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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 358 305
Rank change year-on-year +4 -53 +64
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 106 80 216
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.48% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.00% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 78 67 173
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £29,375 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

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 7,279 8,010 9,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.75% 48.37% 38.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,187 3,981 6,163
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% -4.63% -6.09%

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 20 August 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 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.94%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.51%) Azure
2 32 (30.19%) AWS
3 27 (25.47%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.55%) Mimecast
5 7 (6.60%) OpenShift
6 6 (5.66%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.72%) OCI
7 5 (4.72%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.83%) GCP
10 1 (0.94%) IaaS
10 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.94%) PaaS
10 1 (0.94%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.94%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 94 (88.68%) Firewall
2 42 (39.62%) Network Security
3 40 (37.74%) WAN
4 39 (36.79%) LAN
5 37 (34.91%) VPN
6 29 (27.36%) VLAN
7 24 (22.64%) DNS
8 23 (21.70%) SD-WAN
9 17 (16.04%) TCP/IP
10 15 (14.15%) Wireless
11 14 (13.21%) BGP
12 13 (12.26%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (12.26%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (12.26%) OSPF
13 12 (11.32%) DHCP
14 9 (8.49%) MPLS
14 9 (8.49%) Unified Communications
14 9 (8.49%) WebEx
15 8 (7.55%) WLAN
16 7 (6.60%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.94%) InfluxDB
1 1 (0.94%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.94%) MySQL
1 1 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.94%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (23.58%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.92%) Telecoms
3 15 (14.15%) Banking
4 13 (12.26%) Retail
5 12 (11.32%) Marketing
5 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.60%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.66%) Finance
8 2 (1.89%) French Language
8 2 (1.89%) German Language
8 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.94%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.94%) Legal
9 1 (0.94%) Police
9 1 (0.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (25.47%) Network Engineer
2 19 (17.92%) 2nd Line Support
3 16 (15.09%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 16 (15.09%) Support Technician
4 15 (14.15%) Senior
5 14 (13.21%) Architect
6 13 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.49%) Network Specialist
7 9 (8.49%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.55%) Network Security Specialist
8 8 (7.55%) Security Specialist
9 7 (6.60%) Consultant
9 7 (6.60%) IT Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Network Architect
9 7 (6.60%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 7 (6.60%) Senior Network Specialist
10 6 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (5.66%) Senior Network Security Specialist
10 6 (5.66%) Senior Security Specialist
11 5 (4.72%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.38%) Terraform
2 9 (8.49%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.98%) Data Centre
2 15 (14.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (8.49%) FlexPod
3 9 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.49%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (6.60%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.66%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.66%) Replication
5 6 (5.66%) Web Conferencing
6 3 (2.83%) CSOC
6 3 (2.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.83%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.94%) PKI
8 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (35.85%) Windows
2 14 (13.21%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.94%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (43.40%) Project Delivery
2 32 (30.19%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (25.47%) Time Management
4 26 (24.53%) ITIL
5 24 (22.64%) Project Management
6 23 (21.70%) Customer Service
7 20 (18.87%) Logistics
8 18 (16.98%) Mentoring
9 16 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (15.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (15.09%) Presales
9 16 (15.09%) Zero Trust
10 15 (14.15%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (11.32%) Data Management
12 12 (11.32%) High Availability
12 12 (11.32%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.70%) Python
2 13 (12.26%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.72%) Bash
4 3 (2.83%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (24.53%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (21.70%) CCNP
3 20 (18.87%) DBS Check
4 12 (11.32%) CCNA
5 8 (7.55%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.60%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.66%) Azure Certification
7 6 (5.66%) Degree
8 5 (4.72%) CCIE
8 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.77%) CCSE
9 4 (3.77%) CISSP
9 4 (3.77%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.77%) JNCIP
10 3 (2.83%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.83%) CCSA
10 3 (2.83%) CEH
10 3 (2.83%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.83%) GCIA
10 3 (2.83%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) SLA
2 5 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.77%) GDPR
3 4 (3.77%) NIST
4 3 (2.83%) PMO
5 1 (0.94%) GRC
5 1 (0.94%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.94%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (16.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (14.15%) Active Directory
3 11 (10.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (5.66%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (5.66%) vSphere
5 3 (2.83%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.94%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.94%) Firmware
6 1 (0.94%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (17.92%) SCCM
2 18 (16.98%) Ansible
3 13 (12.26%) FortiGate
4 9 (8.49%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (8.49%) Grafana
5 7 (6.60%) Kubernetes
5 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.83%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.94%) CASB
7 1 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 64 (60.38%) Cisco
1 64 (60.38%) Microsoft
2 43 (40.57%) Palo Alto
3 31 (29.25%) SonicWALL
4 25 (23.58%) VMware
5 12 (11.32%) Sophos
6 11 (10.38%) CheckPoint
6 11 (10.38%) Juniper
6 11 (10.38%) Splunk
7 10 (9.43%) Meraki
7 10 (9.43%) N-able
8 9 (8.49%) Zscaler
9 7 (6.60%) Aruba
9 7 (6.60%) WatchGuard
10 6 (5.66%) Barracuda Networks
10 6 (5.66%) NetApp
10 6 (5.66%) Veeam
11 5 (4.72%) Draytek
12 4 (3.77%) Arista
12 4 (3.77%) Citrix