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 18 February 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
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 276 320
Rank change year-on-year -47 +44 +70
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 71 83 80
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.46% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Vendors category 1.02% 1.40% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 54 51
10th Percentile £409 £475 £375
25th Percentile £456 £494 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -3.26% +4.55%
75th Percentile £563 £647 £794
90th Percentile £608 £650 £888
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.98%

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 6,994 5,947 7,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.02% 44.10% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,605 3,678 4,991
10th Percentile £350 £313 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £547 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -0.64% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 75 145
10th Percentile £18.02 £21.50 £13.59
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.99 £17.78
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +32.08% +6.00%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.35 £27.52
% change year-on-year -23.99% +13.92% -17.25%

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 18 February 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
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 18 February 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 -12 7 £475 -22.45% 7
East London - 3 £525 - 1
South London - 1 £500 - 1
West London - 1 £375 - 2
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 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.25%) Azure
2 26 (36.62%) AWS
3 8 (11.27%) GCP
4 7 (9.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (8.45%) Entra ID
6 5 (7.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.23%) GitHub
7 3 (4.23%) Mimecast
7 3 (4.23%) Route 53
8 2 (2.82%) Akamai
8 2 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.82%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.82%) ShareGate
9 1 (1.41%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.41%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 54 (76.06%) Firewall
2 32 (45.07%) WAN
3 28 (39.44%) Network Security
4 25 (35.21%) SD-WAN
4 25 (35.21%) VPN
5 20 (28.17%) BGP
6 19 (26.76%) LAN
7 18 (25.35%) OSPF
8 12 (16.90%) Wireless
9 11 (15.49%) TCP/IP
10 10 (14.08%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (12.68%) NGFW
12 8 (11.27%) DNS
13 7 (9.86%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (9.86%) Cisco Nexus
14 6 (8.45%) Internet
15 5 (7.04%) DHCP
15 5 (7.04%) IPsec
15 5 (7.04%) MPLS
15 5 (7.04%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) JIRA
2 4 (5.63%) GitLab
3 3 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.82%) Git
General
1 14 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.68%) Finance
4 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
5 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.04%) Banking
7 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.23%) Law
7 3 (4.23%) Legal
7 3 (4.23%) Military
7 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.41%) Electronics
9 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Local Government
9 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.41%) Marketing
9 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (39.44%) Network Engineer
2 12 (16.90%) Architect
2 12 (16.90%) Security Engineer
3 11 (15.49%) Network Architect
4 9 (12.68%) Network Security Engineer
5 8 (11.27%) Senior
6 5 (7.04%) Firewall Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Lead
7 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Network Specialist
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Lead Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Migration Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Network Security Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Network Support
8 3 (4.23%) Programme Manager
8 3 (4.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.82%) JSON
2 2 (2.82%) NETCONF
2 2 (2.82%) XML
2 2 (2.82%) YANG
3 1 (1.41%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.04%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (7.04%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.23%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.23%) PKI
3 3 (4.23%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.82%) Life Science
4 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) IoT
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) NHS
5 1 (1.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.41%) SCADA
5 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (18.31%) Migration
3 12 (16.90%) Change Management
4 11 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (14.08%) Agile
5 10 (14.08%) ITIL
6 9 (12.68%) DevOps
6 9 (12.68%) Network Monitoring
7 8 (11.27%) Cloud Security
7 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (11.27%) Network Architecture
7 8 (11.27%) Security Architecture
8 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (9.86%) Mentoring
8 7 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (9.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 7 (9.86%) SIEM
9 6 (8.45%) Network Design
9 6 (8.45%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (8.45%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.49%) Python
2 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.23%) SQL
4 1 (1.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) C++
4 1 (1.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (26.76%) Security Cleared
2 18 (25.35%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 13 (18.31%) CCNP
4 9 (12.68%) CCNA
5 6 (8.45%) CCIE
5 6 (8.45%) CISSP
6 5 (7.04%) Degree
7 3 (4.23%) CISM
8 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.82%) CCSE
8 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.82%) HP ASE
8 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.82%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.82%) JNCIS
8 2 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
1 5 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (7.04%) NIST
2 3 (4.23%) SLA
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.41%) GRC
3 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.41%) PMO
3 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.41%) Firmware
3 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (23.94%) FortiGate
2 10 (14.08%) Terraform
3 9 (12.68%) Ansible
4 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (4.23%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.41%) CSIRT
7 1 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.41%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (60.56%) Cisco
2 35 (49.30%) Palo Alto
3 17 (23.94%) CheckPoint
4 15 (21.13%) Aruba
5 13 (18.31%) F5
6 12 (16.90%) Microsoft
7 11 (15.49%) Juniper
8 7 (9.86%) Meraki
8 7 (9.86%) SolarWinds
9 6 (8.45%) Arista
9 6 (8.45%) Zscaler
10 3 (4.23%) Citrix
10 3 (4.23%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (4.23%) Infoblox
10 3 (4.23%) VMware
11 2 (2.82%) 3PAR
11 2 (2.82%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (2.82%) Nokia
11 2 (2.82%) ProCurve
11 2 (2.82%) Splunk