FortiGate Contracts in the UK excluding London

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 336 384
Rank change year-on-year +47 +48 +72
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 47 63 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.30% 0.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.49% 2.68% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 49 56
10th Percentile £390 £395 £338
25th Percentile £417 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £494
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -8.86% +9.72%
75th Percentile £579 £506 £606
90th Percentile £625 £575 £675
UK median daily rate £514 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +14.17% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £36.60
25th Percentile - - £42.38
Median hourly rate - - £55.50
75th Percentile - - £71.38
90th Percentile - - £78.80
UK median hourly rate - £13.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -80.71% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,884 2,353 3,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.76% 11.33% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 1,702 2,664
10th Percentile £235 £210 £275
25th Percentile £391 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £620
90th Percentile £657 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 79 139
10th Percentile £14.86 £14.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.34 £38.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.18% -12.00% +118.75%
75th Percentile £43.69 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.35 £70.25 £75.10
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FortiGate in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FortiGate in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Midlands +25 14 £485 +14.18% 6
West Midlands +19 12 £485 +2.16% 4
South East +20 11 £575 +27.78% 11
North of England +24 9 £425 -24.44% 6
East of England +35 6 £525 +31.25% 3
Scotland +15 6 £406 -26.23% 3
Yorkshire +12 6 - - 3
North West +18 3 £425 -26.09% 1
East Midlands +8 2 - - 1
South West +41 1 £425 -12.82% 16
FortiGate
UK

FortiGate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.51%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) AWS
2 8 (17.02%) Azure
3 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
3 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (70.21%) Firewall
2 18 (38.30%) LAN
3 14 (29.79%) VPN
4 13 (27.66%) Network Security
4 13 (27.66%) WAN
5 11 (23.40%) BGP
6 10 (21.28%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (21.28%) OSPF
7 9 (19.15%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP
9 7 (14.89%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (14.89%) Wireless
10 6 (12.77%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (12.77%) Junos
11 5 (10.64%) WLAN
12 4 (8.51%) IPsec
12 4 (8.51%) SD-WAN
12 4 (8.51%) SSL
12 4 (8.51%) VLAN
13 3 (6.38%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) GitLab
General
1 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Finance
2 5 (10.64%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.64%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.26%) Aviation
5 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (4.26%) Police
5 2 (4.26%) Retail
5 2 (4.26%) Retail Banking
5 2 (4.26%) Swedish Language
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Electronics
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (44.68%) Network Engineer
2 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Check Point Expert
4 4 (8.51%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Network Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Technical Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Consultant
5 3 (6.38%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Juniper Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Network Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) Network Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Network Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) Service Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.26%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.26%) Robotics
3 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Check Point GAiA
2 4 (8.51%) Linux
2 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) CentOS
3 1 (2.13%) Rocky
3 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (19.15%) Agile
4 8 (17.02%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (17.02%) SIEM
5 7 (14.89%) Network Design
6 6 (12.77%) Load Balancing
6 6 (12.77%) Network Management
6 6 (12.77%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (10.64%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (10.64%) High Availability
7 5 (10.64%) Supplier Management
8 4 (8.51%) Cost Control
8 4 (8.51%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (8.51%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (6.38%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.38%) Risk Management
9 3 (6.38%) Service Delivery
9 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) Python
1 6 (12.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (31.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.02%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (17.02%) DV Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) CCNP
3 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) APMP
4 4 (8.51%) CCSE
5 2 (4.26%) CISA
5 2 (4.26%) CISM
5 2 (4.26%) CISSP
5 2 (4.26%) Degree
5 2 (4.26%) GIAC
5 2 (4.26%) ISACA
5 2 (4.26%) SANS
6 1 (2.13%) CCIE
6 1 (2.13%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) VMware NSX
2 2 (4.26%) Firmware
2 2 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) Ansible
1 7 (14.89%) Terraform
2 2 (4.26%) Grafana
3 1 (2.13%) logstash
3 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.13%) QRadar
3 1 (2.13%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Cisco
2 19 (40.43%) Fortinet
3 10 (21.28%) Juniper
4 9 (19.15%) CheckPoint
5 8 (17.02%) F5
6 7 (14.89%) VMware
7 6 (12.77%) Citrix
8 5 (10.64%) Palo Alto
9 4 (8.51%) Tenable
10 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
11 2 (4.26%) Arista
11 2 (4.26%) Aruba
11 2 (4.26%) HP
11 2 (4.26%) McAfee
11 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
11 2 (4.26%) Mitel
11 2 (4.26%) Ribbon
12 1 (2.13%) Blue Coat
12 1 (2.13%) Broadcom
12 1 (2.13%) Symantec