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 1 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 290 339
Rank change year-on-year -74 +49 +122
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 181 225 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.80% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.21% 1.74% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 136 127
10th Percentile £400 £406 £350
25th Percentile £450 £472 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £599 £600
90th Percentile £678 £650 £745
UK median daily rate £480 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% -4.76%
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 14,956 12,945 16,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.18% 46.05% 44.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,753 7,849 10,411
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 699 372 613
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.28 £14.18
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.06 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -34.78% +70.37%
75th Percentile £47.63 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.85 £80.54 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.24 £45.94
% change year-on-year -12.53% -40.71% +76.69%

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 1 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 1 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 -20 94 £475 -9.52% 69
South East -10 41 £480 -17.10% 55
Midlands -51 16 £475 -18.10% 35
West Midlands -35 12 £500 -13.79% 20
North of England -78 9 £488 -9.30% 48
South West -21 8 £513 +13.89% 22
North West -41 7 £575 +9.52% 24
East of England - 7 £700 - 30
East Midlands -28 4 £130 -65.33% 13
Yorkshire -67 2 £310 -50.40% 19
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 (3.31%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.66%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (27.62%) AWS
2 48 (26.52%) Azure
3 18 (9.94%) GCP
4 12 (6.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (5.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.31%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.76%) Akamai
8 5 (2.76%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.66%) GitHub
9 3 (1.66%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.66%) Route 53
9 3 (1.66%) SaaS
10 2 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.10%) IaaS
10 2 (1.10%) PaaS
10 2 (1.10%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 121 (66.85%) Firewall
2 73 (40.33%) WAN
3 66 (36.46%) SD-WAN
4 58 (32.04%) LAN
4 58 (32.04%) VPN
5 52 (28.73%) BGP
6 48 (26.52%) OSPF
7 43 (23.76%) Network Security
8 33 (18.23%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (16.57%) Wireless
10 29 (16.02%) MPLS
11 26 (14.36%) VLAN
12 25 (13.81%) Cisco Nexus
13 23 (12.71%) TCP/IP
14 19 (10.50%) Cisco ASA
15 17 (9.39%) DNS
16 14 (7.73%) DHCP
17 13 (7.18%) SNMP
18 10 (5.52%) SSL
18 10 (5.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.31%) JIRA
2 4 (2.21%) GitLab
3 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) Git
General
1 45 (24.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.47%) Public Sector
3 22 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.05%) Finance
5 17 (9.39%) Telecoms
6 13 (7.18%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.76%) Legal
8 4 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.21%) Local Government
8 4 (2.21%) Military
8 4 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Advertising
9 2 (1.10%) Banking
9 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.10%) Law
9 2 (1.10%) Police
10 1 (0.55%) Electronics
10 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 58 (32.04%) Network Engineer
2 42 (23.20%) Architect
3 34 (18.78%) Network Architect
4 19 (10.50%) Security Engineer
4 19 (10.50%) Senior
5 12 (6.63%) Lead
5 12 (6.63%) Network Security Engineer
6 11 (6.08%) Designer
7 10 (5.52%) Network Design Architect
8 9 (4.97%) Consultant
8 9 (4.97%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 9 (4.97%) Security Architect
8 9 (4.97%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (4.42%) Firewall Engineer
9 8 (4.42%) Network Specialist
9 8 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.87%) Network Security Architect
11 6 (3.31%) IP Designer
11 6 (3.31%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.76%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.21%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.21%) YANG
3 3 (1.66%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.10%) JSON
4 2 (1.10%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.57%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.87%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (2.76%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.76%) PKI
6 4 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.21%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.66%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.66%) Life Science
7 3 (1.66%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.66%) SCADA
7 3 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.10%) NHS
8 2 (1.10%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.08%) Windows
2 3 (1.66%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.55%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (14.92%) Incident Response
2 27 (14.92%) Migration
2 27 (14.92%) Network Design
3 26 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (11.05%) Roadmaps
6 19 (10.50%) SIEM
7 18 (9.94%) High Availability
7 18 (9.94%) ITIL
7 18 (9.94%) Network Architecture
8 15 (8.29%) Change Management
8 15 (8.29%) Security Architecture
9 14 (7.73%) Network Segmentation
10 13 (7.18%) Agile
10 13 (7.18%) Cloud Security
10 13 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (7.18%) Network Monitoring
11 12 (6.63%) Mentoring
11 12 (6.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.92%) Python
2 5 (2.76%) Bash
2 5 (2.76%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.66%) SQL
4 1 (0.55%) C++
4 1 (0.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (33.15%) Security Cleared
2 54 (29.83%) Cisco Certification
3 49 (27.07%) SC Cleared
4 40 (22.10%) CCNP
5 24 (13.26%) CCIE
6 17 (9.39%) CISSP
7 16 (8.84%) Degree
8 14 (7.73%) CCNA
9 13 (7.18%) AWS Certification
10 12 (6.63%) JNCIE
11 8 (4.42%) Azure Certification
12 6 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (3.31%) CISM
13 5 (2.76%) CCIE Security
13 5 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (2.21%) CCSP
14 4 (2.21%) CISA
14 4 (2.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.94%) NIST
2 16 (8.84%) GDPR
3 15 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.42%) SLA
5 7 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (2.76%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.10%) NCSC
8 1 (0.55%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.55%) PMO
8 1 (0.55%) QA
8 1 (0.55%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (7.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (6.08%) Active Directory
3 10 (5.52%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.10%) Firmware
5 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (19.89%) FortiGate
2 30 (16.57%) Ansible
3 26 (14.36%) Terraform
4 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.21%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.21%) QRadar
6 3 (1.66%) Iperf
6 3 (1.66%) Nmap
6 3 (1.66%) SCCM
7 2 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.10%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.10%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.55%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.55%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 115 (63.54%) Cisco
2 66 (36.46%) Palo Alto
3 42 (23.20%) Juniper
4 32 (17.68%) CheckPoint
5 30 (16.57%) F5
5 30 (16.57%) Microsoft
6 23 (12.71%) SolarWinds
7 20 (11.05%) Aruba
8 14 (7.73%) VMware
9 12 (6.63%) Meraki
10 9 (4.97%) Zscaler
11 8 (4.42%) Citrix
12 7 (3.87%) Forcepoint
12 7 (3.87%) Splunk
13 6 (3.31%) Tenable
14 4 (2.21%) Arista
14 4 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (2.21%) Infoblox
15 3 (1.66%) Extreme Networks
15 3 (1.66%) McAfee