Fortinet Jobs

Fortinet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 May 2025, 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 478 580
Rank change year-on-year +65 +102 +152
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 317 489 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.47% 0.44%
As % of the Vendors category 1.44% 1.34% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 261 403 305
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £35,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +6.65% -14.05%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £84,750 £82,548
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -13.64%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,055 36,622 40,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 39.80% 35.46% 41.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,937 24,877 23,438
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,863 £45,673 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% -8.66% +5.26%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fortinet in the UK

Fortinet
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Fortinet in the UK

Fortinet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fortinet over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Fortinet in the UK

Fortinet
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fortinet within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +51 295 £53,000 -3.64% 795
UK excluding London +106 229 £52,500 +8.25% 809
South East +43 88 £52,500 +10.53% 225
London +74 74 £57,500 -11.54% 88
Work from Home -51 63 £55,000 -8.33% 395
North of England -17 54 £57,500 +4.55% 192
North West -41 42 £55,000 - 89
South West +107 29 £50,000 +11.11% 97
Midlands +66 27 £42,000 -26.96% 139
East of England +57 20 £50,000 -4.76% 115
West Midlands +36 17 £35,000 -39.13% 74
Yorkshire +33 12 £82,500 +50.00% 82
East Midlands +49 10 £65,000 +66.67% 55
Scotland +126 9 £37,500 +36.36% 32
Wales +35 2 £53,750 -2.27% 28

Fortinet
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 12 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 25 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (5.68%) MS Visio
3 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.58%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.26%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.95%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 89 (28.08%) Azure
2 53 (16.72%) AWS
3 39 (12.30%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.36%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.79%) Google Workspace
6 8 (2.52%) AWS Direct Connect
7 7 (2.21%) GCP
8 5 (1.58%) SaaS
9 4 (1.26%) IaaS
9 4 (1.26%) PaaS
10 3 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.63%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.32%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 227 (71.61%) Firewall
2 138 (43.53%) WAN
3 112 (35.33%) BGP
4 106 (33.44%) Network Security
5 105 (33.12%) LAN
6 102 (32.18%) OSPF
7 73 (23.03%) VPN
8 57 (17.98%) EIGRP
9 53 (16.72%) SD-WAN
10 52 (16.40%) Wi-Fi
11 41 (12.93%) Cisco Firepower
12 40 (12.62%) DNS
12 40 (12.62%) MPLS
13 38 (11.99%) DHCP
14 37 (11.67%) VLAN
15 36 (11.36%) TCP/IP
16 32 (10.09%) Cisco ASA
17 23 (7.26%) WLAN
18 20 (6.31%) Wireless
19 18 (5.68%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.52%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.32%) GitLab
2 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 101 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (8.83%) Finance
2 28 (8.83%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (6.62%) Banking
3 21 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.68%) Automotive
6 15 (4.73%) Manufacturing
7 13 (4.10%) Retail
8 12 (3.79%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.89%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.89%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.58%) Advertising
12 5 (1.58%) Electronics
13 3 (0.95%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.95%) Legal
13 3 (0.95%) Local Government
13 3 (0.95%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 140 (44.16%) Network Engineer
2 35 (11.04%) Architect
3 33 (10.41%) Security Engineer
4 31 (9.78%) Network Security Engineer
5 29 (9.15%) Cisco Engineer
6 27 (8.52%) Senior
7 26 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.26%) Consultant
8 23 (7.26%) Junior
9 22 (6.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 22 (6.94%) Junior Architect
9 22 (6.94%) Junior Solutions Architect
9 22 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (6.62%) IT Engineer
11 20 (6.31%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.31%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (5.99%) IT Support
13 18 (5.68%) Lead
14 17 (5.36%) Support Engineer
15 16 (5.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.63%) Middleware
2 1 (0.32%) .NET
2 1 (0.32%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.09%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.99%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (3.79%) Operational Technology
5 11 (3.47%) Smartphone
6 9 (2.84%) PMI
7 7 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.21%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.89%) IPTV
9 5 (1.58%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.26%) IoT
10 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.26%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.95%) FMCG
11 3 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.63%) Fat Client
12 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.98%) Windows
2 48 (15.14%) Windows Server
3 29 (9.15%) Linux
4 19 (5.99%) Windows 10
4 19 (5.99%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (3.79%) Ubuntu
6 11 (3.47%) Mac OS X
6 11 (3.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.26%) Unix
8 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (17.98%) Presales
2 39 (12.30%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (12.30%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (10.73%) Customer Service
4 30 (9.46%) Roadmaps
5 28 (8.83%) Business Strategy
6 27 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (8.20%) Migration
8 25 (7.89%) Network Management
9 23 (7.26%) Network Design
10 22 (6.94%) Network Virtualisation
11 21 (6.62%) Infrastructure Management
11 21 (6.62%) Network Monitoring
12 20 (6.31%) Computer Science
13 18 (5.68%) Business Enablement
13 18 (5.68%) Project Delivery
13 18 (5.68%) Technology Enablement
14 16 (5.05%) Mentoring
14 16 (5.05%) Performance Tuning
14 16 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.78%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.94%) Python
3 15 (4.73%) SQL
4 2 (0.63%) Bash
4 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.63%) Ruby
5 1 (0.32%) C#
Qualifications
1 134 (42.27%) Cisco Certification
2 82 (25.87%) CCNA
3 71 (22.40%) CCNP
4 59 (18.61%) Security Cleared
5 52 (16.40%) SC Cleared
6 46 (14.51%) Degree
6 46 (14.51%) DV Cleared
7 25 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (6.94%) JNCIA
9 17 (5.36%) CCIE
10 15 (4.73%) CCSA
11 14 (4.42%) MCSE
12 12 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (3.47%) HNC
13 11 (3.47%) HND
14 10 (3.15%) PMI Certification
15 9 (2.84%) Azure Certification
15 9 (2.84%) CISSP
15 9 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (2.21%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.58%) SLA
3 3 (0.95%) GDPR
3 3 (0.95%) NIST
4 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.63%) PMO
4 2 (0.63%) QA
4 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 48 (15.14%) Active Directory
2 37 (11.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (8.52%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.36%) Firmware
5 7 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.89%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.63%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.32%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) XenApp
9 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 47 (14.83%) FortiGate
2 25 (7.89%) Ansible
3 18 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.36%) Terraform
5 8 (2.52%) SCCM
6 6 (1.89%) CASB
7 5 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.26%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.95%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.95%) Iperf
10 2 (0.63%) SCOM
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.32%) Nagios
11 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 267 (84.23%) Cisco
2 88 (27.76%) Palo Alto
3 83 (26.18%) Juniper
4 74 (23.34%) Aruba
5 71 (22.40%) Microsoft
6 66 (20.82%) Meraki
7 51 (16.09%) VMware
8 46 (14.51%) CheckPoint
9 39 (12.30%) SolarWinds
10 28 (8.83%) HP
11 26 (8.20%) Citrix
12 22 (6.94%) F5
13 19 (5.99%) Dell
14 18 (5.68%) YouTube
15 15 (4.73%) Veeam
16 13 (4.10%) Apple
16 13 (4.10%) Google
16 13 (4.10%) SonicWALL
16 13 (4.10%) Ubiquiti
17 11 (3.47%) Arista