Fortinet FortiGate
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FortiGate skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FortiGate over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 472 888 923
Rank change year-on-year +416 +35 -241
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 269 202 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.27% 1.02% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 192 193 135
10th Percentile £31,575 £32,260 £29,300
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £64,875 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

FortiGate is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,232 19,722 21,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.21% 15.67% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,489 11,664 13,956
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £84,056 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £103,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,525 £56,480 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.08% +2.69% +6.28%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FortiGate in the UK

FortiGate
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FortiGate.

Salary trend for FortiGate in the UK

FortiGate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for FortiGate in the UK

FortiGate
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
UK excluding London +308 210 £47,500 -5.00% 51
England +347 202 £50,000 - 76
Work from Home +296 136 £50,000 -16.67% 21
Wales - 56 £40,000 - 1
South West +109 52 £48,750 +19.63% 6
North of England +126 51 £40,500 -10.00% 18
London +263 40 £50,000 -20.00% 26
South East +162 39 £55,000 -26.67% 13
North West +114 28 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Yorkshire +80 20 £32,250 -28.33% 7
Midlands +133 19 £70,000 +27.27% 10
West Midlands +120 17 £85,000 +54.55% 4
East of England +109 11 £85,000 +39.34% 6
North East +47 10 £85,000 +6.25%
East Midlands +51 2 £56,250 +18.42% 6
Scotland - 2 £41,000 -
Northern Ireland +29 1 £46,000 -8.00%

FortiGate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (4.83%) OpenStack
2 8 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.60%) Confluence
4 4 (1.49%) MS Exchange
5 3 (1.12%) Apache
5 3 (1.12%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 79 (29.37%) Azure
2 61 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.92%) AWS
4 12 (4.46%) IaaS
5 11 (4.09%) Nutanix
6 10 (3.72%) Rubrik
7 8 (2.97%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.97%) GCP
8 4 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.12%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.12%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.74%) PaaS
10 2 (0.74%) SaaS
11 1 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.37%) GitHub
11 1 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 222 (82.53%) Firewall
2 162 (60.22%) WAN
3 112 (41.64%) VPN
4 90 (33.46%) SD-WAN
5 87 (32.34%) LAN
6 85 (31.60%) Cisco ASA
7 80 (29.74%) BGP
8 79 (29.37%) Network Security
8 79 (29.37%) Wireless
9 75 (27.88%) OSPF
10 71 (26.39%) TCP/IP
11 70 (26.02%) MPLS
12 52 (19.33%) DNS
13 48 (17.84%) DHCP
14 47 (17.47%) Wi-Fi
15 43 (15.99%) Internet
16 39 (14.50%) BIG-IP
17 35 (13.01%) VLAN
18 34 (12.64%) HTTP
18 34 (12.64%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.95%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.12%) MySQL
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 78 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (12.27%) Games
4 22 (8.18%) Finance
5 20 (7.43%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.86%) Retail
8 4 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.12%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.74%) Legal
11 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 76 (28.25%) Network Engineer
2 48 (17.84%) Senior
3 37 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (13.38%) Consultant
5 35 (13.01%) Architect
6 34 (12.64%) Analyst
7 33 (12.27%) SOC Analyst
8 27 (10.04%) Network Architect
9 24 (8.92%) Project Consultant
10 23 (8.55%) Network Consultant
11 21 (7.81%) IT Engineer
12 20 (7.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 18 (6.69%) Senior Consultant
13 18 (6.69%) Senior Network Consultant
14 17 (6.32%) Senior Project Consultant
15 15 (5.58%) Lead
15 15 (5.58%) Senior Network Engineer
16 13 (4.83%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
17 11 (4.09%) Cisco Engineer
18 10 (3.72%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.38%) LDAP
2 13 (4.83%) JSON
3 3 (1.12%) FHIR
3 3 (1.12%) XML
4 1 (0.37%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 110 (40.89%) Data Centre
2 33 (12.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 33 (12.27%) Cyber Threat
2 33 (12.27%) PKI
2 33 (12.27%) Security Operations Centre
3 29 (10.78%) Clustering
4 13 (4.83%) NHS
5 7 (2.60%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.12%) Replication
8 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.37%) CCTV
9 1 (0.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.37%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.37%) EPoS
9 1 (0.37%) FlexPod
9 1 (0.37%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (23.79%) Windows
2 55 (20.45%) Windows Server
3 33 (12.27%) Windows Server 2019
4 28 (10.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (9.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (5.58%) Linux
7 12 (4.46%) Windows 10
8 6 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (1.86%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.12%) Unix
11 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.37%) CatOS
11 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (40.89%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (37.17%) ITIL
3 57 (21.19%) Actionable Insight
4 49 (18.22%) Load Balancing
5 46 (17.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (14.50%) SIEM
6 39 (14.50%) Time Management
7 38 (14.13%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (12.64%) Kalman Filter
8 34 (12.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 34 (12.64%) Security Operations
8 34 (12.64%) Two-Factor Authentication
9 33 (12.27%) Blue Team
9 33 (12.27%) Compliance Audit
9 33 (12.27%) Data Loss Prevention
10 32 (11.90%) Network Design
11 27 (10.04%) Knowledge Transfer
12 25 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (9.29%) Project Delivery
13 24 (8.92%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.95%) Python
2 11 (4.09%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.60%) Bash
4 3 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (35.32%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (30.48%) CCNP
3 72 (26.77%) CCNA
4 63 (23.42%) Security Cleared
5 37 (13.75%) SC Cleared
6 34 (12.64%) Degree
7 20 (7.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (5.95%) MCSE
9 14 (5.20%) Azure Certification
10 13 (4.83%) MCP
11 10 (3.72%) CCIE
11 10 (3.72%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.12%) ACSA
12 3 (1.12%) ACSP
12 3 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.74%) MCSA
14 1 (0.37%) CWNA
14 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.37%) HND
14 1 (0.37%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.90%) SLA
2 19 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.12%) DICOM
4 3 (1.12%) HL7
5 1 (0.37%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (19.70%) Active Directory
2 47 (17.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (9.29%) Hyper-V
4 20 (7.43%) VMware NSX
5 15 (5.58%) Firmware
6 14 (5.20%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (3.72%) Terminal Services
8 6 (2.23%) vSphere
9 5 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.12%) Ceph
10 3 (1.12%) KVM
10 3 (1.12%) vCloud
11 1 (0.37%) Docker
11 1 (0.37%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (9.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 16 (5.95%) Microsoft Clustering
3 13 (4.83%) Failover Clustering
3 13 (4.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 13 (4.83%) SCOM
4 8 (2.97%) Ansible
4 8 (2.97%) Terraform
5 4 (1.49%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.12%) Nagios
6 3 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.37%) RANCID
7 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 231 (85.87%) Cisco
2 143 (53.16%) CheckPoint
3 93 (34.57%) Meraki
4 83 (30.86%) Juniper
5 82 (30.48%) F5
6 78 (29.00%) Palo Alto
7 74 (27.51%) Microsoft
8 66 (24.54%) Fortinet
8 66 (24.54%) VMware
9 50 (18.59%) Aruba
10 37 (13.75%) TippingPoint
11 34 (12.64%) Splunk
12 33 (12.27%) ArcSight
12 33 (12.27%) IBM
12 33 (12.27%) Trend Micro
13 28 (10.41%) Forcepoint
14 27 (10.04%) Citrix
15 25 (9.29%) McAfee
15 25 (9.29%) Veeam
16 24 (8.92%) Dell