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 1 December 2025, 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
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 340 322
Rank change year-on-year +32 -18 +178
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 65 123 167
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.43% 0.64% 0.80%
As % of the Vendors category 0.98% 1.71% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 53 84 154
10th Percentile £32,250 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,106 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £106,289
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 6,666 7,196 8,543
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 44.11% 37.29% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,458 4,340 6,992
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £76,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,800 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%

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 1 December 2025.

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 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.38%) Azure
2 9 (13.85%) AWS
3 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.08%) OCI
6 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.54%) GCP
6 1 (1.54%) IaaS
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.54%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.54%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.54%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (67.69%) Firewall
2 29 (44.62%) LAN
2 29 (44.62%) WAN
3 18 (27.69%) VPN
4 16 (24.62%) SD-WAN
5 15 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
5 15 (23.08%) Network Security
6 13 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (16.92%) MPLS
8 9 (13.85%) BGP
8 9 (13.85%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (7.69%) OSPF
9 5 (7.69%) VLAN
9 5 (7.69%) Wireless
9 5 (7.69%) WLAN
10 4 (6.15%) NX-OS
10 4 (6.15%) SAN
11 3 (4.62%) DHCP
11 3 (4.62%) DNS
11 3 (4.62%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) GitLab
1 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.23%) Finance
2 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.15%) Banking
5 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.08%) Back Office
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Electronics
7 1 (1.54%) Law
7 1 (1.54%) Local Government
7 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (43.08%) Network Engineer
2 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Senior
4 7 (10.77%) Architect
5 6 (9.23%) Administrator
5 6 (9.23%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) Operations Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (7.69%) Consultant
7 4 (6.15%) DBA
7 4 (6.15%) Lead
7 4 (6.15%) Network Manager
7 4 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.15%) SQL DBA
8 3 (4.62%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.54%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.62%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.62%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.08%) CMDB
4 2 (3.08%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.54%) CCTV
5 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.54%) Derivative
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Windows
2 6 (9.23%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.69%) Linux
4 1 (1.54%) CentOS
4 1 (1.54%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (1.54%) Debian
4 1 (1.54%) OpenWrt
4 1 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.54%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.00%) Presales
1 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
5 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.77%) Cloud Security
5 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure Management
5 7 (10.77%) Network Design
5 7 (10.77%) Service Delivery
5 7 (10.77%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (9.23%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (9.23%) High Availability
6 6 (9.23%) Migration
6 6 (9.23%) Network Architecture
6 6 (9.23%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.69%) DevOps
7 5 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.77%) Python
2 6 (9.23%) Bash
3 4 (6.15%) SQL
3 4 (6.15%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.54%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 21 (32.31%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (21.54%) CCNP
3 7 (10.77%) Degree
4 6 (9.23%) Security Cleared
5 5 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 5 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.15%) CCIE
6 4 (6.15%) CCNA
7 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.54%) CCSA
8 1 (1.54%) CCSE
8 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.54%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.54%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.54%) PMP
8 1 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.62%) NIST
3 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) GRC
4 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (12.31%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.77%) Firmware
3 1 (1.54%) Docker
3 1 (1.54%) iptables
3 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 5 (7.69%) Ansible
3 4 (6.15%) Terraform
4 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.08%) Nagios
5 1 (1.54%) Autotask
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (80.00%) Cisco
2 20 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 19 (29.23%) Palo Alto
4 16 (24.62%) Juniper
5 8 (12.31%) CheckPoint
6 7 (10.77%) Aruba
7 6 (9.23%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (7.69%) BT
8 5 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (7.69%) F5
8 5 (7.69%) Meraki
8 5 (7.69%) Mitel
8 5 (7.69%) SolarWinds
8 5 (7.69%) VMware
9 2 (3.08%) HP
9 2 (3.08%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (3.08%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.54%) ForeScout
10 1 (1.54%) MikroTik
10 1 (1.54%) Ubiquiti