 5 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.17%) Police
13 2 (0.87%) Aviation
13 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 113 (49.13%) Network Engineer
2 35 (15.22%) Senior
3 29 (12.61%) Security Engineer
4 24 (10.43%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 18 (7.83%) Architect
7 15 (6.52%) Firewall Engineer
7 15 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (5.65%) Network Architect
9 12 (5.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 9 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.91%) Network Specialist
11 8 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Lead
11 8 (3.48%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 8 (3.48%) Senior Network Specialist
12 7 (3.04%) IT Engineer
13 6 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
14 5 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.09%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.30%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.87%) OpenConfig
3 2 (0.87%) REST
3 2 (0.87%) RESTCONF
3 2 (0.87%) YANG
4 1 (0.43%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.43%) Flask
4 1 (0.43%) Jinja
4 1 (0.43%) LDAP
4 1 (0.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (23.91%) Data Centre
2 17 (7.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (3.48%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.61%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.61%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.61%) PKI
4 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.74%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.30%) CESG
7 3 (1.30%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.30%) SCADA
8 2 (0.87%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.00%) Windows
2 19 (8.26%) Linux
3 9 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.43%) CatOS
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.48%) ITIL
2 27 (11.74%) Network Design
3 25 (10.87%) Project Delivery
4 24 (10.43%) DevOps
4 24 (10.43%) High Availability
5 23 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (9.13%) Migration
7 20 (8.70%) SIEM
8 18 (7.83%) Validation
8 18 (7.83%) Zero Trust
9 17 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (7.39%) Mentoring
9 17 (7.39%) Network Monitoring
10 16 (6.96%) CI/CD
10 16 (6.96%) Load Balancing
11 15 (6.52%) Network Segmentation
11 15 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.83%) Python
2 10 (4.35%) Bash
3 8 (3.48%) SQL
4 7 (3.04%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 82 (35.65%) Security Cleared
2 65 (28.26%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (27.83%) SC Cleared
4 54 (23.48%) CCNP
5 23 (10.00%) CCIE
6 21 (9.13%) DV Cleared
7 16 (6.96%) Degree
8 12 (5.22%) CCSE
9 8 (3.48%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.48%) CCNA
10 6 (2.61%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.17%) CCSM
11 5 (2.17%) JNCIA
11 5 (2.17%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.30%) CCDP
12 3 (1.30%) CISSP
12 3 (1.30%) JNCIE
13 2 (0.87%) CCIP
13 2 (0.87%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (3.91%) NCSC
1 9 (3.91%) NIST
1 9 (3.91%) SLA
2 6 (2.61%) GDPR
3 5 (2.17%) GRC
3 5 (2.17%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.74%) QA
5 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (1.30%) RMADS
6 2 (0.87%) ISA99
6 2 (0.87%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.48%) Firmware
4 7 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.61%) vSphere
6 4 (1.74%) Docker
6 4 (1.74%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.30%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.43%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 39 (16.96%) Ansible
3 25 (10.87%) Terraform
4 10 (4.35%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.35%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.04%) Grafana
6 6 (2.61%) WMI
7 5 (2.17%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.74%) Puppet
8 4 (1.74%) Salt
9 3 (1.30%) Consul
9 3 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.87%) CASB
10 2 (0.87%) Check_MK
10 2 (0.87%) Iperf
10 2 (0.87%) Nmap
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.43%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 144 (62.61%) Cisco
2 84 (36.52%) Palo Alto
3 45 (19.57%) F5
4 42 (18.26%) CheckPoint
5 38 (16.52%) Juniper
6 33 (14.35%) Microsoft
7 29 (12.61%) Arista
8 27 (11.74%) ServiceNow
9 26 (11.30%) VMware
10 23 (10.00%) Aruba
11 21 (9.13%) Infoblox
11 21 (9.13%) Zscaler
12 18 (7.83%) SolarWinds
13 17 (7.39%) Splunk
14 13 (5.65%) NetApp
15 7 (3.04%) Meraki
16 6 (2.61%) Blue Coat
16 6 (2.61%) HP
17 5 (2.17%) Veeam
18 4 (1.74%) ForeScout