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 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
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 290 359
Rank change year-on-year -88 +69 +94
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 158 213 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.79% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.09% 1.72% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 127 120
10th Percentile £395 £406 £348
25th Percentile £450 £475 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £496
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.81% -5.48%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £600
90th Percentile £660 £650 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £550 £493
% change year-on-year -12.73% +11.68% -6.19%
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 14,514 12,385 15,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.63% 45.97% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,489 7,481 10,351
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £626 £638
90th Percentile £712 £725 £735
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 681 352 638
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.13 £18.26
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.88
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.63% +46.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.81 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £43.84
% change year-on-year -12.89% -37.61% +60.13%

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 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 11 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 -28 76 £500 -4.76% 25
South East +2 41 £480 -14.67% 24
Midlands -55 16 £475 -18.10% 6
West Midlands -36 12 £500 -13.79% 5
South West -28 7 £513 +13.89% 7
North of England -67 6 £400 -25.58% 16
East Midlands -31 4 £130 -65.33% 1
North West -43 4 £400 -23.81% 11
East of England - 4 £500 - 6
Yorkshire -61 2 - - 4
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 (3.80%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 51 (32.28%) AWS
2 48 (30.38%) Azure
3 18 (11.39%) GCP
4 12 (7.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 9 (5.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.80%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.16%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.90%) Akamai
9 3 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.90%) GitHub
9 3 (1.90%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.90%) Route 53
9 3 (1.90%) SaaS
10 2 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.27%) IaaS
10 2 (1.27%) PaaS
10 2 (1.27%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 101 (63.92%) Firewall
2 69 (43.67%) WAN
3 52 (32.91%) SD-WAN
3 52 (32.91%) VPN
4 48 (30.38%) BGP
5 46 (29.11%) LAN
6 44 (27.85%) OSPF
7 40 (25.32%) Network Security
8 30 (18.99%) Wireless
9 29 (18.35%) MPLS
10 26 (16.46%) VLAN
11 22 (13.92%) TCP/IP
12 20 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (10.76%) DNS
14 16 (10.13%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (8.86%) DHCP
16 11 (6.96%) SNMP
17 10 (6.33%) EIGRP
17 10 (6.33%) SSL
17 10 (6.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.80%) JIRA
2 4 (2.53%) GitLab
3 3 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.27%) Git
General
1 43 (27.22%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.82%) Public Sector
3 20 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.76%) Finance
5 13 (8.23%) Telecoms
6 12 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.16%) Legal
7 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Local Government
9 3 (1.90%) Military
10 2 (1.27%) Advertising
10 2 (1.27%) Banking
10 2 (1.27%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.27%) Law
10 2 (1.27%) Police
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (33.54%) Network Engineer
2 33 (20.89%) Architect
3 26 (16.46%) Network Architect
4 20 (12.66%) Senior
5 18 (11.39%) Security Engineer
6 12 (7.59%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (6.96%) Lead
8 10 (6.33%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (5.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 8 (5.06%) Consultant
10 8 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.43%) Network Specialist
11 7 (4.43%) Security Architect
11 7 (4.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 6 (3.80%) Designer
12 6 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.80%) IP Designer
13 5 (3.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 5 (3.16%) Security Manager
13 5 (3.16%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.16%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.53%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.53%) YANG
3 3 (1.90%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.27%) JSON
4 2 (1.27%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.99%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.43%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (2.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.53%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.53%) PKI
4 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.90%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.90%) Life Science
5 3 (1.90%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.27%) NHS
6 2 (1.27%) SCADA
6 2 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.27%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.06%) Windows
2 1 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 26 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (16.46%) Incident Response
2 26 (16.46%) Migration
3 21 (13.29%) Network Design
4 20 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (12.66%) Roadmaps
5 19 (12.03%) Network Architecture
6 17 (10.76%) ITIL
6 17 (10.76%) SIEM
7 15 (9.49%) High Availability
7 15 (9.49%) Security Architecture
8 14 (8.86%) Change Management
9 13 (8.23%) Agile
9 13 (8.23%) Cloud Security
9 13 (8.23%) Mentoring
10 12 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (7.59%) Zero Trust
11 11 (6.96%) Knowledge Transfer
11 11 (6.96%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.09%) Python
2 5 (3.16%) Bash
2 5 (3.16%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.90%) SQL
5 1 (0.63%) C++
5 1 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 51 (32.28%) Security Cleared
2 50 (31.65%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (26.58%) SC Cleared
4 37 (23.42%) CCNP
5 24 (15.19%) CCIE
6 17 (10.76%) CISSP
7 16 (10.13%) Degree
8 13 (8.23%) AWS Certification
8 13 (8.23%) CCNA
9 12 (7.59%) JNCIE
10 8 (5.06%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.80%) CISM
12 5 (3.16%) CCIE Security
12 5 (3.16%) CCSE
13 4 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (2.53%) CISA
13 4 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.53%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.76%) NIST
2 16 (10.13%) GDPR
3 15 (9.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.06%) SLA
5 7 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.63%) NCSC
7 1 (0.63%) PMO
7 1 (0.63%) QA
7 1 (0.63%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (8.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.33%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.27%) Firmware
4 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (19.62%) FortiGate
2 30 (18.99%) Ansible
3 26 (16.46%) Terraform
4 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.53%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.53%) QRadar
6 3 (1.90%) Iperf
6 3 (1.90%) Nmap
6 3 (1.90%) SCCM
7 2 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.27%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.63%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 95 (60.13%) Cisco
2 62 (39.24%) Palo Alto
3 40 (25.32%) Juniper
4 28 (17.72%) CheckPoint
4 28 (17.72%) F5
5 27 (17.09%) Microsoft
6 21 (13.29%) Aruba
6 21 (13.29%) SolarWinds
7 14 (8.86%) VMware
8 12 (7.59%) Meraki
9 9 (5.70%) Zscaler
10 7 (4.43%) Citrix
11 6 (3.80%) Forcepoint
11 6 (3.80%) Splunk
11 6 (3.80%) Tenable
12 4 (2.53%) Arista
12 4 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (2.53%) Infoblox
13 3 (1.90%) McAfee
13 3 (1.90%) Nokia