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 November 2025, 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 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 275 313
Rank change year-on-year +11 +38 +109
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 105 103 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.75% 0.66% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.62% 1.52% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 68 83
10th Percentile £406 £409 £375
25th Percentile £427 £488 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £569 £650 £745
90th Percentile £600 - £885
England median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -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 6,477 6,790 8,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.35% 43.79% 41.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,183 4,261 5,758
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £420 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £749 £766
England median daily rate £506 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 65 117
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £22.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -7.41% +58.82%
75th Percentile £38.75 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.30 £97.00 £84.45
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -22.22% +74.55%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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
West London +5 24 £450 -5.26%
Central London -5 10 £475 -7.32% 18
South London -1 7 £488 - 3
East London - 3 £525 -
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 3 (2.86%) Confluence
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.81%) Azure
2 18 (17.14%) AWS
3 9 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (7.62%) Akamai
5 6 (5.71%) GCP
6 5 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.81%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.86%) GitHub
9 2 (1.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.90%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.90%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.95%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.95%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.95%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.95%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 77 (73.33%) Firewall
2 43 (40.95%) SD-WAN
3 39 (37.14%) Cisco Nexus
4 37 (35.24%) LAN
5 34 (32.38%) WAN
6 29 (27.62%) BGP
7 28 (26.67%) OSPF
7 28 (26.67%) Wi-Fi
8 24 (22.86%) Network Security
8 24 (22.86%) VPN
9 10 (9.52%) TCP/IP
10 9 (8.57%) DNS
10 9 (8.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 7 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (6.67%) IPsec
11 7 (6.67%) SNMP
11 7 (6.67%) SSL
11 7 (6.67%) Wireless
11 7 (6.67%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (4.76%) JIRA
2 4 (3.81%) GitLab
3 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.90%) Git
5 1 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (17.14%) Finance
2 17 (16.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.48%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.62%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.81%) Local Government
8 2 (1.90%) Banking
8 2 (1.90%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.90%) Law
8 2 (1.90%) Military
9 1 (0.95%) Electronics
9 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.95%) Marketing
9 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (37.14%) Network Engineer
2 31 (29.52%) Architect
3 26 (24.76%) Network Architect
4 11 (10.48%) Network Design Architect
4 11 (10.48%) Security Engineer
5 10 (9.52%) Network Security Engineer
6 9 (8.57%) Network Specialist
6 9 (8.57%) Senior
7 6 (5.71%) Consultant
7 6 (5.71%) Lead
7 6 (5.71%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Designer
8 5 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.76%) Network Designer
8 5 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 5 (4.76%) Senior Network Specialist
8 5 (4.76%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.81%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.95%) JSON
1 1 (0.95%) NETCONF
1 1 (0.95%) OpenConfig
1 1 (0.95%) XML
1 1 (0.95%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.19%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (3.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.86%) PKI
4 3 (2.86%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.86%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.90%) Life Science
5 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.90%) SCADA
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) IoT
6 1 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.95%) NHS
6 1 (0.95%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.52%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.95%) Linux
3 1 (0.95%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (16.19%) Network Design
2 15 (14.29%) SIEM
3 14 (13.33%) Migration
4 13 (12.38%) Network Segmentation
5 12 (11.43%) Incident Response
6 11 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (9.52%) Change Management
7 10 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (9.52%) High Availability
7 10 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (8.57%) Cloud Security
8 9 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (7.62%) Agile
9 8 (7.62%) Information Security
9 8 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (7.62%) ITIL
9 8 (7.62%) Network Architecture
9 8 (7.62%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.67%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.43%) Python
2 5 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.90%) SQL
5 1 (0.95%) Bash
5 1 (0.95%) C++
5 1 (0.95%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 25 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 22 (20.95%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (16.19%) CCNP
5 9 (8.57%) CCNA
5 9 (8.57%) CISSP
5 9 (8.57%) Degree
6 6 (5.71%) CISM
7 5 (4.76%) CCIE
7 5 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.81%) CISA
8 4 (3.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.90%) HP ASE
9 2 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (1.90%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.67%) NIST
2 6 (5.71%) GDPR
3 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.90%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.95%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 13 (12.38%) Ansible
3 8 (7.62%) Terraform
4 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.81%) CSIRT
5 4 (3.81%) QRadar
6 2 (1.90%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (65.71%) Cisco
2 32 (30.48%) Palo Alto
3 22 (20.95%) Microsoft
4 21 (20.00%) F5
5 19 (18.10%) Juniper
6 13 (12.38%) SolarWinds
7 12 (11.43%) CheckPoint
8 8 (7.62%) Aruba
9 7 (6.67%) Arista
9 7 (6.67%) Citrix
10 5 (4.76%) Forcepoint
10 5 (4.76%) Meraki
11 4 (3.81%) Splunk
11 4 (3.81%) Zscaler
12 3 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (2.86%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (1.90%) Darktrace
13 2 (1.90%) ExtraHop
13 2 (1.90%) FireEye
13 2 (1.90%) Tenable