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 24 May 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
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 244 315
Rank change year-on-year -74 +71 +55
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 84 97 87
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.46% 0.79% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 1.10% 1.74% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 51 58
10th Percentile £400 £425 £350
25th Percentile £463 £475 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £641
90th Percentile £623 £650 £801
England median daily rate £513 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -4.76%

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 7,631 5,589 7,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.81% 45.75% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,037 3,640 4,888
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.04% -5.77%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £501 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -4.67% +2.14% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 97 127
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.31 £22.27 £16.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +27.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £50.00 £47.50 £35.38
90th Percentile £78.36 £65.00 £58.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -41.56%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -20 8 £500 -16.67% 5
West London - 4 £450 - 1
South London -16 3 £525 -12.50%
North London - 1 £225 -
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 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.19%) AWS
2 21 (25.00%) Azure
3 8 (9.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 5 (5.95%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (3.57%) Amazon S3
5 3 (3.57%) AWS Control Tower
5 3 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (3.57%) GitHub
5 3 (3.57%) Mimecast
5 3 (3.57%) Route 53
5 3 (3.57%) Serverless
6 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.38%) GCP
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.19%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 71 (84.52%) Firewall
2 31 (36.90%) WAN
3 25 (29.76%) Network Security
4 23 (27.38%) BGP
5 18 (21.43%) SD-WAN
6 17 (20.24%) OSPF
7 15 (17.86%) LAN
7 15 (17.86%) VPN
8 14 (16.67%) Multicast
8 14 (16.67%) VLAN
9 10 (11.90%) NGFW
10 9 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (10.71%) Wireless
11 8 (9.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (7.14%) DNS
13 5 (5.95%) BIG-IP
13 5 (5.95%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (5.95%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (5.95%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (5.95%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (3.57%) Amazon QuickSight
1 3 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) JIRA
2 4 (4.76%) Git
3 3 (3.57%) Artifactory
3 3 (3.57%) GitLab
3 3 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 8 (9.52%) Telecoms
4 7 (8.33%) Banking
4 7 (8.33%) Finance
5 6 (7.14%) Law
6 5 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.95%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.76%) Legal
8 3 (3.57%) Military
9 2 (2.38%) Police
9 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.38%) Retail
10 1 (1.19%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (55.95%) Network Engineer
2 17 (20.24%) Senior
3 14 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (8.33%) Firewall Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) AWS Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Lead
7 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Architect
8 3 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Lead Network Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Network Architect
8 3 (3.57%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 2 (2.38%) Network Designer
9 2 (2.38%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.19%) JSON
2 1 (1.19%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.19%) XML
2 1 (1.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.62%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) Windows
2 4 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.19%) Linux
3 1 (1.19%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.67%) DevOps
2 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (13.10%) ITIL
4 10 (11.90%) CI/CD
4 10 (11.90%) Low Latency
5 9 (10.71%) Cloud Security
5 9 (10.71%) Mentoring
5 9 (10.71%) Project Delivery
5 9 (10.71%) Validation
6 8 (9.52%) Migration
6 8 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (9.52%) Zero Trust
7 7 (8.33%) Agile
7 7 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
8 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (7.14%) Procure-to-Pay
9 5 (5.95%) Network Optimisation
9 5 (5.95%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (5.95%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 20 (23.81%) Python
2 7 (8.33%) Bash
3 2 (2.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 20 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 18 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (15.48%) CCNP
5 7 (8.33%) CCIE
6 4 (4.76%) Degree
7 2 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.38%) CCNA
7 2 (2.38%) CCSE
8 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.19%) CSPO
8 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.19%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.19%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) NIST
2 2 (2.38%) GDPR
2 2 (2.38%) GRC
2 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.38%) QA
2 2 (2.38%) SLA
3 1 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.57%) Docker
2 3 (3.57%) Firmware
2 3 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (22.62%) Ansible
2 17 (20.24%) Terraform
3 15 (17.86%) FortiGate
4 6 (7.14%) Kubernetes
4 6 (7.14%) Prometheus
5 3 (3.57%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.57%) Consul
5 3 (3.57%) Grafana
5 3 (3.57%) Puppet
5 3 (3.57%) Salt
6 2 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.19%) CASB
Vendors
1 52 (61.90%) Cisco
2 38 (45.24%) Palo Alto
3 20 (23.81%) Arista
4 15 (17.86%) CheckPoint
5 13 (15.48%) Microsoft
6 12 (14.29%) F5
7 10 (11.90%) Zscaler
8 8 (9.52%) Aruba
8 8 (9.52%) Juniper
9 5 (5.95%) Infoblox
9 5 (5.95%) SolarWinds
9 5 (5.95%) Splunk
10 3 (3.57%) Blue Coat
10 3 (3.57%) Dell
10 3 (3.57%) ServiceNow
10 3 (3.57%) VMware
11 2 (2.38%) ForeScout
11 2 (2.38%) Meraki
11 2 (2.38%) Tenable
12 1 (1.19%) Ekahau