FortiGate Jobs in the UK excluding London

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring FortiGate skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited FortiGate over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 622 561
Rank change year-on-year +111 -61 +141
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 74 141 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.20% 0.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.20% 2.21% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 55 117 116
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -3.74% -15.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £62,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £61,250 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.00% -10.95%

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 3,365 6,368 7,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.61% 8.99% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,640 4,361 4,406
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.86% -3.65%
75th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,753 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.57% -10.37% -3.57%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FortiGate in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for FortiGate in the UK excluding London

FortiGate
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 2025. 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
South East +71 45 £54,033 +11.41% 25
Midlands +63 10 £40,000 +14.29% 8
North of England +42 10 £56,250 +38.62% 6
Yorkshire +56 9 £70,000 +86.67% 5
West Midlands +56 8 £75,000 +93.55% 4
South West +109 4 £65,000 +44.44% 20
East of England +39 4 £42,085 -11.40% 8
Scotland +103 2 £37,500 -25.00% 3
East Midlands +35 2 £40,000 +19.40% 3
North West -3 1 £42,500 +1.80%
FortiGate
UK

FortiGate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.38%) Azure
2 12 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.11%) AWS
4 2 (2.70%) GCP
4 2 (2.70%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.35%) PaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (77.03%) Firewall
2 37 (50.00%) BGP
3 33 (44.59%) OSPF
4 29 (39.19%) Network Security
5 27 (36.49%) EIGRP
6 18 (24.32%) VPN
7 17 (22.97%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (18.92%) WAN
9 13 (17.57%) DMVPN
9 13 (17.57%) SD-WAN
10 10 (13.51%) MPLS
11 8 (10.81%) TCP/IP
12 6 (8.11%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (8.11%) Wireless
13 5 (6.76%) DHCP
13 5 (6.76%) DNS
13 5 (6.76%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (5.41%) LAN
15 3 (4.05%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.35%) Power BI
General
1 7 (9.46%) Manufacturing
2 4 (5.41%) Local Government
3 3 (4.05%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.35%) Advertising
4 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.35%) Law
4 1 (1.35%) Legal
4 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (41.89%) Network Engineer
2 19 (25.68%) Security Engineer
3 12 (16.22%) Network Security Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Manager
4 9 (12.16%) Senior
5 8 (10.81%) Designer
5 8 (10.81%) Network Designer
6 7 (9.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) Senior Security Engineer
7 6 (8.11%) IT Engineer
7 6 (8.11%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
10 3 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (4.05%) Network Architect
10 3 (4.05%) Network Support
10 3 (4.05%) Network Support Engineer
10 3 (4.05%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) JSON
2 1 (1.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.46%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.46%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.41%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.05%) PMI
4 3 (4.05%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.35%) Clustering
6 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.35%) Replication
6 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.27%) Windows
2 13 (17.57%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.81%) Linux
4 2 (2.70%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.35%) CentOS
5 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.35%) Rocky
5 1 (1.35%) Unix
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.92%) ITIL
1 14 (18.92%) Network Design
2 13 (17.57%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (17.57%) Service Delivery
3 8 (10.81%) Risk Management
3 8 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (9.46%) High Availability
4 7 (9.46%) Impact Assessments
4 7 (9.46%) Incident Management
4 7 (9.46%) Project Delivery
5 6 (8.11%) Boundary Protection
5 6 (8.11%) Incident Response
5 6 (8.11%) Line Management
6 5 (6.76%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (6.76%) Decision-Making
6 5 (6.76%) ITSM
7 4 (5.41%) Business Continuity
7 4 (5.41%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.81%) SQL
2 7 (9.46%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (43.24%) Security Cleared
2 30 (40.54%) SC Cleared
3 25 (33.78%) DV Cleared
4 18 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.81%) CISM
5 8 (10.81%) CISSP
5 8 (10.81%) GIAC
6 6 (8.11%) CCNP
6 6 (8.11%) Degree
7 5 (6.76%) CCNA
8 4 (5.41%) CEH
8 4 (5.41%) CISA
8 4 (5.41%) CREST Certified
8 4 (5.41%) ISACA
8 4 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (5.41%) SANS
9 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (4.05%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (9.46%) NCSC
3 4 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.41%) NIST
3 4 (5.41%) SLA
4 3 (4.05%) GRC
4 3 (4.05%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.35%) GDPR
5 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (14.86%) Hyper-V
3 8 (10.81%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.70%) Firmware
6 1 (1.35%) DFS Replication
6 1 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Kubernetes
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (9.46%) Nessus
2 5 (6.76%) WSUS
3 2 (2.70%) Ansible
3 2 (2.70%) Terraform
4 1 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (64.86%) Cisco
2 40 (54.05%) Fortinet
3 34 (45.95%) Juniper
4 24 (32.43%) Microsoft
5 18 (24.32%) VMware
6 8 (10.81%) Tenable
7 7 (9.46%) Aruba
7 7 (9.46%) McAfee
8 5 (6.76%) Draytek
8 5 (6.76%) Meraki
8 5 (6.76%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (5.41%) HP
9 4 (5.41%) Palo Alto
9 4 (5.41%) Qualys
9 4 (5.41%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.41%) Veeam
10 3 (4.05%) Apple
10 3 (4.05%) Dell
10 3 (4.05%) Sophos
11 2 (2.70%) Arista