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 16 December 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
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 277 310
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 +120
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 103 101 103
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.72% 0.67% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.52% 1.51% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 65 72
10th Percentile £401 £410 £386
25th Percentile £425 £494 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £592
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.24% +7.55%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £750
90th Percentile £600 £650 £900
England median daily rate £478 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -9.05% +2.94% -2.86%

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 6,759 6,706 7,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.06% 44.29% 40.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,407 4,201 5,329
10th Percentile £338 £313 £300
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 67 107
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.37 £16.94
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.80 £23.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -8.27% +48.41%
75th Percentile £42.98 £64.38 £60.63
90th Percentile £66.34 £85.45 £86.35
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.43% +73.88%

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 - 1
Central London +4 8 £475 -29.89% 7
South London +2 7 £488 - 4
East London - 3 £525 - 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 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.91%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 28 (27.18%) Azure
2 21 (20.39%) AWS
3 9 (8.74%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (6.80%) Akamai
4 7 (6.80%) GCP
5 5 (4.85%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.91%) GitHub
6 3 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.94%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.94%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.94%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.97%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.97%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.97%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 76 (73.79%) Firewall
2 44 (42.72%) SD-WAN
3 38 (36.89%) LAN
4 36 (34.95%) Cisco Nexus
5 35 (33.98%) WAN
6 30 (29.13%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (25.24%) VPN
8 24 (23.30%) BGP
8 24 (23.30%) Network Security
9 22 (21.36%) OSPF
10 10 (9.71%) TCP/IP
11 8 (7.77%) DNS
11 8 (7.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 8 (7.77%) Wireless
12 7 (6.80%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (6.80%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (6.80%) SNMP
12 7 (6.80%) SSL
13 6 (5.83%) IPsec
13 6 (5.83%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (4.85%) JIRA
2 4 (3.88%) GitLab
3 3 (2.91%) Git
3 3 (2.91%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (14.56%) Public Sector
1 15 (14.56%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.59%) Finance
3 12 (11.65%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Local Government
7 2 (1.94%) Banking
7 2 (1.94%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.94%) Military
7 2 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Electronics
8 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Law
8 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.97%) Marketing
8 1 (0.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (33.01%) Network Engineer
2 32 (31.07%) Architect
3 27 (26.21%) Network Architect
4 11 (10.68%) Network Design Architect
5 10 (9.71%) Network Specialist
5 10 (9.71%) Security Engineer
5 10 (9.71%) Senior
6 9 (8.74%) Network Security Engineer
7 6 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.83%) Lead
8 5 (4.85%) Consultant
8 5 (4.85%) Designer
8 5 (4.85%) Network Designer
8 5 (4.85%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 5 (4.85%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Senior Network Specialist
8 5 (4.85%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.88%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Network Design Specialist
9 4 (3.88%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) JSON
1 2 (1.94%) NETCONF
1 2 (1.94%) XML
1 2 (1.94%) YANG
2 1 (0.97%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.97%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (3.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.91%) PKI
4 3 (2.91%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.94%) Life Science
5 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.94%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.94%) SCADA
5 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.97%) IoT
6 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.97%) NHS
6 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.71%) Windows
2 2 (1.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.97%) Linux
3 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.45%) Network Design
2 16 (15.53%) SIEM
3 14 (13.59%) Migration
4 13 (12.62%) Incident Response
5 12 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (9.71%) Change Management
7 10 (9.71%) Network Segmentation
8 9 (8.74%) Agile
8 9 (8.74%) Cloud Security
8 9 (8.74%) High Availability
8 9 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (8.74%) Roadmaps
9 8 (7.77%) Data Loss Prevention
9 8 (7.77%) Information Security
9 8 (7.77%) ITIL
9 8 (7.77%) Network Architecture
9 8 (7.77%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (6.80%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) Python
2 5 (4.85%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (3.88%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.94%) SQL
5 1 (0.97%) Bash
5 1 (0.97%) C++
5 1 (0.97%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 25 (24.27%) SC Cleared
3 21 (20.39%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (15.53%) CCNP
5 11 (10.68%) CCNA
6 9 (8.74%) CISSP
6 9 (8.74%) Degree
7 6 (5.83%) CISM
8 5 (4.85%) CCIE
8 5 (4.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (3.88%) CISA
9 4 (3.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.94%) CCSE
10 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.94%) HP ASE
10 2 (1.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.80%) NIST
2 6 (5.83%) GDPR
3 4 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.94%) SLA
5 1 (0.97%) PMO
5 1 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 10 (9.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.97%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (18.45%) FortiGate
2 12 (11.65%) Ansible
3 9 (8.74%) Terraform
4 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.88%) CSIRT
5 4 (3.88%) QRadar
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (67.96%) Cisco
2 33 (32.04%) Palo Alto
3 23 (22.33%) Microsoft
4 20 (19.42%) Juniper
5 19 (18.45%) F5
6 14 (13.59%) CheckPoint
7 11 (10.68%) Aruba
8 10 (9.71%) SolarWinds
9 7 (6.80%) Citrix
10 6 (5.83%) Arista
10 6 (5.83%) Meraki
11 5 (4.85%) Forcepoint
11 5 (4.85%) Zscaler
12 4 (3.88%) Splunk
13 3 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (2.91%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (2.91%) Infoblox
14 2 (1.94%) Darktrace
14 2 (1.94%) ExtraHop
14 2 (1.94%) Nimble Storage