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 2 February 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 354 352
Rank change year-on-year +48 -2 +89
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 73 81 181
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.50% 0.66%
As % of the Vendors category 1.18% 1.30% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 54 50 170
10th Percentile £40,300 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,188 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £53,750 £58,850
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% -8.67% -5.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £64,688 £75,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,500 £87,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%

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 6,179 6,250 11,316
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.16% 38.93% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,230 3,606 9,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £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 £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,528
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.59% -10.39%

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 2 February 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 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (38.36%) Azure
2 13 (17.81%) AWS
3 11 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.96%) AWS Direct Connect
5 6 (8.22%) SaaS
5 6 (8.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.74%) GitHub
7 2 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.74%) OCI
8 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.37%) GCP
8 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.37%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.37%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.37%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 51 (69.86%) Firewall
2 47 (64.38%) WAN
3 35 (47.95%) SD-WAN
4 31 (42.47%) LAN
5 27 (36.99%) VPN
6 21 (28.77%) Cisco ASA
7 19 (26.03%) MPLS
8 17 (23.29%) BGP
9 16 (21.92%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (21.92%) WLAN
10 13 (17.81%) Network Security
10 13 (17.81%) NX-OS
10 13 (17.81%) OSPF
11 11 (15.07%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (13.70%) VXLAN
13 9 (12.33%) Wireless
14 8 (10.96%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (10.96%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (10.96%) IPsec
14 8 (10.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (2.74%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.74%) MySQL
1 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Git
2 1 (1.37%) GitLab
2 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.81%) Finance
3 6 (8.22%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (5.48%) Banking
5 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.37%) Electronics
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (63.01%) Network Engineer
2 21 (28.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (23.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (19.18%) Senior
5 11 (15.07%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Network Operations Engineer
6 9 (12.33%) Operations Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) IT Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) Architect
8 6 (8.22%) Firewall Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) Lead
10 4 (5.48%) Presales Solution Architect
10 4 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (4.11%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) Django
1 2 (2.74%) Flask
1 2 (2.74%) FreeSWITCH
1 2 (2.74%) Jinja
1 2 (2.74%) OAuth
1 2 (2.74%) OAuth2
1 2 (2.74%) pytest
1 2 (2.74%) REST
1 2 (2.74%) RFC 2833
1 2 (2.74%) SQLAlchemy
1 2 (2.74%) WebRTC
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.88%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.22%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.11%) CMDB
3 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.74%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.74%) IoT
4 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.37%) CCTV
5 1 (1.37%) Derivative
5 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.55%) Windows
2 8 (10.96%) Linux
2 8 (10.96%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.11%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.37%) CentOS
4 1 (1.37%) Debian
4 1 (1.37%) OpenWrt
4 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (16.44%) Cloud Security
4 11 (15.07%) Kalman Filter
4 11 (15.07%) Runbook
5 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (13.70%) Zero Trust
6 9 (12.33%) Mentoring
6 9 (12.33%) Network Design
6 9 (12.33%) Presales
7 8 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.96%) Network Segmentation
7 8 (10.96%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (9.59%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (9.59%) ITIL
8 7 (9.59%) Network Architecture
8 7 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (8.22%) Network Virtualisation
10 5 (6.85%) Containerisation
10 5 (6.85%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.59%) Python
2 5 (6.85%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.48%) Bash
4 3 (4.11%) SQL
5 2 (2.74%) C
5 2 (2.74%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (32.88%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (19.18%) CCNP
3 8 (10.96%) CCNA
3 8 (10.96%) Degree
4 5 (6.85%) Azure Certification
4 5 (6.85%) CCIE
5 4 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.74%) CCSA
7 2 (2.74%) CCSE
7 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.37%) CCSP
8 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.37%) MCSA
8 1 (1.37%) MCSE
8 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) Active Directory
2 10 (13.70%) Firmware
3 4 (5.48%) Docker
4 3 (4.11%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.74%) Kamailio
5 2 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.37%) iptables
6 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (19.18%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (6.85%) Ansible
4 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
4 4 (5.48%) Nagios
5 3 (4.11%) Terraform
6 2 (2.74%) Argo
6 2 (2.74%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (75.34%) Cisco
2 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
3 16 (21.92%) CheckPoint
4 13 (17.81%) SolarWinds
5 11 (15.07%) Juniper
5 11 (15.07%) Palo Alto
6 10 (13.70%) Meraki
7 9 (12.33%) VMware
8 8 (10.96%) Dynatrace
9 6 (8.22%) Aruba
9 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
10 5 (6.85%) F5
11 4 (5.48%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (4.11%) Dell
12 3 (4.11%) Draytek
13 2 (2.74%) BT
13 2 (2.74%) ConnectWise
13 2 (2.74%) Mitel
13 2 (2.74%) Veeam
13 2 (2.74%) Zscaler