Hybrid/Remote Fortinet Job Trends

Fortinet
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 10 June 2026, 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
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 363 356
Rank change year-on-year +59 -7 +67
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 108 71 252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.47% 0.74%
As % of the Vendors category 1.80% 0.98% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 72 63 226
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,938 £44,375 £46,925
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +12.53%
75th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £84,875 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.85% -7.83% +11.49%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,009 7,222 13,452
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.89% 47.77% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,043 3,854 9,857
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,779 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,948 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%

Fortinet
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Fortinet job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Fortinet
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Fortinet
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fortinet over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Fortinet salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Fortinet
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 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 43 (39.81%) Azure
2 33 (30.56%) AWS
3 22 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.26%) AWS Direct Connect
4 10 (9.26%) Mimecast
5 8 (7.41%) SaaS
5 8 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (4.63%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.63%) OCI
6 5 (4.63%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.70%) GCP
8 3 (2.78%) GitHub
8 3 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 86 (79.63%) Firewall
2 57 (52.78%) WAN
3 45 (41.67%) LAN
4 42 (38.89%) SD-WAN
5 38 (35.19%) VPN
6 36 (33.33%) Network Security
7 24 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
8 23 (21.30%) VLAN
9 21 (19.44%) BGP
9 21 (19.44%) WLAN
10 20 (18.52%) Cisco Firepower
11 18 (16.67%) OSPF
12 17 (15.74%) Cisco ISE
12 17 (15.74%) MPLS
13 16 (14.81%) VXLAN
13 16 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (14.81%) Wireless
14 15 (13.89%) DNS
15 14 (12.96%) Unified Communications
16 11 (10.19%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.70%) MySQL
2 3 (2.78%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.93%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.93%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Git
General
1 16 (14.81%) Telecoms
2 15 (13.89%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.11%) Banking
4 10 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 10 (9.26%) Retail
5 9 (8.33%) Marketing
6 8 (7.41%) Finance
7 6 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.93%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.93%) French Language
9 1 (0.93%) German Language
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (39.81%) Network Engineer
2 24 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (14.81%) Senior
4 15 (13.89%) IT Engineer
5 14 (12.96%) Architect
6 13 (12.04%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (10.19%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (10.19%) Senior Network Engineer
8 10 (9.26%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (8.33%) Network Specialist
10 8 (7.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Firewall Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Network Operations Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Network Security Specialist
10 8 (7.41%) Operations Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Security Specialist
11 7 (6.48%) 2nd Line Support Technician
11 7 (6.48%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.33%) XMPP
2 3 (2.78%) Django
2 3 (2.78%) Flask
2 3 (2.78%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.78%) Jinja
2 3 (2.78%) OAuth
2 3 (2.78%) OAuth2
2 3 (2.78%) pytest
2 3 (2.78%) REST
2 3 (2.78%) RFC 2833
2 3 (2.78%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (2.78%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 27 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 13 (12.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (9.26%) Onboarding
4 9 (8.33%) FlexPod
4 9 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (7.41%) Management Information System
6 6 (5.56%) Driving Licence
6 6 (5.56%) Replication
6 6 (5.56%) Web Conferencing
7 4 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.70%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.85%) IoT
10 1 (0.93%) CMDB
10 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (23.15%) Windows
2 13 (12.04%) Linux
3 10 (9.26%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.93%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.07%) Cybersecurity
1 26 (24.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 23 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (18.52%) Zero Trust
5 19 (17.59%) ITIL
6 16 (14.81%) Time Management
7 15 (13.89%) Mentoring
7 15 (13.89%) Network Segmentation
8 14 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (12.96%) Presales
9 13 (12.04%) Cloud Security
9 13 (12.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (10.19%) Customer Service
10 11 (10.19%) Project Management
10 11 (10.19%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (9.26%) Logistics
12 9 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (8.33%) Data Management
12 9 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 20 (18.52%) Python
2 12 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.78%) C
3 3 (2.78%) C++
4 2 (1.85%) Bash
4 2 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (20.37%) CCNP
3 13 (12.04%) CCNA
4 10 (9.26%) DBS Check
5 8 (7.41%) CCIE
5 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.56%) CCSE
7 5 (4.63%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.63%) CCSA
7 5 (4.63%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.70%) Degree
8 4 (3.70%) JNCIE
8 4 (3.70%) JNCIP
8 4 (3.70%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.78%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.78%) CCIE Security
10 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.85%) MCSA
10 2 (1.85%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.78%) GDPR
3 3 (2.78%) NIST
3 3 (2.78%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.85%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (10.19%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (5.56%) vSphere
5 5 (4.63%) Firmware
6 3 (2.78%) Docker
6 3 (2.78%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.93%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (14.81%) Ansible
2 12 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 11 (10.19%) Terraform
4 10 (9.26%) SCCM
5 9 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
5 9 (8.33%) Grafana
5 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (7.41%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.78%) Argo
8 2 (1.85%) Nagios
9 1 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.93%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 68 (62.96%) Cisco
2 47 (43.52%) Microsoft
3 31 (28.70%) Palo Alto
4 22 (20.37%) CheckPoint
5 20 (18.52%) VMware
6 18 (16.67%) SonicWALL
7 17 (15.74%) Meraki
8 14 (12.96%) Sophos
9 13 (12.04%) Splunk
10 12 (11.11%) SolarWinds
11 10 (9.26%) Dynatrace
12 9 (8.33%) Juniper
12 9 (8.33%) Zscaler
13 8 (7.41%) Draytek
13 8 (7.41%) ServiceNow
14 6 (5.56%) Aruba
14 6 (5.56%) Barracuda Networks
14 6 (5.56%) N-able
14 6 (5.56%) NetApp
15 4 (3.70%) Datto