FortiGate Contracts with Work from Home Options

Fortinet FortiGate
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring FortiGate skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FortiGate over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 372 540
Rank change year-on-year +51 +168 -70
Contract jobs citing FortiGate 20 85 83
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.36% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.20% 2.22% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 58 61
10th Percentile £385 £321 £325
25th Percentile £413 £386 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £569
90th Percentile £635 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £463 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -11.90% - +23.53%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

FortiGate falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,671 3,829 7,036
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.32% 16.04% 16.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,260 2,832 5,257
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £445 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.88% +7.62%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 78 45
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.25 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.77% +85.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £55.63 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £60.88 £85.75 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

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 12 June 2024.

FortiGate daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

FortiGate
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 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.00%) IaaS
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Firewall
2 9 (45.00%) SD-WAN
2 9 (45.00%) WAN
3 5 (25.00%) LAN
3 5 (25.00%) VPN
4 4 (20.00%) BGP
4 4 (20.00%) Network Security
4 4 (20.00%) Wireless
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (15.00%) OSPF
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (10.00%) DHCP
6 2 (10.00%) DNS
6 2 (10.00%) IPsec
6 2 (10.00%) MPLS
6 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (10.00%) VLAN
6 2 (10.00%) WLAN
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (5.00%) SSL
General
1 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Data Centre Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Network Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Network Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Network Support
5 1 (5.00%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.00%) Migration
3 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (5.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (5.00%) High Availability
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (5.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (5.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.00%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) CCNP
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (5.00%) CCIE
4 1 (5.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Firmware
2 2 (10.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) VxRail
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Stealthwatch
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Cisco
2 9 (45.00%) Fortinet
2 9 (45.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (20.00%) VMware
4 3 (15.00%) Dell
5 2 (10.00%) Avaya
5 2 (10.00%) F5
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (10.00%) Nortel
6 1 (5.00%) Aerohive Networks
6 1 (5.00%) CA
6 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.00%) ForeScout
6 1 (5.00%) Juniper
6 1 (5.00%) Meraki
6 1 (5.00%) Mitel
6 1 (5.00%) NetApp
6 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.00%) Veeam