Palo Alto Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Palo Alto
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 8 September 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
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 0.89% - 0.67%
As % of the Vendors category 1.64% - 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.75%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £500 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +64.71%

All Vendors
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 61 73 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 54.46% 45.06% 57.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 43 49
10th Percentile £153 £253 £202
25th Percentile £405 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +17.95% +21.88%
75th Percentile £725 £600 £638
90th Percentile £825 £629 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 7
10th Percentile - - £15.25
25th Percentile £25.04 - £16.49
Median hourly rate £25.11 £17.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.72% -15.00% +1.70%
75th Percentile £32.30 £36.24 £25.88
90th Percentile £45.17 £48.83 £29.25
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.19 £15.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +46.16% -20.68% +11.11%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in Derbyshire

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Palo Alto.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Buxton - 1 £500 -
Palo Alto
East Midlands

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki