FortiGate Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 263 317 394
Rank change year-on-year +54 +77 +167
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 41 28 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.41% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.67% 1.70% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 56
10th Percentile £366 £393 £375
25th Percentile £450 £413 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +3.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £641
90th Percentile £588 £658 £675
UK median daily rate £514 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +14.17% -14.29% -
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 - £13.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -80.71% -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,534 1,647 4,293
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.49% 10.73% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,220 3,179
10th Percentile £386 £356 £400
25th Percentile £440 £450 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £626 £631 £675
90th Percentile £788 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 23 73
10th Percentile £16.10 £21.73 £26.55
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.58 £55.00
Median hourly rate £40.88 £47.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -28.03% +65.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £71.38 £67.25 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

FortiGate
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FortiGate trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

FortiGate
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing FortiGate.

FortiGate daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FortiGate
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing FortiGate over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

FortiGate daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

FortiGate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.44%) CMS
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) AWS
2 12 (29.27%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.44%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 27 (65.85%) Firewall
2 15 (36.59%) Network Security
3 14 (34.15%) WAN
4 13 (31.71%) BGP
5 12 (29.27%) VPN
6 10 (24.39%) Wireless
7 8 (19.51%) LAN
8 7 (17.07%) OSPF
8 7 (17.07%) TCP/IP
9 6 (14.63%) DNS
9 6 (14.63%) SD-WAN
10 5 (12.20%) DHCP
10 5 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (9.76%) MPLS
11 4 (9.76%) NX-OS
12 3 (7.32%) 4G
12 3 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (7.32%) NGFW
13 2 (4.88%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) MySQL
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) GitLab
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Aviation
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (4.88%) Police
5 2 (4.88%) Swedish Language
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Network Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) DevOps Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Senior
3 4 (9.76%) Architect
3 4 (9.76%) AWS Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Consultant
3 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Automation Consultant
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Security Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Firewall Architect
4 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Network Consultant
4 3 (7.32%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.32%) Security Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) WAN Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) AWS DevOps
5 2 (4.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.88%) Robotics
4 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.44%) Clustering
4 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (24.39%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Linux
3 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) Auto-Scaling
1 7 (17.07%) DevOps
2 6 (14.63%) Infrastructure as Code
2 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.20%) Business Continuity
3 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (12.20%) Security Operations
4 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (9.76%) High Availability
4 4 (9.76%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (7.32%) Business Strategy
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Security
5 3 (7.32%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 3 (7.32%) Data Privacy
5 3 (7.32%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (7.32%) Inventory Management
5 3 (7.32%) Mentoring
5 3 (7.32%) Network Packet Capture
5 3 (7.32%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (7.32%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
1 12 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 11 (26.83%) CCNP
3 3 (7.32%) CCNA
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.44%) CCIE
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Terraform
2 3 (7.32%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (4.88%) Grafana
3 2 (4.88%) logstash
3 2 (4.88%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.88%) QRadar
4 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.44%) OfficeScan
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Cisco
1 18 (43.90%) Fortinet
2 9 (21.95%) Palo Alto
3 6 (14.63%) Meraki
3 6 (14.63%) VMware
4 5 (12.20%) Juniper
5 3 (7.32%) Broadcom
5 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.32%) Zscaler
6 2 (4.88%) Aruba
6 2 (4.88%) F5
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.88%) Ribbon
6 2 (4.88%) Tenable
7 1 (2.44%) Altiris
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) Mitel
7 1 (2.44%) NetApp
7 1 (2.44%) Oracle
7 1 (2.44%) Symantec