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 April 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 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 338 345
Rank change year-on-year +38 +7 +120
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 91 59 227
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.45% 0.72%
As % of the Vendors category 1.65% 1.09% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59 51 209
10th Percentile £39,700 £32,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £49,750 £36,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £75,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% -7.83% +9.52%

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 5,503 5,432 12,826
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.80% 41.83% 40.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,517 3,808 10,175
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,424 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 April 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 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.10%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.10%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (48.35%) Azure
2 28 (30.77%) AWS
3 24 (26.37%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (12.09%) AWS Direct Connect
5 10 (10.99%) Mimecast
6 9 (9.89%) SaaS
6 9 (9.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (5.49%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.40%) OCI
9 3 (3.30%) GCP
9 3 (3.30%) GitHub
9 3 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.20%) OpenShift
11 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.10%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 69 (75.82%) Firewall
2 50 (54.95%) WAN
3 38 (41.76%) LAN
4 36 (39.56%) SD-WAN
5 32 (35.16%) VPN
6 24 (26.37%) Cisco ASA
7 21 (23.08%) Network Security
8 19 (20.88%) BGP
9 18 (19.78%) Cisco Firepower
9 18 (19.78%) Cisco ISE
10 17 (18.68%) VLAN
11 16 (17.58%) MPLS
11 16 (17.58%) OSPF
11 16 (17.58%) WLAN
12 15 (16.48%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (15.38%) VXLAN
14 13 (14.29%) NX-OS
15 12 (13.19%) Unified Communications
16 11 (12.09%) IPsec
17 9 (9.89%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) MySQL
2 3 (3.30%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.30%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.10%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.10%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) GitLab
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (16.48%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.09%) Finance
3 10 (10.99%) Telecoms
4 9 (9.89%) Banking
5 8 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (7.69%) Retail
7 6 (6.59%) Marketing
8 3 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.10%) Electronics
10 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 38 (41.76%) Network Engineer
2 29 (31.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 18 (19.78%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 13 (14.29%) Senior
6 11 (12.09%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (10.99%) Architect
7 10 (10.99%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (10.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Firewall Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Network Operations Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (8.79%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (6.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (5.49%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (5.49%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (5.49%) Collaboration Engineer
11 5 (5.49%) Network Specialist
12 4 (4.40%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.59%) XMPP
2 3 (3.30%) Django
2 3 (3.30%) Flask
2 3 (3.30%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (3.30%) Jinja
2 3 (3.30%) OAuth
2 3 (3.30%) OAuth2
2 3 (3.30%) pytest
2 3 (3.30%) REST
2 3 (3.30%) RFC 2833
2 3 (3.30%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (3.30%) WebRTC
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 22 (24.18%) Data Centre
2 9 (9.89%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.89%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.59%) FlexPod
4 6 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (6.59%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (6.59%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (5.49%) Replication
6 4 (4.40%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (3.30%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (3.30%) IoT
8 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.20%) e-Learning
9 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.10%) CCTV
9 1 (1.10%) CMDB
9 1 (1.10%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.27%) Windows
2 13 (14.29%) Linux
2 13 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.40%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.20%) CentOS
5 1 (1.10%) Debian
5 1 (1.10%) OpenWrt
5 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (27.47%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (17.58%) Cloud Security
4 16 (17.58%) Zero Trust
5 15 (16.48%) Mentoring
5 15 (16.48%) Project Delivery
6 14 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (14.29%) Presales
8 11 (12.09%) Kalman Filter
8 11 (12.09%) Network Segmentation
8 11 (12.09%) Runbook
9 10 (10.99%) ITIL
9 10 (10.99%) Time Management
10 8 (8.79%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (8.79%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (7.69%) Incident Response
11 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.48%) Python
2 13 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.40%) SQL
4 3 (3.30%) Bash
4 3 (3.30%) C
4 3 (3.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 27 (29.67%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (20.88%) CCNP
3 10 (10.99%) CCNA
4 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 6 (6.59%) CCIE
6 6 (6.59%) Degree
7 5 (5.49%) CCSE
8 4 (4.40%) CCSA
8 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
9 3 (3.30%) DBS Check
9 3 (3.30%) JNCIP
9 3 (3.30%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.20%) CCIE Security
10 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.20%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.20%) MCSA
10 2 (2.20%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.40%) GDPR
3 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.30%) NIST
3 3 (3.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (16.48%) Active Directory
1 15 (16.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (9.89%) Firmware
3 6 (6.59%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.59%) vSphere
4 5 (5.49%) Docker
4 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (5.49%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (3.30%) Kamailio
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (1.10%) iptables
7 1 (1.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (15.38%) Ansible
2 12 (13.19%) Terraform
3 10 (10.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (9.89%) FortiGate
5 6 (6.59%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (6.59%) Grafana
5 6 (6.59%) Kubernetes
6 3 (3.30%) Argo
6 3 (3.30%) SCCM
7 2 (2.20%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (2.20%) Nagios
8 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (68.13%) Cisco
2 38 (41.76%) Microsoft
3 24 (26.37%) Palo Alto
4 22 (24.18%) CheckPoint
4 22 (24.18%) VMware
5 14 (15.38%) Meraki
6 13 (14.29%) SolarWinds
6 13 (14.29%) Sophos
7 11 (12.09%) Dynatrace
8 10 (10.99%) Splunk
9 9 (9.89%) Juniper
9 9 (9.89%) ServiceNow
10 8 (8.79%) Draytek
10 8 (8.79%) SonicWALL
11 6 (6.59%) Barracuda Networks
11 6 (6.59%) N-able
11 6 (6.59%) Zscaler
12 5 (5.49%) NetApp
13 4 (4.40%) Dell
13 4 (4.40%) Okta