Fortinet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Fortinet
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 261 332
Rank change year-on-year +8 +71 +88
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 83 139 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.67% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.33% 1.57% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 73 82
10th Percentile £404 £316 £288
25th Percentile £453 £420 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.03% +14.71% +0.41%
75th Percentile £613 £575 £538
90th Percentile £625 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £551 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.20% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.75
Median hourly rate - - £33.50
75th Percentile - - £34.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £51.75
% change year-on-year - - +10.60%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,222 8,861 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.74% 42.66% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 5,339 7,359
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £369 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 940 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.63 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Fortinet in the UK excluding London

Fortinet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Fortinet in the UK excluding London

Fortinet
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Fortinet in the UK excluding London

Fortinet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Fortinet in the UK excluding London

Fortinet
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 Fortinet 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
North of England +36 27 £573 +30.86% 27
Midlands +33 23 £540 +8.00% 12
West Midlands +25 18 £551 +10.20% 9
South East -14 18 £575 +27.78% 41
North West +24 12 £536 +7.25% 14
Yorkshire +13 9 £625 +115.52% 12
Scotland +11 8 £431 +34.03% 17
East Midlands +10 5 £430 -28.33% 2
North East +4 5 - - 3
South West +30 4 £575 -4.17% 12
East of England +23 2 £475 +5.56% 13
Wales - 1 £455 - 2
Fortinet
UK

Fortinet
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 (4.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.46%) AWS
2 11 (13.25%) Azure
3 5 (6.02%) GCP
4 4 (4.82%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (54.22%) Firewall
2 21 (25.30%) VPN
3 18 (21.69%) BGP
3 18 (21.69%) WAN
4 17 (20.48%) Network Security
5 16 (19.28%) OSPF
6 12 (14.46%) MPLS
7 11 (13.25%) LAN
8 10 (12.05%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (12.05%) VLAN
9 9 (10.84%) SD-WAN
10 7 (8.43%) Wireless
11 5 (6.02%) IPsec
11 5 (6.02%) SSL
12 4 (4.82%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (4.82%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (4.82%) Internet
12 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
13 3 (3.61%) EIGRP
13 3 (3.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 3 (3.61%) GitLab
3 2 (2.41%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.43%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (6.02%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.82%) Finance
5 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Law
7 2 (2.41%) Legal
7 2 (2.41%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.20%) Banking
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 23 (27.71%) Network Engineer
2 13 (15.66%) Architect
3 9 (10.84%) Network Architect
4 8 (9.64%) IT Engineer
4 8 (9.64%) Security Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Cisco Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Cisco Network Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Juniper Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Check Point Expert
8 4 (4.82%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Network Delivery Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.20%) Jinja
1 1 (1.20%) JSON
1 1 (1.20%) NETCONF
1 1 (1.20%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (9.64%) CSOC
2 8 (9.64%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.82%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.82%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.61%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.41%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.41%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.87%) Linux
2 12 (14.46%) Windows
3 8 (9.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (9.64%) VMS
4 4 (4.82%) Check Point GAiA
5 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.41%) Unix
7 1 (1.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.48%) Network Design
2 14 (16.87%) Network Architecture
2 14 (16.87%) SIEM
3 13 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (13.25%) Agile
4 11 (13.25%) Network Monitoring
5 10 (12.05%) Roadmaps
6 9 (10.84%) Security Management
6 9 (10.84%) Zero Trust
7 8 (9.64%) Data Protection
7 8 (9.64%) Event Correlation
8 7 (8.43%) DevOps
8 7 (8.43%) High Availability
8 7 (8.43%) Migration
8 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (7.23%) ITIL
9 6 (7.23%) Service Design
9 6 (7.23%) Supplier Management
9 6 (7.23%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) Python
2 4 (4.82%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.20%) Perl
3 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.20%) R
3 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (37.35%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (28.92%) CCNP
2 24 (28.92%) Security Cleared
3 22 (26.51%) SC Cleared
4 15 (18.07%) CCNA
5 11 (13.25%) CCIE
5 11 (13.25%) DV Cleared
6 9 (10.84%) JNCIS
7 5 (6.02%) Degree
8 4 (4.82%) APMP
8 4 (4.82%) CCSE
8 4 (4.82%) JNCIE
8 4 (4.82%) JNCIP
9 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.20%) CCIE Wireless
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.20%) QA
3 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.41%) Firmware
2 2 (2.41%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (22.89%) FortiGate
2 11 (13.25%) Ansible
3 2 (2.41%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (2.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (73.49%) Cisco
2 20 (24.10%) Palo Alto
3 17 (20.48%) F5
3 17 (20.48%) Juniper
4 16 (19.28%) CheckPoint
5 15 (18.07%) ServiceNow
6 13 (15.66%) SolarWinds
7 10 (12.05%) Splunk
8 8 (9.64%) Infoblox
8 8 (9.64%) Red Hat
8 8 (9.64%) VMware
9 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
9 7 (8.43%) Zscaler
10 6 (7.23%) Fujitsu
10 6 (7.23%) HP
11 5 (6.02%) Veeam
12 4 (4.82%) Aruba
12 4 (4.82%) Citrix
12 4 (4.82%) Meraki
13 3 (3.61%) McAfee