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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	411	331	359
Rank change year-on-year	-80	+28	+8
Contract jobs citing FortiGate	48	35	21
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.23%	0.26%	0.13%
As % of the Systems Management category	2.01%	1.93%	1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted	37	23	13
10^th Percentile	£425	£390	£413
25^th Percentile	£438	£425	£469
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£475	£575
Median % change year-on-year	+10.53%	-17.39%	+11.11%
75^th Percentile	£588	£588	£688
90^th Percentile	£615	-	£775
England median daily rate	£488	£550	£550
% change year-on-year	-11.36%	-	+37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	0
Median hourly rate	-	£20.36	-
England median hourly rate	£48.72	£30.00	-
% change year-on-year	+62.40%	-	-

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 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing systems management skills	2,386	1,812	2,018
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	11.66%	13.54%	12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,612	1,174	1,332
10^th Percentile	£339	£329	£331
25^th Percentile	£437	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-4.55%	-4.84%
75^th Percentile	£638	£638	£675
90^th Percentile	£735	£725	£765
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	21	17	17
10^th Percentile	£24.00	£21.27	-
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£26.00	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£49.00	£37.50	£27.00
Median % change year-on-year	+30.67%	+38.89%	-55.00%
75^th Percentile	£68.75	£59.00	£62.50
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£64.18	£104.80
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£34.00	£36.83
% change year-on-year	+91.18%	-7.69%	-26.34%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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	-18	7	£500	+5.26%	5
West London	-22	2	£500	+11.11%
FortiGate England

FortiGate Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 October 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	83.3%	40
2	Cisco	70.8%	34
3	Palo Alto	56.3%	27
4	WAN	54.2%	26
5	Network Security	52.1%	25
6	Fortinet	47.9%	23
7	Azure	41.7%	20
7	VPN	41.7%	20
9	BGP	33.3%	16
10	Python	29.2%	14
10	Zero Trust	29.2%	14
10	Zscaler	29.2%	14
13	Ansible	27.1%	13
13	SD-WAN	27.1%	13
13	Wireless	27.1%	13
16	F5	25.0%	12
16	MPLS	25.0%	12
16	OSPF	25.0%	12
16	Runbook	25.0%	12
20	Cisco Certification	22.9%	11
20	DHCP	22.9%	11
20	DNS	22.9%	11
20	LAN	22.9%	11
20	VLAN	22.9%	11
25	CCNP	20.8%	10
25	Project Delivery	20.8%	10
25	Validation	20.8%	10
28	AWS	18.8%	9
28	Infrastructure Engineering	18.8%	9
28	Load Balancing	18.8%	9

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	27.1%	13
2	Nessus	4.2%	2
2	SCCM	4.2%	2
2	vCenter Server	4.2%	2