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 7 November 2025, 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
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 281 362
Rank change year-on-year -63 +81 +80
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 193 247 222
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.79% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.36% 1.76% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 148 148
10th Percentile £400 £404 £343
25th Percentile £425 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £591
90th Percentile £646 £650 £745
UK median daily rate £475 £535 £490
% change year-on-year -11.21% +9.18% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £26.06 - -
25th Percentile £38.47 - £40.63
Median hourly rate £60.40 - £43.75
75th Percentile £83.57 - £46.88
90th Percentile £96.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.40 £22.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +168.42% -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 14,196 14,066 17,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.73% 45.00% 44.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,115 8,458 11,736
10th Percentile £283 £300 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 697 435 619
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.24
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.20 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -21.88% -27.04% +75.44%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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 -2 108 £475 -11.63% 97
South East -20 33 £465 -13.89% 115
Midlands -29 19 £475 -18.10% 43
West Midlands -26 16 £525 -9.48% 32
South West -9 10 £540 +20.00% 13
East of England - 10 £700 - 21
North of England -55 9 £450 -14.29% 40
North West -41 8 £475 -9.52% 25
East Midlands -30 3 £130 -65.33% 9
South Coast - 2 - -
Yorkshire -41 1 £310 - 7
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 (3.11%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.55%) Confluence
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.73%) Azure
2 39 (20.21%) AWS
3 16 (8.29%) GCP
4 9 (4.66%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (4.15%) Akamai
5 8 (4.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (3.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (3.11%) OpenShift
7 5 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.07%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (2.07%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.55%) GitHub
9 3 (1.55%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.04%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.52%) ShareGate
11 1 (0.52%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 132 (68.39%) Firewall
2 73 (37.82%) SD-WAN
3 67 (34.72%) WAN
4 64 (33.16%) BGP
5 62 (32.12%) OSPF
6 58 (30.05%) VPN
7 55 (28.50%) LAN
8 44 (22.80%) Network Security
9 40 (20.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 34 (17.62%) Wi-Fi
11 31 (16.06%) VLAN
12 29 (15.03%) MPLS
12 29 (15.03%) Wireless
13 23 (11.92%) DNS
14 21 (10.88%) Cisco ASA
15 20 (10.36%) TCP/IP
16 19 (9.84%) DHCP
17 13 (6.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 13 (6.74%) SNMP
17 13 (6.74%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (3.11%) JIRA
2 4 (2.07%) GitLab
3 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.04%) Git
5 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (24.87%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.47%) Public Sector
3 22 (11.40%) Finance
4 19 (9.84%) Telecoms
5 18 (9.33%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.59%) Military
8 4 (2.07%) Local Government
9 3 (1.55%) Banking
9 3 (1.55%) Legal
9 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Advertising
10 2 (1.04%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.04%) Aviation
10 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.04%) Law
10 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 67 (34.72%) Network Engineer
2 49 (25.39%) Architect
3 40 (20.73%) Network Architect
4 20 (10.36%) Security Engineer
5 19 (9.84%) Senior
6 13 (6.74%) Designer
6 13 (6.74%) Network Security Engineer
7 11 (5.70%) Network Design Architect
8 10 (5.18%) Consultant
8 10 (5.18%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (4.66%) Network Specialist
9 9 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.63%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Firewall Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Lead
10 7 (3.63%) Network Designer
10 7 (3.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 7 (3.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 6 (3.11%) IP Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.52%) JSON
2 1 (0.52%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.52%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.52%) XML
2 1 (0.52%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.58%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.63%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.11%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.11%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.11%) PKI
5 5 (2.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.07%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.04%) Life Science
8 2 (1.04%) SCADA
8 2 (1.04%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.74%) Windows
2 5 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.52%) Check Point GAiA
3 1 (0.52%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (13.47%) Network Design
2 25 (12.95%) Migration
3 24 (12.44%) High Availability
4 23 (11.92%) Incident Response
5 22 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (10.36%) ITIL
6 20 (10.36%) Network Architecture
6 20 (10.36%) Network Segmentation
7 19 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (9.33%) Roadmaps
8 18 (9.33%) SIEM
9 15 (7.77%) Change Management
9 15 (7.77%) Network Monitoring
10 13 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (6.22%) Agile
11 12 (6.22%) Data Protection
11 12 (6.22%) Security Architecture
12 11 (5.70%) Computer Science
12 11 (5.70%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.51%) Python
2 6 (3.11%) Bash
3 5 (2.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.55%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.04%) SQL
6 1 (0.52%) C++
6 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 61 (31.61%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (30.05%) Security Cleared
3 50 (25.91%) SC Cleared
4 48 (24.87%) CCNP
5 29 (15.03%) CCIE
6 15 (7.77%) CISSP
6 15 (7.77%) Degree
7 12 (6.22%) JNCIE
8 11 (5.70%) AWS Certification
8 11 (5.70%) CCNA
9 6 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (3.11%) CISM
10 5 (2.59%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.59%) CCIE Security
10 5 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.07%) CCSP
11 4 (2.07%) CISA
11 4 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.25%) NIST
3 11 (5.70%) GDPR
4 8 (4.15%) SLA
5 5 (2.59%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.55%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.18%) VMware NSX
3 9 (4.66%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (19.17%) FortiGate
2 30 (15.54%) Ansible
3 21 (10.88%) Terraform
4 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.07%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.07%) OpenView
5 4 (2.07%) QRadar
6 3 (1.55%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.55%) Iperf
6 3 (1.55%) Nmap
7 2 (1.04%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.04%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.04%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.52%) Nagios
8 1 (0.52%) SCCM
8 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 132 (68.39%) Cisco
2 59 (30.57%) Palo Alto
3 46 (23.83%) Juniper
4 43 (22.28%) F5
5 29 (15.03%) CheckPoint
5 29 (15.03%) SolarWinds
6 26 (13.47%) Microsoft
7 15 (7.77%) Aruba
7 15 (7.77%) VMware
8 13 (6.74%) Meraki
9 9 (4.66%) Arista
10 7 (3.63%) Citrix
10 7 (3.63%) Forcepoint
10 7 (3.63%) Splunk
11 6 (3.11%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.55%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.55%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (1.55%) HP
12 3 (1.55%) McAfee
12 3 (1.55%) Tenable