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 May 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 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 294 345
Rank change year-on-year -97 +51 +79
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 199 180 211
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.74% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.18% 1.55% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 105 121
10th Percentile £379 £427 £375
25th Percentile £450 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £690 £650 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £551 £500
% change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -4.76%

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 16,850 11,636 15,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.43% 47.52% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,918 7,502 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -2.81%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £515
% change year-on-year -2.72% -0.19% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 466 1,003
10th Percentile £15.65 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.53 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.23 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% +17.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -48.43%

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 May 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 May 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 -66 81 £530 -3.64% 39
South East -34 39 £466 -18.91% 24
North of England -71 24 £576 +0.61% 20
Midlands -69 22 £538 -1.28% 16
North West -41 13 £577 +7.60% 12
East Midlands -26 12 £650 +51.16% 2
Yorkshire -50 11 £413 -34.00% 7
West Midlands -72 9 £538 -2.27% 14
East of England -27 5 £475 - 7
South West -32 5 £538 -10.42% 6
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 4 (2.01%) Confluence
1 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (2.51%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 50 (25.13%) Azure
2 41 (20.60%) AWS
3 10 (5.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 9 (4.52%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.02%) GCP
6 7 (3.52%) GitHub
7 6 (3.02%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.01%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.01%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.01%) AWS Control Tower
9 4 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.01%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.01%) Serverless
10 3 (1.51%) Route 53
11 2 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.01%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 136 (68.34%) Firewall
2 71 (35.68%) WAN
3 56 (28.14%) BGP
4 49 (24.62%) Network Security
5 46 (23.12%) OSPF
6 45 (22.61%) SD-WAN
7 40 (20.10%) LAN
8 38 (19.10%) VLAN
8 38 (19.10%) VPN
9 23 (11.56%) MPLS
10 21 (10.55%) Wireless
11 20 (10.05%) TCP/IP
12 18 (9.05%) Multicast
13 16 (8.04%) DNS
13 16 (8.04%) IPsec
14 15 (7.54%) NGFW
15 14 (7.04%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (7.04%) Cisco Nexus
15 14 (7.04%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (6.03%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (2.01%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.02%) JIRA
2 7 (3.52%) Git
3 5 (2.51%) GitLab
4 4 (2.01%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.51%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (15.08%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.54%) Military
4 15 (7.54%) Finance
5 14 (7.04%) Banking
5 14 (7.04%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.04%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.53%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.52%) Law
7 7 (3.52%) Retail
8 6 (3.02%) Legal
9 4 (2.01%) Police
10 3 (1.51%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.01%) Aviation
11 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (46.23%) Network Engineer
2 32 (16.08%) Senior
3 25 (12.56%) Security Engineer
4 19 (9.55%) Network Security Engineer
4 19 (9.55%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (7.54%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (6.53%) Architect
7 12 (6.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Firewall Engineer
8 10 (5.03%) Lead
9 8 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (4.02%) Network Architect
10 7 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.52%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.52%) Network Specialist
11 6 (3.02%) Automation Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (3.02%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 6 (3.02%) Senior Network Specialist
12 5 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.03%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.02%) NETCONF
3 5 (2.51%) YANG
4 4 (2.01%) OpenConfig
4 4 (2.01%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.50%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.50%) Flask
5 1 (0.50%) Jinja
5 1 (0.50%) JSON
5 1 (0.50%) LDAP
5 1 (0.50%) REST
5 1 (0.50%) SAML
5 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.60%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (4.52%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.02%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.01%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.01%) PKI
7 4 (2.01%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.01%) SCADA
8 3 (1.51%) CESG
8 3 (1.51%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.01%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.50%) Life Science
10 1 (0.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.53%) Windows
2 9 (4.52%) Linux
3 8 (4.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.50%) CatOS
5 1 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.50%) VMS
5 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.58%) ITIL
2 25 (12.56%) Network Design
3 23 (11.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 21 (10.55%) DevOps
5 19 (9.55%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (9.05%) SIEM
7 17 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (8.04%) Migration
8 16 (8.04%) Zero Trust
9 15 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (7.54%) High Availability
9 15 (7.54%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (7.54%) Validation
10 14 (7.04%) CI/CD
10 14 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (7.04%) Network Monitoring
10 14 (7.04%) Network Segmentation
11 13 (6.53%) Mentoring
11 13 (6.53%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (6.03%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.59%) Python
2 10 (5.03%) Bash
3 8 (4.02%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.01%) SQL
5 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 75 (37.69%) Security Cleared
2 55 (27.64%) SC Cleared
3 52 (26.13%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (19.60%) CCNP
5 22 (11.06%) CCIE
6 20 (10.05%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.53%) CCNA
7 11 (5.53%) Degree
8 8 (4.02%) CCSE
9 6 (3.02%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.51%) JNCIE
11 4 (2.01%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.01%) CISSP
12 3 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.51%) CCDP
12 3 (1.51%) CCSM
12 3 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.01%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (1.01%) CHECK Team Leader
13 2 (1.01%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (5.03%) NIST
3 9 (4.52%) NCSC
4 8 (4.02%) SLA
5 6 (3.02%) GDPR
6 4 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.01%) GRC
6 4 (2.01%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.01%) QA
7 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.51%) RMADS
8 2 (1.01%) ISA99
8 2 (1.01%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (8.54%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.52%) Firmware
4 5 (2.51%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.01%) Docker
5 4 (2.01%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.51%) vSphere
7 2 (1.01%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (19.10%) FortiGate
2 36 (18.09%) Ansible
3 25 (12.56%) Terraform
4 7 (3.52%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.52%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.51%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.51%) Grafana
6 4 (2.01%) Puppet
6 4 (2.01%) Salt
7 3 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.01%) CASB
8 2 (1.01%) Consul
8 2 (1.01%) Iperf
8 2 (1.01%) Nmap
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.50%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.50%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 115 (57.79%) Cisco
2 71 (35.68%) Palo Alto
3 35 (17.59%) CheckPoint
4 33 (16.58%) F5
5 28 (14.07%) Juniper
5 28 (14.07%) Microsoft
6 23 (11.56%) Arista
6 23 (11.56%) Zscaler
7 22 (11.06%) ServiceNow
8 20 (10.05%) Aruba
8 20 (10.05%) Infoblox
8 20 (10.05%) VMware
9 14 (7.04%) NetApp
10 11 (5.53%) Splunk
11 10 (5.03%) SolarWinds
12 6 (3.02%) Meraki
13 4 (2.01%) ForeScout
13 4 (2.01%) HP
14 3 (1.51%) Dell
14 3 (1.51%) Red Hat