Fortinet FortiGate
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for FortiGate skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited FortiGate over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 722 928
Rank change year-on-year +5 +206 -137
Permanent jobs citing FortiGate 184 261 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.86% 1.77% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 153 181 246
10th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £40,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.74% -15.00% +22.22%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,900 14,758 28,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 14.61% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 9,159 14,065
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -3.65% +9.09%

FortiGate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FortiGate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FortiGate in the UK

FortiGate
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FortiGate.

Salary trend for FortiGate in the UK

FortiGate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FortiGate over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for FortiGate in the UK

FortiGate
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FortiGate within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +40 166 £47,500 -5.00% 52
UK excluding London -55 142 £45,000 -3.74% 36
South East +41 69 £47,750 -13.18% 15
Work from Home +28 54 £45,000 -25.00% 17
London +103 40 £60,000 - 15
North of England -26 24 £40,578 -9.83% 4
Yorkshire +73 18 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Midlands -17 13 £35,000 -54.84% 7
South West -22 13 £45,000 +1.69% 8
Scotland -49 13 £50,000 +29.03%
West Midlands -3 8 £38,750 -50.00% 4
East of England +4 7 £47,500 -40.63% 3
East Midlands -14 5 £33,500 -44.17% 3
Wales -4 3 - -
North East -10 3 £42,155 -45.61%
North West -57 3 £41,750 -12.11% 2

FortiGate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Confluence
3 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 72 (39.13%) Azure
2 45 (24.46%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (14.13%) Entra ID
4 20 (10.87%) IaaS
5 19 (10.33%) AWS
5 19 (10.33%) PaaS
6 14 (7.61%) GCP
7 5 (2.72%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.17%) SaaS
9 3 (1.63%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.09%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 138 (75.00%) Firewall
2 97 (52.72%) WAN
3 57 (30.98%) BGP
3 57 (30.98%) SD-WAN
4 47 (25.54%) VPN
5 45 (24.46%) OSPF
6 37 (20.11%) MPLS
7 34 (18.48%) LAN
8 32 (17.39%) EIGRP
9 28 (15.22%) DNS
10 26 (14.13%) DMVPN
11 24 (13.04%) DHCP
12 22 (11.96%) Cisco ASA
12 22 (11.96%) Wi-Fi
13 21 (11.41%) Internet
14 18 (9.78%) Wireless
15 17 (9.24%) Network Security
15 17 (9.24%) VLAN
16 15 (8.15%) TCP/IP
17 14 (7.61%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) GitLab
1 2 (1.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Git
General
1 55 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.15%) Finance
3 14 (7.61%) Telecoms
4 7 (3.80%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (3.26%) Legal
6 5 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.17%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.63%) Automotive
8 3 (1.63%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.63%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.09%) Billing
9 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Law
9 2 (1.09%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Games
10 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 76 (41.30%) Network Engineer
2 39 (21.20%) Senior
3 29 (15.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (13.04%) Senior Network Engineer
5 16 (8.70%) Lead
6 12 (6.52%) Analyst
7 11 (5.98%) Network Specialist
8 10 (5.43%) IT Support
8 10 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (4.89%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) Network Analyst
11 7 (3.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) Technical Leader
12 6 (3.26%) Consultant
13 5 (2.72%) IT Analyst
13 5 (2.72%) Support Engineer
14 4 (2.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 4 (2.17%) Senior Core Network Engineer
14 4 (2.17%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) LDAP
2 1 (0.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.93%) Data Centre
2 32 (17.39%) Driving Licence
3 15 (8.15%) Public Cloud
4 14 (7.61%) IoT
4 14 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (7.07%) Replication
6 11 (5.98%) Management Information System
7 10 (5.43%) Clustering
8 9 (4.89%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (2.17%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.63%) CCTV
10 3 (1.63%) EPoS
10 3 (1.63%) iPad
10 3 (1.63%) Media Streaming
10 3 (1.63%) PKI
11 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.09%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (1.09%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 63 (34.24%) Windows
2 45 (24.46%) Windows Server
3 34 (18.48%) Linux
4 6 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (25.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (19.57%) Network Design
3 33 (17.93%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (14.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (11.96%) Project Delivery
7 21 (11.41%) Customer Service
8 20 (10.87%) Mentoring
9 18 (9.78%) ITIL
10 16 (8.70%) DevOps
11 14 (7.61%) Data Management
11 14 (7.61%) Project Management
12 13 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (7.07%) Network Virtualisation
13 12 (6.52%) Change Control
13 12 (6.52%) Kalman Filter
14 11 (5.98%) Cloud Security
14 11 (5.98%) Presales
14 11 (5.98%) Web Filtering
15 10 (5.43%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.07%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.72%) Python
3 4 (2.17%) SQL
4 2 (1.09%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.54%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (27.72%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (20.11%) CCNA
3 35 (19.02%) Security Cleared
4 24 (13.04%) CCNP
5 12 (6.52%) Degree
5 12 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (5.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (5.43%) CTC Cleared
6 10 (5.43%) MCSE
7 7 (3.80%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.26%) Azure Certification
8 6 (3.26%) JNCIS
8 6 (3.26%) MCP
9 4 (2.17%) MCSA
10 3 (1.63%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.63%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.63%) HND
11 2 (1.09%) SANS
11 2 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (8.70%) GDPR
3 12 (6.52%) SLA
4 9 (4.89%) COSHH
5 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.54%) QA
System Software
1 57 (30.98%) Hyper-V
2 42 (22.83%) Active Directory
3 41 (22.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (7.61%) VMware NSX
5 12 (6.52%) vSphere
6 4 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.63%) Firmware
7 3 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.54%) Docker
9 1 (0.54%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 16 (8.70%) Terraform
2 15 (8.15%) Ansible
3 14 (7.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (3.26%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (3.26%) Nagios
5 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 3 (1.63%) SCCM
5 3 (1.63%) SCOM
6 2 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.09%) Rundeck
6 2 (1.09%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.54%) Graylog
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.54%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 130 (70.65%) Cisco
2 60 (32.61%) Microsoft
3 59 (32.07%) VMware
4 54 (29.35%) Juniper
5 39 (21.20%) Fortinet
6 29 (15.76%) Palo Alto
7 25 (13.59%) HP
8 24 (13.04%) Meraki
9 23 (12.50%) CheckPoint
10 20 (10.87%) Draytek
11 19 (10.33%) Veeam
12 15 (8.15%) McAfee
13 14 (7.61%) Aruba
13 14 (7.61%) Darktrace
13 14 (7.61%) NEC
14 13 (7.07%) NetApp
15 10 (5.43%) F5
15 10 (5.43%) Mitel
16 9 (4.89%) Ribbon
17 8 (4.35%) IBM