FortiGate Job Trends in the South West

Fortinet FortiGate
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring FortiGate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 186 190
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +84
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 1 3 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% 0.072% 0.59%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.33% 0.72% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 28
10th Percentile - - £34,600
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,199 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,005 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -21.99% +25.00%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,812 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% +5.26%

All Systems Management Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 300 415 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.90% 10.01% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 243 261 657
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £36,375 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

FortiGate job vacancy trend in the South West

FortiGate
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the South West 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
Devon +2 1 £40,000 +2.55% 6
FortiGate
England

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware