Fortinet Contract Job Trends in London

Fortinet
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 12 October 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
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 269 275
Rank change year-on-year -95 +6 +54
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 101 107 120
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.50% 0.80% 0.74%
As % of the Vendors category 1.17% 1.73% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 75 78
10th Percentile £403 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £425 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £650
90th Percentile £650 £608 -
England median daily rate £480 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £55.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.31 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £78.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £60.40 -
% change year-on-year +28.32% - -

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,665 6,178 7,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.86% 46.47% 43.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,646 4,021 4,437
10th Percentile £339 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £740 £750
England median daily rate £515 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.58% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 119 77
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -28.14% -13.04%
75th Percentile £63.38 £38.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.00 £85.45
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -21.35%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in London

Fortinet
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in London over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fortinet in London

Fortinet
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fortinet in London over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Fortinet in London

Fortinet
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 Fortinet within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -22 17 £525 +10.53% 12
West London -37 3 £500 +11.11%
Fortinet
England

Fortinet
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.99%) Apache
2 1 (0.99%) CloudStack
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 47 (46.53%) Azure
2 30 (29.70%) AWS
3 10 (9.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (7.92%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.94%) AWS Direct Connect
5 6 (5.94%) GitHub
6 5 (4.95%) GCP
7 3 (2.97%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.98%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.99%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.99%) Datadog
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 88 (87.13%) Firewall
2 48 (47.52%) WAN
3 38 (37.62%) VPN
4 36 (35.64%) BGP
5 35 (34.65%) Network Security
6 22 (21.78%) OSPF
7 21 (20.79%) LAN
7 21 (20.79%) VLAN
8 19 (18.81%) SD-WAN
9 15 (14.85%) MPLS
10 14 (13.86%) DNS
10 14 (13.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 12 (11.88%) Wireless
12 11 (10.89%) Multicast
13 10 (9.90%) Cisco IOS
13 10 (9.90%) TCP/IP
14 9 (8.91%) DHCP
14 9 (8.91%) NX-OS
15 8 (7.92%) IPsec
15 8 (7.92%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) JIRA
2 3 (2.97%) Git
3 2 (1.98%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (22.77%) Finance
2 19 (18.81%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.83%) Banking
4 5 (4.95%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.95%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.95%) Retail
5 4 (3.96%) Legal
6 3 (2.97%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Law
7 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (63.37%) Network Engineer
2 17 (16.83%) Network Security Engineer
2 17 (16.83%) Security Engineer
3 16 (15.84%) Architect
4 14 (13.86%) Network Architect
5 10 (9.90%) Senior
6 8 (7.92%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Firewall Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) IT Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Network Security Architect
7 7 (6.93%) Security Architect
8 6 (5.94%) IT Support
8 6 (5.94%) Network Support
8 6 (5.94%) Network Support Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Network Operations Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Operations Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (17.82%) Terraform
2 6 (5.94%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.98%) eBPF
3 2 (1.98%) REST
4 1 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.99%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.67%) Data Centre
2 14 (13.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.96%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.97%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.98%) CMDB
5 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.98%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.99%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.99%) FMCG
6 1 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.99%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.89%) Windows
2 6 (5.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.99%) Android
3 1 (0.99%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.99%) macOS
3 1 (0.99%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.99%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.77%) Migration
2 21 (20.79%) Zero Trust
3 20 (19.80%) Project Delivery
4 17 (16.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (15.84%) Validation
6 15 (14.85%) Cloud Security
7 13 (12.87%) Runbook
8 11 (10.89%) Incident Response
8 11 (10.89%) Network Design
8 11 (10.89%) Network Segmentation
9 10 (9.90%) Load Balancing
10 9 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (8.91%) Mentoring
11 8 (7.92%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (6.93%) Capacity Planning
12 7 (6.93%) Change Management
12 7 (6.93%) High Availability
12 7 (6.93%) Infrastructure as Code
12 7 (6.93%) Security Operations
13 6 (5.94%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 35 (34.65%) Python
2 7 (6.93%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.94%) Bash
4 1 (0.99%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 31 (30.69%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (28.71%) CCNP
3 13 (12.87%) SC Cleared
3 13 (12.87%) Security Cleared
4 11 (10.89%) CCIE
5 6 (5.94%) CISSP
5 6 (5.94%) Degree
6 5 (4.95%) CCSE
7 3 (2.97%) CCIE Security
8 2 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.98%) CISM
9 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.99%) CCNA
9 1 (0.99%) CCSA
9 1 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.99%) GIAC
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (3.96%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.97%) NIST
2 3 (2.97%) SLA
3 1 (0.99%) GRC
3 1 (0.99%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.99%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.97%) Firmware
4 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (26.73%) Ansible
1 27 (26.73%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.95%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.97%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.98%) Consul
5 2 (1.98%) Grafana
6 1 (0.99%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (72.28%) Cisco
2 58 (57.43%) Palo Alto
3 24 (23.76%) F5
4 20 (19.80%) CheckPoint
5 18 (17.82%) Juniper
6 17 (16.83%) Arista
7 12 (11.88%) Microsoft
8 11 (10.89%) Aruba
8 11 (10.89%) Zscaler
9 7 (6.93%) VMware
10 4 (3.96%) AlgoSec
10 4 (3.96%) Meraki
10 4 (3.96%) Riverbed
10 4 (3.96%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.97%) Blue Coat
11 3 (2.97%) Infoblox
11 3 (2.97%) Splunk
11 3 (2.97%) Tenable
12 2 (1.98%) Qualys
12 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow