Palo Alto Contracts in Barrow-in-Furness

Palo Alto
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring knowledge or experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Palo Alto over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 54 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 35.53% 6.63% -
As % of the Vendors category 57.45% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 24 9 0
10th Percentile £369 £454 -
25th Percentile £475 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% - -
75th Percentile £623 - -
90th Percentile £638 £520 -
Cumbria median daily rate £575 £515 -
% change year-on-year +11.65% - -

All Vendors
Barrow-in-Furness

Palo Alto falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 94 33 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 61.84% 19.88% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 14 5
10th Percentile £390 £421 -
25th Percentile £458 £473 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £426
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +20.89% -36.89%
75th Percentile £613 £515 £475
90th Percentile £638 £547 £565
Cumbria median daily rate £525 £508 £426
% change year-on-year +3.45% +19.13% -14.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 1
10th Percentile - £10.95 -
25th Percentile £25.26 £22.53 -
Median hourly rate £33.86 £31.17 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.62% +29.88% +1.05%
75th Percentile £64.08 £46.25 -
90th Percentile £82.15 £52.78 -
Cumbria median hourly rate £31.76 £10.95 £24.00
% change year-on-year +190.05% -54.38% -55.35%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in Barrow-in-Furness

Palo Alto
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in Barrow-in-Furness

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in Barrow-in-Furness

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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:

Communications & Networking
1 50 (92.59%) Firewall
2 32 (59.26%) Cisco ASA
2 32 (59.26%) Cisco Firepower
3 25 (46.30%) BGP
3 25 (46.30%) OSPF
4 23 (42.59%) HSRP
4 23 (42.59%) IPsec
4 23 (42.59%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (38.89%) EIGRP
6 20 (37.04%) NetScaler
7 19 (35.19%) WAN
8 17 (31.48%) Cisco ISE
9 14 (25.93%) VPN
9 14 (25.93%) Wireless
10 12 (22.22%) Cisco Wireless
11 9 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (16.67%) Network Security
12 5 (9.26%) LAN
13 4 (7.41%) Broadband
13 4 (7.41%) Converged Networks
General
1 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.70%) Legal
3 1 (1.85%) Advertising
3 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (96.30%) Network Engineer
2 26 (48.15%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (3.70%) Architect
3 2 (3.70%) Network Architect
3 2 (3.70%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (3.70%) Security Engineer
3 2 (3.70%) Senior
3 2 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (1.85%) Design Engineer
4 1 (1.85%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (1.85%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (1.85%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (1.85%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (1.85%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (27.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) Network Management
2 21 (38.89%) Load Balancing
3 19 (35.19%) Network Design
4 12 (22.22%) Network Architecture
5 10 (18.52%) Impact Assessments
6 5 (9.26%) ITIL
7 2 (3.70%) Migration
7 2 (3.70%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (3.70%) Threat Detection
8 1 (1.85%) Agile
8 1 (1.85%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.85%) ITSM
8 1 (1.85%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 47 (87.04%) SC Cleared
1 47 (87.04%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.41%) CCNA
2 4 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 16 (29.63%) Meraki
4 8 (14.81%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.85%) Citrix