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 27 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 335 314
Rank change year-on-year -18 -21 +58
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 107 80 215
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.48% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 1.47% 1.00% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 79 67 168
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £35,875
25th Percentile £27,875 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £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 7,303 8,029 9,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.42% 48.52% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,217 4,013 6,064
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,750
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 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.86% -8.18% -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 27 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 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (42.06%) Azure
2 31 (28.97%) AWS
3 27 (25.23%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.48%) Mimecast
5 7 (6.54%) OpenShift
6 6 (5.61%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.61%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.67%) OCI
8 4 (3.74%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.80%) GCP
10 1 (0.93%) IaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.93%) PaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.93%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 95 (88.79%) Firewall
2 42 (39.25%) Network Security
3 39 (36.45%) WAN
4 38 (35.51%) LAN
4 38 (35.51%) VPN
5 29 (27.10%) VLAN
6 25 (23.36%) DNS
7 23 (21.50%) SD-WAN
8 17 (15.89%) TCP/IP
9 15 (14.02%) Wireless
10 14 (13.08%) BGP
11 13 (12.15%) DHCP
11 13 (12.15%) OSPF
12 12 (11.21%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (11.21%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (8.41%) MPLS
14 8 (7.48%) Unified Communications
14 8 (7.48%) WebEx
14 8 (7.48%) WLAN
15 7 (6.54%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) InfluxDB
1 1 (0.93%) MariaDB
1 1 (0.93%) MySQL
1 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.82%) Telecoms
3 14 (13.08%) Banking
4 12 (11.21%) Retail
5 11 (10.28%) Marketing
5 11 (10.28%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.61%) Finance
8 2 (1.87%) French Language
8 2 (1.87%) German Language
8 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.93%) Police
9 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (25.23%) Network Engineer
2 20 (18.69%) 2nd Line Support
3 17 (15.89%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 17 (15.89%) Support Technician
4 15 (14.02%) Senior
5 14 (13.08%) Architect
6 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.41%) Network Specialist
7 9 (8.41%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.48%) Consultant
8 8 (7.48%) Network Security Specialist
8 8 (7.48%) Security Specialist
9 7 (6.54%) IT Engineer
9 7 (6.54%) Network Architect
9 7 (6.54%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 7 (6.54%) Senior Network Specialist
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Network Security Specialist
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Security Specialist
11 5 (4.67%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.35%) Terraform
2 8 (7.48%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Data Centre
2 14 (13.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (7.48%) FlexPod
3 8 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 8 (7.48%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (6.54%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.61%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.61%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (4.67%) Replication
7 3 (2.80%) CSOC
7 3 (2.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.80%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.93%) PKI
9 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (36.45%) Windows
2 14 (13.08%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.28%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (44.86%) Project Delivery
2 34 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (28.97%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (26.17%) Time Management
5 27 (25.23%) ITIL
6 25 (23.36%) Customer Service
6 25 (23.36%) Project Management
7 21 (19.63%) Logistics
8 18 (16.82%) Mentoring
9 17 (15.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (14.95%) Presales
10 16 (14.95%) Zero Trust
11 15 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (14.02%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (11.21%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (11.21%) High Availability
13 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 11 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (10.28%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.56%) Python
2 13 (12.15%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.67%) Bash
4 3 (2.80%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (24.30%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (21.50%) CCNP
3 21 (19.63%) DBS Check
4 12 (11.21%) CCNA
5 8 (7.48%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.54%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.61%) Azure Certification
7 6 (5.61%) Degree
8 5 (4.67%) CCIE
8 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.74%) CCSE
9 4 (3.74%) CISSP
9 4 (3.74%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.74%) JNCIP
10 3 (2.80%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.80%) CCNA CyberOps
10 3 (2.80%) CCSA
10 3 (2.80%) CEH
10 3 (2.80%) GCIA
10 3 (2.80%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) SLA
2 5 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.74%) GDPR
3 4 (3.74%) NIST
4 3 (2.80%) PMO
5 1 (0.93%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (15.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (14.95%) Active Directory
3 12 (11.21%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (4.67%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (4.67%) vSphere
5 3 (2.80%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.93%) Firmware
6 1 (0.93%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (18.69%) SCCM
2 17 (15.89%) Ansible
3 13 (12.15%) FortiGate
4 8 (7.48%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (7.48%) Grafana
5 7 (6.54%) Kubernetes
5 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.80%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.93%) CASB
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 65 (60.75%) Microsoft
2 63 (58.88%) Cisco
3 43 (40.19%) Palo Alto
4 33 (30.84%) SonicWALL
5 25 (23.36%) VMware
6 12 (11.21%) Sophos
7 11 (10.28%) CheckPoint
7 11 (10.28%) Juniper
7 11 (10.28%) N-able
8 10 (9.35%) Meraki
8 10 (9.35%) Splunk
9 9 (8.41%) Zscaler
10 8 (7.48%) WatchGuard
11 7 (6.54%) Aruba
11 7 (6.54%) Veeam
12 6 (5.61%) Barracuda Networks
13 5 (4.67%) Draytek
13 5 (4.67%) NetApp
14 4 (3.74%) Arista
14 4 (3.74%) Citrix