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 15 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 247 241
Rank change year-on-year -25 -6 +27
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 161 120 157
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.89% 0.90%
As % of the Vendors category 1.96% 1.93% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 79 119
10th Percentile £400 £388 £360
25th Percentile £413 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £625
90th Percentile £738 £730 £675
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 £77.00 -
% change year-on-year -22.08% - -

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 8,213 6,211 7,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.59% 45.91% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,363 4,032 5,064
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £765
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 117 122
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £13.93
25th Percentile £22.46 £22.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.56% +9.60% -21.68%
75th Percentile £57.34 £48.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.00 £69.15
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
% change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -22 14 £538 +0.28% 7
South London -7 9 £450 -16.28%
West London -14 3 £525 +5.00% 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 (1.86%) Confluence
2 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (37.27%) Azure
2 35 (21.74%) AWS
3 18 (11.18%) GCP
4 14 (8.70%) GitHub
5 12 (7.45%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.48%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (2.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.86%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.86%) OCI
9 2 (1.24%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.62%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 128 (79.50%) Firewall
2 66 (40.99%) Network Security
3 63 (39.13%) WAN
4 54 (33.54%) VPN
5 45 (27.95%) BGP
6 30 (18.63%) OSPF
7 26 (16.15%) LAN
8 25 (15.53%) Wireless
9 24 (14.91%) MPLS
9 24 (14.91%) VLAN
10 19 (11.80%) NGFW
10 19 (11.80%) SD-WAN
11 18 (11.18%) Multicast
12 17 (10.56%) DNS
13 15 (9.32%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (9.32%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (8.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 13 (8.07%) IPsec
15 12 (7.45%) Cisco IOS
15 12 (7.45%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.62%) MySQL
1 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.11%) JIRA
2 3 (1.86%) Git
2 3 (1.86%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (16.15%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.91%) Finance
3 17 (10.56%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.21%) Financial Institution
5 8 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.11%) Banking
7 5 (3.11%) Legal
7 5 (3.11%) Local Government
7 5 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.11%) Retail
8 4 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.24%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.24%) Law
10 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.62%) German Language
11 1 (0.62%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.62%) Military
11 1 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 94 (58.39%) Network Engineer
2 35 (21.74%) Security Engineer
3 32 (19.88%) Senior
4 22 (13.66%) Network Security Engineer
5 21 (13.04%) Architect
6 17 (10.56%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (6.83%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (6.21%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (6.21%) Network Architect
8 10 (6.21%) Security Architect
9 8 (4.97%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Consultant
9 8 (4.97%) Firewall Engineer
10 7 (4.35%) Security Manager
11 4 (2.48%) Network Operations Engineer
11 4 (2.48%) Network Security Architect
11 4 (2.48%) Operations Engineer
11 4 (2.48%) Senior Cisco Engineer
11 4 (2.48%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.35%) SAML
2 3 (1.86%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.62%) LDAP
3 1 (0.62%) OAuth
3 1 (0.62%) REST
3 1 (0.62%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 36 (22.36%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (3.73%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.86%) IoT
6 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.24%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.24%) NHS
7 2 (1.24%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.24%) PKI
8 1 (0.62%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.62%) BYOD
8 1 (0.62%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.97%) Linux
2 7 (4.35%) Windows
3 5 (3.11%) Unix
4 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.77%) Zero Trust
2 23 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 20 (12.42%) Migration
3 20 (12.42%) Project Delivery
4 19 (11.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (11.80%) Validation
5 14 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (8.70%) ITIL
6 13 (8.07%) Incident Response
6 13 (8.07%) ITSM
6 13 (8.07%) Load Balancing
7 12 (7.45%) CI/CD
7 12 (7.45%) Network Design
7 12 (7.45%) Runbook
8 11 (6.83%) Security Architecture
9 10 (6.21%) DevOps
9 10 (6.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (6.21%) SIEM
9 10 (6.21%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (5.59%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.22%) Python
2 11 (6.83%) Bash
3 8 (4.97%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.24%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (21.12%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (19.25%) CCNP
3 18 (11.18%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.18%) Security Cleared
4 14 (8.70%) Degree
5 8 (4.97%) CCNA
6 4 (2.48%) CISSP
6 4 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.86%) CCSE
7 3 (1.86%) JNCIP
7 3 (1.86%) JNCIS
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CCIE
8 2 (1.24%) CISM
8 2 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.24%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.62%) CCSA
9 1 (0.62%) CCSP
9 1 (0.62%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.59%) NIST
2 6 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.73%) NIST 800
3 3 (1.86%) GDPR
3 3 (1.86%) GRC
4 2 (1.24%) SLA
5 1 (0.62%) NCSC
5 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.86%) Firmware
4 2 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.62%) Docker
5 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) IAG
5 1 (0.62%) NFS
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (20.50%) Ansible
2 29 (18.01%) Terraform
3 23 (14.29%) FortiGate
4 11 (6.83%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.97%) Grafana
6 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.86%) Consul
7 3 (1.86%) Salt
8 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.62%) QRadar
9 1 (0.62%) SCCM
9 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 100 (62.11%) Cisco
2 46 (28.57%) Fortinet
3 43 (26.71%) F5
4 41 (25.47%) CheckPoint
5 32 (19.88%) Juniper
6 27 (16.77%) Zscaler
7 23 (14.29%) Arista
8 17 (10.56%) Aruba
9 14 (8.70%) Infoblox
10 10 (6.21%) Microsoft
11 9 (5.59%) Meraki
12 8 (4.97%) Splunk
13 6 (3.73%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.73%) SolarWinds
14 4 (2.48%) BigPanda
14 4 (2.48%) Google
14 4 (2.48%) VMware
15 3 (1.86%) Blue Coat
15 3 (1.86%) Dell
15 3 (1.86%) Forcepoint