Fortinet Job Trends in England

Fortinet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Fortinet products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fortinet over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Fortinet, Inc.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 424 439
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 +17
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 361 243 361
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.55% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 1.53% 1.31% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 295 192 281
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +1.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £66,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

All Vendors
England

Fortinet falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23,630 18,512 23,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.85% 42.25% 33.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15,152 10,361 14,989
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £54,125
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -3.00% -5.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -5.56% -6.09%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in England

Fortinet
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fortinet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Fortinet in England

Fortinet
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the England region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
South East +8 108 £50,000 +5.26% 26
London -8 107 £70,500 -6.00% 15
North of England -12 63 £65,000 +62.50% 22
North West +29 46 £65,000 +73.33% 14
Midlands -3 39 £55,000 +34.15% 22
West Midlands -1 30 £60,000 +50.00% 14
South West -66 28 £52,500 +5.00% 5
Yorkshire -34 17 £65,000 +30.00% 5
East of England -36 12 £55,000 +10.00% 6
East Midlands -16 9 £48,500 -22.40% 8
Fortinet
UK

Fortinet
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 32 (8.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.55%) Confluence
4 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 133 (36.84%) Azure
2 82 (22.71%) AWS
3 73 (20.22%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (6.93%) Entra ID
5 19 (5.26%) GCP
5 19 (5.26%) OpenShift
6 13 (3.60%) Mimecast
7 10 (2.77%) OCI
8 9 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.39%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.39%) SaaS
10 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.55%) IaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.55%) PaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.55%) Route 53
11 2 (0.55%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 225 (62.33%) Firewall
2 161 (44.60%) Network Security
3 128 (35.46%) WAN
4 111 (30.75%) VPN
5 97 (26.87%) LAN
6 82 (22.71%) SD-WAN
7 77 (21.33%) VLAN
8 74 (20.50%) Wireless
9 64 (17.73%) DNS
10 55 (15.24%) TCP/IP
11 52 (14.40%) BGP
12 46 (12.74%) OSPF
13 35 (9.70%) DHCP
14 31 (8.59%) Cisco ISE
14 31 (8.59%) Wi-Fi
15 29 (8.03%) WLAN
16 25 (6.93%) Cisco Firepower
17 22 (6.09%) VoIP
17 22 (6.09%) VXLAN
18 21 (5.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.39%) Big Data
2 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
General
1 82 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.86%) Telecoms
3 29 (8.03%) Public Sector
4 25 (6.93%) Finance
5 22 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (5.82%) Banking
6 21 (5.82%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.26%) Retail
8 17 (4.71%) Marketing
9 12 (3.32%) Aerospace
9 12 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.05%) Military
10 11 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.55%) Legal
13 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.28%) French Language
13 1 (0.28%) German Language
13 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (29.64%) Network Engineer
2 47 (13.02%) Consultant
3 45 (12.47%) Senior
4 33 (9.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 31 (8.59%) Network Consultant
6 28 (7.76%) Lead
6 28 (7.76%) Network Specialist
7 26 (7.20%) Architect
7 26 (7.20%) Network Security Specialist
7 26 (7.20%) Security Specialist
8 24 (6.65%) 2nd Line Support
8 24 (6.65%) IT Engineer
9 22 (6.09%) Designer
9 22 (6.09%) Network Designer
10 19 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 19 (5.26%) Security Engineer
11 17 (4.71%) IT Support
12 16 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support Technician
12 16 (4.43%) Support Technician
13 15 (4.16%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.77%) ModSecurity
2 9 (2.49%) XMPP
3 3 (0.83%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.28%) JSON
4 1 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.96%) Data Centre
2 23 (6.37%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.54%) Security Posture
4 16 (4.43%) Driving Licence
4 16 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (3.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (2.77%) Replication
6 10 (2.77%) Social Media
7 9 (2.49%) FlexPod
7 9 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (1.94%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.39%) CSOC
10 5 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.11%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.11%) NHS
11 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.83%) CMDB
12 3 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 82 (22.71%) Windows
2 45 (12.47%) Windows Server
3 26 (7.20%) Linux
4 7 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (1.66%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.50%) Project Delivery
2 66 (18.28%) Cybersecurity
3 64 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (15.24%) ITIL
5 54 (14.96%) Network Design
6 50 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (12.74%) Presales
8 43 (11.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 42 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
10 41 (11.36%) Mentoring
11 39 (10.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 39 (10.80%) Roadmaps
11 39 (10.80%) Zero Trust
12 36 (9.97%) SIEM
13 35 (9.70%) Customer Service
14 31 (8.59%) Project Management
14 31 (8.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (8.03%) Customer Requirements
15 29 (8.03%) Incident Response
16 27 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 39 (10.80%) Python
2 24 (6.65%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.49%) Bash
4 5 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.11%) SQL
6 1 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 107 (29.64%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (23.55%) CCNP
3 53 (14.68%) CCNA
4 48 (13.30%) Security Cleared
5 37 (10.25%) CISSP
6 30 (8.31%) SC Cleared
7 28 (7.76%) Degree
8 27 (7.48%) DBS Check
9 24 (6.65%) Azure Certification
10 21 (5.82%) DV Cleared
11 18 (4.99%) CCIE
11 18 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (4.16%) CCSE
13 12 (3.32%) AWS Certification
14 11 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (2.49%) CCSA
15 9 (2.49%) JNCIP
15 9 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (2.22%) CISM
16 8 (2.22%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.20%) SLA
2 20 (5.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (4.16%) GDPR
5 9 (2.49%) NIST
6 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.83%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 54 (14.96%) Active Directory
2 43 (11.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (9.97%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.88%) Firmware
5 8 (2.22%) vSphere
6 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.83%) Docker
8 3 (0.83%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.28%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (15.51%) FortiGate
2 30 (8.31%) Ansible
3 24 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (6.37%) Terraform
5 19 (5.26%) Kubernetes
5 19 (5.26%) SCCM
6 9 (2.49%) Cisco CUCM
6 9 (2.49%) Grafana
7 7 (1.94%) Stealthwatch
8 5 (1.39%) Nessus
9 4 (1.11%) Iperf
10 3 (0.83%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.55%) CASB
11 2 (0.55%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.28%) Nagios
12 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 230 (63.71%) Cisco
2 129 (35.73%) Microsoft
3 107 (29.64%) Palo Alto
4 51 (14.13%) VMware
5 46 (12.74%) Aruba
6 44 (12.19%) SonicWALL
7 39 (10.80%) Juniper
8 36 (9.97%) Meraki
9 28 (7.76%) Sophos
10 27 (7.48%) Zscaler
11 26 (7.20%) CheckPoint
12 17 (4.71%) WatchGuard
13 14 (3.88%) Splunk
14 13 (3.60%) Arista
14 13 (3.60%) F5
14 13 (3.60%) Veeam
15 11 (3.05%) Draytek
15 11 (3.05%) N-able
16 10 (2.77%) ServiceNow
17 8 (2.22%) Ruckus Wireless