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 1 July 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
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 241 251
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 163 113 151
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.88% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 2.05% 1.93% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 74 116
10th Percentile £400 £388 £369
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £619 £594 £641
90th Percentile £738 £743 £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 £60.40 -
% change year-on-year -0.65% - -

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 7,953 5,846 7,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.27% 45.35% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,207 3,788 5,008
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -0.93% -3.17%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £775
England median daily rate £508 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -0.98% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 110 129
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £17.78
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.78 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +27.81% +16.70% -21.32%
75th Percentile £58.92 £48.44 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.04 £24.65
% change year-on-year +34.41% +5.64% -33.38%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -21 15 £550 +2.61% 9
South London +3 9 £450 -
West London -15 3 £525 - 4
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
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (38.65%) Azure
2 36 (22.09%) AWS
3 18 (11.04%) GCP
4 12 (7.36%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.75%) GitHub
6 7 (4.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.45%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.84%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.84%) OCI
9 2 (1.23%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.61%) Datadog
10 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 122 (74.85%) Firewall
2 66 (40.49%) WAN
3 64 (39.26%) Network Security
4 51 (31.29%) VPN
5 42 (25.77%) BGP
6 28 (17.18%) OSPF
7 27 (16.56%) LAN
8 25 (15.34%) SD-WAN
9 24 (14.72%) MPLS
10 22 (13.50%) Wireless
11 21 (12.88%) VLAN
12 17 (10.43%) DNS
12 17 (10.43%) Multicast
13 16 (9.82%) NGFW
14 15 (9.20%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (9.20%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (7.36%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (7.36%) EIGRP
16 11 (6.75%) DHCP
16 11 (6.75%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.61%) MySQL
1 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
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 31 (19.02%) Finance
2 25 (15.34%) Social Skills
3 14 (8.59%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.75%) Legal
5 10 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.13%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.07%) Banking
9 4 (2.45%) Law
9 4 (2.45%) Local Government
9 4 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.84%) Retail
10 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.61%) German Language
12 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 89 (54.60%) 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 14 (8.59%) Network Architect
8 12 (7.36%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (6.75%) Automation Engineer
10 10 (6.13%) Security Architect
11 8 (4.91%) Cisco Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) Security Manager
12 7 (4.29%) Firewall Engineer
13 6 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
14 5 (3.07%) Consultant
15 4 (2.45%) Network Operations Engineer
15 4 (2.45%) Network Security Architect
15 4 (2.45%) Senior Cisco Engineer
15 4 (2.45%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.29%) SAML
2 2 (1.23%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.23%) REST
2 2 (1.23%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.61%) CSS
3 1 (0.61%) HTML
3 1 (0.61%) LDAP
3 1 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 40 (24.54%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.91%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (4.91%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.84%) PKI
6 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.61%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.61%) BYOD
8 1 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.61%) IoT
8 1 (0.61%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.98%) Windows
2 12 (7.36%) Linux
3 6 (3.68%) Unix
4 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (13.50%) Cloud Security
1 22 (13.50%) Zero Trust
2 19 (11.66%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (11.04%) Project Delivery
4 17 (10.43%) Validation
5 16 (9.82%) Migration
6 15 (9.20%) Network Design
7 14 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (8.59%) ITIL
8 13 (7.98%) CI/CD
8 13 (7.98%) ITSM
9 12 (7.36%) Incident Response
9 12 (7.36%) Load Balancing
9 12 (7.36%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (6.75%) Agile
10 11 (6.75%) DevOps
10 11 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (6.75%) Security Architecture
11 10 (6.13%) Mentoring
11 10 (6.13%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.31%) Python
2 11 (6.75%) Bash
3 9 (5.52%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.23%) ActionScript
4 2 (1.23%) SQL
5 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 36 (22.09%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (20.25%) CCNP
3 19 (11.66%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.66%) Security Cleared
4 16 (9.82%) Degree
5 8 (4.91%) CCNA
6 4 (2.45%) CCSE
6 4 (2.45%) CISSP
6 4 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.23%) CCIE
8 2 (1.23%) CISM
8 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.61%) CRISC
9 1 (0.61%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.61%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.13%) NIST
2 6 (3.68%) NIST 800
3 5 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.45%) GDPR
4 4 (2.45%) GRC
5 3 (1.84%) SLA
6 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (4.29%) Active Directory
1 7 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.84%) Firmware
2 3 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.61%) Docker
4 1 (0.61%) IAG
4 1 (0.61%) NFS
4 1 (0.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (19.02%) Ansible
2 26 (15.95%) FortiGate
2 26 (15.95%) Terraform
3 12 (7.36%) Prometheus
4 9 (5.52%) Grafana
5 4 (2.45%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.45%) Salt
6 3 (1.84%) Consul
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.23%) SCCM
8 1 (0.61%) QRadar
8 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 106 (65.03%) Cisco
2 45 (27.61%) CheckPoint
3 43 (26.38%) Fortinet
4 39 (23.93%) F5
5 29 (17.79%) Juniper
6 25 (15.34%) Zscaler
7 23 (14.11%) Arista
8 22 (13.50%) Aruba
9 18 (11.04%) Microsoft
10 14 (8.59%) Infoblox
11 10 (6.13%) Splunk
12 8 (4.91%) Meraki
13 7 (4.29%) ServiceNow
14 6 (3.68%) SolarWinds
15 5 (3.07%) BigPanda
15 5 (3.07%) VMware
16 4 (2.45%) Google
17 3 (1.84%) Blue Coat
17 3 (1.84%) Dell
17 3 (1.84%) Forcepoint