Fortinet Job Trends in the North of England

Fortinet
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 242 197
Rank change year-on-year +15 -45 +130
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 34 44 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.32% 0.47% 1.00%
As % of the Vendors category 1.03% 1.41% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 66
10th Percentile £25,500 - £31,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +14.74% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £66,750 - £106,289
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% +4.76%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,289 3,110 2,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 31.32% 32.90% 38.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,872 1,537 2,309
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,365 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,475 £77,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in the North of England

Fortinet
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Fortinet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Fortinet in the North of England

Fortinet
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
North West +30 23 £50,000 -9.09% 10
Yorkshire -8 10 £26,000 -54.78% 5
North East -1 1 £65,000 +26.21% 1
Fortinet
England

Fortinet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.94%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (82.35%) WAN
2 26 (76.47%) LAN
3 25 (73.53%) Firewall
4 15 (44.12%) SD-WAN
5 12 (35.29%) VPN
6 9 (26.47%) BGP
6 9 (26.47%) MPLS
7 7 (20.59%) ADSL
7 7 (20.59%) VoIP
7 7 (20.59%) WebEx
8 6 (17.65%) Broadband
8 6 (17.65%) WLAN
9 5 (14.71%) Network Security
10 4 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (8.82%) DHCP
11 3 (8.82%) DNS
11 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
12 2 (5.88%) IPv4
12 2 (5.88%) IPv6
12 2 (5.88%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (41.18%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Cisco Engineer
1 13 (38.24%) Firewall Engineer
1 13 (38.24%) Juniper Engineer
1 13 (38.24%) LAN Engineer
1 13 (38.24%) LAN/WAN Engineer
1 13 (38.24%) Presales Engineer
1 13 (38.24%) WAN Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Support Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Support
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.88%) IT Support
5 2 (5.88%) Network Design Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.65%) Handset
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.94%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
1 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.94%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Presales
2 9 (26.47%) Customer Service
2 9 (26.47%) ITIL
3 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (17.65%) Supplier Management
5 4 (11.76%) Network Design
6 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.82%) Network Architecture
6 3 (8.82%) Project Management
7 2 (5.88%) Containerisation
7 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.88%) IT Strategy
8 1 (2.94%) Budget Management
8 1 (2.94%) Cloud Security
8 1 (2.94%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.94%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (2.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (67.65%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (64.71%) CCNA
3 14 (41.18%) JNCIA
4 3 (8.82%) CCNP
5 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.94%) Degree
6 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.94%) Docker
3 1 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Autotask
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (79.41%) Cisco
2 19 (55.88%) Aruba
3 15 (44.12%) Juniper
4 10 (29.41%) Meraki
5 8 (23.53%) Huawei
6 7 (20.59%) Polycom
7 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (2.94%) ESET
9 1 (2.94%) Fujitsu
9 1 (2.94%) Google
9 1 (2.94%) HP
9 1 (2.94%) VMware
9 1 (2.94%) Zscaler