Fortinet Job Trends in the South East

Fortinet
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 May 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
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 181 267
Rank change year-on-year -52 +86 +53
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 59 95 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.41% 1.21% 0.71%
As % of the Vendors category 1.59% 3.00% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 54 90 94
10th Percentile £30,450 £32,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% -3.64% +7.87%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,713 3,163 6,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.67% 40.28% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,153 1,770 4,407
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £84,750 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -12.76%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend in the South East

Fortinet
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Fortinet

Fortinet
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortinet in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Fortinet in the South East

Fortinet
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 Fortinet within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 -54 27 £45,250 -14.62% 8
Surrey -11 16 £50,000 +42.86% 5
Thames Valley +12 8 £60,000 -22.58% 9
Buckinghamshire -6 4 £45,000 -28.00% 4
Berkshire +7 2 - - 4
Oxfordshire 0 2 £60,000 -34.43% 1
West Sussex -18 1 - -
Kent -43 1 £45,000 +20.00%
Fortinet
England

Fortinet
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 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.39%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.12%) Azure
2 8 (13.56%) Mimecast
3 6 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (5.08%) GitHub
4 3 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.69%) AWS
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 27 (45.76%) Firewall
2 15 (25.42%) BGP
2 15 (25.42%) Network Security
3 12 (20.34%) OSPF
3 12 (20.34%) VPN
3 12 (20.34%) WAN
4 11 (18.64%) LAN
4 11 (18.64%) MPLS
4 11 (18.64%) SD-WAN
5 8 (13.56%) VoIP
5 8 (13.56%) VXLAN
5 8 (13.56%) Wireless
6 6 (10.17%) Unified Communications
7 3 (5.08%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (5.08%) HTTP
7 3 (5.08%) IPsec
7 3 (5.08%) Multicast
7 3 (5.08%) RTP
7 3 (5.08%) Wireshark
8 2 (3.39%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) MongoDB
1 3 (5.08%) MySQL
2 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Git
General
1 12 (20.34%) Presentation Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Multimedia
4 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Finance
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (33.90%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Consultant
3 8 (13.56%) Cisco Consultant
3 8 (13.56%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 8 (13.56%) IT Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) Network Consultant
3 8 (13.56%) Support Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) WAN Consultant
4 7 (11.86%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (11.86%) Architect
4 7 (11.86%) IT Support
4 7 (11.86%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (10.17%) Senior
6 4 (6.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Trainee IT Support
6 4 (6.78%) Trainee Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.64%) REST
2 3 (5.08%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.08%) Django
2 3 (5.08%) Flask
2 3 (5.08%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (5.08%) Jinja
2 3 (5.08%) JSON
2 3 (5.08%) OAuth
2 3 (5.08%) OAuth2
2 3 (5.08%) pytest
2 3 (5.08%) RFC 2833
2 3 (5.08%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (5.08%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Driving Licence
2 9 (15.25%) Data Centre
3 8 (13.56%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.25%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) Linux
3 3 (5.08%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.73%) Project Delivery
2 13 (22.03%) Time Management
3 9 (15.25%) Presales
4 8 (13.56%) Network Management
4 8 (13.56%) Network Segmentation
5 7 (11.86%) Customer Requirements
5 7 (11.86%) ITIL
5 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (10.17%) AI
6 6 (10.17%) Customer Service
6 6 (10.17%) Logistics
6 6 (10.17%) Project Management
7 5 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (6.78%) Business Continuity
8 4 (6.78%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (5.08%) Decision-Making
9 3 (5.08%) DevOps
9 3 (5.08%) Sentiment Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) Bicep
2 3 (5.08%) C
2 3 (5.08%) C++
2 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (30.51%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (27.12%) CCNP
3 6 (10.17%) CCNA
3 6 (10.17%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.08%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) MCSA
5 2 (3.39%) MCSE
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.69%) CCSE
6 1 (1.69%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) SLA
2 3 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (10.17%) Docker
2 5 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.08%) Kamailio
4 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (20.34%) FortiGate
2 8 (13.56%) Ansible
3 6 (10.17%) SCCM
4 3 (5.08%) Argo
4 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.69%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 31 (52.54%) Cisco
2 27 (45.76%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.25%) Meraki
4 8 (13.56%) Barracuda Networks
4 8 (13.56%) N-able
4 8 (13.56%) SonicWALL
4 8 (13.56%) Sophos
4 8 (13.56%) VMware
5 6 (10.17%) BT
5 6 (10.17%) Mitel
6 4 (6.78%) Fujitsu
6 4 (6.78%) Palo Alto
6 4 (6.78%) Virgin Media
7 3 (5.08%) Dell
8 2 (3.39%) Adobe
8 2 (3.39%) Citrix
8 2 (3.39%) Draytek
8 2 (3.39%) Huawei
8 2 (3.39%) Juniper
8 2 (3.39%) WatchGuard