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 26 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
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 364 355
Rank change year-on-year +61 -9 +87
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 81 63 179
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.42% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 1.33% 1.06% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54 46 167
10th Percentile £41,500 £30,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £39,250 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% -10.42% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 6,102 5,944 11,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.11% 39.35% 41.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,314 3,621 9,359
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £31,579
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 £75,000 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
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 26 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 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.23%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 30 (37.04%) Azure
2 18 (22.22%) AWS
3 13 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (13.58%) AWS Direct Connect
5 9 (11.11%) SaaS
5 9 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.70%) GitHub
6 3 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.47%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.47%) OCI
8 1 (1.23%) GCP
8 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.23%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 59 (72.84%) Firewall
2 52 (64.20%) WAN
3 39 (48.15%) SD-WAN
4 37 (45.68%) LAN
5 31 (38.27%) VPN
6 25 (30.86%) Cisco ASA
7 21 (25.93%) MPLS
8 20 (24.69%) BGP
9 19 (23.46%) WLAN
10 18 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (20.99%) Network Security
12 16 (19.75%) Cisco ISE
12 16 (19.75%) NX-OS
12 16 (19.75%) OSPF
13 13 (16.05%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (16.05%) VXLAN
14 11 (13.58%) IPsec
14 11 (13.58%) VLAN
15 10 (12.35%) Cisco Nexus
16 9 (11.11%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (3.70%) MongoDB
1 3 (3.70%) MySQL
2 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (1.23%) GitLab
2 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.81%) Finance
3 6 (7.41%) Banking
3 6 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.47%) Marketing
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Electronics
8 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Law
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (58.02%) Network Engineer
2 25 (30.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (24.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (17.28%) Senior
5 12 (14.81%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 12 (14.81%) Network Operations Engineer
5 12 (14.81%) Operations Engineer
6 11 (13.58%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (13.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 11 (13.58%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (11.11%) Firewall Engineer
8 8 (9.88%) IT Engineer
9 6 (7.41%) Architect
9 6 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) AWS Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (6.17%) Lead
11 4 (4.94%) Presales Solution Architect
11 4 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
12 3 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) Django
1 3 (3.70%) Flask
1 3 (3.70%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (3.70%) Jinja
1 3 (3.70%) OAuth
1 3 (3.70%) OAuth2
1 3 (3.70%) pytest
1 3 (3.70%) REST
1 3 (3.70%) RFC 2833
1 3 (3.70%) SQLAlchemy
1 3 (3.70%) WebRTC
2 2 (2.47%) XMPP
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 9 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.70%) CMDB
4 3 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.70%) IoT
5 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.47%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.47%) FlexPod
5 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.47%) Replication
5 2 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.23%) CCTV
6 1 (1.23%) Derivative
6 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.99%) Windows
2 10 (12.35%) Linux
2 10 (12.35%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.94%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.23%) CentOS
4 1 (1.23%) Debian
4 1 (1.23%) OpenWrt
4 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (18.52%) Cloud Security
3 15 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (18.52%) Zero Trust
4 14 (17.28%) Kalman Filter
4 14 (17.28%) Runbook
5 11 (13.58%) Network Segmentation
6 9 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 9 (11.11%) Network Design
6 9 (11.11%) Presales
7 8 (9.88%) Network Architecture
8 7 (8.64%) ITIL
8 7 (8.64%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (7.41%) Containerisation
9 6 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (6.17%) Change Control
10 5 (6.17%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) Python
2 8 (9.88%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.70%) Bash
3 3 (3.70%) C
3 3 (3.70%) C++
3 3 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (32.10%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (19.75%) CCNP
3 9 (11.11%) CCNA
4 7 (8.64%) Degree
5 5 (6.17%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.17%) CCIE
5 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.94%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.47%) CCSA
8 2 (2.47%) CCSE
8 2 (2.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.23%) CCSP
9 1 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.23%) MCSA
9 1 (1.23%) MCSE
9 1 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 11 (13.58%) Firmware
3 6 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.17%) Docker
5 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
6 3 (3.70%) Kamailio
6 3 (3.70%) vSphere
7 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.47%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.23%) iptables
8 1 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (16.05%) FortiGate
2 7 (8.64%) Ansible
3 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (6.17%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.17%) Terraform
5 4 (4.94%) Nagios
6 3 (3.70%) Argo
7 2 (2.47%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (2.47%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (2.47%) Grafana
8 1 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (1.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 62 (76.54%) Cisco
2 21 (25.93%) CheckPoint
2 21 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 16 (19.75%) SolarWinds
4 14 (17.28%) Palo Alto
5 13 (16.05%) Meraki
6 12 (14.81%) VMware
7 11 (13.58%) Dynatrace
8 9 (11.11%) Juniper
8 9 (11.11%) ServiceNow
9 5 (6.17%) Aruba
9 5 (6.17%) F5
10 4 (4.94%) Draytek
10 4 (4.94%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (4.94%) Splunk
10 4 (4.94%) Zscaler
11 3 (3.70%) BT
11 3 (3.70%) ConnectWise
11 3 (3.70%) Dell
11 3 (3.70%) Mitel