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 11 March 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
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 297 340
Rank change year-on-year -106 +43 +95
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 165 180 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.73% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.03% 1.55% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 121 116
10th Percentile £375 £425 £369
25th Percentile £445 £494 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -5.21%
75th Percentile £593 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £794
UK median daily rate £500 £573 £493
% change year-on-year -12.66% +16.24% -6.19%

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 16,091 11,643 16,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.32% 47.17% 42.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,483 7,405 10,441
10th Percentile £306 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.55% -4.26%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.97% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 384 949
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.19 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% +23.12% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £74.84 £81.98 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.79% +17.65% -29.63%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -51 71 £525 -4.55% 16
South East -23 37 £470 -18.26% 34
Midlands -69 20 £475 -13.79% 13
North of England -78 20 £575 -0.22% 22
Yorkshire -65 11 £413 -34.00% 6
East Midlands -30 10 £650 +51.16% 7
West Midlands -64 10 £469 -14.93% 5
North West -43 9 £575 +0.44% 16
South West -27 5 £525 +0.96% 8
East of England -23 3 £500 +5.26% 17
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 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.03%) Confluence
3 2 (1.21%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (32.12%) Azure
2 45 (27.27%) AWS
3 19 (11.52%) GCP
4 14 (8.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 11 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.24%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (4.24%) GitHub
7 6 (3.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.42%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.42%) SaaS
9 3 (1.82%) IaaS
9 3 (1.82%) PaaS
9 3 (1.82%) Route 53
10 2 (1.21%) Akamai
10 2 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.21%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 107 (64.85%) Firewall
2 66 (40.00%) WAN
3 52 (31.52%) SD-WAN
4 47 (28.48%) VPN
5 44 (26.67%) Network Security
6 43 (26.06%) BGP
7 37 (22.42%) LAN
7 37 (22.42%) OSPF
8 32 (19.39%) MPLS
9 24 (14.55%) VLAN
10 22 (13.33%) TCP/IP
11 18 (10.91%) DNS
11 18 (10.91%) Wireless
12 16 (9.70%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (9.70%) DHCP
12 16 (9.70%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (8.48%) VXLAN
14 13 (7.88%) NGFW
15 10 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (6.06%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon QuickSight
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.45%) JIRA
2 6 (3.64%) GitLab
3 5 (3.03%) Git
4 4 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.21%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (10.91%) Public Sector
2 18 (10.91%) Telecoms
3 16 (9.70%) Finance
3 16 (9.70%) Military
4 10 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.45%) Banking
6 6 (3.64%) Legal
7 5 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.82%) Law
9 2 (1.21%) Aviation
9 2 (1.21%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.61%) Police
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (31.52%) Network Engineer
2 28 (16.97%) Architect
3 21 (12.73%) Network Architect
4 17 (10.30%) Senior
5 15 (9.09%) Security Engineer
6 14 (8.48%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
8 9 (5.45%) Lead
9 8 (4.85%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (4.24%) Security Architect
10 7 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.03%) Consultant
11 5 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.03%) Firewall Engineer
11 5 (3.03%) IT Engineer
11 5 (3.03%) Network Specialist
11 5 (3.03%) Security Manager
11 5 (3.03%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.45%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.64%) NETCONF
2 6 (3.64%) YANG
3 5 (3.03%) OpenConfig
4 4 (2.42%) RESTCONF
5 2 (1.21%) JSON
5 2 (1.21%) XML
6 1 (0.61%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.61%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.36%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.42%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.42%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.42%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.42%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.82%) CESG
7 3 (1.82%) Life Science
7 3 (1.82%) PKI
8 2 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.21%) NHS
8 2 (1.21%) SCADA
8 2 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.85%) Windows
2 4 (2.42%) Linux
2 4 (2.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (20.00%) ITIL
2 30 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (17.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (14.55%) Network Design
5 21 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (11.52%) Migration
6 19 (11.52%) SIEM
7 18 (10.91%) Security Architecture
7 18 (10.91%) Zero Trust
8 17 (10.30%) Network Architecture
9 16 (9.70%) DevOps
10 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (9.09%) Roadmaps
11 14 (8.48%) Change Management
11 14 (8.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (7.88%) Agile
12 13 (7.88%) Incident Response
12 13 (7.88%) Mentoring
12 13 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.76%) Python
2 8 (4.85%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.03%) Bash
4 4 (2.42%) SQL
5 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 59 (35.76%) Security Cleared
2 48 (29.09%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (23.03%) SC Cleared
4 34 (20.61%) CCNP
5 28 (16.97%) CCIE
6 20 (12.12%) DV Cleared
7 17 (10.30%) Degree
8 15 (9.09%) CISSP
9 13 (7.88%) CCNA
10 8 (4.85%) AWS Certification
10 8 (4.85%) Azure Certification
11 7 (4.24%) JNCIE
12 6 (3.64%) CCIE Security
12 6 (3.64%) CCSE
13 4 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.42%) CCSP
13 4 (2.42%) CISM
13 4 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.12%) NIST
2 17 (10.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.09%) GDPR
4 9 (5.45%) PCI DSS
4 9 (5.45%) SLA
5 6 (3.64%) NCSC
6 4 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.42%) GRC
7 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.82%) RMADS
8 2 (1.21%) JSP 440
8 2 (1.21%) QA
9 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (10.30%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.42%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.82%) vSphere
5 2 (1.21%) Docker
5 2 (1.21%) Firmware
5 2 (1.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (17.58%) Ansible
2 27 (16.36%) FortiGate
3 23 (13.94%) Terraform
4 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.03%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (1.82%) Grafana
6 3 (1.82%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.21%) CASB
7 2 (1.21%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.21%) Iperf
7 2 (1.21%) Nmap
7 2 (1.21%) Puppet
7 2 (1.21%) Salt
7 2 (1.21%) SCCM
7 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.21%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 87 (52.73%) Cisco
2 58 (35.15%) Palo Alto
3 32 (19.39%) Juniper
4 30 (18.18%) CheckPoint
5 27 (16.36%) Microsoft
6 25 (15.15%) F5
7 24 (14.55%) Aruba
8 21 (12.73%) ServiceNow
9 20 (12.12%) Zscaler
10 15 (9.09%) SolarWinds
10 15 (9.09%) VMware
11 14 (8.48%) NetApp
12 12 (7.27%) Meraki
13 11 (6.67%) Arista
13 11 (6.67%) Splunk
14 10 (6.06%) Infoblox
15 5 (3.03%) Tenable
16 4 (2.42%) Citrix
16 4 (2.42%) ForeScout
16 4 (2.42%) HP