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 26 February 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
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 309 341
Rank change year-on-year -107 +32 +84
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 158 175 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.68% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 0.99% 1.46% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 113 114
10th Percentile £369 £415 £363
25th Percentile £428 £494 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.21%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £859
UK median daily rate £500 £571 £496
% change year-on-year -12.47% +15.11% -5.48%

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 15,894 12,025 16,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.94% 46.67% 43.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,383 7,440 10,316
10th Percentile £305 £285 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% -3.30%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £705 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £517
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.58% -1.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 355 875
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.43 £21.25 £15.29
Median hourly rate £24.00 £31.35 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.43% +20.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £54.78
90th Percentile £73.75 £81.80 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.28 £30.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% +15.38% -21.21%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -35 69 £525 -4.55% 7
South East -14 37 £480 -16.52% 27
Midlands -60 20 £475 -13.79% 9
North of England -75 14 £413 -23.26% 23
East Midlands -26 11 £390 -9.30% 2
Yorkshire -63 10 £544 -13.00% 5
West Midlands -60 9 £475 -13.79% 7
South West -38 5 £525 +14.75% 4
North West -40 4 £400 -23.81% 18
East of England -16 3 £500 -23.08% 10
South Coast - 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 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.53%) Confluence
3 2 (1.27%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (31.01%) Azure
2 47 (29.75%) AWS
3 19 (12.03%) GCP
4 14 (8.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (6.96%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.16%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.53%) GitHub
8 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.53%) SaaS
9 3 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.90%) IaaS
9 3 (1.90%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.90%) PaaS
9 3 (1.90%) Route 53
10 2 (1.27%) Akamai
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 105 (66.46%) Firewall
2 69 (43.67%) WAN
3 52 (32.91%) SD-WAN
4 50 (31.65%) VPN
5 45 (28.48%) BGP
6 43 (27.22%) Network Security
7 40 (25.32%) LAN
7 40 (25.32%) OSPF
8 34 (21.52%) MPLS
9 24 (15.19%) VLAN
10 22 (13.92%) Wireless
11 21 (13.29%) TCP/IP
12 18 (11.39%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (10.13%) DNS
14 15 (9.49%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (8.86%) VXLAN
16 13 (8.23%) DHCP
17 12 (7.59%) IPsec
17 12 (7.59%) NGFW
18 10 (6.33%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.27%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.06%) JIRA
2 6 (3.80%) GitLab
3 4 (2.53%) Git
3 4 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.27%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 44 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.66%) Public Sector
2 20 (12.66%) Telecoms
3 17 (10.76%) Military
4 16 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (9.49%) Finance
6 12 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.80%) Legal
8 5 (3.16%) Banking
8 5 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.53%) Law
10 2 (1.27%) Aviation
10 2 (1.27%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (31.01%) Network Engineer
2 30 (18.99%) Architect
3 22 (13.92%) Network Architect
4 19 (12.03%) Senior
5 18 (11.39%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.86%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (7.59%) Network Security Engineer
8 8 (5.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.06%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.43%) Lead
9 7 (4.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (4.43%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.80%) Network Specialist
10 6 (3.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 5 (3.16%) Consultant
11 5 (3.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.16%) Firewall Engineer
11 5 (3.16%) Security Manager
12 4 (2.53%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.43%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.16%) NETCONF
2 5 (3.16%) YANG
3 4 (2.53%) OpenConfig
4 3 (1.90%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.27%) JSON
5 2 (1.27%) XML
6 1 (0.63%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.35%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.96%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.43%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.16%) PKI
7 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.53%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.53%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.90%) CESG
8 3 (1.90%) Life Science
9 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.27%) NHS
9 2 (1.27%) SCADA
9 2 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.27%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.53%) Windows
2 3 (1.90%) Linux
3 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.63%) VMS
4 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (17.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (15.19%) Network Design
4 22 (13.92%) Migration
5 21 (13.29%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (12.66%) ITIL
7 19 (12.03%) Network Architecture
8 17 (10.76%) Roadmaps
8 17 (10.76%) Security Architecture
8 17 (10.76%) Zero Trust
9 15 (9.49%) Change Management
9 15 (9.49%) Incident Response
9 15 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (8.86%) Agile
10 14 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (8.86%) Mentoring
11 12 (7.59%) DevOps
12 11 (6.96%) Network Monitoring
12 11 (6.96%) SIEM
12 11 (6.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.99%) Python
2 8 (5.06%) Bash
3 7 (4.43%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.90%) SQL
5 1 (0.63%) C++
5 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (39.87%) Security Cleared
2 46 (29.11%) Cisco Certification
3 40 (25.32%) SC Cleared
4 33 (20.89%) CCNP
5 27 (17.09%) CCIE
6 19 (12.03%) DV Cleared
7 15 (9.49%) CISSP
8 13 (8.23%) Degree
9 12 (7.59%) CCNA
10 10 (6.33%) AWS Certification
11 9 (5.70%) JNCIE
12 8 (5.06%) Azure Certification
13 6 (3.80%) CCIE Security
14 5 (3.16%) CCSE
15 4 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (2.53%) CCSP
15 4 (2.53%) CISM
15 4 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.76%) NIST
2 16 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.49%) GDPR
4 8 (5.06%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.80%) NCSC
5 6 (3.80%) SLA
6 4 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.53%) GRC
7 3 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.90%) RMADS
8 2 (1.27%) JSP 440
8 2 (1.27%) QA
9 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (9.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.80%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.90%) Firmware
5 2 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.27%) vSphere
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (18.35%) Ansible
2 26 (16.46%) FortiGate
3 22 (13.92%) Terraform
4 6 (3.80%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.53%) Iperf
5 4 (2.53%) Nmap
6 3 (1.90%) Grafana
6 3 (1.90%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.90%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.27%) Puppet
7 2 (1.27%) Salt
7 2 (1.27%) SCCM
7 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.27%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.63%) CASB
8 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.63%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 87 (55.06%) Cisco
2 63 (39.87%) Palo Alto
3 36 (22.78%) Juniper
4 33 (20.89%) CheckPoint
5 26 (16.46%) F5
6 24 (15.19%) Aruba
7 22 (13.92%) Microsoft
8 19 (12.03%) SolarWinds
9 15 (9.49%) ServiceNow
10 14 (8.86%) NetApp
10 14 (8.86%) VMware
11 12 (7.59%) Meraki
12 11 (6.96%) Zscaler
13 9 (5.70%) Arista
14 6 (3.80%) Tenable
15 4 (2.53%) Citrix
15 4 (2.53%) Infoblox
16 3 (1.90%) Extreme Networks
16 3 (1.90%) Nokia
16 3 (1.90%) Red Hat