FortiGate Job Trends in the South East

Fortinet FortiGate
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring FortiGate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 209 314
Rank change year-on-year -59 +105 +77
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 15 45 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.67% 0.35%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.77% 6.82% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 15 41 46
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £53,065 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +41.34% +11.13% -20.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £67,500 £60,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +31.58% -

All Systems Management Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 542 660 1,605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.99% 9.78% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 425 403 1,306
10th Percentile £32,160 £37,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

FortiGate job vacancy trend in the South East

FortiGate
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FortiGate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in the South East over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for FortiGate in the South East

FortiGate
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Hampshire -35 9 £75,000 +42.86% 2
Thames Valley -12 3 £65,000 -3.70% 2
Surrey -23 2 £62,500 - 1
Berkshire +7 1 £65,000 -7.14% 2
Buckinghamshire -29 1 £35,000 -30.00%
Oxfordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Sussex - 1 £42,500 -
FortiGate
England

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) Firewall
2 12 (80.00%) BGP
3 10 (66.67%) OSPF
3 10 (66.67%) VPN
4 9 (60.00%) MPLS
4 9 (60.00%) SD-WAN
4 9 (60.00%) WAN
4 9 (60.00%) Wireless
5 8 (53.33%) LAN
5 8 (53.33%) VXLAN
6 3 (20.00%) VLAN
7 2 (13.33%) Network Security
7 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (6.67%) DHCP
8 1 (6.67%) DNS
8 1 (6.67%) IPsec
8 1 (6.67%) Multicast
8 1 (6.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
General
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Law
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Network Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) WAN Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support
4 2 (13.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Network Management
1 8 (53.33%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (6.67%) Network Design
3 1 (6.67%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) CCNP
1 10 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (13.33%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Autotask
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Cisco
2 11 (73.33%) Fortinet
2 11 (73.33%) Meraki
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.67%) ConnectWise
4 1 (6.67%) Datto
4 1 (6.67%) F5
4 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (6.67%) SonicWALL
4 1 (6.67%) Sophos
4 1 (6.67%) Veeam
4 1 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (6.67%) WatchGuard