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 9 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
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 361 360
Rank change year-on-year +49 -1 +76
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 80 61 203
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.43% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 1.34% 1.09% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53 48 190
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,875 £41,063
25th Percentile £57,500 £42,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,813 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.35% +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 5,986 5,603 12,220
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.16% 39.87% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 3,680 10,017
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £75,000 £76,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,900 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -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 9 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 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.25%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (37.50%) Azure
2 19 (23.75%) AWS
3 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (13.75%) AWS Direct Connect
5 9 (11.25%) SaaS
5 9 (11.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.75%) GitHub
6 3 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (3.75%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.50%) OCI
8 1 (1.25%) GCP
8 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.25%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 58 (72.50%) Firewall
2 52 (65.00%) WAN
3 38 (47.50%) SD-WAN
4 37 (46.25%) LAN
5 30 (37.50%) VPN
6 23 (28.75%) Cisco ASA
7 20 (25.00%) WLAN
8 19 (23.75%) MPLS
9 18 (22.50%) BGP
9 18 (22.50%) Cisco ISE
9 18 (22.50%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (21.25%) Network Security
11 16 (20.00%) NX-OS
11 16 (20.00%) OSPF
12 14 (17.50%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (16.25%) VXLAN
14 11 (13.75%) IPsec
14 11 (13.75%) VLAN
15 10 (12.50%) Unified Communications
16 9 (11.25%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (3.75%) MongoDB
1 3 (3.75%) MySQL
2 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) GitLab
2 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.25%) Finance
3 7 (8.75%) Banking
4 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Marketing
6 3 (3.75%) Retail
7 2 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.25%) Electronics
8 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (53.75%) Network Engineer
2 26 (32.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (17.50%) Senior
5 12 (15.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 12 (15.00%) Network Operations Engineer
5 12 (15.00%) Operations Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (11.25%) Firewall Engineer
7 9 (11.25%) IT Engineer
8 6 (7.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Architect
9 5 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Lead
10 4 (5.00%) Consultant
10 4 (5.00%) Presales Solution Architect
10 4 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) Django
1 3 (3.75%) Flask
1 3 (3.75%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (3.75%) Jinja
1 3 (3.75%) OAuth
1 3 (3.75%) OAuth2
1 3 (3.75%) pytest
1 3 (3.75%) REST
1 3 (3.75%) RFC 2833
1 3 (3.75%) SQLAlchemy
1 3 (3.75%) WebRTC
1 3 (3.75%) XMPP
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (11.25%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.75%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.75%) FlexPod
4 3 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.75%) IoT
4 3 (3.75%) Replication
4 3 (3.75%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.50%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.50%) CMDB
5 2 (2.50%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.25%) CCTV
6 1 (1.25%) Derivative
6 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.75%) Windows
2 11 (13.75%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.50%) Linux
4 4 (5.00%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.25%) CentOS
5 1 (1.25%) Debian
5 1 (1.25%) OpenWrt
5 1 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (20.00%) Zero Trust
3 15 (18.75%) Cloud Security
4 14 (17.50%) Kalman Filter
4 14 (17.50%) Runbook
5 11 (13.75%) Network Segmentation
6 10 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
7 9 (11.25%) Presales
8 8 (10.00%) Network Architecture
9 7 (8.75%) ITIL
9 7 (8.75%) Network Design
10 6 (7.50%) Containerisation
10 6 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation
11 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
11 5 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) Python
2 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.75%) Bash
3 3 (3.75%) C
3 3 (3.75%) C++
3 3 (3.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (32.50%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (21.25%) CCNP
3 10 (12.50%) CCNA
4 7 (8.75%) Degree
5 5 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.25%) CCIE
5 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.75%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) CCSA
8 2 (2.50%) CCSE
8 2 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.50%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.25%) CCSP
9 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.25%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.25%) MCSE
9 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.75%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.75%) Firmware
3 7 (8.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.25%) Docker
5 4 (5.00%) Hyper-V
5 4 (5.00%) vSphere
6 3 (3.75%) Kamailio
6 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (3.75%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.25%) iptables
8 1 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (13.75%) FortiGate
2 8 (10.00%) Ansible
3 7 (8.75%) Terraform
4 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (6.25%) Kubernetes
6 3 (3.75%) Argo
6 3 (3.75%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (3.75%) Grafana
6 3 (3.75%) Nagios
7 2 (2.50%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (1.25%) SCCM
8 1 (1.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (75.00%) Cisco
2 22 (27.50%) CheckPoint
2 22 (27.50%) Microsoft
3 15 (18.75%) Palo Alto
3 15 (18.75%) SolarWinds
4 13 (16.25%) Meraki
4 13 (16.25%) VMware
5 11 (13.75%) Dynatrace
6 9 (11.25%) ServiceNow
7 8 (10.00%) Juniper
8 6 (7.50%) Splunk
9 5 (6.25%) Zscaler
10 4 (5.00%) Draytek
10 4 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (5.00%) F5
11 3 (3.75%) Dell
11 3 (3.75%) Mitel
11 3 (3.75%) NetApp
11 3 (3.75%) Okta
11 3 (3.75%) Sophos