Palo Alto Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Palo Alto
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 11 March 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
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 45 57
Rank change year-on-year - +12 +25
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 0 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands - 1.31% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category - 2.95% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £430 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +32.31% -29.73%
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - £418
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +0.48%

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 465 237 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.90% 44.30% 42.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 160 215
10th Percentile £190 £200 £183
25th Percentile £355 £326 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £594
90th Percentile £625 £614 £681
England median daily rate £505 £525 £517
% change year-on-year -3.81% +1.55% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 10 23
10th Percentile £13.16 £13.67 £10.90
25th Percentile £15.90 £13.81 £12.14
Median hourly rate £16.35 £16.65 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% +18.89% -20.63%
75th Percentile £24.49 £22.04 £14.76
90th Percentile £26.11 £33.58 £22.98
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +23.12% -28.57%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Palo Alto relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Palo Alto.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Palo Alto