FortiGate Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for FortiGate skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FortiGate over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 387 544
Rank change year-on-year +67 +157 -88
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 27 81 78
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.33% 0.18%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.65% 2.00% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 53 61
10th Percentile £396 £375 £313
25th Percentile £413 £438 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +8.08%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £550
90th Percentile £654 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £463 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -12.94% +1.19% +22.09%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

FortiGate is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,632 4,056 7,087
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 16.46% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 3,003 5,288
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £472 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £561 £565
% change year-on-year -8.38% -0.71% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 75 46
10th Percentile £19.98 £25.28 £15.63
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.13 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -24.28%
75th Percentile £56.88 £76.25 £64.19
90th Percentile £62.75 £87.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -53.15% +144.44% -43.75%

FortiGate
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FortiGate trend for jobs with a WFH option

FortiGate
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FortiGate.

FortiGate daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FortiGate
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing FortiGate over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

FortiGate daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.70%) IaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (59.26%) Firewall
2 13 (48.15%) WAN
3 9 (33.33%) VPN
4 8 (29.63%) SD-WAN
5 7 (25.93%) BGP
5 7 (25.93%) LAN
5 7 (25.93%) Wireless
6 5 (18.52%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (18.52%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (18.52%) OSPF
6 5 (18.52%) WLAN
7 4 (14.81%) IPsec
7 4 (14.81%) Network Security
8 3 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (7.41%) DHCP
9 2 (7.41%) DNS
9 2 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (7.41%) MPLS
10 1 (3.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
2 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Legal
3 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Senior
3 4 (14.81%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Network Specialist
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Data Centre Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Programmer
6 1 (3.70%) Remote Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) NETCONF
2 1 (3.70%) XML
2 1 (3.70%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) PKI
3 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.70%) NHS
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) Migration
1 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.41%) Agile
3 2 (7.41%) Change Management
3 2 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (7.41%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.70%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (3.70%) Incident Response
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (3.70%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (3.70%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.70%) Low Latency
4 1 (3.70%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (3.70%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (3.70%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (3.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.11%) CCNP
5 2 (7.41%) CCIE
6 1 (3.70%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (3.70%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) VMware NSX
2 2 (7.41%) Firmware
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
1 2 (7.41%) VxRail
2 1 (3.70%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Cisco
2 12 (44.44%) Palo Alto
3 11 (40.74%) Fortinet
4 4 (14.81%) Dell
4 4 (14.81%) VMware
5 3 (11.11%) F5
5 3 (11.11%) Juniper
6 2 (7.41%) CA
6 2 (7.41%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.70%) Arista
7 1 (3.70%) Avaya
7 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.70%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (3.70%) ForeScout
7 1 (3.70%) Meraki
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.70%) Nokia
7 1 (3.70%) Nortel