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 5 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
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 352 305
Rank change year-on-year +8 -47 +87
Permanent jobs citing Fortinet 108 81 213
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.49% 0.84%
As % of the Vendors category 1.51% 1.03% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 75 68 178
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £66,375
90th Percentile £85,750 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.30% -7.73% -

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 7,166 7,828 9,798
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.95% 47.44% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5,086 4,046 6,542
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,504
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.66% -5.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,475 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.48% - -8.70%

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 5 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 9 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (41.67%) Azure
2 34 (31.48%) AWS
3 27 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.26%) Mimecast
5 7 (6.48%) OpenShift
6 6 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.63%) OCI
8 4 (3.70%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.78%) GCP
10 2 (1.85%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.85%) SaaS
10 2 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.93%) IaaS
11 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.93%) PaaS
11 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.93%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 96 (88.89%) Firewall
2 44 (40.74%) WAN
3 43 (39.81%) LAN
3 43 (39.81%) Network Security
4 39 (36.11%) VPN
5 30 (27.78%) VLAN
6 26 (24.07%) SD-WAN
7 23 (21.30%) DNS
8 17 (15.74%) BGP
8 17 (15.74%) TCP/IP
9 16 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (13.89%) OSPF
10 15 (13.89%) Wireless
11 14 (12.96%) Cisco Firepower
12 11 (10.19%) DHCP
12 11 (10.19%) MPLS
12 11 (10.19%) Unified Communications
13 10 (9.26%) WebEx
13 10 (9.26%) WLAN
14 9 (8.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
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 22 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.52%) Telecoms
3 16 (14.81%) Banking
4 14 (12.96%) Retail
5 13 (12.04%) Marketing
5 13 (12.04%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.56%) Finance
8 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.85%) French Language
9 2 (1.85%) German Language
9 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.93%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.93%) Legal
10 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.93%) Military
10 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 18 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 16 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 15 (13.89%) Senior
4 15 (13.89%) Support Technician
5 14 (12.96%) Architect
6 12 (11.11%) Network Specialist
7 10 (9.26%) Network Security Specialist
7 10 (9.26%) Security Specialist
8 9 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (6.48%) IT Engineer
9 7 (6.48%) Network Architect
9 7 (6.48%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 7 (6.48%) Senior Network Specialist
10 6 (5.56%) Collaboration Engineer
10 6 (5.56%) Consultant
10 6 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (5.56%) Senior Network Security Specialist
10 6 (5.56%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 16 (14.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (9.26%) FlexPod
3 10 (9.26%) Onboarding
3 10 (9.26%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (6.48%) Replication
4 7 (6.48%) Security Posture
5 6 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 6 (5.56%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.85%) CSOC
8 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.93%) IoT
9 1 (0.93%) PKI
9 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (34.26%) Windows
2 15 (13.89%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (0.93%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (38.89%) Project Delivery
2 35 (32.41%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (24.07%) Time Management
5 25 (23.15%) ITIL
6 23 (21.30%) Project Management
7 21 (19.44%) Customer Service
8 20 (18.52%) Zero Trust
9 19 (17.59%) Logistics
10 18 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (14.81%) Mentoring
12 16 (14.81%) Presales
13 13 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (12.04%) Data Management
13 13 (12.04%) Performance Management
13 13 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.30%) Python
2 15 (13.89%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.70%) Bash
4 2 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (24.07%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (21.30%) CCNP
3 19 (17.59%) DBS Check
4 14 (12.96%) CCNA
5 7 (6.48%) Security Cleared
6 6 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.56%) Degree
6 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.63%) CCIE
8 4 (3.70%) CCSE
8 4 (3.70%) JNCIE
8 4 (3.70%) JNCIP
9 3 (2.78%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.78%) CCIE Security
9 3 (2.78%) CCSA
9 3 (2.78%) CISSP
10 2 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.63%) SLA
2 4 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.70%) GDPR
2 4 (3.70%) NIST
3 3 (2.78%) PMO
4 1 (0.93%) GRC
4 1 (0.93%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.93%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (13.89%) Active Directory
3 11 (10.19%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (6.48%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (6.48%) vSphere
5 3 (2.78%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.85%) Firmware
7 1 (0.93%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.93%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (17.59%) Ansible
2 18 (16.67%) SCCM
3 12 (11.11%) Terraform
4 11 (10.19%) FortiGate
5 10 (9.26%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (9.26%) Grafana
6 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (6.48%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.93%) CASB
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.93%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 67 (62.04%) Cisco
2 63 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 43 (39.81%) Palo Alto
4 29 (26.85%) SonicWALL
5 26 (24.07%) VMware
6 15 (13.89%) CheckPoint
7 14 (12.96%) Sophos
7 14 (12.96%) Splunk
8 12 (11.11%) Meraki
9 11 (10.19%) Juniper
9 11 (10.19%) Zscaler
10 9 (8.33%) N-able
11 7 (6.48%) Aruba
11 7 (6.48%) NetApp
12 6 (5.56%) Barracuda Networks
12 6 (5.56%) Draytek
12 6 (5.56%) WatchGuard
13 5 (4.63%) Veeam
14 4 (3.70%) Citrix
14 4 (3.70%) SolarWinds