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 26 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
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 135 138
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +58
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 39 22 65
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.87% 0.68% 1.21%
As % of the Vendors category 1.78% 1.36% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 19
10th Percentile £375 £433 £202
25th Percentile £419 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £508 £490
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +3.57% -18.33%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £550
90th Percentile £708 - £555
England median daily rate £500 £530 £493
% change year-on-year -5.66% +7.61% -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 2,193 1,615 2,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.06% 50.11% 50.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,580 1,031 1,739
10th Percentile £255 £235 £205
25th Percentile £406 £402 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +2.24% -0.40%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 50 153
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.50 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.33 £24.18 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £36.46 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.97% -33.11% +45.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.44 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.40 £74.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -21.67% -7.69% +1.56%

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 26 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 26 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 0 27 £450 -5.26% 11
Berkshire 0 20 £480 +1.05% 4
Hampshire -27 7 £500 -16.67% 5
Oxfordshire - 7 £438 - 2
Kent - 2 £369 - 4
West Sussex - 2 £475 - 1
Surrey -12 1 - - 4
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 (15.38%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) AWS
2 7 (17.95%) OpenShift
3 5 (12.82%) Azure
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.69%) SaaS
5 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.13%) IaaS
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.13%) PaaS
5 2 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Akamai
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (46.15%) Firewall
2 16 (41.03%) WAN
3 15 (38.46%) MPLS
4 13 (33.33%) BGP
5 11 (28.21%) OSPF
6 10 (25.64%) LAN
7 9 (23.08%) SNMP
8 8 (20.51%) SD-WAN
8 8 (20.51%) TACACS
8 8 (20.51%) VPN
8 8 (20.51%) Wireless
9 7 (17.95%) VLAN
10 6 (15.38%) TCP/IP
11 4 (10.26%) Network Security
12 3 (7.69%) Broadband
12 3 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (7.69%) Multicast
12 3 (7.69%) NaaS
12 3 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (7.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (2.56%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Artifactory
1 1 (2.56%) Git
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Documentation Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
2 7 (17.95%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Police
5 1 (2.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Architect
2 8 (20.51%) Senior
3 6 (15.38%) Designer
3 6 (15.38%) IP Designer
4 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Network Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Product Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Security Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Security Product Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Tester
5 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (5.13%) IP Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Product Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Telecoms Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) NETCONF
1 2 (5.13%) OpenConfig
1 2 (5.13%) RESTCONF
1 2 (5.13%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Data Centre
1 9 (23.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Life Science
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.56%) TM Forum
4 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
1 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Validation
2 7 (17.95%) Incident Response
3 6 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
3 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
5 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.26%) Observability
5 4 (10.26%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
6 3 (7.69%) AI
6 3 (7.69%) Change Control
6 3 (7.69%) Digital Innovation
6 3 (7.69%) Generative AI
6 3 (7.69%) Product Management
6 3 (7.69%) Product Strategy
6 3 (7.69%) Service Catalogue
6 3 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Python
2 5 (12.82%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (28.21%) CCIE
2 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
3 8 (20.51%) JNCIE
4 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
5 6 (15.38%) AWS Certification
5 6 (15.38%) CCNP
6 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.13%) CCNA
6 2 (5.13%) CISSP
6 2 (5.13%) Degree
6 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.56%) CCSE
7 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.56%) OCP
7 1 (2.56%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (15.38%) VMware NSX
3 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (30.77%) Ansible
2 7 (17.95%) Terraform
3 4 (10.26%) FortiGate
4 3 (7.69%) Iperf
4 3 (7.69%) Nmap
5 2 (5.13%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (5.13%) Grafana
5 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
5 2 (5.13%) Prometheus
5 2 (5.13%) SCCM
5 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.56%) Fluentd
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.56%) Puppet
6 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (2.56%) Salt
6 1 (2.56%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Cisco
2 14 (35.90%) Juniper
3 11 (28.21%) CheckPoint
4 9 (23.08%) Palo Alto
4 9 (23.08%) VMware
5 8 (20.51%) F5
5 8 (20.51%) SolarWinds
6 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.26%) Aruba
8 3 (7.69%) Tenable
9 2 (5.13%) Dell
9 2 (5.13%) Red Hat
9 2 (5.13%) Zscaler
10 1 (2.56%) Ericsson
10 1 (2.56%) Imperva
10 1 (2.56%) Infoblox
10 1 (2.56%) Okta
10 1 (2.56%) Oracle
10 1 (2.56%) Proofpoint
10 1 (2.56%) Splunk