Palo Alto Contracts in England

Palo Alto
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Palo Alto over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 323 465
Rank change year-on-year +61 +142 -60
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 314 387 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.85% 0.77% 0.47%
As % of the Vendors category 2.01% 1.83% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 277 235
10th Percentile £378 £305 £350
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% +2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £575
90th Percentile £825 £743 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 21 3
10th Percentile - £51.37 £27.92
25th Percentile £58.50 £52.13 £43.35
Median hourly rate £63.00 £62.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -10.21% +11.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £75.99 -
90th Percentile - £80.25 -
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £62.62 £69.05
% change year-on-year +0.61% -9.32% +11.37%

All Vendors
England

Palo Alto is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,613 21,186 27,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.24% 41.91% 39.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,913 14,600 19,083
10th Percentile £256 £265 £270
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,002 609 793
10th Percentile £12.01 £15.19 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £18.75 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.40 £39.55 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.36% +88.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.50 £43.80
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in England.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +57 137 £525 -8.70% 58
South East +27 67 £605 +21.00% 26
North of England +3 36 £437 +2.79% 3
North West +6 35 £434 +15.65% 2
South West +29 25 £646 +18.80% 3
Midlands +12 18 £600 +29.73% 6
East of England +14 16 £450 -20.00% 10
West Midlands +22 15 £750 +66.67% 6
East Midlands +13 3 £325 -53.57%
Yorkshire 0 1 £550 - 1
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.91%) Confluence
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.96%) IIS
3 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.96%) WordPress
4 2 (0.64%) nginx
5 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 77 (24.52%) Azure
2 49 (15.61%) AWS
3 19 (6.05%) OCI
4 16 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (2.55%) Route 53
7 6 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (1.91%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.91%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.91%) GCP
7 6 (1.91%) GitHub
8 5 (1.59%) Asana
8 5 (1.59%) AWS CloudTrail
8 5 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.59%) Slack
9 4 (1.27%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (1.27%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 231 (73.57%) Firewall
2 103 (32.80%) WAN
3 100 (31.85%) Network Security
4 93 (29.62%) Cisco ASA
5 92 (29.30%) LAN
6 87 (27.71%) VPN
7 80 (25.48%) BGP
8 78 (24.84%) OSPF
9 76 (24.20%) Wireless
10 56 (17.83%) DNS
11 54 (17.20%) Cisco ISE
11 54 (17.20%) SD-WAN
12 49 (15.61%) IPsec
13 43 (13.69%) DHCP
14 40 (12.74%) Cisco Nexus
14 40 (12.74%) WLAN
15 39 (12.42%) Wi-Fi
16 35 (11.15%) MPLS
17 31 (9.87%) EIGRP
18 29 (9.24%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.82%) Git
2 11 (3.50%) JIRA
3 6 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.27%) GitLab
4 4 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
General
1 56 (17.83%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.56%) Finance
3 35 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.37%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.87%) Legal
8 7 (2.23%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.91%) Banking
9 6 (1.91%) Marketing
10 5 (1.59%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.27%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.27%) Electronics
11 4 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.64%) Law
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 171 (54.46%) Network Engineer
2 45 (14.33%) Architect
2 45 (14.33%) Senior
3 36 (11.46%) Security Engineer
4 29 (9.24%) Senior Network Engineer
5 26 (8.28%) Network Security Engineer
6 22 (7.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (6.37%) Network Specialist
8 18 (5.73%) Network Architect
9 16 (5.10%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 14 (4.46%) Cisco Engineer
10 14 (4.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 11 (3.50%) Analyst
11 11 (3.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 9 (2.87%) Storage Engineer
13 7 (2.23%) Network Analyst
13 7 (2.23%) Network Security Analyst
13 7 (2.23%) Security Analyst
13 7 (2.23%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.46%) Jinja
2 11 (3.50%) 802.1X
3 8 (2.55%) JSON
3 8 (2.55%) XML
4 7 (2.23%) NETCONF
4 7 (2.23%) YANG
5 5 (1.59%) Web Services
6 4 (1.27%) LDAP
6 4 (1.27%) Node.js
6 4 (1.27%) SAML
7 3 (0.96%) EDI
7 3 (0.96%) LAMP
8 2 (0.64%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.64%) RESTful
9 1 (0.32%) OAuth
9 1 (0.32%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (32.80%) Data Centre
2 33 (10.51%) PKI
3 11 (3.50%) Replication
4 10 (3.18%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.87%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.23%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.91%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.59%) Clustering
9 5 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.59%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) CCTV
11 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.38%) Windows
2 33 (10.51%) Windows Server
3 30 (9.55%) Linux
4 16 (5.10%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (5.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (4.78%) Windows 10
6 13 (4.14%) Windows XP
7 5 (1.59%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.27%) Unix
8 4 (1.27%) VMS
9 2 (0.64%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (16.88%) ITIL
3 43 (13.69%) Change Management
4 40 (12.74%) Migration
5 32 (10.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 32 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 31 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (8.60%) Network Design
8 26 (8.28%) ITSM
9 25 (7.96%) DevOps
10 24 (7.64%) Cloud Security
11 23 (7.32%) Storage Management
12 22 (7.01%) Agile
12 22 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (7.01%) High Availability
13 21 (6.69%) Mentoring
13 21 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (6.37%) Load Balancing
15 19 (6.05%) Network Management
15 19 (6.05%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.65%) Python
2 25 (7.96%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.82%) Perl
3 12 (3.82%) Tcl
4 4 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.32%) Bash
5 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (36.94%) Security Cleared
2 113 (35.99%) Cisco Certification
3 100 (31.85%) CCNP
4 84 (26.75%) SC Cleared
5 52 (16.56%) CCNA
5 52 (16.56%) DV Cleared
6 32 (10.19%) Degree
7 20 (6.37%) CCIE
8 12 (3.82%) AWS Certification
8 12 (3.82%) JNCIA
9 8 (2.55%) CISM
10 7 (2.23%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.23%) CCSA
11 6 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.59%) CCDP
12 5 (1.59%) CCIE Data Center
12 5 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.27%) CISSP
13 4 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.18%) SLA
2 6 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.27%) NCSC
4 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.64%) GDPR
5 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.32%) ISA99
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.92%) VMware NSX
3 26 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.37%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.78%) Firmware
6 14 (4.46%) Hyper-V
7 7 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.27%) vSphere
9 2 (0.64%) Squid
10 1 (0.32%) KVM
Systems Management
1 33 (10.51%) FortiGate
2 30 (9.55%) Terraform
3 24 (7.64%) Ansible
4 21 (6.69%) vCenter Server
5 16 (5.10%) SCCM
6 14 (4.46%) WSUS
7 13 (4.14%) EMC NetWorker
7 13 (4.14%) NetBackup
7 13 (4.14%) SCOM
8 12 (3.82%) Nessus
9 8 (2.55%) SolarWinds Orion
10 6 (1.91%) Kubernetes
11 4 (1.27%) CASB
11 4 (1.27%) CSIRT
12 3 (0.96%) Kibana
12 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.96%) Puppet
13 2 (0.64%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.64%) Nagios
13 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 221 (70.38%) Cisco
2 84 (26.75%) Juniper
3 64 (20.38%) F5
4 62 (19.75%) CheckPoint
5 60 (19.11%) Fortinet
6 52 (16.56%) VMware
7 50 (15.92%) Microsoft
8 37 (11.78%) Dell
9 35 (11.15%) SolarWinds
10 25 (7.96%) Extreme Networks
10 25 (7.96%) Zscaler
11 24 (7.64%) Meraki
11 24 (7.64%) Veeam
12 19 (6.05%) Symantec
13 18 (5.73%) Citrix
14 17 (5.41%) Infoblox
15 16 (5.10%) Aruba
16 14 (4.46%) EMC
16 14 (4.46%) HP
16 14 (4.46%) Oracle