Fortinet Contract Job Trends 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 22 October 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
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 221 304
Rank change year-on-year -75 +83 +32
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 84 142 114
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 0.83% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 1.07% 1.86% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 74 68
10th Percentile £350 £371 £255
25th Percentile £413 £438 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £605 £580 £525
90th Percentile £700 £621 £615
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £490
% change year-on-year -13.64% +12.24% -6.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £26.06 - -
25th Percentile £38.47 £21.25 £40.63
Median hourly rate £60.40 £22.50 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +168.42% -48.57% +90.22%
75th Percentile £83.57 £23.75 £46.88
90th Percentile £96.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.40 £22.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year +168.42% -48.57% +90.22%

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 7,821 7,636 9,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.25% 44.67% 46.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,887 4,398 6,324
10th Percentile £221 £220 £208
25th Percentile £363 £384 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +2.36%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £600
90th Percentile £654 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 464 524
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.04 £15.62 £17.74
Median hourly rate £21.30 £30.00 £42.15
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% -28.83% +98.49%
75th Percentile £34.99 £63.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £74.99
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -26.15% -25.86% +82.65%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fortinet relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Fortinet job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fortinet in the UK excluding London

Fortinet
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Fortinet
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fortinet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 22 October 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
South East -18 28 £475 -12.84% 55
Midlands -38 17 £463 -20.26% 25
West Midlands -19 14 £550 -5.17% 18
East of England - 10 £700 - 7
South West +2 9 £540 +20.00% 8
North of England -52 9 £450 -14.29% 27
North West -29 8 £475 -9.52% 15
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 -
Scotland -11 3 £525 +12.90%
East Midlands -25 3 £130 -65.33% 5
Wales +4 2 £450 -21.74% 6
South Coast - 2 - -
Yorkshire -34 1 £310 - 11
Channel Islands - 1 £760 -
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UK

Fortinet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (7.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) AWS
2 10 (11.90%) Azure
3 6 (7.14%) OpenShift
4 5 (5.95%) GCP
5 2 (2.38%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.19%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 57 (67.86%) Firewall
2 30 (35.71%) VPN
3 29 (34.52%) BGP
3 29 (34.52%) OSPF
4 25 (29.76%) WAN
5 24 (28.57%) VLAN
5 24 (28.57%) Wireless
6 23 (27.38%) SD-WAN
7 22 (26.19%) Network Security
8 19 (22.62%) MPLS
9 18 (21.43%) LAN
10 12 (14.29%) TCP/IP
11 10 (11.90%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (9.52%) DHCP
12 8 (9.52%) DNS
13 7 (8.33%) SSL
14 6 (7.14%) SNMP
14 6 (7.14%) TACACS
14 6 (7.14%) Wireshark
15 5 (5.95%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 31 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.76%) Finance
5 4 (4.76%) Legal
6 3 (3.57%) Military
7 2 (2.38%) Advertising
7 2 (2.38%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.38%) Aviation
8 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Local Government
8 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.19%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (32.14%) Network Engineer
2 12 (14.29%) Senior
3 11 (13.10%) Architect
4 10 (11.90%) Security Engineer
5 9 (10.71%) Network Architect
6 8 (9.52%) Designer
7 7 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (7.14%) IP Designer
9 5 (5.95%) Firewall Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Break Fix Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Check Point Expert
10 3 (3.57%) Consultant
10 3 (3.57%) Engineering Specialist
10 3 (3.57%) Junior
10 3 (3.57%) Lead
10 3 (3.57%) Network Consultant
10 3 (3.57%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.57%) Test Specialist
10 3 (3.57%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.10%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.95%) PKI
4 4 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.76%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.57%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.19%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.14%) Windows
2 5 (5.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.57%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (1.19%) Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.05%) High Availability
2 15 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (14.29%) Migration
4 10 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (10.71%) Incident Response
5 9 (10.71%) Validation
6 8 (9.52%) ITIL
6 8 (9.52%) Network Management
7 7 (8.33%) Change Control
7 7 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (8.33%) Network Architecture
7 7 (8.33%) Network Design
7 7 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
7 7 (8.33%) Network Virtualisation
7 7 (8.33%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.33%) Service Management
7 7 (8.33%) SIEM
8 6 (7.14%) Data Protection
8 6 (7.14%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) Python
2 5 (5.95%) Bash
Qualifications
1 37 (44.05%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (33.33%) CCNP
3 25 (29.76%) Security Cleared
4 21 (25.00%) CCIE
5 20 (23.81%) SC Cleared
6 9 (10.71%) JNCIE
7 7 (8.33%) AWS Certification
8 4 (4.76%) CCNA
8 4 (4.76%) CISSP
8 4 (4.76%) Degree
9 3 (3.57%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 3 (3.57%) CCSE
10 2 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.38%) CCIE Security
10 2 (2.38%) CCSA
10 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.38%) GIAC
10 2 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) SLA
2 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.57%) NCSC
3 2 (2.38%) NIST
4 1 (1.19%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.19%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.14%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (21.43%) FortiGate
2 11 (13.10%) Ansible
3 8 (9.52%) Terraform
4 4 (4.76%) OpenView
5 3 (3.57%) Check_MK
5 3 (3.57%) Iperf
5 3 (3.57%) Nmap
6 2 (2.38%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (2.38%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (2.38%) Nagios
6 2 (2.38%) SCCM
6 2 (2.38%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.19%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (66.67%) Cisco
2 21 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 19 (22.62%) Juniper
4 17 (20.24%) F5
5 16 (19.05%) CheckPoint
6 11 (13.10%) SolarWinds
7 9 (10.71%) Aruba
8 8 (9.52%) Microsoft
8 8 (9.52%) VMware
9 4 (4.76%) Meraki
9 4 (4.76%) Zscaler
10 3 (3.57%) HP
10 3 (3.57%) Splunk
11 2 (2.38%) Dell
11 2 (2.38%) Huawei
12 1 (1.19%) Avaya
12 1 (1.19%) Google
12 1 (1.19%) McAfee
12 1 (1.19%) Qualys
12 1 (1.19%) Veeam