Fortinet Contract Job Trends in the South East

Fortinet
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 January 2026, 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 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 139 148
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +46
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 40 23 53
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.91% 0.69% 1.04%
As % of the Vendors category 1.84% 1.37% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 16
10th Percentile £413 £433 £195
25th Percentile £428 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £508 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +8.56% -22.08%
75th Percentile £663 £625 £503
90th Percentile £705 - £559
England median daily rate £500 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% -6.19%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,170 1,679 2,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.32% 50.30% 51.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,567 1,092 1,676
10th Percentile £255 £238 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% -0.40%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 50 144
10th Percentile £12.63 £20.00 £13.43
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £20.88
Median hourly rate £22.25 £47.50 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -53.16% -13.29% +56.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £74.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -20.71% -21.98% +20.33%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fortinet relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Fortinet job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Fortinet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Fortinet

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in the South East over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Fortinet in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Fortinet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Fortinet

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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 Fortinet within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley -1 26 £450 -5.26% 12
Berkshire -8 19 £480 +1.05% 7
Hampshire -27 10 £650 +8.33% 2
Oxfordshire - 7 £438 - 1
West Sussex - 2 £475 - 1
Surrey -12 1 - - 6
Kent - 1 £563 - 2
Fortinet
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (15.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.00%) AWS
2 6 (15.00%) OpenShift
3 4 (10.00%) Azure
4 3 (7.50%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) IaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.00%) PaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) Akamai
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.50%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.50%) GCP
6 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (50.00%) Firewall
2 16 (40.00%) BGP
2 16 (40.00%) WAN
3 15 (37.50%) MPLS
4 14 (35.00%) OSPF
5 10 (25.00%) LAN
5 10 (25.00%) VLAN
6 9 (22.50%) VPN
7 8 (20.00%) SD-WAN
7 8 (20.00%) SNMP
7 8 (20.00%) TACACS
7 8 (20.00%) Wireless
8 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
9 4 (10.00%) Network Security
10 3 (7.50%) Broadband
10 3 (7.50%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (7.50%) Multicast
10 3 (7.50%) NaaS
10 3 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (7.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (2.50%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Artifactory
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 17 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Documentation Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Finance
5 2 (5.00%) Police
6 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) Designer
3 6 (15.00%) IP Designer
4 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Network Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Product Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Security Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Security Product Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Tester
6 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Security Architect
6 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Tester
6 2 (5.00%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (5.00%) OpenConfig
1 2 (5.00%) RESTCONF
1 2 (5.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Data Centre
1 9 (22.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.50%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.50%) Life Science
4 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) TM Forum
4 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Linux
1 1 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
1 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) Validation
2 7 (17.50%) Incident Response
2 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 4 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (7.50%) AI
6 3 (7.50%) Change Control
6 3 (7.50%) Digital Innovation
6 3 (7.50%) High Availability
6 3 (7.50%) Observability
6 3 (7.50%) Product Management
6 3 (7.50%) Product Strategy
6 3 (7.50%) Product Vision
6 3 (7.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) Python
2 5 (12.50%) Bash
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (27.50%) CCIE
4 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (22.50%) CCNP
6 8 (20.00%) JNCIE
7 6 (15.00%) AWS Certification
8 3 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (5.00%) Azure Certification
9 2 (5.00%) CCNA
9 2 (5.00%) CISSP
9 2 (5.00%) Degree
9 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (2.50%) CCSE
10 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) SLA
2 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.00%) GDPR
2 2 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (15.00%) VMware NSX
3 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (30.00%) Ansible
2 7 (17.50%) Terraform
3 6 (15.00%) FortiGate
4 3 (7.50%) Iperf
4 3 (7.50%) Nmap
5 2 (5.00%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (5.00%) SCCM
5 2 (5.00%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.50%) Grafana
6 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.50%) Puppet
6 1 (2.50%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (2.50%) Salt
6 1 (2.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Cisco
2 15 (37.50%) Juniper
3 12 (30.00%) Palo Alto
4 11 (27.50%) CheckPoint
5 8 (20.00%) F5
5 8 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 8 (20.00%) VMware
6 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.00%) Aruba
8 3 (7.50%) Tenable
9 2 (5.00%) Dell
9 2 (5.00%) Zscaler
10 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
10 1 (2.50%) Imperva
10 1 (2.50%) Infoblox
10 1 (2.50%) Okta
10 1 (2.50%) Proofpoint
10 1 (2.50%) Red Hat
10 1 (2.50%) Splunk