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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 318 346
Rank change year-on-year -9 +28 +78
DemandTrendContract jobs citing FortiGate 42 58 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.32% 0.36%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.81% 2.54% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 44 52
10th Percentile £404 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £422 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £569
90th Percentile £700 £729 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate £17.79 - £77.50
75th Percentile - - £83.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +88.07%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,323 2,285 3,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.13% 12.52% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 1,639 2,115
10th Percentile £235 £250 £274
25th Percentile £379 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -3.85% +1.46%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £619
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 43 103
10th Percentile £17.79 £17.53 £16.54
25th Percentile £20.25 £25.38 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.23 £40.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -13.38% +130.90%
75th Percentile £67.00 £62.75 £69.25
90th Percentile £83.15 £74.44 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £31.39 £35.08 £55.00
% change year-on-year -10.54% -36.21% +144.44%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FortiGate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FortiGate

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 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FortiGate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FortiGate

FortiGate
DemandTrendContract 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 21 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -8 14 £575 +27.78% 17
Midlands -5 12 £650 +73.33% 3
West Midlands -1 9 £450 -29.41% 2
North of England -23 5 £650 +13.04% 4
South West +22 4 £433 -33.46% 9
Yorkshire - 4 - - 3
East of England - 4 £700 - 7
Scotland -2 3 £399 -16.44% 2
East Midlands -6 3 £650 +73.33% 1
North East - 1 £650 - 1
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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 2 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (71.43%) Firewall
2 19 (45.24%) VPN
3 17 (40.48%) BGP
3 17 (40.48%) OSPF
4 15 (35.71%) VLAN
5 12 (28.57%) Network Security
5 12 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 10 (23.81%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (21.43%) LAN
8 8 (19.05%) IPsec
8 8 (19.05%) SSL
9 6 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (14.29%) Junos
9 6 (14.29%) Wireless
10 3 (7.14%) WAN
11 1 (2.38%) DHCP
11 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
11 1 (2.38%) HTTP
11 1 (2.38%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.14%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Advertising
5 2 (4.76%) Aviation
5 2 (4.76%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (4.76%) Police
5 2 (4.76%) Swedish Language
6 1 (2.38%) Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (59.52%) Network Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Check Point Expert
2 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Network Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Network Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Security Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Service Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Technical Manager
5 1 (2.38%) IT Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Senior
5 1 (2.38%) Server Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.76%) Robotics
4 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Check Point GAiA
2 4 (9.52%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.14%) Linux
4 1 (2.38%) CentOS
4 1 (2.38%) Rocky
4 1 (2.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (28.57%) High Availability
3 10 (23.81%) SIEM
4 8 (19.05%) Agile
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 6 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 4 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (9.52%) Network Segmentation
6 4 (9.52%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (9.52%) Project Management
6 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (7.14%) ITIL
7 3 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (7.14%) Risk Management
7 3 (7.14%) Service Delivery
8 2 (4.76%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) Python
1 6 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.19%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (23.81%) CCNP
4 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 8 (19.05%) DV Cleared
6 6 (14.29%) CCSE
7 2 (4.76%) APMP
7 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.76%) CISA
7 2 (4.76%) CISM
7 2 (4.76%) CISSP
7 2 (4.76%) Degree
7 2 (4.76%) GIAC
7 2 (4.76%) ISACA
7 2 (4.76%) SANS
8 1 (2.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) SLA
2 4 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.38%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Firmware
1 2 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) Ansible
2 6 (14.29%) Terraform
3 2 (4.76%) Grafana
Vendors
1 28 (66.67%) Cisco
2 21 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 10 (23.81%) Juniper
3 10 (23.81%) Palo Alto
4 8 (19.05%) CheckPoint
5 7 (16.67%) F5
6 6 (14.29%) Citrix
7 4 (9.52%) Tenable
7 4 (9.52%) Zscaler
8 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
8 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
9 2 (4.76%) Aruba
9 2 (4.76%) Ribbon
9 2 (4.76%) VMware
10 1 (2.38%) Arista