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 22 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
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 356 330
Rank change year-on-year +24 -26 +66
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 111 78 234
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.47% 0.80%
As % of the Vendors category 1.59% 0.99% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 76 67 204
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,134 £38,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,125 £87,500 £69,000
90th Percentile £85,625 £90,000 £89,625
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 6,968 7,873 11,309
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.16% 47.76% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,923 4,114 7,914
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,456 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,250
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 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £53,750 £51,000
% change year-on-year +6.05% +5.39% -11.30%

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 22 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 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (43.24%) Azure
2 36 (32.43%) AWS
3 26 (23.42%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.01%) Mimecast
5 7 (6.31%) OpenShift
6 6 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.50%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (4.50%) OCI
8 4 (3.60%) SaaS
8 4 (3.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.70%) GCP
9 3 (2.70%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.80%) GitHub
10 2 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.90%) IaaS
11 1 (0.90%) PaaS
11 1 (0.90%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.90%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 97 (87.39%) Firewall
2 49 (44.14%) WAN
3 45 (40.54%) LAN
4 41 (36.94%) Network Security
4 41 (36.94%) VPN
5 31 (27.93%) SD-WAN
6 29 (26.13%) VLAN
7 23 (20.72%) DNS
8 20 (18.02%) BGP
9 19 (17.12%) TCP/IP
10 18 (16.22%) Cisco ASA
10 18 (16.22%) OSPF
11 15 (13.51%) Cisco Firepower
11 15 (13.51%) Wireless
12 14 (12.61%) MPLS
13 13 (11.71%) WLAN
14 12 (10.81%) Unified Communications
14 12 (10.81%) VXLAN
15 10 (9.01%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (9.01%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.70%) MySQL
2 2 (1.80%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.90%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.90%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Git
General
1 20 (18.02%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.12%) Telecoms
3 15 (13.51%) Banking
4 13 (11.71%) Retail
5 12 (10.81%) Marketing
5 12 (10.81%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.50%) Finance
8 4 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.80%) French Language
10 2 (1.80%) German Language
11 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.90%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.90%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.90%) Legal
11 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.90%) Military
11 1 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 30 (27.03%) Network Engineer
2 20 (18.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (15.32%) 2nd Line Support
4 16 (14.41%) Senior
5 15 (13.51%) Architect
6 14 (12.61%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 14 (12.61%) Support Technician
7 12 (10.81%) Network Specialist
8 10 (9.01%) Network Security Specialist
8 10 (9.01%) Security Specialist
8 10 (9.01%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (8.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (7.21%) IT Engineer
11 7 (6.31%) Network Architect
11 7 (6.31%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 7 (6.31%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (6.31%) Senior Network Specialist
12 6 (5.41%) Consultant
12 6 (5.41%) Senior Network Security Specialist
12 6 (5.41%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.11%) XMPP
2 2 (1.80%) Django
2 2 (1.80%) Flask
2 2 (1.80%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (1.80%) Jinja
2 2 (1.80%) OAuth
2 2 (1.80%) OAuth2
2 2 (1.80%) pytest
2 2 (1.80%) REST
2 2 (1.80%) RFC 2833
2 2 (1.80%) SQLAlchemy
2 2 (1.80%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.82%) Data Centre
2 14 (12.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (8.11%) FlexPod
3 9 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 9 (8.11%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (6.31%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.41%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.41%) Replication
5 6 (5.41%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (3.60%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.80%) CSOC
8 2 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.90%) IoT
9 1 (0.90%) PKI
9 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (32.43%) Windows
2 13 (11.71%) Linux
2 13 (11.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.80%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.90%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 31 (27.93%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (27.93%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (21.62%) ITIL
4 23 (20.72%) Time Management
5 22 (19.82%) Zero Trust
6 21 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (17.12%) Customer Service
7 19 (17.12%) Project Management
8 18 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (16.22%) Logistics
9 17 (15.32%) Presales
10 16 (14.41%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (14.41%) Mentoring
11 13 (11.71%) Network Segmentation
12 12 (10.81%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (10.81%) Data Management
12 12 (10.81%) High Availability
12 12 (10.81%) Performance Management
12 12 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.62%) Python
2 15 (13.51%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.60%) Bash
4 2 (1.80%) C
4 2 (1.80%) C++
4 2 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (26.13%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (22.52%) CCNP
3 18 (16.22%) DBS Check
4 17 (15.32%) CCNA
5 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.31%) Security Cleared
6 6 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.41%) CCIE
6 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.50%) CCSE
8 4 (3.60%) CCSA
8 4 (3.60%) Degree
8 4 (3.60%) JNCIE
8 4 (3.60%) JNCIP
9 3 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.70%) CCIE Security
9 3 (2.70%) CISSP
10 2 (1.80%) CCNA CyberOps
10 2 (1.80%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.60%) GDPR
2 4 (3.60%) NIST
2 4 (3.60%) SLA
3 3 (2.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.90%) GRC
4 1 (0.90%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.90%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (13.51%) Active Directory
3 11 (9.91%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (5.41%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (5.41%) vSphere
5 3 (2.70%) Firmware
5 3 (2.70%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.80%) Docker
6 2 (1.80%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.90%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (16.22%) Ansible
2 17 (15.32%) SCCM
3 11 (9.91%) FortiGate
3 11 (9.91%) Terraform
4 9 (8.11%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (8.11%) Grafana
4 9 (8.11%) Kubernetes
4 9 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.80%) Argo
6 1 (0.90%) CASB
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.90%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 68 (61.26%) Cisco
2 61 (54.95%) Microsoft
3 39 (35.14%) Palo Alto
4 28 (25.23%) SonicWALL
5 25 (22.52%) VMware
6 18 (16.22%) CheckPoint
7 14 (12.61%) Meraki
7 14 (12.61%) Sophos
8 13 (11.71%) Splunk
9 12 (10.81%) Zscaler
10 9 (8.11%) Juniper
11 8 (7.21%) Aruba
11 8 (7.21%) N-able
12 7 (6.31%) Draytek
12 7 (6.31%) SolarWinds
13 6 (5.41%) Barracuda Networks
13 6 (5.41%) NetApp
13 6 (5.41%) WatchGuard
14 5 (4.50%) Citrix
14 5 (4.50%) Veeam