Palo Alto Contracts in Cumbria

Palo Alto
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 25 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 57 15 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 29.23% 5.79% -
As % of the Vendors category 47.11% 18.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 0
10th Percentile £372 £463 -
25th Percentile £413 £483 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% - -
75th Percentile £618 £515 -
90th Percentile £638 £519 -
North West median daily rate £550 £434 £375
% change year-on-year +26.82% +15.65% -14.77%

All Vendors
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 121 80 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 62.05% 30.89% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 32 16
10th Percentile £378 £276 £369
25th Percentile £422 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £426
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +19.13% -14.80%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £478
90th Percentile £638 £584 £517
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 37 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.26 - -
Median hourly rate £31.76 £10.95 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +190.05% -54.38% -55.35%
75th Percentile £58.58 £11.38 -
90th Percentile £81.63 £40.68 -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in Cumbria

Palo Alto
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in Cumbria

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

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

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in Cumbria

Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness +16 54 £575 +11.65% 2
Palo Alto
North West

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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 53 (92.98%) Firewall
2 33 (57.89%) Cisco ASA
2 33 (57.89%) Cisco Firepower
3 26 (45.61%) BGP
3 26 (45.61%) OSPF
3 26 (45.61%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (42.11%) HSRP
4 24 (42.11%) IPsec
5 22 (38.60%) EIGRP
5 22 (38.60%) NetScaler
6 21 (36.84%) WAN
7 19 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
8 14 (24.56%) VPN
8 14 (24.56%) Wireless
9 12 (21.05%) Cisco Wireless
10 9 (15.79%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (15.79%) Network Security
11 5 (8.77%) LAN
12 4 (7.02%) Broadband
12 4 (7.02%) Converged Networks
General
1 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.51%) Legal
3 1 (1.75%) Advertising
3 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.75%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (96.49%) Network Engineer
2 28 (49.12%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (3.51%) Architect
3 2 (3.51%) Network Architect
3 2 (3.51%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (3.51%) Security Engineer
3 2 (3.51%) Senior
3 2 (3.51%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (1.75%) Design Engineer
4 1 (1.75%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (1.75%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (1.75%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (1.75%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (1.75%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (29.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Network Management
2 23 (40.35%) Load Balancing
3 21 (36.84%) Network Design
4 14 (24.56%) Network Architecture
5 12 (21.05%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (10.53%) ITIL
7 2 (3.51%) Migration
7 2 (3.51%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (3.51%) Threat Detection
8 1 (1.75%) Agile
8 1 (1.75%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.75%) ITSM
8 1 (1.75%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 50 (87.72%) SC Cleared
1 50 (87.72%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.02%) CCNA
2 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 18 (31.58%) Meraki
4 9 (15.79%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.75%) Citrix
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft