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 8 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
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 284 356
Rank change year-on-year -96 +72 +101
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 162 218 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.80% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.10% 1.73% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 132 119
10th Percentile £389 £406 £345
25th Percentile £450 £472 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £746
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £493
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 14,729 12,581 15,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.68% 45.98% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,629 7,617 10,216
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £412 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £710 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 357 611
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.40 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.11 £17.08 £19.19
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -32.58% +47.11%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.24 £44.50
% change year-on-year -12.53% -38.79% +61.82%

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 8 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 8 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 -27 80 £475 -9.52% 33
South East -16 41 £480 -16.52% 45
Midlands -54 16 £475 -18.10% 18
West Midlands -44 12 £500 -13.79% 6
South West -22 7 £513 +13.89% 19
North of England -76 7 £388 -27.91% 32
East Midlands -36 4 £130 -65.33% 11
North West -39 4 £400 -23.81% 15
East of England - 4 £500 - 23
Yorkshire -59 3 £310 -50.40% 13
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 (3.70%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 50 (30.86%) AWS
2 48 (29.63%) Azure
3 18 (11.11%) GCP
4 12 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (6.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (3.70%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.85%) Akamai
9 3 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.85%) GitHub
9 3 (1.85%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.85%) Route 53
9 3 (1.85%) SaaS
10 2 (1.23%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.23%) IaaS
10 2 (1.23%) PaaS
10 2 (1.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 104 (64.20%) Firewall
2 69 (42.59%) WAN
3 55 (33.95%) SD-WAN
3 55 (33.95%) VPN
4 48 (29.63%) LAN
5 47 (29.01%) BGP
6 43 (26.54%) OSPF
7 41 (25.31%) Network Security
8 30 (18.52%) Wireless
9 29 (17.90%) MPLS
10 25 (15.43%) VLAN
11 23 (14.20%) TCP/IP
11 23 (14.20%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (10.49%) DNS
13 16 (9.88%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (8.64%) DHCP
15 13 (8.02%) Cisco Nexus
16 11 (6.79%) SNMP
17 10 (6.17%) SSL
17 10 (6.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.70%) JIRA
2 4 (2.47%) GitLab
3 3 (1.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.23%) Git
General
1 44 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.05%) Public Sector
3 22 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.11%) Finance
5 15 (9.26%) Telecoms
6 12 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.09%) Legal
8 4 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.47%) Local Government
8 4 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.85%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Advertising
10 2 (1.23%) Banking
10 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.23%) Law
10 2 (1.23%) Police
11 1 (0.62%) Electronics
11 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (32.10%) Network Engineer
2 35 (21.60%) Architect
3 28 (17.28%) Network Architect
4 19 (11.73%) Senior
5 18 (11.11%) Security Engineer
6 12 (7.41%) Lead
6 12 (7.41%) Network Security Engineer
7 9 (5.56%) Consultant
7 9 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (4.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.32%) Network Design Architect
9 7 (4.32%) Network Specialist
9 7 (4.32%) Security Architect
10 6 (3.70%) Designer
10 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.70%) IP Designer
10 6 (3.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 5 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.09%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.09%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.47%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.47%) YANG
3 3 (1.85%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.23%) JSON
4 2 (1.23%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.32%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (3.09%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.47%) PKI
6 4 (2.47%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.85%) Life Science
7 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.85%) SCADA
7 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.23%) NHS
8 2 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.23%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (0.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (17.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 26 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (16.05%) Migration
4 24 (14.81%) Network Design
5 21 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (12.35%) Roadmaps
7 19 (11.73%) SIEM
8 18 (11.11%) Network Architecture
9 17 (10.49%) ITIL
10 15 (9.26%) High Availability
10 15 (9.26%) Security Architecture
11 14 (8.64%) Change Management
12 13 (8.02%) Agile
12 13 (8.02%) Cloud Security
13 12 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (7.41%) Knowledge Transfer
13 12 (7.41%) Mentoring
13 12 (7.41%) Zero Trust
14 11 (6.79%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.67%) Python
2 5 (3.09%) Bash
2 5 (3.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (3.09%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.85%) SQL
4 1 (0.62%) C++
4 1 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 53 (32.72%) Security Cleared
2 49 (30.25%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (27.16%) SC Cleared
4 36 (22.22%) CCNP
5 24 (14.81%) CCIE
6 17 (10.49%) CISSP
7 16 (9.88%) Degree
8 13 (8.02%) AWS Certification
8 13 (8.02%) CCNA
9 12 (7.41%) JNCIE
10 8 (4.94%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.70%) CISM
12 5 (3.09%) CCIE Security
12 5 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (2.47%) CCSP
13 4 (2.47%) CISA
13 4 (2.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.11%) NIST
2 16 (9.88%) GDPR
3 15 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.94%) SLA
5 7 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.09%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.62%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.62%) PMO
7 1 (0.62%) QA
7 1 (0.62%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (8.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.17%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.23%) Firmware
4 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (19.75%) FortiGate
2 30 (18.52%) Ansible
3 26 (16.05%) Terraform
4 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.47%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.47%) QRadar
6 3 (1.85%) Iperf
6 3 (1.85%) Nmap
6 3 (1.85%) SCCM
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.23%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 96 (59.26%) Cisco
2 63 (38.89%) Palo Alto
3 39 (24.07%) Juniper
4 29 (17.90%) CheckPoint
4 29 (17.90%) Microsoft
5 28 (17.28%) F5
6 21 (12.96%) SolarWinds
7 20 (12.35%) Aruba
8 14 (8.64%) VMware
9 12 (7.41%) Meraki
10 9 (5.56%) Zscaler
11 8 (4.94%) Citrix
12 7 (4.32%) Forcepoint
13 6 (3.70%) Splunk
13 6 (3.70%) Tenable
14 4 (2.47%) Arista
14 4 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (2.47%) Infoblox
15 3 (1.85%) McAfee
15 3 (1.85%) Nokia