Palo Alto Contracts in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Palo Alto over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Palo Alto Networks.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 234 355
Rank change year-on-year +6 +121 -73
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 161 242 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.03% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 1.84% 2.31% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 175 108
10th Percentile £400 £288 £306
25th Percentile £432 £325 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £472
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% +0.64% +11.06%
75th Percentile £608 £533 £552
90th Percentile £775 £585 £641
UK median daily rate £535 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 17 3
10th Percentile - £51.82 £27.92
25th Percentile - £52.13 £43.35
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year - -10.21% +11.37%
75th Percentile - £63.23 -
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £63.23 £69.05
% change year-on-year - -8.43% +2.68%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Palo Alto is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,767 10,454 12,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.72% 44.48% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,256 7,184 8,264
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 961 479 634
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.61 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%
75th Percentile £59.92 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.05 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -2.27%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +16 68 £605 +25.89% 23
North of England +7 35 £434 +15.65% 6
North West +19 34 £433 +18.75% 4
South West +23 22 £646 +18.80% 4
Midlands +18 16 £750 +62.16% 6
East of England -1 16 £450 -14.29% 5
West Midlands +16 13 £750 +66.67% 6
Scotland -4 5 £553 +11.06% 10
East Midlands +14 3 £325 -53.57%
Yorkshire +9 1 £550 +10.00% 2
Wales +7 1 £475 +5.56% 1
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Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (2.48%) Confluence
2 3 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.24%) IIS
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.24%) WordPress
4 1 (0.62%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.62%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.36%) Azure
2 15 (9.32%) OCI
3 13 (8.07%) AWS
4 10 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.73%) GitHub
6 5 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (2.48%) Route 53
8 3 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.86%) GCP
8 3 (1.86%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.24%) Amazon ECR
9 2 (1.24%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.24%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.24%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.24%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.24%) Catchpoint
9 2 (1.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 118 (73.29%) Firewall
2 54 (33.54%) Cisco ASA
3 49 (30.43%) Cisco ISE
4 44 (27.33%) Network Security
4 44 (27.33%) WAN
5 35 (21.74%) SD-WAN
6 34 (21.12%) DNS
7 32 (19.88%) LAN
7 32 (19.88%) VPN
8 29 (18.01%) Wireless
9 26 (16.15%) DHCP
10 24 (14.91%) OSPF
11 23 (14.29%) BGP
11 23 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (14.29%) SAN
12 21 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (11.80%) Cisco Firepower
14 18 (11.18%) NetScaler
15 17 (10.56%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (9.94%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (1.24%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.48%) JIRA
1 4 (2.48%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.24%) Git
2 2 (1.24%) GitLab
2 2 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
General
1 34 (21.12%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.53%) Finance
3 23 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.56%) Telecoms
5 10 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.73%) Legal
8 5 (3.11%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.11%) Marketing
9 4 (2.48%) Aeronautics
9 4 (2.48%) Banking
9 4 (2.48%) Electronics
10 2 (1.24%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Advertising
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (55.28%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.77%) Architect
3 19 (11.80%) Senior
4 18 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (9.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 15 (9.32%) Senior Network Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Security Engineer
8 11 (6.83%) Network Security Engineer
9 10 (6.21%) Network Architect
9 10 (6.21%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 10 (6.21%) Storage Engineer
10 8 (4.97%) Analyst
11 7 (4.35%) Network Analyst
11 7 (4.35%) Network Security Analyst
11 7 (4.35%) Security Analyst
12 6 (3.73%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.73%) VMware Engineer
13 5 (3.11%) Cisco Engineer
13 5 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (3.11%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.45%) Jinja
2 5 (3.11%) Web Services
3 4 (2.48%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.86%) EDI
5 2 (1.24%) LAMP
5 2 (1.24%) LDAP
5 2 (1.24%) Node.js
5 2 (1.24%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 62 (38.51%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.59%) Replication
3 8 (4.97%) Operational Technology
4 6 (3.73%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.11%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.48%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.86%) CCTV
7 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.86%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.86%) SCADA
7 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.24%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.62%) CMDB
9 1 (0.62%) Life Science
9 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.62%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.53%) Windows
1 25 (15.53%) Windows Server
2 23 (14.29%) Linux
3 17 (10.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (9.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (9.32%) Windows 10
5 15 (9.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (8.70%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.86%) VMS
8 2 (1.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (29.19%) ITIL
2 34 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (16.77%) ITSM
4 21 (13.04%) Storage Management
5 20 (12.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (11.80%) Change Management
7 18 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (10.56%) Project Management
9 16 (9.94%) Performance Tuning
9 16 (9.94%) Server Management
10 15 (9.32%) DevOps
10 15 (9.32%) Network Management
11 14 (8.70%) Break/Fix
11 14 (8.70%) Converged Infrastructure
11 14 (8.70%) Performance Monitoring
11 14 (8.70%) Proactive Monitoring
12 12 (7.45%) Decision-Making
12 12 (7.45%) Migration
13 11 (6.83%) Technical Architecture
14 10 (6.21%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) Python
2 17 (10.56%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.45%) Perl
3 12 (7.45%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 80 (49.69%) Security Cleared
2 74 (45.96%) Cisco Certification
3 66 (40.99%) CCNP
4 51 (31.68%) SC Cleared
5 48 (29.81%) DV Cleared
6 40 (24.84%) CCNA
7 23 (14.29%) Degree
8 10 (6.21%) CCIE
8 10 (6.21%) JNCIA
9 6 (3.73%) CCSA
9 6 (3.73%) CISM
10 5 (3.11%) CCIE Data Center
11 4 (2.48%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.48%) HND
11 4 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (1.24%) CASP
12 2 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.24%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.73%) SLA
2 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.24%) GDPR
3 2 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 22 (13.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (13.04%) VMware ESXi
3 20 (12.42%) VMware NSX
4 18 (11.18%) Active Directory
5 14 (8.70%) Hyper-V
6 13 (8.07%) Firmware
7 4 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (13.66%) vCenter Server
2 16 (9.94%) SCCM
3 15 (9.32%) WSUS
4 14 (8.70%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (8.70%) NetBackup
4 14 (8.70%) SCOM
5 12 (7.45%) Ansible
6 11 (6.83%) Nessus
7 8 (4.97%) Terraform
8 6 (3.73%) FortiGate
9 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
10 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (1.24%) Nagios
11 2 (1.24%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.62%) Observium
12 1 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 131 (81.37%) Cisco
2 41 (25.47%) Juniper
3 39 (24.22%) VMware
4 32 (19.88%) CheckPoint
4 32 (19.88%) Dell
5 29 (18.01%) F5
6 27 (16.77%) Microsoft
7 24 (14.91%) SolarWinds
7 24 (14.91%) Veeam
8 20 (12.42%) Symantec
9 18 (11.18%) Citrix
10 16 (9.94%) Oracle
11 15 (9.32%) EMC
11 15 (9.32%) HP
12 14 (8.70%) 3PAR
12 14 (8.70%) Extreme Networks
13 12 (7.45%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (6.83%) Fortinet
15 9 (5.59%) Zscaler
16 8 (4.97%) Meraki