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 23 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
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 311 335
Rank change year-on-year -60 +24 +50
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 243 170 224
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.68% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 1.38% 1.43% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 95 130
10th Percentile £400 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £469 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £584
90th Percentile £633 £668 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.50 £17.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +285.05% - -
75th Percentile £78.56 - -
90th Percentile £78.68 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £17.79 -
% change year-on-year +332.83% - -

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 17,589 11,849 15,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.59% 47.44% 42.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,252 7,532 10,018
10th Percentile £313 £280 £273
25th Percentile £413 £404 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.44% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £518
% change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 945 535 1,070
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.50 £14.50
Median hourly rate £34.23 £27.13 £24.14
Median % change year-on-year +26.19% +12.37% -35.63%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.63 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.86 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £25.50 £24.05
% change year-on-year +33.29% +6.03% -43.18%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -56 99 £530 -4.72% 25
South East -39 39 £463 -19.57% 27
North of England -64 34 £532 +6.35% 28
Midlands -50 30 £565 +2.73% 13
North West -36 18 £576 +15.20% 18
West Midlands -64 17 £573 +3.99% 9
Yorkshire -43 15 £416 -27.62% 10
East Midlands -10 12 £475 +10.47% 4
East of England -27 5 £450 +12.50% 11
South West -33 3 £538 -10.42% 8
North East -38 1 £425 -
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 (2.06%) Confluence
2 2 (0.82%) Apache
2 2 (0.82%) CloudStack
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) nginx
3 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.88%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.22%) Azure
2 43 (17.70%) AWS
3 9 (3.70%) GitHub
4 8 (3.29%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.06%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.06%) Serverless
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.65%) AWS Control Tower
7 4 (1.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.65%) GCP
8 3 (1.23%) IaaS
9 2 (0.82%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.82%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.82%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 164 (67.49%) Firewall
2 84 (34.57%) WAN
3 76 (31.28%) BGP
4 61 (25.10%) Network Security
5 58 (23.87%) OSPF
6 55 (22.63%) VPN
7 50 (20.58%) VLAN
8 46 (18.93%) LAN
9 45 (18.52%) SD-WAN
10 30 (12.35%) MPLS
11 26 (10.70%) Wireless
12 23 (9.47%) IPsec
12 23 (9.47%) TCP/IP
13 22 (9.05%) DNS
14 21 (8.64%) Multicast
15 20 (8.23%) NGFW
16 19 (7.82%) Cisco IOS
17 18 (7.41%) Cisco Nexus
18 17 (7.00%) NX-OS
19 16 (6.58%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (1.65%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.12%) JIRA
2 8 (3.29%) Git
3 5 (2.06%) GitLab
4 4 (1.65%) Artifactory
4 4 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (16.46%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.88%) Finance
3 23 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.47%) Banking
4 17 (7.00%) Telecoms
5 16 (6.58%) Military
6 13 (5.35%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.53%) Retail
8 7 (2.88%) Law
8 7 (2.88%) Legal
9 5 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.06%) Police
10 2 (0.82%) Aviation
10 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 125 (51.44%) Network Engineer
2 37 (15.23%) Senior
3 32 (13.17%) Security Engineer
4 26 (10.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 24 (9.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 20 (8.23%) Architect
7 15 (6.17%) Network Architect
7 15 (6.17%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (5.76%) Firewall Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 9 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.70%) Network Specialist
11 8 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 8 (3.29%) Senior Network Specialist
12 7 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (2.88%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.88%) Lead
12 7 (2.88%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.35%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.65%) NETCONF
3 3 (1.23%) OpenConfig
3 3 (1.23%) RESTCONF
3 3 (1.23%) YANG
4 2 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.82%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.41%) Flask
5 1 (0.41%) Jinja
5 1 (0.41%) LDAP
5 1 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (24.69%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.47%) PKI
5 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.06%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.23%) SCADA
9 2 (0.82%) CESG
9 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.82%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.82%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.41%) Clustering
10 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.29%) Windows
2 20 (8.23%) Linux
3 10 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.82%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.41%) CatOS
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.41%) VMS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (12.76%) ITIL
1 31 (12.76%) Network Design
2 30 (12.35%) Project Delivery
3 28 (11.52%) Migration
4 24 (9.88%) DevOps
4 24 (9.88%) Validation
5 23 (9.47%) High Availability
5 23 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (9.05%) SIEM
7 21 (8.64%) Zero Trust
8 18 (7.41%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (7.00%) Load Balancing
9 17 (7.00%) Network Segmentation
9 17 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (6.58%) CI/CD
10 16 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (6.58%) Mentoring
11 15 (6.17%) Knowledge Transfer
11 15 (6.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.40%) Python
2 11 (4.53%) Bash
3 9 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.29%) SQL
5 2 (0.82%) Perl
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 81 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 66 (27.16%) Cisco Certification
3 63 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 55 (22.63%) CCNP
5 26 (10.70%) CCIE
6 21 (8.64%) DV Cleared
7 15 (6.17%) Degree
8 10 (4.12%) CCSE
9 7 (2.88%) AWS Certification
9 7 (2.88%) CCNA
10 5 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.06%) CCSM
10 5 (2.06%) CISSP
11 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.65%) JNCIA
11 4 (1.65%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.23%) CCIE Security
12 3 (1.23%) JNCIE
13 2 (0.82%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.82%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (3.70%) SLA
2 8 (3.29%) NCSC
2 8 (3.29%) NIST
3 6 (2.47%) GDPR
4 5 (2.06%) GRC
4 5 (2.06%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.65%) QA
6 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.82%) ISA99
7 2 (0.82%) RMADS
8 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
System Software
1 18 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.29%) Firmware
4 7 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.47%) vSphere
6 4 (1.65%) Docker
7 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.23%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.41%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (20.58%) FortiGate
2 43 (17.70%) Ansible
3 27 (11.11%) Terraform
4 10 (4.12%) Kubernetes
4 10 (4.12%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.88%) Grafana
5 7 (2.88%) WMI
6 5 (2.06%) Cisco Prime
7 4 (1.65%) Puppet
7 4 (1.65%) Salt
8 3 (1.23%) Consul
8 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.82%) CASB
9 2 (0.82%) Check_MK
9 2 (0.82%) Iperf
9 2 (0.82%) Nmap
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.41%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 152 (62.55%) Cisco
2 85 (34.98%) Palo Alto
3 48 (19.75%) F5
4 43 (17.70%) CheckPoint
4 43 (17.70%) Juniper
5 33 (13.58%) Microsoft
6 30 (12.35%) Arista
7 28 (11.52%) ServiceNow
8 26 (10.70%) VMware
9 22 (9.05%) Aruba
9 22 (9.05%) Zscaler
10 20 (8.23%) Infoblox
11 19 (7.82%) Splunk
12 18 (7.41%) SolarWinds
13 13 (5.35%) NetApp
14 7 (2.88%) Meraki
15 6 (2.47%) Blue Coat
15 6 (2.47%) HP
16 4 (1.65%) ForeScout
16 4 (1.65%) Veeam