FortiGate Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Fortinet FortiGate
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire citing FortiGate skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	27	14	-
Rank change year-on-year	-13	-	-
Contract jobs citing FortiGate	1	1	0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire	0.49%	1.56%	-
As % of the Systems Management category	11.11%	11.11%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	1	1	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£525	£525	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	-
75^th Percentile	£575	£575	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
West Midlands median daily rate	£455	£500	£567
% change year-on-year	-9.00%	-11.82%	+51.20%

All Systems Management Skills
Staffordshire

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

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing systems management skills	9	9	6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire	4.39%	14.06%	4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	7	7	6
10^th Percentile	£200	£173	£163
25^th Percentile	£205	£213	£234
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£220	£350	£403
Median % change year-on-year	-37.14%	-13.04%	-15.26%
75^th Percentile	£458	£463	£481
90^th Percentile	£640	£600	£506
West Midlands median daily rate	£500	£515	£500
% change year-on-year	-2.91%	+3.00%	+14.29%

FortiGate Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

FortiGate Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

FortiGate Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Stoke-on-Trent	-	1	£550	-	1
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FortiGate Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing FortiGate also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region citing FortiGate.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Change Management	100.0%	1
1	Cisco	100.0%	1
1	Coaching	100.0%	1
1	Collaborative Working	100.0%	1
1	Firewall	100.0%	1
1	Hyper-V	100.0%	1
1	Information Assurance	100.0%	1
1	Knowledge Transfer	100.0%	1
1	Mentoring	100.0%	1
1	Network Monitoring	100.0%	1
1	OpenShift	100.0%	1
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	1
1	VLAN	100.0%	1
1	ZABBIX	100.0%	1
1	Zscaler	100.0%	1

FortiGate Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Systems Management

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ZABBIX	100.0%	1