FortiGate Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring FortiGate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 109 138
Rank change year-on-year +2 +29 +16
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% 0.24% 0.042%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.39% 1.33% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £402 -
25th Percentile £513 £421 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £465 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% - -
75th Percentile £538 £508 -
90th Percentile - £526 -
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £450
% change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% -

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 259 301 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.80% 17.99% 14.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 185 208
10th Percentile £288 £190 £368
25th Percentile £413 £363 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.20% +4.81%
75th Percentile £575 £530 £599
90th Percentile £638 £578 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.42% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 6
10th Percentile - £20.03 £55.00
25th Percentile - £21.40 £55.35
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -60.48% +228.44%
75th Percentile - £24.09 £73.50
90th Percentile - £24.18 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +49.53% -42.07% +37.85%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

FortiGate job vacancy trend in Scotland

FortiGate
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FortiGate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the Scotland 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 Lothian - 1 £525 -
FortiGate
UK

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds