Fortinet Job Trends in the Midlands

Fortinet
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 16 July 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
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 218 277
Rank change year-on-year -7 +59 -25
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 27 15 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.20% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the Vendors category 0.86% 0.60% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 47
10th Percentile £41,125 £32,500 £35,050
25th Percentile £47,875 £34,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £51,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% +4.51% -7.05%
75th Percentile £66,875 £67,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +5.70%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,144 2,482 4,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.69% 44.08% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,832 1,448 2,981
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -11.97%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,688 £60,250
90th Percentile £79,875 £77,500 £73,000
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Fortinet
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Fortinet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Fortinet in the Midlands

Fortinet
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
West Midlands -17 21 £62,500 +68.92% 8
East Midlands -35 6 £53,750 -17.31% 4
Fortinet
England

Fortinet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 17 (62.96%) Firewall
2 14 (51.85%) VPN
3 12 (44.44%) Network Security
4 11 (40.74%) Wireless
5 8 (29.63%) SD-WAN
5 8 (29.63%) VLAN
5 8 (29.63%) WAN
6 6 (22.22%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (22.22%) LAN
7 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
8 4 (14.81%) BGP
8 4 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (11.11%) DHCP
9 3 (11.11%) DNS
10 2 (7.41%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (7.41%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (7.41%) NGFW
10 2 (7.41%) OSPF
10 2 (7.41%) WLAN
11 1 (3.70%) VXLAN
General
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Network Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Designer
3 5 (18.52%) Network Designer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Team Leader
5 2 (7.41%) Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Network Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Network Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (14.81%) Security Posture
3 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
4 2 (7.41%) Smartphone
5 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) High Availability
1 7 (25.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 7 (25.93%) Network Design
2 6 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (22.22%) ITIL
3 4 (14.81%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (11.11%) ITSM
4 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.41%) BCP
5 2 (7.41%) Business Continuity
5 2 (7.41%) Business Continuity Planning
5 2 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.41%) Service Management
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) CCNA
1 6 (22.22%) CCNP
1 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 14001
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Firmware
1 4 (14.81%) Hyper-V
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.70%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Cisco
2 8 (29.63%) Meraki
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
4 4 (14.81%) Aruba
4 4 (14.81%) VMware
5 2 (7.41%) Dell
5 2 (7.41%) HP
5 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.70%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.70%) F5
6 1 (3.70%) Juniper
6 1 (3.70%) NetApp
6 1 (3.70%) SonicWALL
6 1 (3.70%) Sophos
6 1 (3.70%) Veeam
6 1 (3.70%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.70%) Zscaler