FortiGate Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring FortiGate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.43% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £581 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £425
% change year-on-year +9.52% +23.53% -5.56%

All Systems Management Skills
Northern Ireland

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 19 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.09% 10.00% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 2
10th Percentile £351 £153 £570
25th Percentile £363 £190 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £608
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -58.85% +1.25%
75th Percentile £500 £331 £631
90th Percentile £528 £338 £639
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -6.89%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FortiGate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

FortiGate job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

FortiGate
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing FortiGate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
County Antrim - 1 £588 - 1
FortiGate
UK

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Network Consultant
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco