FortiGate Contracts in the South East

Fortinet FortiGate
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring FortiGate skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FortiGate over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 155 184
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 +50
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 15 33 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.67% 0.41%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.06% 4.55% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 28 12
10th Percentile £424 - £456
25th Percentile £525 £425 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -30.77% +20.37%
75th Percentile £613 £509 £672
90th Percentile £669 £674 £745
England median daily rate £550 £475 £510
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% +1.34%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 490 725 741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.00% 14.67% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 534 528
10th Percentile £266 £278 £294
25th Percentile £400 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £664
90th Percentile £623 £675 £738
England median daily rate £510 £525 £570
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 18
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.63 £19.54
25th Percentile £23.44 £30.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.77 £37.08 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% -32.58% +23.60%
75th Percentile £69.00 £47.56 £64.66
90th Percentile £85.65 £53.45 £71.11
England median hourly rate £55.00 £35.08 £51.25
% change year-on-year +56.77% -31.55% +127.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for FortiGate in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FortiGate in the South East.

Daily rate trend for FortiGate in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in the South East over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FortiGate in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FortiGate in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for FortiGate in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Hampshire +6 10 £575 +27.78% 4
Surrey - 2 - - 6
West Sussex - 2 £406 -
Thames Valley +11 1 £550 +15.79% 3
Berkshire +11 1 £550 +15.79% 2
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England

FortiGate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) AWS
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco Firepower
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 7 (46.67%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (46.67%) Cisco ISE
2 7 (46.67%) Junos
2 7 (46.67%) LAN
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 4 (26.67%) BGP
4 4 (26.67%) Network Security
4 4 (26.67%) OSPF
4 4 (26.67%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) IPsec
5 2 (13.33%) SSL
5 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (13.33%) Advertising
1 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Network Architect
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Load Balancing
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
4 4 (26.67%) High Availability
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Web Filtering
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Python
1 7 (46.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) CCNP
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (6.67%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Ansible
1 7 (46.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Cisco
2 7 (46.67%) Citrix
2 7 (46.67%) F5
2 7 (46.67%) Juniper
3 5 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.67%) Aruba
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.67%) Zscaler