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 citing 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 6 November 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
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 75 49
Rank change year-on-year -8 -26 +10
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 5 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% 0.23% 1.50%
As % of the Vendors category 0.87% 0.51% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £278 - -
25th Percentile £309 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% - -
75th Percentile £434 - -
90th Percentile £466 - -
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +5.00%

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 citing vendor products and services in the East Midlands.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 573 394 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 41.40% 45.92% 42.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 272 190
10th Percentile £225 £189 £263
25th Percentile £350 £333 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -1.04%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £554
90th Percentile £675 £638 £625
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 27 13
10th Percentile £13.05 £16.35 £13.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £18.54 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.44 £25.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% +47.06% +9.68%
75th Percentile £24.81 £25.15 -
90th Percentile £28.81 - £47.70
England median hourly rate £25.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.30% -28.36% -21.35%

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

Palo Alto Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the East Midlands

Palo Alto Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire -9 2 £370 -26.00% 1
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Lincolnshire -7 1 - -
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Aruba60.0%3
1Cisco60.0%3
3Infoblox40.0%2
3ServiceNow40.0%2
5F520.0%1
5Fortinet20.0%1
5Juniper20.0%1
5Microsoft20.0%1