FortiGate Contract Job Trends in London

Fortinet FortiGate
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing FortiGate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	429	342	365
Rank change year-on-year	-87	+23	-8
Contract jobs citing FortiGate	42	39	17
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.21%	0.28%	0.11%
As % of the Systems Management category	1.69%	2.07%	0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted	31	23	10
10^th Percentile	£425	£390	£391
25^th Percentile	£438	£425	£427
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£475	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-1.96%
75^th Percentile	£588	£581	£588
90^th Percentile	£615	£588	£775
England median daily rate	£500	£550	£500
% change year-on-year	-9.09%	+10.00%	+23.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£20.36	-
England median hourly rate	£48.72	£34.00	-
% change year-on-year	+43.29%	-	-

All Systems Management Skills
London

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing systems management skills in London.

	6 months to 11 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing systems management skills	2,483	1,883	1,967
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	12.15%	13.58%	12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,677	1,228	1,285
10^th Percentile	£349	£340	£344
25^th Percentile	£438	£425	£439
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£530	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.77%	-3.64%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£638	£638	£675
90^th Percentile	£735	£725	£775
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	24	18	18
10^th Percentile	£24.02	£21.45	£22.81
25^th Percentile	£32.69	£25.47	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£43.75	£29.25	£27.00
Median % change year-on-year	+49.57%	+8.33%	-55.00%
75^th Percentile	£67.81	£58.50	£61.88
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£63.95	£103.60
England median hourly rate	£63.00	£33.39	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+88.71%	-10.97%	-22.52%

FortiGate Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FortiGate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

FortiGate Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FortiGate.

FortiGate Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in London over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for FortiGate in London

FortiGate Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing FortiGate.

FortiGate Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the London region over the 6 months to 11 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-21	7	£500	+5.26%	5
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FortiGate Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing FortiGate also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing FortiGate.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	90.5%	38
2	Cisco	71.4%	30
3	Palo Alto	54.8%	23
3	WAN	54.8%	23
5	Fortinet	52.4%	22
6	Network Security	47.6%	20
6	VPN	47.6%	20
8	Azure	42.9%	18
9	BGP	40.5%	17
10	Python	35.7%	15
11	Ansible	33.3%	14
11	Zero Trust	33.3%	14
13	F5	31.0%	13
13	OSPF	31.0%	13
15	MPLS	28.6%	12
15	Wireless	28.6%	12
17	Runbook	26.2%	11
17	SD-WAN	26.2%	11
17	VLAN	26.2%	11
17	Zscaler	26.2%	11
21	LAN	23.8%	10
21	Load Balancing	23.8%	10
21	Network Segmentation	23.8%	10
21	Project Delivery	23.8%	10
21	Validation	23.8%	10
26	AWS	21.4%	9
26	Cisco Certification	21.4%	9
26	DHCP	21.4%	9
26	DNS	21.4%	9
30	CCNP	19.0%	8

FortiGate Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Systems Management

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Ansible	33.3%	14
2	Nessus	4.8%	2
2	SCCM	4.8%	2
2	vCenter Server	4.8%	2