The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 16 September 2026, 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
16 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
120 |
98 |
113 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-22 |
+15 |
+34 |
| Contract jobs citing Palo Alto |
20 |
23 |
16 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London |
0.89% |
1.31% |
0.77% |
| As % of the Vendors category |
2.01% |
2.67% |
1.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
15 |
17 |
12 |
| 10th Percentile |
£468 |
£410 |
£426 |
| 25th Percentile |
£491 |
£423 |
£445 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£650 |
£536 |
£513 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+21.27% |
+4.59% |
-6.82% |
| 75th Percentile |
£756 |
£554 |
£638 |
| 90th Percentile |
£840 |
£685 |
- |
| Central London median daily rate |
£650 |
£536 |
£510 |
| % change year-on-year |
+21.27% |
+5.10% |
+7.37% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£55.00 |
- |
- |
| Median hourly rate |
£60.00 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£65.00 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Central London median hourly rate |
£60.00 |
- |
- |
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 the City of London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services |
995 |
862 |
921 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London |
44.18% |
48.92% |
44.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
704 |
575 |
598 |
| 10th Percentile |
£333 |
£323 |
£350 |
| 25th Percentile |
£450 |
£413 |
£463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£550 |
£550 |
£551 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-0.14% |
-1.65% |
| 75th Percentile |
£656 |
£675 |
£675 |
| 90th Percentile |
£750 |
£745 |
£768 |
| Central London median daily rate |
£538 |
£536 |
£550 |
| % change year-on-year |
+0.28% |
-2.55% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
13 |
13 |
11 |
| 10th Percentile |
£18.75 |
£20.23 |
£16.00 |
| 25th Percentile |
£19.25 |
£23.75 |
£19.50 |
| Median hourly rate |
£23.16 |
£34.65 |
£27.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-33.16% |
+28.33% |
+30.12% |
| 75th Percentile |
£31.00 |
£63.75 |
£115.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£42.65 |
£65.21 |
£137.50 |
| Central London median hourly rate |
£25.07 |
£31.58 |
£27.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-20.62% |
+16.94% |
+30.12% |
