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 21 March 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
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 346 355
Rank change year-on-year +40 +9 +85
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 86 59 206
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.44% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 1.42% 1.09% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 56 49 191
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,625 £36,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £89,375 £72,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £61,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.09% -7.83% +4.55%

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 6,050 5,391 12,266
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.49% 40.30% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,401 3,675 10,020
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,774 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,629 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.29% +13.26% -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 21 March 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 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.16%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.16%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 35 (40.70%) Azure
2 23 (26.74%) AWS
3 17 (19.77%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (12.79%) AWS Direct Connect
5 9 (10.47%) SaaS
5 9 (10.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (6.98%) Mimecast
7 3 (3.49%) GitHub
7 3 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.49%) OCI
8 2 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.33%) GCP
8 2 (2.33%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 61 (70.93%) Firewall
2 53 (61.63%) WAN
3 38 (44.19%) LAN
3 38 (44.19%) SD-WAN
4 32 (37.21%) VPN
5 24 (27.91%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (23.26%) WLAN
7 19 (22.09%) Cisco ISE
7 19 (22.09%) Network Security
8 18 (20.93%) BGP
8 18 (20.93%) MPLS
8 18 (20.93%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (18.60%) Cisco Firepower
9 16 (18.60%) NX-OS
9 16 (18.60%) OSPF
10 13 (15.12%) VLAN
10 13 (15.12%) VXLAN
11 11 (12.79%) IPsec
12 10 (11.63%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (11.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) MySQL
2 3 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.49%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.16%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.16%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) GitLab
2 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Finance
3 9 (10.47%) Banking
4 7 (8.14%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.81%) Retail
7 4 (4.65%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.16%) Electronics
10 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (51.16%) Network Engineer
2 27 (31.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (23.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (15.12%) Senior
5 12 (13.95%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 12 (13.95%) Network Operations Engineer
5 12 (13.95%) Operations Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (10.47%) Firewall Engineer
7 9 (10.47%) IT Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Architect
9 6 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (5.81%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Lead
10 5 (5.81%) Network Specialist
10 5 (5.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (4.65%) Presales Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) XMPP
2 3 (3.49%) Django
2 3 (3.49%) Flask
2 3 (3.49%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (3.49%) Jinja
2 3 (3.49%) OAuth
2 3 (3.49%) OAuth2
2 3 (3.49%) pytest
2 3 (3.49%) REST
2 3 (3.49%) RFC 2833
2 3 (3.49%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (3.49%) WebRTC
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.91%) Data Centre
2 9 (10.47%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.65%) FlexPod
4 4 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.65%) Replication
4 4 (4.65%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.49%) IoT
6 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.33%) CMDB
6 2 (2.33%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.33%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.16%) CCTV
7 1 (1.16%) Derivative
7 1 (1.16%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (24.42%) Windows
2 13 (15.12%) Linux
3 12 (13.95%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.65%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.33%) CentOS
6 1 (1.16%) Debian
6 1 (1.16%) OpenWrt
6 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (23.26%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (20.93%) Zero Trust
4 16 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (17.44%) Cloud Security
6 14 (16.28%) Kalman Filter
6 14 (16.28%) Runbook
7 12 (13.95%) Presales
8 11 (12.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (12.79%) Network Segmentation
9 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 9 (10.47%) Network Architecture
11 8 (9.30%) ITIL
12 7 (8.14%) Network Design
12 7 (8.14%) Project Delivery
13 6 (6.98%) Change Management
13 6 (6.98%) Containerisation
13 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
13 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Automation
13 6 (6.98%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.95%) Python
2 10 (11.63%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.65%) SQL
4 3 (3.49%) Bash
4 3 (3.49%) C
4 3 (3.49%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (32.56%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (20.93%) CCNP
3 11 (12.79%) CCNA
4 6 (6.98%) Azure Certification
4 6 (6.98%) CCIE
4 6 (6.98%) Degree
4 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.65%) CCSE
5 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
6 3 (3.49%) CCSA
6 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.33%) JNCIP
7 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.33%) MCSA
7 2 (2.33%) MCSE
8 1 (1.16%) CCIE Security
8 1 (1.16%) CCSM
8 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.49%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.33%) GDPR
4 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.16%) NIST
4 1 (1.16%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 11 (12.79%) Firmware
2 11 (12.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.98%) Hyper-V
4 5 (5.81%) Docker
4 5 (5.81%) vSphere
5 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (4.65%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (3.49%) Kamailio
7 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (1.16%) iptables
8 1 (1.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (1.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (12.79%) Ansible
1 11 (12.79%) FortiGate
2 10 (11.63%) Terraform
3 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (6.98%) Kubernetes
5 4 (4.65%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (4.65%) Grafana
6 3 (3.49%) Argo
6 3 (3.49%) Nagios
7 2 (2.33%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (1.16%) SCCM
8 1 (1.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (74.42%) Cisco
2 26 (30.23%) Microsoft
3 25 (29.07%) CheckPoint
4 19 (22.09%) Palo Alto
5 18 (20.93%) VMware
6 14 (16.28%) SolarWinds
7 13 (15.12%) Meraki
8 11 (12.79%) Dynatrace
9 10 (11.63%) Juniper
10 9 (10.47%) ServiceNow
11 8 (9.30%) Splunk
12 7 (8.14%) Sophos
13 6 (6.98%) Zscaler
14 5 (5.81%) Draytek
15 4 (4.65%) Dell
15 4 (4.65%) Extreme Networks
15 4 (4.65%) F5
15 4 (4.65%) NetApp
15 4 (4.65%) Okta
16 3 (3.49%) ConnectWise