Palo Alto Contract Job Trends in London

Palo Alto
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 24 June 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
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 244 259
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 163 111 146
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.88% 0.83%
As % of the Vendors category 2.07% 1.94% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 73 113
10th Percentile £400 £388 £376
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £700
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £35.95 - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £73.25 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £17.79 -
% change year-on-year +237.27% - -

All Vendors
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,884 5,716 7,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.21% 45.42% 41.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,185 3,703 5,020
10th Percentile £350 £325 £312
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -0.47% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £768 £775
England median daily rate £506 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.27% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 108 132
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.89
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.55 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +19.96% -8.46%
75th Percentile £58.92 £47.81 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.38 £26.75 £24.43
% change year-on-year +28.50% +9.50% -34.85%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in London

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in London

Palo Alto
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Palo Alto.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Palo Alto in London over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Palo Alto in London

Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -24 16 £575 +5.89% 4
South London -3 9 £450 -
West London - 2 £500 - 3
North London - 1 - -
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.84%) Confluence
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (37.42%) Azure
2 35 (21.47%) AWS
3 17 (10.43%) GCP
4 11 (6.75%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.75%) GitHub
5 6 (3.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (3.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.45%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.84%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.23%) OCI
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.61%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.61%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 120 (73.62%) Firewall
2 66 (40.49%) WAN
3 62 (38.04%) Network Security
4 48 (29.45%) VPN
5 40 (24.54%) BGP
6 27 (16.56%) LAN
7 26 (15.95%) OSPF
7 26 (15.95%) SD-WAN
8 23 (14.11%) MPLS
9 22 (13.50%) Wireless
10 21 (12.88%) VLAN
11 17 (10.43%) Multicast
12 16 (9.82%) DNS
13 15 (9.20%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (9.20%) NGFW
14 14 (8.59%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (7.36%) EIGRP
16 11 (6.75%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (6.75%) TACACS
16 11 (6.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.61%) MySQL
3 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.07%) JIRA
2 3 (1.84%) Git
2 3 (1.84%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (19.63%) Finance
2 24 (14.72%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.98%) Legal
3 13 (7.98%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.13%) Financial Institution
5 8 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.68%) Law
6 6 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.07%) Banking
8 4 (2.45%) Local Government
8 4 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.84%) Retail
9 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.61%) German Language
11 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 88 (53.99%) Network Engineer
2 35 (21.47%) Security Engineer
3 29 (17.79%) Senior
4 28 (17.18%) Architect
5 23 (14.11%) Network Security Engineer
6 16 (9.82%) Senior Network Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Network Architect
8 11 (6.75%) Automation Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) Security Architect
9 8 (4.91%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.29%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.68%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Consultant
12 5 (3.07%) Network Operations Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Operations Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 4 (2.45%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) SAML
2 3 (1.84%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.23%) REST
3 2 (1.23%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.61%) CSS
4 1 (0.61%) HTML
4 1 (0.61%) LDAP
4 1 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 39 (23.93%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.91%) Security Posture
4 6 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.84%) PKI
7 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.61%) Anti-Spyware
9 1 (0.61%) BYOD
9 1 (0.61%) CCTV
9 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.61%) IoT
9 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.36%) Linux
1 12 (7.36%) Windows
2 6 (3.68%) Unix
3 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (12.88%) Cloud Security
1 21 (12.88%) Zero Trust
2 19 (11.66%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (11.04%) Project Delivery
4 17 (10.43%) Validation
5 16 (9.82%) Network Design
6 15 (9.20%) Migration
6 15 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (8.59%) CI/CD
7 14 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (8.59%) ITIL
8 13 (7.98%) ITSM
8 13 (7.98%) Technical Leadership
9 12 (7.36%) DevOps
9 12 (7.36%) Incident Response
9 12 (7.36%) Load Balancing
10 11 (6.75%) Agile
10 11 (6.75%) Mentoring
11 10 (6.13%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (5.52%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.31%) Python
2 11 (6.75%) Bash
2 11 (6.75%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.84%) SQL
4 2 (1.23%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (20.25%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (18.40%) CCNP
3 19 (11.66%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.66%) Security Cleared
4 15 (9.20%) Degree
5 7 (4.29%) CCNA
6 4 (2.45%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.45%) CCSE
6 4 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.84%) CISSP
8 2 (1.23%) CCIE
8 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) CCSA
9 1 (0.61%) CCSP
9 1 (0.61%) CISM
9 1 (0.61%) CRISC
9 1 (0.61%) CWNA
9 1 (0.61%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.61%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.52%) NIST
2 5 (3.07%) NIST 800
3 4 (2.45%) GDPR
3 4 (2.45%) GRC
3 4 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.84%) SLA
5 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
5 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.84%) Firmware
4 3 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.61%) Docker
6 1 (0.61%) IAG
6 1 (0.61%) NFS
6 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (19.02%) Ansible
2 28 (17.18%) FortiGate
3 26 (15.95%) Terraform
4 12 (7.36%) Prometheus
5 9 (5.52%) Grafana
6 4 (2.45%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.45%) Salt
7 3 (1.84%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (1.84%) Consul
8 2 (1.23%) SCCM
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.61%) QRadar
9 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 105 (64.42%) Cisco
2 44 (26.99%) CheckPoint
2 44 (26.99%) Fortinet
3 39 (23.93%) F5
4 26 (15.95%) Juniper
5 25 (15.34%) Aruba
5 25 (15.34%) Zscaler
6 23 (14.11%) Arista
7 18 (11.04%) Microsoft
8 14 (8.59%) Infoblox
9 9 (5.52%) Splunk
10 7 (4.29%) Meraki
11 6 (3.68%) ServiceNow
11 6 (3.68%) SolarWinds
12 5 (3.07%) BigPanda
13 4 (2.45%) Google
13 4 (2.45%) VMware
14 3 (1.84%) Blue Coat
14 3 (1.84%) Dell
14 3 (1.84%) Ping Identity