Palo Alto Contracts in England

Palo Alto
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 224 264 312
Rank change year-on-year +40 +48 +160
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 292 316 398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.20% 0.85% 0.79%
As % of the Vendors category 2.53% 2.02% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 227 283
10th Percentile £379 £378 £306
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £659 £825 £743
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.43% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 21
10th Percentile - - £51.37
25th Percentile - £58.50 £52.13
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +1.61% -10.21%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £75.99
90th Percentile - - £80.25
UK median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - +0.61% -9.32%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 11,562 15,655 21,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.47% 42.09% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,448 9,950 14,523
10th Percentile £287 £256 £270
25th Percentile £408 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 1,007 599
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.19
25th Percentile £17.56 £14.27 £18.75
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.37 £64.50
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
London +20 120 £506 -3.57% 100
North of England +51 69 £550 +25.90% 42
North West +44 63 £550 +26.82% 23
South East +22 43 £475 -21.49% 52
South West +46 25 £540 -16.45% 14
Midlands +19 15 £546 -9.08% 16
West Midlands +11 12 £551 -26.53% 12
East of England +20 6 £500 +11.11% 15
Yorkshire +12 5 £625 +13.64% 17
East Midlands +10 3 £430 +32.31% 4
North East - 1 £325 - 3
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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 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
3 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.08%) Azure
2 34 (11.64%) AWS
3 24 (8.22%) PaaS
4 22 (7.53%) SaaS
5 19 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (5.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 13 (4.45%) IaaS
8 10 (3.42%) Entra ID
8 10 (3.42%) GCP
9 8 (2.74%) Asana
9 8 (2.74%) Slack
10 6 (2.05%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.71%) Akamai
12 3 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.03%) GitHub
12 3 (1.03%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 220 (75.34%) Firewall
2 92 (31.51%) WAN
3 90 (30.82%) VPN
4 70 (23.97%) BGP
5 66 (22.60%) Network Security
6 65 (22.26%) OSPF
7 57 (19.52%) Cisco ASA
8 52 (17.81%) Wi-Fi
9 50 (17.12%) SD-WAN
9 50 (17.12%) Wireless
10 46 (15.75%) LAN
11 41 (14.04%) NGFW
12 38 (13.01%) IPsec
13 37 (12.67%) Cisco Nexus
13 37 (12.67%) DNS
14 36 (12.33%) Cisco Firepower
15 33 (11.30%) Cisco ISE
16 29 (9.93%) EIGRP
16 29 (9.93%) HSRP
17 27 (9.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.74%) JIRA
2 6 (2.05%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.37%) GitLab
4 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) Git
6 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
General
1 51 (17.47%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.30%) Finance
3 22 (7.53%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.74%) Legal
7 5 (1.71%) Local Government
7 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.37%) Banking
8 4 (1.37%) Law
9 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.68%) Advertising
10 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Marketing
10 2 (0.68%) Military
10 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.68%) Public Speaking
10 2 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 144 (49.32%) Network Engineer
2 42 (14.38%) Architect
3 33 (11.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 28 (9.59%) Senior
5 26 (8.90%) Security Engineer
6 24 (8.22%) Support Engineer
7 18 (6.16%) Consultant
7 18 (6.16%) Network Architect
8 17 (5.82%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (5.48%) Network Support
9 16 (5.48%) Network Support Engineer
10 15 (5.14%) IT Engineer
11 14 (4.79%) Technical Architect
12 13 (4.45%) Network Security Engineer
13 11 (3.77%) Senior Architect
13 11 (3.77%) Senior Technical Architect
14 10 (3.42%) Automation Engineer
14 10 (3.42%) Operations Engineer
15 9 (3.08%) Security Architect
15 9 (3.08%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.85%) 802.1X
2 16 (5.48%) ADO
3 4 (1.37%) JSON
4 2 (0.68%) XML
5 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.34%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.78%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.16%) PKI
3 17 (5.82%) Anti-Spyware
3 17 (5.82%) Video Conferencing
4 16 (5.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.42%) Blackberry
6 10 (3.42%) CSOC
7 8 (2.74%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.40%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.37%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.68%) Blog
12 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.25%) Windows
2 15 (5.14%) Linux
3 13 (4.45%) VMS
4 10 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.34%) Android
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.34%) Unix
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (17.81%) Migration
2 41 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (14.04%) SIEM
3 36 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 36 (12.33%) Network Design
4 34 (11.64%) Load Balancing
5 32 (10.96%) Agile
5 32 (10.96%) Network Management
6 26 (8.90%) ITIL
7 23 (7.88%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (7.53%) Impact Assessments
8 22 (7.53%) Network Architecture
8 22 (7.53%) Security Operations
9 21 (7.19%) Network Monitoring
10 20 (6.85%) Cloud Security
10 20 (6.85%) Roadmaps
11 19 (6.51%) CI/CD
11 19 (6.51%) Kalman Filter
12 17 (5.82%) DevSecOps
13 16 (5.48%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.22%) Python
2 8 (2.74%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.71%) SQL
4 2 (0.68%) Bash
5 1 (0.34%) Bicep
5 1 (0.34%) Java
5 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 116 (39.73%) Security Cleared
2 108 (36.99%) SC Cleared
3 57 (19.52%) Cisco Certification
4 42 (14.38%) CCNP
5 21 (7.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 20 (6.85%) DV Cleared
7 19 (6.51%) CCNA
8 15 (5.14%) Degree
9 11 (3.77%) MCSE
9 11 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.40%) CCIE
11 5 (1.71%) CCSA
11 5 (1.71%) CCSE
12 4 (1.37%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.37%) Check Point Certification
12 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.37%) JNCIP
13 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.03%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.85%) NIST
2 13 (4.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.11%) NCSC
4 10 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.03%) GDPR
6 3 (1.03%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) QA
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) PSD2
System Software
1 28 (9.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (6.85%) Active Directory
3 17 (5.82%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (5.48%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.03%) vSphere
6 2 (0.68%) Firmware
7 1 (0.34%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.34%) iptables
7 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (10.27%) Terraform
2 18 (6.16%) Ansible
3 8 (2.74%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.05%) CASB
4 6 (2.05%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.05%) QRadar
5 4 (1.37%) SCCM
6 2 (0.68%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.68%) Nagios
6 2 (0.68%) OPNET
7 1 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.34%) Cisco UCCX
7 1 (0.34%) Grafana
7 1 (0.34%) Graylog
7 1 (0.34%) Icinga
7 1 (0.34%) logstash
7 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.34%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 207 (70.89%) Cisco
2 69 (23.63%) CheckPoint
3 51 (17.47%) F5
4 49 (16.78%) Fortinet
5 46 (15.75%) Microsoft
6 45 (15.41%) Meraki
7 42 (14.38%) Juniper
8 35 (11.99%) SolarWinds
9 34 (11.64%) VMware
10 26 (8.90%) Splunk
11 23 (7.88%) Aruba
12 22 (7.53%) Infoblox
13 21 (7.19%) Zscaler
14 14 (4.79%) Google
15 13 (4.45%) Nokia
15 13 (4.45%) ServiceNow
16 12 (4.11%) Ericsson
17 10 (3.42%) Avaya
17 10 (3.42%) Red Hat
17 10 (3.42%) Ribbon