Palo Alto Contracts

Palo Alto
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 283 445
Rank change year-on-year -3 +162 -8
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 331 531 466
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.93% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.83% 2.15% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 373 328
10th Percentile £380 £306 £362
25th Percentile £431 £406 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £600
90th Percentile £775 £743 £677
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +11.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 23 3
10th Percentile - £52.13 £27.92
25th Percentile - £60.50 £43.35
Median hourly rate - £63.23 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year - -8.43% +2.68%
75th Percentile - £80.25 -
90th Percentile - £81.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year - -10.21% +11.37%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,078 24,664 35,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.48% 43.06% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,258 16,505 23,427
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,116 669 881
10th Percentile £12.07 £15.17 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.70 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.59 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.03% +88.79% -
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK

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Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 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
England +28 300 £525 +5.00% 150
UK excluding London -30 158 £528 +11.05% 82
London +34 132 £525 -10.64% 89
Work from Home -2 114 £553 +8.97% 55
South East +25 66 £605 +25.89% 36
North of England -4 35 £434 +2.05% 17
North West -2 34 £433 +11.86% 12
South West +16 23 £646 +17.45% 6
East of England +4 16 £450 -18.18% 3
Midlands +10 15 £750 +57.89% 9
West Midlands +14 12 £750 +62.16% 7
Scotland -10 5 £553 +11.06% 11
East Midlands +13 3 £325 -53.57% 2
Yorkshire 0 1 £550 +10.00% 5

