FortiGate Job Trends in England

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring FortiGate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 485 604
Rank change year-on-year -59 +119 +185
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 97 156 165
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.38% 0.24%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.46% 3.11% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 65 99 150
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +34.02% +2.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £66,375
UK median annual salary £61,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% +30.00% +5.26%

All Systems Management Skills
England

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,937 5,011 7,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.21% 12.19% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,837 3,245 6,449
10th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,991 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FortiGate relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

FortiGate job vacancy trend in England

FortiGate
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FortiGate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in England over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for FortiGate in England

FortiGate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the England region over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +3 42 £50,000 -39.39% 15
South East -43 16 £75,000 +29.87% 14
North of England -34 15 £29,000 -58.57% 5
North West -12 7 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Midlands -6 6 £45,000 - 1
North East - 6 £29,000 - 1
West Midlands -1 4 £40,000 -11.11% 1
East of England - 4 - - 3
South West -16 3 £40,000 -38.46% 2
East Midlands -24 2 £50,000 +5.26%
Yorkshire -49 2 £63,750 -8.93% 1
FortiGate
UK

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 24 (24.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (14.43%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 49 (50.52%) Azure
2 31 (31.96%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (18.56%) AWS
4 15 (15.46%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.15%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.12%) GCP
6 4 (4.12%) ShareGate
7 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.03%) IaaS
7 1 (1.03%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.03%) PaaS
7 1 (1.03%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 85 (87.63%) Firewall
2 55 (56.70%) WAN
3 48 (49.48%) LAN
4 30 (30.93%) SD-WAN
5 28 (28.87%) VPN
6 26 (26.80%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (23.71%) BGP
8 22 (22.68%) DNS
8 22 (22.68%) Wireless
9 19 (19.59%) Cisco ASA
9 19 (19.59%) DHCP
9 19 (19.59%) OSPF
9 19 (19.59%) VLAN
10 16 (16.49%) Network Security
11 14 (14.43%) Cisco Firepower
11 14 (14.43%) TCP/IP
12 12 (12.37%) MPLS
13 11 (11.34%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (9.28%) VXLAN
14 9 (9.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.22%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (5.15%) Power BI
3 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.65%) Finance
3 9 (9.28%) Law
4 7 (7.22%) Police
4 7 (7.22%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (39.18%) Network Engineer
2 20 (20.62%) Cisco Engineer
2 20 (20.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 16 (16.49%) LAN Engineer
3 16 (16.49%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 16 (16.49%) Senior
3 16 (16.49%) Support Engineer
3 16 (16.49%) WAN Engineer
4 15 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (14.43%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (14.43%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (10.31%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (9.28%) Cisco Consultant
7 9 (9.28%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 9 (9.28%) Consultant
7 9 (9.28%) IT Engineer
7 9 (9.28%) Network Consultant
7 9 (9.28%) WAN Consultant
8 8 (8.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) REST
2 4 (4.12%) JSON
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 34 (35.05%) Data Centre
2 14 (14.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (10.31%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.12%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.03%) CCTV
7 1 (1.03%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (22.68%) Windows
2 14 (14.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.28%) Linux
4 5 (5.15%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (16.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (15.46%) High Availability
4 14 (14.43%) Computer Science
4 14 (14.43%) Process Improvement
5 13 (13.40%) Customer Service
5 13 (13.40%) Network Management
6 11 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (11.34%) Mentoring
6 11 (11.34%) Network Segmentation
7 10 (10.31%) Migration
7 10 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (7.22%) Agile
8 7 (7.22%) Asset Management
8 7 (7.22%) Customer-Centricity
8 7 (7.22%) Digital Forensics
8 7 (7.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (7.22%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (7.22%) SEO
9 6 (6.19%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.43%) Python
2 9 (9.28%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (38.14%) CCNP
1 37 (38.14%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (25.77%) CCNA
3 17 (17.53%) Degree
4 14 (14.43%) CCIE
4 14 (14.43%) CCSA
4 14 (14.43%) CCSE
4 14 (14.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (8.25%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.25%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.15%) HND
7 3 (3.09%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.12%) GDPR
3 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 29 (29.90%) Active Directory
2 20 (20.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (16.49%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.12%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.12%) VMware NSX
5 3 (3.09%) Firmware
5 3 (3.09%) vSphere
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (14.43%) Ansible
3 5 (5.15%) Terraform
4 4 (4.12%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.03%) Kibana
6 1 (1.03%) SCOM
Vendors
1 66 (68.04%) Cisco
2 50 (51.55%) Fortinet
3 31 (31.96%) VMware
4 27 (27.84%) Microsoft
5 19 (19.59%) CheckPoint
6 14 (14.43%) Meraki
6 14 (14.43%) Palo Alto
7 12 (12.37%) Veeam
8 10 (10.31%) Dell
9 8 (8.25%) SonicWALL
10 7 (7.22%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (7.22%) WatchGuard
11 6 (6.19%) F5
12 4 (4.12%) Blue Coat
12 4 (4.12%) Google
13 3 (3.09%) Juniper
13 3 (3.09%) SolarWinds
14 2 (2.06%) Progress
15 1 (1.03%) Citrix
15 1 (1.03%) NetApp