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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 221 240
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 +138
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 51 86 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.49% 0.96% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 1.58% 2.58% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 42 58 47
10th Percentile £41,375 £45,000 £40,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -15.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,500 £82,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% +4.76%

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 3,233 3,337 3,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.15% 37.17% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 1,744 2,611
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,375
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,875 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

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 14 January 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 14 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
Surrey +17 22 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Hampshire +1 13 £75,000 +41.51% 2
Thames Valley -8 8 £45,000 -38.98% 6
Berkshire -12 7 £45,000 - 4
Kent - 5 £40,250 -
West Sussex +3 3 £60,000 +20.00%
Buckinghamshire +5 1 - - 2
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 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) IIS
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.92%) AWS
3 1 (1.96%) IaaS
3 1 (1.96%) Nutanix
3 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (52.94%) Firewall
2 20 (39.22%) Wireless
3 18 (35.29%) BGP
4 16 (31.37%) LAN
5 15 (29.41%) Cisco Nexus
5 15 (29.41%) OSPF
6 14 (27.45%) VPN
7 13 (25.49%) VLAN
8 10 (19.61%) MPLS
9 8 (15.69%) WAN
10 7 (13.73%) SD-WAN
10 7 (13.73%) VXLAN
11 6 (11.76%) EIGRP
12 4 (7.84%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (5.88%) Network Security
13 3 (5.88%) Wireshark
14 2 (3.92%) SAN
14 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
14 2 (3.92%) VoIP
15 1 (1.96%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
General
1 4 (7.84%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (7.84%) Multimedia
2 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.92%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Network Engineer
2 12 (23.53%) Lead
2 12 (23.53%) Network Team Leader
2 12 (23.53%) Team Leader
3 9 (17.65%) Support Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Cisco Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Network Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) WAN Consultant
6 6 (11.76%) Lead Network Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) IT Support
7 4 (7.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Support Specialist
7 4 (7.84%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.73%) REST
2 4 (7.84%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.84%) Driving Licence
2 4 (7.84%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Linux
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Mac OS
3 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.96%) Unix
4 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.53%) Root Cause Analysis
2 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (17.65%) Network Management
3 9 (17.65%) Observability
3 9 (17.65%) Problem Management
4 7 (13.73%) Change Management
4 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (13.73%) Network Segmentation
4 7 (13.73%) Presales
4 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
5 6 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 6 (11.76%) Service Management
6 5 (9.80%) ITIL
7 4 (7.84%) Business Development
7 4 (7.84%) Computer Science
7 4 (7.84%) High Availability
7 4 (7.84%) ITSM
7 4 (7.84%) Project Planning
7 4 (7.84%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) Python
2 1 (1.96%) Bash
2 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (49.02%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (47.06%) CCNP
3 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.84%) Degree
4 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.92%) CCNA
6 2 (3.92%) CISSP
7 1 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.96%) CCSP
7 1 (1.96%) CEH
7 1 (1.96%) CISM
7 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.96%) HP APS
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.96%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) GDPR
2 1 (1.96%) NCSC
2 1 (1.96%) NIST
2 1 (1.96%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 6 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.96%) Firmware
3 1 (1.96%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 14 (27.45%) FortiGate
2 8 (15.69%) Ansible
3 5 (9.80%) SCCM
3 5 (9.80%) ZABBIX
4 4 (7.84%) Nagios
4 4 (7.84%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.88%) Prometheus
6 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.96%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (1.96%) Grafana
7 1 (1.96%) Puppet
7 1 (1.96%) SCOM
Vendors
1 38 (74.51%) Cisco
2 18 (35.29%) Meraki
3 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
4 7 (13.73%) Aruba
4 7 (13.73%) Juniper
4 7 (13.73%) Palo Alto
5 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow
6 4 (7.84%) Draytek
6 4 (7.84%) Fujitsu
6 4 (7.84%) Sophos
6 4 (7.84%) Virgin Media
6 4 (7.84%) VMware
7 3 (5.88%) Mitel
7 3 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.92%) BT
8 2 (3.92%) F5
9 1 (1.96%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.96%) Rapid7
9 1 (1.96%) Thales
9 1 (1.96%) Veeam