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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 8 (2.42%) Confluence
2 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.91%) IIS
3 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.91%) WordPress
4 2 (0.60%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 77 (23.26%) Azure
2 47 (14.20%) AWS
3 20 (6.04%) OCI
4 17 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.42%) GitHub
5 8 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (2.11%) SaaS
7 6 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (1.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (1.81%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.81%) GCP
7 6 (1.81%) Route 53
7 6 (1.81%) Slack
8 5 (1.51%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 238 (71.90%) Firewall
2 101 (30.51%) Network Security
3 99 (29.91%) WAN
4 88 (26.59%) Cisco ASA
5 80 (24.17%) LAN
6 73 (22.05%) BGP
7 72 (21.75%) OSPF
7 72 (21.75%) VPN
8 65 (19.64%) Wireless
9 63 (19.03%) DNS
9 63 (19.03%) SD-WAN
10 59 (17.82%) Cisco ISE
11 48 (14.50%) Cisco Nexus
12 44 (13.29%) DHCP
13 43 (12.99%) IPsec
14 38 (11.48%) Wi-Fi
15 36 (10.88%) MPLS
16 30 (9.06%) WLAN
17 29 (8.76%) EIGRP
18 24 (7.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.63%) Git
1 12 (3.63%) JIRA
2 9 (2.72%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.21%) GitLab
3 4 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
General
1 58 (17.52%) Finance
1 58 (17.52%) Social Skills
2 36 (10.88%) Public Sector
3 23 (6.95%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.63%) Banking
6 10 (3.02%) Financial Institution
6 10 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.42%) Legal
8 7 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.81%) Marketing
10 5 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.21%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.21%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.21%) Electronics
11 4 (1.21%) Retail
12 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 173 (52.27%) Network Engineer
2 51 (15.41%) Senior
3 48 (14.50%) Architect
4 38 (11.48%) Security Engineer
5 28 (8.46%) Senior Network Engineer
6 25 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (7.55%) Network Security Engineer
7 21 (6.34%) Network Architect
8 16 (4.83%) Cisco Engineer
8 16 (4.83%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 15 (4.53%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 13 (3.93%) Consultant
10 13 (3.93%) Network Specialist
11 12 (3.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 11 (3.32%) Network Consultant
13 10 (3.02%) Analyst
13 10 (3.02%) Storage Engineer
14 8 (2.42%) Technical Architect
15 7 (2.11%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (2.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.53%) Jinja
2 13 (3.93%) 802.1X
3 8 (2.42%) JSON
3 8 (2.42%) XML
4 7 (2.11%) NETCONF
4 7 (2.11%) YANG
5 5 (1.51%) Web Services
6 4 (1.21%) LDAP
6 4 (1.21%) Node.js
6 4 (1.21%) SAML
7 3 (0.91%) EDI
7 3 (0.91%) LAMP
7 3 (0.91%) RESTful
8 2 (0.60%) Regular Expression
9 1 (0.30%) OAuth
9 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (30.82%) Data Centre
2 22 (6.65%) PKI
3 13 (3.93%) Replication
4 10 (3.02%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.02%) Operational Technology
4 10 (3.02%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.42%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (1.81%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.81%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.51%) Clustering
7 5 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.21%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.39%) Windows
2 33 (9.97%) Linux
2 33 (9.97%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (5.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (4.53%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (4.23%) Windows XP
6 6 (1.81%) Unix
7 4 (1.21%) VMS
8 3 (0.91%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (14.80%) ITIL
1 49 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (11.48%) Migration
3 36 (10.88%) Change Management
4 31 (9.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 30 (9.06%) DevOps
6 29 (8.76%) Network Design
7 26 (7.85%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (7.85%) ITSM
8 24 (7.25%) Cloud Security
8 24 (7.25%) Network Management
9 22 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (6.65%) Storage Management
10 21 (6.34%) Agile
10 21 (6.34%) Load Balancing
10 21 (6.34%) Project Management
11 19 (5.74%) Mentoring
11 19 (5.74%) Roadmaps
12 18 (5.44%) Infrastructure as Code
13 17 (5.14%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.80%) Python
2 26 (7.85%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.63%) Perl
3 12 (3.63%) Tcl
4 4 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.91%) Bash
6 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 128 (38.67%) Cisco Certification
2 116 (35.05%) CCNP
3 108 (32.63%) Security Cleared
4 75 (22.66%) SC Cleared
5 56 (16.92%) CCNA
6 54 (16.31%) DV Cleared
7 30 (9.06%) Degree
8 29 (8.76%) CCIE
9 14 (4.23%) AWS Certification
10 11 (3.32%) JNCIA
11 8 (2.42%) CISM
12 7 (2.11%) CCSA
13 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.51%) CCDP
14 5 (1.51%) CCIE Data Center
14 5 (1.51%) CISSP
15 4 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.21%) HND
15 4 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.72%) SLA
2 6 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.81%) NCSC
3 5 (1.51%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.21%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) COBIT
5 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.30%) ISA99
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (9.97%) VMware NSX
2 31 (9.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (8.76%) Active Directory
4 21 (6.34%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.53%) Firmware
5 15 (4.53%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.21%) vSphere
8 2 (0.60%) Squid
9 1 (0.30%) KVM
Systems Management
1 29 (8.76%) FortiGate
2 26 (7.85%) Terraform
3 24 (7.25%) Ansible
4 22 (6.65%) vCenter Server
5 19 (5.74%) SCCM
6 15 (4.53%) WSUS
7 14 (4.23%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (4.23%) NetBackup
7 14 (4.23%) SCOM
8 12 (3.63%) Nessus
9 8 (2.42%) SolarWinds Orion
10 7 (2.11%) CASB
11 6 (1.81%) Kubernetes
12 4 (1.21%) CSIRT
12 4 (1.21%) Puppet
13 3 (0.91%) Kibana
13 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.60%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.60%) Packer
14 2 (0.60%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 231 (69.79%) Cisco
2 77 (23.26%) Juniper
3 65 (19.64%) CheckPoint
4 63 (19.03%) F5
5 57 (17.22%) VMware
6 54 (16.31%) Fortinet
7 52 (15.71%) Microsoft
8 39 (11.78%) Dell
9 37 (11.18%) SolarWinds
10 26 (7.85%) Meraki
10 26 (7.85%) Zscaler
11 25 (7.55%) Veeam
12 21 (6.34%) Extreme Networks
13 20 (6.04%) Symantec
14 17 (5.14%) Aruba
14 17 (5.14%) Citrix
14 17 (5.14%) Infoblox
15 16 (4.83%) HP
16 15 (4.53%) Oracle
17 14 (4.23%) EMC