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 28 November 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
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 17 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +11
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 7 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 5.34% 3.47% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 12.50% 7.59% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £327 £453 -
25th Percentile £370 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% - -
75th Percentile £451 £469 -
90th Percentile £453 £473 -
South East median daily rate £488 £520 £570
% change year-on-year -6.25% -8.77% +8.57%

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 56 79 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 42.75% 45.66% 58.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 26 98
10th Percentile £153 £154 £188
25th Percentile £309 £193 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £448 £365
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% +22.60% +4.29%
75th Percentile £603 £523 £525
90th Percentile £638 £623 £543
South East median daily rate £500 £521 £517
% change year-on-year -4.08% +0.82% +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 £52.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.59% +0.48% +105.88%

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 28 November 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 28 November 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
Sittingbourne - 2 £400 -
Maidstone - 1 £455 - 1
Sevenoaks - 1 £443 - 1
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 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) OSPF
2 4 (57.14%) IPsec
2 4 (57.14%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (57.14%) WAN
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
General
1 4 (57.14%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Load Balancing
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Aruba
2 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
3 3 (42.86%) Meraki
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) Pegasus