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 7 January 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
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 287 358
Rank change year-on-year -84 +71 +85
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 173 218 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.80% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.17% 1.73% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 132 121
10th Percentile £400 £406 £350
25th Percentile £450 £472 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £600
90th Percentile £673 £650 £745
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £493
% change year-on-year -13.64% +11.68% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.63
Median hourly rate - - £43.75
75th Percentile - - £46.88
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £22.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +277.78% -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 14,807 12,572 15,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.79% 45.97% 43.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,693 7,610 10,273
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £412 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £709 £725 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 683 357 611
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £17.08 £19.04
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -32.58% +50.85%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.52
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £44.50
% change year-on-year -12.89% -38.54% +63.30%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -31 86 £475 -9.52% 31
South East -16 41 £480 -16.52% 19
Midlands -56 16 £475 -18.10% 4
West Midlands -42 12 £500 -13.79% 4
North of England -72 10 £488 -9.30% 15
South West -16 7 £513 +13.89% 4
North West -40 7 £575 +9.52% 9
East of England - 6 £600 - 5
East Midlands -35 4 £130 -65.33%
Yorkshire -63 3 £310 -50.40% 5
South Coast - 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 (3.47%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.73%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.90%) AWS
2 48 (27.75%) Azure
3 18 (10.40%) GCP
4 12 (6.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (5.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.47%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.89%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.73%) Akamai
9 3 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.73%) GitHub
9 3 (1.73%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.73%) Route 53
9 3 (1.73%) SaaS
10 2 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.16%) IaaS
10 2 (1.16%) PaaS
10 2 (1.16%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 115 (66.47%) Firewall
2 72 (41.62%) WAN
3 61 (35.26%) SD-WAN
4 57 (32.95%) VPN
5 54 (31.21%) LAN
6 49 (28.32%) BGP
7 45 (26.01%) OSPF
8 42 (24.28%) Network Security
9 30 (17.34%) Wireless
10 29 (16.76%) MPLS
10 29 (16.76%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (15.61%) VLAN
12 23 (13.29%) TCP/IP
13 19 (10.98%) Cisco ASA
13 19 (10.98%) Cisco Nexus
14 17 (9.83%) DNS
15 14 (8.09%) DHCP
16 11 (6.36%) SNMP
17 10 (5.78%) SSL
17 10 (5.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.47%) JIRA
2 4 (2.31%) GitLab
3 3 (1.73%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.16%) Git
General
1 44 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.03%) Public Sector
3 22 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.56%) Finance
5 16 (9.25%) Telecoms
6 12 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Legal
8 4 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Local Government
8 4 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Military
10 2 (1.16%) Advertising
10 2 (1.16%) Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Police
11 1 (0.58%) Electronics
11 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 55 (31.79%) Network Engineer
2 40 (23.12%) Architect
3 32 (18.50%) Network Architect
4 19 (10.98%) Security Engineer
4 19 (10.98%) Senior
5 12 (6.94%) Lead
5 12 (6.94%) Network Security Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) Consultant
7 9 (5.20%) Network Design Architect
7 9 (5.20%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Designer
8 8 (4.62%) Firewall Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Security Architect
8 8 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.05%) Network Specialist
10 6 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) IP Designer
10 6 (3.47%) Network Security Architect
10 6 (3.47%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.31%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.31%) YANG
3 3 (1.73%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.16%) JSON
4 2 (1.16%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.34%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.05%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (2.89%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.31%) PKI
6 4 (2.31%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.73%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.73%) Life Science
7 3 (1.73%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.73%) SCADA
7 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) NHS
8 2 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.16%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.20%) Windows
2 1 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (0.58%) Linux
2 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.18%) Migration
1 28 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (15.61%) Incident Response
2 27 (15.61%) Network Design
3 26 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (11.56%) Roadmaps
6 19 (10.98%) SIEM
7 18 (10.40%) Network Architecture
8 17 (9.83%) ITIL
9 16 (9.25%) High Availability
10 15 (8.67%) Security Architecture
11 14 (8.09%) Change Management
12 13 (7.51%) Agile
12 13 (7.51%) Cloud Security
13 12 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (6.94%) Knowledge Transfer
13 12 (6.94%) Mentoring
13 12 (6.94%) Zero Trust
14 11 (6.36%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.61%) Python
2 5 (2.89%) Bash
2 5 (2.89%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.89%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.73%) SQL
4 1 (0.58%) C++
4 1 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 57 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 52 (30.06%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (27.75%) SC Cleared
4 39 (22.54%) CCNP
5 24 (13.87%) CCIE
6 17 (9.83%) CISSP
7 16 (9.25%) Degree
8 13 (7.51%) AWS Certification
8 13 (7.51%) CCNA
9 12 (6.94%) JNCIE
10 8 (4.62%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.47%) CISM
12 5 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.89%) CCIE Security
12 5 (2.89%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.31%) CCSP
13 4 (2.31%) CISA
13 4 (2.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.40%) NIST
2 16 (9.25%) GDPR
3 15 (8.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.62%) SLA
5 7 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.89%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.58%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.58%) NCSC
7 1 (0.58%) PMO
7 1 (0.58%) QA
7 1 (0.58%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.78%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (19.65%) FortiGate
2 30 (17.34%) Ansible
3 26 (15.03%) Terraform
4 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.31%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.31%) QRadar
6 3 (1.73%) Iperf
6 3 (1.73%) Nmap
6 3 (1.73%) SCCM
7 2 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.16%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.16%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.58%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 107 (61.85%) Cisco
2 65 (37.57%) Palo Alto
3 39 (22.54%) Juniper
4 32 (18.50%) CheckPoint
5 29 (16.76%) Microsoft
6 28 (16.18%) F5
7 21 (12.14%) SolarWinds
8 20 (11.56%) Aruba
9 14 (8.09%) VMware
10 12 (6.94%) Meraki
11 9 (5.20%) Zscaler
12 8 (4.62%) Citrix
13 7 (4.05%) Forcepoint
14 6 (3.47%) Splunk
14 6 (3.47%) Tenable
15 4 (2.31%) Arista
15 4 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (2.31%) Infoblox
16 3 (1.73%) McAfee
16 3 (1.73%) Nokia