Palo Alto Contracts in Birmingham

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West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 47 63 64
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +22
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% 0.52% 1.22%
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% 1.20% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £248 £600 £313
25th Percentile £346 £600 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £800 £475
Median % change year-on-year -34.94% +68.42% +27.69%
75th Percentile £572 £1,000 £700
90th Percentile £596 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £551 £750 £450
% change year-on-year -26.53% +66.67% +12.50%

All Vendors
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 245 332 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 46.93% 42.95% 44.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 219 236
10th Percentile £160 £262 £229
25th Percentile £353 £330 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £613 £575 £608
90th Percentile £691 £692 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £479 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 18
10th Percentile £20.15 £11.55 £12.50
25th Percentile £25.13 £14.00 £13.73
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £19.60
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +32.64% -1.99%
75th Percentile £30.68 £39.63 £51.88
90th Percentile £42.66 £55.00 £97.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.51 £19.95 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.22% +7.84% +7.06%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Network Management
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Management
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (33.33%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper