Fortinet Contracts

Fortinet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 362 395
Rank change year-on-year +50 +33 +187
Contract jobs citing Fortinet 224 248 342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.57% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.61% 1.34% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 144 239
10th Percentile £404 £375 £350
25th Percentile £475 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.35% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £628 £603 £638
90th Percentile £838 £773 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £551 £469 £425
% change year-on-year +17.55% +10.29% +0.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £36.48
25th Percentile - - £42.06
Median hourly rate - - £51.75
75th Percentile - - £61.06
90th Percentile - - £66.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £33.50

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Fortinet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fortinet in the UK

Fortinet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fortinet.

Daily rate trend for Fortinet in the UK

Fortinet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fortinet over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fortinet in the UK

Fortinet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fortinet.

Hourly rate trend for Fortinet in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +20 179 £551 +10.10% 125
London +46 95 £550 -4.35% 42
Work from Home +75 86 £551 +16.00% 77
UK excluding London -3 83 £551 +17.55% 100
North of England +45 27 £573 +30.86% 26
Midlands +35 23 £540 +8.00% 11
West Midlands +27 18 £551 +10.20% 8
South East -17 18 £575 +27.78% 27
North West +18 12 £536 +7.25% 14
Yorkshire +20 9 £625 +115.52% 11
Scotland +6 8 £431 +34.03% 16
East Midlands +10 5 £430 -28.33% 2
North East +4 5 - - 3
South West +29 4 £575 -4.17% 10
East of England +26 2 £475 +5.56% 5
Wales +5 1 £455 +1.11% 2

Fortinet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.79%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) CMS
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 67 (29.91%) Azure
2 56 (25.00%) AWS
3 27 (12.05%) GCP
4 19 (8.48%) AWS CloudFormation
4 19 (8.48%) IaaS
4 19 (8.48%) PaaS
4 19 (8.48%) SaaS
5 8 (3.57%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (0.89%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.45%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 158 (70.54%) Firewall
2 75 (33.48%) BGP
3 68 (30.36%) VPN
4 65 (29.02%) Network Security
5 64 (28.57%) OSPF
6 62 (27.68%) WAN
7 37 (16.52%) DNS
7 37 (16.52%) SD-WAN
8 34 (15.18%) MPLS
9 28 (12.50%) LAN
9 28 (12.50%) TCP/IP
10 26 (11.61%) DHCP
10 26 (11.61%) Wireless
11 20 (8.93%) HTTP
12 18 (8.04%) HTTPS
12 18 (8.04%) IPsec
13 16 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (6.70%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (6.25%) VLAN
16 13 (5.80%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.45%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.46%) GitLab
2 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 45 (20.09%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.52%) Finance
3 32 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.36%) Banking
5 11 (4.91%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.68%) Law
9 5 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.79%) Legal
10 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.89%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.45%) French Language
12 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.45%) Military
12 1 (0.45%) Police
12 1 (0.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 74 (33.04%) Network Engineer
2 54 (24.11%) Architect
3 25 (11.16%) Technical Architect
4 24 (10.71%) Network Architect
5 22 (9.82%) Cloud Architect
6 21 (9.38%) Security Architect
7 20 (8.93%) Cisco Engineer
8 19 (8.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 19 (8.48%) Firewall Engineer
9 18 (8.04%) Cloud Native Architect
9 18 (8.04%) Network Security Architect
9 18 (8.04%) Senior
10 15 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.80%) Security Engineer
12 10 (4.46%) AWS Architect
13 9 (4.02%) Consultant
13 9 (4.02%) IT Engineer
13 9 (4.02%) Security Technical Architect
13 9 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.57%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.34%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.45%) Jinja
2 1 (0.45%) JSON
2 1 (0.45%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.45%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.05%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 18 (8.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.91%) Public Cloud
5 10 (4.46%) CSOC
6 9 (4.02%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.23%) Hedge funds
8 5 (2.23%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.23%) PKI
8 5 (2.23%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.89%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.89%) Clustering
10 2 (0.89%) Derivative
10 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.89%) SCADA
10 2 (0.89%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.93%) Linux
1 20 (8.93%) Windows
2 10 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 10 (4.46%) VMS
3 6 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.79%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (0.89%) Unix
5 2 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.45%) Solaris
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (12.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 27 (12.05%) Network Design
4 26 (11.61%) Network Architecture
5 23 (10.27%) Sprint Planning
5 23 (10.27%) Test Automation
6 19 (8.48%) Migration
6 19 (8.48%) Roadmaps
7 17 (7.59%) DevOps
7 17 (7.59%) SIEM
7 17 (7.59%) Zero Trust
8 16 (7.14%) Agile
8 16 (7.14%) High Availability
8 16 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
9 14 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (6.25%) Low Latency
10 13 (5.80%) Change Management
11 12 (5.36%) ITIL
12 11 (4.91%) Configuration Management
12 11 (4.91%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.07%) Python
2 19 (8.48%) Bicep
3 6 (2.68%) Bash
4 4 (1.79%) Perl
4 4 (1.79%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.45%) R
5 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (31.70%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (22.77%) CCNP
3 47 (20.98%) Security Cleared
4 36 (16.07%) SC Cleared
5 28 (12.50%) CCIE
6 20 (8.93%) CCNA
7 17 (7.59%) Degree
8 13 (5.80%) DV Cleared
9 9 (4.02%) JNCIS
10 6 (2.68%) JNCIP
11 5 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.79%) APMP
12 4 (1.79%) CCSE
12 4 (1.79%) JNCIE
13 2 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.89%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.89%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.89%) PMP
13 2 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.02%) NIST
2 8 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.89%) QA
4 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.23%) Hyper-V
2 5 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.79%) Firmware
3 4 (1.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 48 (21.43%) FortiGate
2 38 (16.96%) Ansible
3 34 (15.18%) Terraform
4 5 (2.23%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (2.23%) Puppet
5 4 (1.79%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.89%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.45%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.45%) OfficeScan
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
7 1 (0.45%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 1 (0.45%) TrustSec
7 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 149 (66.52%) Cisco
2 71 (31.70%) Palo Alto
3 57 (25.45%) CheckPoint
4 38 (16.96%) F5
5 25 (11.16%) Juniper
6 22 (9.82%) VMware
7 21 (9.38%) Arista
7 21 (9.38%) SolarWinds
8 18 (8.04%) ServiceNow
8 18 (8.04%) Splunk
9 17 (7.59%) Meraki
9 17 (7.59%) Zscaler
10 16 (7.14%) Infoblox
11 13 (5.80%) Microsoft
12 12 (5.36%) Aruba
13 10 (4.46%) Red Hat
14 8 (3.57%) Citrix
15 6 (2.68%) Fujitsu
15 6 (2.68%) HP
16 5 (2.23%) Veeam