FortiGate Contract Job Trends in London

Fortinet FortiGate
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring FortiGate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 332 359
Rank change year-on-year -62 +27 +17
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 54 32 26
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.37% 1.81% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 22 16
10th Percentile £413 £403 £381
25th Percentile £425 £453 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £688
90th Percentile £615 - £775
England median daily rate £475 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +17.65%

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 requiring systems management skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,281 1,766 2,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.20% 13.20% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,149 1,364
10th Percentile £320 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% -2.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £656
90th Percentile £725 £723 £763
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 23
10th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 -
25th Percentile £29.08 £26.34 £23.80
Median hourly rate £47.00 £33.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.26% -10.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £76.56 £59.81 £67.88
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.41 £94.25
England median hourly rate £67.00 £33.39 £43.09
% change year-on-year +100.69% -22.52% -17.92%

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 job vacancy trend in London

FortiGate
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 23 September 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.

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 23 September 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
Central London -15 6 £500 +5.26% 7
West London -22 2 £500 +11.11%
FortiGate
England

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (38.89%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) AWS
3 5 (9.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 5 (9.26%) GitHub
4 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (87.04%) Firewall
2 30 (55.56%) Network Security
3 23 (42.59%) WAN
4 21 (38.89%) VPN
5 15 (27.78%) BGP
5 15 (27.78%) VLAN
5 15 (27.78%) Wireless
6 14 (25.93%) DNS
7 13 (24.07%) DHCP
8 11 (20.37%) OSPF
8 11 (20.37%) SD-WAN
9 10 (18.52%) Cisco ISE
9 10 (18.52%) MPLS
10 9 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 9 (16.67%) LAN
11 8 (14.81%) IPsec
11 8 (14.81%) TACACS
11 8 (14.81%) TCP/IP
12 5 (9.26%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Git
General
1 6 (11.11%) Finance
2 5 (9.26%) Retail
2 5 (9.26%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Legal
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Banking
5 2 (3.70%) Law
6 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (62.96%) Network Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Senior
4 5 (9.26%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Consultant
4 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Server Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) VMware Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Azure Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Firewall Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Governance Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Network Operations Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.67%) Terraform
2 7 (12.96%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) Zero Trust
2 13 (24.07%) Project Delivery
2 13 (24.07%) Validation
3 12 (22.22%) Runbook
4 11 (20.37%) Migration
5 9 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 9 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
5 9 (16.67%) Security Operations
6 7 (12.96%) ITSM
7 6 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 5 (9.26%) Incident Response
9 4 (7.41%) Business Continuity
9 4 (7.41%) Business Strategy
9 4 (7.41%) Design Patterns
9 4 (7.41%) Due Diligence
9 4 (7.41%) High Availability
9 4 (7.41%) Inventory Management
9 4 (7.41%) Network Design
9 4 (7.41%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.63%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (24.07%) CCNP
3 5 (9.26%) CCNA
4 3 (5.56%) CCIE
4 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) CCIE Security
5 2 (3.70%) CISSP
6 1 (1.85%) CCSA
6 1 (1.85%) CCSE
6 1 (1.85%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.56%) Firmware
3 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (25.93%) Ansible
2 2 (3.70%) Nessus
2 2 (3.70%) SCCM
2 2 (3.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (72.22%) Cisco
2 31 (57.41%) Palo Alto
3 26 (48.15%) Fortinet
4 16 (29.63%) Zscaler
5 13 (24.07%) F5
6 8 (14.81%) CheckPoint
7 6 (11.11%) Aruba
7 6 (11.11%) Juniper
7 6 (11.11%) VMware
8 5 (9.26%) Citrix
9 4 (7.41%) Infoblox
9 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
9 4 (7.41%) Riverbed
9 4 (7.41%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.70%) Meraki
10 2 (3.70%) Tenable
11 1 (1.85%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.85%) FireEye
11 1 (1.85%) Splunk
11 1 (1.85%) Trend Micro