Fortinet Job Trends in the North West

Fortinet
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 156 186 151
Rank change year-on-year +30 -35 +83
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 23 19 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.37% 0.37% 1.03%
As % of the Vendors category 1.37% 1.02% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 33
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +33.33% -8.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,125 £65,000 £102,281
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% +4.76%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,674 1,870 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 27.16% 35.96% 33.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 926 1,103
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
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 West

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in the North West

Fortinet
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Fortinet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Fortinet in the North West

Fortinet
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the North West 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
Lancashire +16 14 £50,000 - 5
Manchester +23 7 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Cheshire -14 2 £28,000 -
Fortinet
England

Fortinet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (78.26%) WAN
2 17 (73.91%) LAN
3 16 (69.57%) Firewall
4 5 (21.74%) SD-WAN
5 3 (13.04%) DHCP
5 3 (13.04%) DNS
5 3 (13.04%) VPN
5 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (8.70%) Network Security
7 1 (4.35%) IPsec
7 1 (4.35%) Junos
7 1 (4.35%) MPLS
7 1 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (82.61%) Social Skills
2 14 (60.87%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Cisco Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) Firewall Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) Juniper Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) LAN Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) LAN/WAN Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) Presales Engineer
1 13 (56.52%) WAN Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
2 2 (8.70%) IT Support
2 2 (8.70%) Senior
3 1 (4.35%) Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) Network Designer
3 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Operations Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
1 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Presales
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.70%) Containerisation
4 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (8.70%) IT Strategy
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Network Architecture
4 2 (8.70%) Network Design
5 1 (4.35%) Budget Management
5 1 (4.35%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.35%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.35%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) CCNA
1 14 (60.87%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (60.87%) JNCIA
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.35%) CCNP
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.35%) Docker
3 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) FortiGate
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Autotask
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Cisco
2 15 (65.22%) Juniper
3 13 (56.52%) Aruba
4 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 2 (8.70%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (4.35%) ESET
6 1 (4.35%) Fujitsu
6 1 (4.35%) Google
6 1 (4.35%) HP
6 1 (4.35%) VMware
6 1 (4.35%) Zscaler