Hybrid/Remote FortiGate Job Trends

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring FortiGate skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 405 517
Rank change year-on-year +8 +112 -11
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 42 16 51
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.097% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.29% 0.78% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 46
10th Percentile £63,375 £47,254 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £50,011 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £54,533 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.62% +3.87% -4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £64,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £65,000 £73,288
UK median annual salary £62,500 £56,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.13% +13.50% -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,838 2,052 3,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.62% 12.46% 10.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 1,189 2,542
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £48,306 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £78,000 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.04% +7.26% -7.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FortiGate and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

FortiGate job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FortiGate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FortiGate

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FortiGate over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

FortiGate salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (2.38%) IIS
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) OpenShift
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.14%) AWS
4 3 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.38%) GCP
5 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (64.29%) Network Security
2 26 (61.90%) Firewall
3 25 (59.52%) WAN
4 24 (57.14%) BGP
5 21 (50.00%) DNS
6 20 (47.62%) VPN
7 19 (45.24%) VLAN
8 18 (42.86%) SD-WAN
8 18 (42.86%) Wireless
9 17 (40.48%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (38.10%) LAN
11 15 (35.71%) DHCP
12 14 (33.33%) OSPF
13 12 (28.57%) TCP/IP
14 11 (26.19%) SNMP
15 10 (23.81%) FTP
15 10 (23.81%) HTTP
15 10 (23.81%) IPsec
15 10 (23.81%) MPLS
15 10 (23.81%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.38%) Finance
2 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Senior
2 20 (47.62%) Network Engineer
3 12 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (26.19%) Architect
4 11 (26.19%) Network Architect
5 10 (23.81%) Network Security Architect
5 10 (23.81%) Security Architect
6 6 (14.29%) Network Security Specialist
6 6 (14.29%) Network Specialist
6 6 (14.29%) Security Specialist
6 6 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 6 (14.29%) Senior Network Security Specialist
6 6 (14.29%) Senior Network Specialist
6 6 (14.29%) Senior Security Specialist
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) OAuth
1 10 (23.81%) SAML
2 4 (9.52%) 802.1X
3 3 (7.14%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (9.52%) Security Posture
4 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Replication
5 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
1 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (23.81%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (16.67%) Information Security
5 6 (14.29%) Analytics
5 6 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 6 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 6 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 6 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 5 (11.90%) High Availability
7 4 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (9.52%) Operational Stability
7 4 (9.52%) Threat Management
8 3 (7.14%) Business Continuity
8 3 (7.14%) CRM
8 3 (7.14%) ERP
8 3 (7.14%) Identity Management
8 3 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
1 4 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (11.90%) CCNA
3 4 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 4 (9.52%) CCNP
4 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (23.81%) NIST
3 3 (7.14%) GDPR
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.38%) ISO 14001
4 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) CASB
2 6 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 4 (9.52%) Terraform
4 1 (2.38%) Ansible
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (78.57%) Palo Alto
2 30 (71.43%) Cisco
3 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
4 11 (26.19%) Fortinet
5 6 (14.29%) Zscaler
6 3 (7.14%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.76%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.76%) VMware
7 2 (4.76%) WatchGuard
8 1 (2.38%) Aruba
8 1 (2.38%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.38%) F5
8 1 (2.38%) Google
8 1 (2.38%) Veeam