FortiGate Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring FortiGate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 478 604
Rank change year-on-year -65 +126 -50
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 53 68 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.23% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.95% 2.15% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 48 52 114
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,188 £41,273 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% -1.05%
75th Percentile £70,938 £60,000 £55,844
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,714 3,166 6,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.07% 10.68% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 1,570 4,300
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -6.78%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.70% +10.28% -9.32%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FortiGate relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

FortiGate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FortiGate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FortiGate

FortiGate
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North West +1 20 £38,750 -1.90% 4
North of England -25 20 £38,750 +19.23% 10
South East -43 16 £72,500 +36.62% 18
South West -49 9 £40,000 -33.88% 8
Midlands -38 5 £50,000 +25.00% 5
East Midlands -25 3 £52,500 +31.25% 1
East of England -22 2 £55,000 +30.69% 1
West Midlands -26 2 £38,750 -48.33% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -
FortiGate
UK

FortiGate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (35.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (20.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.77%) Confluence
4 1 (1.89%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (26.42%) Azure
2 14 (26.42%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.55%) Mimecast
3 4 (7.55%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.77%) AWS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (75.47%) Firewall
2 32 (60.38%) WAN
3 30 (56.60%) DNS
4 28 (52.83%) DHCP
4 28 (52.83%) VPN
5 26 (49.06%) Network Security
5 26 (49.06%) SD-WAN
6 25 (47.17%) VLAN
7 19 (35.85%) BGP
7 19 (35.85%) LAN
8 16 (30.19%) MPLS
9 15 (28.30%) TCP/IP
10 13 (24.53%) OSPF
11 11 (20.75%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (18.87%) Wireless
13 9 (16.98%) VoIP
14 8 (15.09%) IPsec
14 8 (15.09%) SNMP
14 8 (15.09%) SSL
15 7 (13.21%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Finance
5 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Legal
6 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (22.64%) IT Engineer
2 11 (20.75%) Consultant
2 11 (20.75%) Network Engineer
3 9 (16.98%) IT Support
4 7 (13.21%) Cisco Consultant
4 7 (13.21%) Cisco Network Consultant
4 7 (13.21%) Network Consultant
4 7 (13.21%) Security Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) WAN Consultant
5 6 (11.32%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (11.32%) IT Technician
5 6 (11.32%) Support Technician
5 6 (11.32%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Architect
6 5 (9.43%) LAN Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) Network Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Network Security Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Security Architect
7 4 (7.55%) SIEM Consultant
7 4 (7.55%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) REST
1 7 (13.21%) SAML
2 5 (9.43%) OAuth
3 3 (5.66%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Data Centre
2 8 (15.09%) Driving Licence
3 7 (13.21%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (11.32%) CCTV
5 5 (9.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (7.55%) Management Information System
7 3 (5.66%) Replication
7 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (41.51%) Windows
2 18 (33.96%) Windows Server
3 11 (20.75%) Windows 10
4 10 (18.87%) Linux
5 2 (3.77%) VMS
5 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (24.53%) Network Segmentation
2 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (22.64%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (13.21%) Customer Service
4 7 (13.21%) Network Management
4 7 (13.21%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 7 (13.21%) Time Management
5 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (11.32%) ITIL
6 5 (9.43%) Change Control
6 5 (9.43%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (9.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 5 (9.43%) Web Filtering
7 4 (7.55%) Incident Response
7 4 (7.55%) Performance Optimisation
7 4 (7.55%) Security Operations
7 4 (7.55%) SOAR
7 4 (7.55%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) Python
2 4 (7.55%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (32.08%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (28.30%) CCNP
3 8 (15.09%) CCNA
4 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.55%) DBS Check
6 4 (7.55%) Degree
7 3 (5.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.66%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.77%) CISSP
8 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.89%) CCSP
9 1 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.43%) GDPR
2 5 (9.43%) NIST
3 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.66%) SLA
4 1 (1.89%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (45.28%) Active Directory
2 15 (28.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (20.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (9.43%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (7.55%) Docker
6 3 (5.66%) Firmware
6 3 (5.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (15.09%) Ansible
3 5 (9.43%) CASB
4 2 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.89%) Autotask
5 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.89%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (50.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (49.06%) Fortinet
3 23 (43.40%) Cisco
4 20 (37.74%) VMware
5 8 (15.09%) Meraki
6 7 (13.21%) Sophos
7 6 (11.32%) SonicWALL
8 5 (9.43%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (9.43%) Palo Alto
9 3 (5.66%) Dell
9 3 (5.66%) Veeam
10 2 (3.77%) Aderant
10 2 (3.77%) iManage
10 2 (3.77%) Netskope
10 2 (3.77%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.77%) WatchGuard
11 1 (1.89%) Aruba
11 1 (1.89%) ConnectWise
11 1 (1.89%) Datto
11 1 (1.89%) Zscaler