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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 348 331
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 +84
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 110 78 246
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.47% 0.77%
As % of the Vendors category 1.59% 0.99% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 74 68 217
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,125 £40,750
25th Percentile £36,813 £43,125 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £74,375 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,875 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +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 6,899 7,874 12,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.32% 47.75% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,849 4,132 8,887
10th Percentile £32,250 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +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 15 July 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 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.91%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 46 (41.82%) Azure
2 35 (31.82%) AWS
3 24 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.09%) Mimecast
5 7 (6.36%) OpenShift
6 6 (5.45%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (5.45%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.55%) OCI
8 4 (3.64%) SaaS
8 4 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (2.73%) GCP
9 3 (2.73%) GitHub
9 3 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.73%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.91%) IaaS
10 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.91%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.91%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 94 (85.45%) Firewall
2 51 (46.36%) WAN
3 46 (41.82%) LAN
4 43 (39.09%) VPN
5 41 (37.27%) Network Security
6 32 (29.09%) SD-WAN
7 29 (26.36%) VLAN
8 21 (19.09%) BGP
8 21 (19.09%) DNS
9 20 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
10 19 (17.27%) OSPF
11 17 (15.45%) TCP/IP
12 16 (14.55%) Cisco Firepower
12 16 (14.55%) Wireless
13 15 (13.64%) MPLS
14 14 (12.73%) WLAN
15 13 (11.82%) Unified Communications
15 13 (11.82%) VXLAN
16 12 (10.91%) Wi-Fi
17 11 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.64%) MySQL
2 3 (2.73%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.91%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.91%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Git
General
1 21 (19.09%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.27%) Telecoms
3 15 (13.64%) Banking
4 13 (11.82%) Retail
5 12 (10.91%) Marketing
5 12 (10.91%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.36%) Finance
7 6 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.91%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.91%) French Language
10 1 (0.91%) German Language
10 1 (0.91%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.91%) Legal
10 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.91%) Police
10 1 (0.91%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 20 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (15.45%) Senior
4 15 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support
5 14 (12.73%) Architect
6 12 (10.91%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 12 (10.91%) Network Specialist
6 12 (10.91%) Support Technician
7 10 (9.09%) Network Security Specialist
7 10 (9.09%) Security Specialist
7 10 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (8.18%) IT Engineer
8 9 (8.18%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (7.27%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (6.36%) Network Architect
10 7 (6.36%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 7 (6.36%) Senior Network Specialist
11 6 (5.45%) Collaboration Engineer
11 6 (5.45%) Senior Network Security Specialist
11 6 (5.45%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.18%) XMPP
2 3 (2.73%) Django
2 3 (2.73%) Flask
2 3 (2.73%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.73%) Jinja
2 3 (2.73%) OAuth
2 3 (2.73%) OAuth2
2 3 (2.73%) pytest
2 3 (2.73%) REST
2 3 (2.73%) RFC 2833
2 3 (2.73%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (2.73%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.82%) Data Centre
2 14 (12.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (8.18%) FlexPod
3 9 (8.18%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.18%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (6.36%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.45%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.45%) Replication
5 6 (5.45%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.64%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.82%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.91%) IoT
9 1 (0.91%) PKI
9 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (29.09%) Windows
2 13 (11.82%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.91%) Linux
4 3 (2.73%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.91%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (31.82%) Project Delivery
2 29 (26.36%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (20.00%) ITIL
4 21 (19.09%) Time Management
4 21 (19.09%) Zero Trust
5 18 (16.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (15.45%) Customer Service
6 17 (15.45%) Project Management
7 16 (14.55%) Infrastructure as Code
7 16 (14.55%) Logistics
7 16 (14.55%) Mentoring
7 16 (14.55%) Presales
8 14 (12.73%) Network Segmentation
9 12 (10.91%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (10.91%) Data Management
9 12 (10.91%) High Availability
9 12 (10.91%) Performance Management
9 12 (10.91%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.91%) Python
2 13 (11.82%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.73%) C
3 3 (2.73%) C++
4 2 (1.82%) Bash
4 2 (1.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (26.36%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (23.64%) CCNP
3 18 (16.36%) CCNA
4 16 (14.55%) DBS Check
5 7 (6.36%) CCIE
5 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.45%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.45%) CCSE
7 5 (4.55%) CCSA
7 5 (4.55%) Degree
7 5 (4.55%) Security Cleared
8 4 (3.64%) JNCIE
8 4 (3.64%) JNCIP
8 4 (3.64%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.73%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.73%) CCIE Security
10 2 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.82%) MCSA
10 2 (1.82%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.64%) SLA
3 3 (2.73%) GDPR
3 3 (2.73%) NIST
3 3 (2.73%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.91%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.91%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (14.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (13.64%) Active Directory
3 11 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (5.45%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (5.45%) vSphere
5 4 (3.64%) Firmware
6 3 (2.73%) Docker
6 3 (2.73%) Kamailio
6 3 (2.73%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.91%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (16.36%) Ansible
2 15 (13.64%) SCCM
3 11 (10.00%) FortiGate
3 11 (10.00%) Terraform
4 10 (9.09%) Kubernetes
5 9 (8.18%) Cisco CUCM
5 9 (8.18%) Grafana
5 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.73%) Argo
7 1 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.91%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 67 (60.91%) Cisco
2 58 (52.73%) Microsoft
3 39 (35.45%) Palo Alto
4 26 (23.64%) SonicWALL
5 25 (22.73%) VMware
6 20 (18.18%) CheckPoint
7 16 (14.55%) Meraki
8 14 (12.73%) Sophos
9 13 (11.82%) Splunk
10 11 (10.00%) Zscaler
11 9 (8.18%) Juniper
12 8 (7.27%) Aruba
12 8 (7.27%) N-able
12 8 (7.27%) SolarWinds
13 7 (6.36%) Draytek
14 6 (5.45%) Barracuda Networks
14 6 (5.45%) Dynatrace
14 6 (5.45%) NetApp
14 6 (5.45%) WatchGuard
15 5 (4.55%) Citrix