Palo Alto Contract Job Trends in Kent

Palo Alto
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 14 December 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
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 20 31
Rank change year-on-year +10 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 11 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 7.97% 3.36% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 18.97% 6.85% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -
75th Percentile £451 - -
90th Percentile £455 - -
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £553
% change year-on-year -7.14% -4.98% +5.24%

All Vendors
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 58 73 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 42.03% 48.99% 56.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 27 96
10th Percentile £153 £154 £185
25th Percentile £301 £197 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £440 £365
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +20.55% +4.29%
75th Percentile £572 £522 £525
90th Percentile £638 £623 £539
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £517
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.55% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £13.47 £19.06 £17.05
25th Percentile £14.56 £21.21 £18.25
Median hourly rate £16.36 £44.71 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.41% +118.10% +61.93%
75th Percentile - £70.29 £23.25
90th Percentile - £76.18 £24.75
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £36.17 £55.00
% change year-on-year -42.51% -34.25% +129.17%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in Kent

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in Kent over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in Kent

Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Maidstone - 4 £439 -
Sittingbourne - 2 £400 -
Sevenoaks - 1 £443 -
Palo Alto
South East

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
2 10 (90.91%) BGP
2 10 (90.91%) OSPF
3 8 (72.73%) LAN
3 8 (72.73%) WAN
4 7 (63.64%) IPsec
4 7 (63.64%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (27.27%) Network Security
5 3 (27.27%) Wireless
6 1 (9.09%) VXLAN
General
1 7 (63.64%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (27.27%) Network Load Balancing
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) CCNP
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) CCNA
4 1 (9.09%) CCSE
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (72.73%) Aruba
2 8 (72.73%) CheckPoint
3 3 (27.27%) Meraki
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 1 (9.09%) Juniper
5 1 (9.09%) Pegasus