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 18 October 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
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 328 329
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +229
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 76 143 181
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.70% 0.77%
As % of the Vendors category 0.91% 1.93% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 61 101 171
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £66,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £106,289
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 8,308 7,412 9,447
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 50.83% 36.40% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,652 4,410 7,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,449 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +0.88% +1.79%

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 18 October 2025.

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 1 (1.32%) IIS
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (27.63%) Azure
2 13 (17.11%) AWS
3 5 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.95%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.63%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.32%) IaaS
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.32%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.32%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.32%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 45 (59.21%) Firewall
2 36 (47.37%) LAN
2 36 (47.37%) WAN
3 20 (26.32%) VPN
4 18 (23.68%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (19.74%) Cisco ASA
5 15 (19.74%) Network Security
6 13 (17.11%) MPLS
6 13 (17.11%) SD-WAN
7 11 (14.47%) BGP
8 9 (11.84%) Wireless
8 9 (11.84%) WLAN
9 8 (10.53%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (9.21%) NX-OS
10 7 (9.21%) OSPF
11 6 (7.89%) DHCP
11 6 (7.89%) DNS
12 4 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (5.26%) NetScaler
12 4 (5.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) GitLab
1 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (17.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (13.16%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.53%) Finance
4 6 (7.89%) Social Skills
5 5 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.26%) Banking
6 4 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Back Office
8 2 (2.63%) Electronics
8 2 (2.63%) Marketing
8 2 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.32%) Law
9 1 (1.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 34 (44.74%) Network Engineer
2 12 (15.79%) Lead
3 10 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Network Operations Engineer
4 9 (11.84%) Operations Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Architect
5 7 (9.21%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Administrator
6 6 (7.89%) Cisco Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Lead Network Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Consultant
8 4 (5.26%) DBA
8 4 (5.26%) Senior
8 4 (5.26%) SQL DBA
9 3 (3.95%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) CloudOps Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Infoblox Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.37%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.95%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.63%) CMDB
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.53%) Windows
2 7 (9.21%) Linux
3 6 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.32%) CentOS
5 1 (1.32%) Check Point GAiA
5 1 (1.32%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.32%) VMS
5 1 (1.32%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.11%) Network Virtualisation
1 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
1 13 (17.11%) Roadmaps
2 12 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (14.47%) Presales
4 10 (13.16%) Business Strategy
4 10 (13.16%) Customer-Centricity
4 10 (13.16%) GTM Strategy
4 10 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (13.16%) Strategic Planning
4 10 (13.16%) Strategic Roadmap
5 9 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
6 8 (10.53%) Change Management
6 8 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 8 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (9.21%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (9.21%) Network Architecture
7 7 (9.21%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.74%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) Bash
2 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.26%) SQL
2 4 (5.26%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (15.79%) CCNP
3 9 (11.84%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 6 (7.89%) CCNA
5 6 (7.89%) Degree
6 4 (5.26%) CCIE
7 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.63%) CISSP
7 2 (2.63%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.32%) CCSA
8 1 (1.32%) CCSE
8 1 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.32%) PMP
8 1 (1.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.95%) NIST
3 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.32%) GDPR
4 1 (1.32%) GRC
4 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (13.16%) Firmware
2 5 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.63%) vSphere
5 1 (1.32%) Docker
5 1 (1.32%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.32%) ISA Server
5 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (18.42%) Ansible
1 14 (18.42%) Terraform
2 12 (15.79%) FortiGate
3 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.63%) Nagios
5 1 (1.32%) Autotask
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.32%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (82.89%) Cisco
2 25 (32.89%) Palo Alto
3 19 (25.00%) Aruba
3 19 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 12 (15.79%) Juniper
5 11 (14.47%) CheckPoint
5 11 (14.47%) Meraki
6 10 (13.16%) Mellanox
6 10 (13.16%) NVIDIA
7 9 (11.84%) SolarWinds
8 6 (7.89%) Extreme Networks
8 6 (7.89%) HP
8 6 (7.89%) VMware
9 5 (6.58%) BT
9 5 (6.58%) F5
9 5 (6.58%) Infoblox
9 5 (6.58%) Mitel
10 4 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (3.95%) Dynatrace
11 3 (3.95%) Ruckus Wireless