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 16 September 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
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 250 239
Rank change year-on-year -41 -11 +11
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 163 112 155
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 0.83% 0.96%
As % of the Vendors category 1.89% 1.81% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 68 122
10th Percentile £325 £404 £401
25th Percentile £450 £436 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -16.00%
75th Percentile £626 £618 £638
90th Percentile £738 £651 £650
England median daily rate £511 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.83% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £51.15 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £78.75 - -
90th Percentile £102.50 - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £66.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +16.54% +47.78% -31.80%

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 8,646 6,204 7,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.83% 46.19% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,621 4,017 4,543
10th Percentile £336 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.65% -4.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 120 78
10th Percentile £16.93 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.00 £26.30 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +40.68% -14.60% -17.88%
75th Percentile £64.69 £38.75 £64.69
90th Percentile £83.88 £63.88 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £33.25
% change year-on-year +19.28% -24.36% -22.22%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -34 20 £650 +21.27% 20
South London -6 6 £450 - 1
West London -19 5 £450 -10.00% 9
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%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 69 (42.33%) Azure
2 44 (26.99%) AWS
3 15 (9.20%) GCP
4 11 (6.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 11 (6.75%) GitHub
5 10 (6.13%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.68%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.84%) OCI
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.23%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.61%) Datadog
10 1 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.61%) SaaS
10 1 (0.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 131 (80.37%) Firewall
2 70 (42.94%) WAN
3 69 (42.33%) Network Security
4 57 (34.97%) VPN
5 41 (25.15%) BGP
6 28 (17.18%) OSPF
7 27 (16.56%) SD-WAN
8 23 (14.11%) VLAN
9 22 (13.50%) LAN
9 22 (13.50%) MPLS
10 20 (12.27%) NGFW
10 20 (12.27%) Wireless
11 19 (11.66%) DNS
12 15 (9.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 13 (7.98%) IPsec
14 12 (7.36%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (7.36%) DHCP
14 12 (7.36%) Multicast
15 10 (6.13%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (6.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.61%) MySQL
2 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.29%) JIRA
2 4 (2.45%) Git
3 3 (1.84%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (16.56%) Finance
2 21 (12.88%) Social Skills
3 16 (9.82%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.13%) Banking
5 9 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.68%) Legal
6 6 (3.68%) Local Government
7 5 (3.07%) Retail
8 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.45%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.84%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Law
10 2 (1.23%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.61%) German Language
11 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 95 (58.28%) Network Engineer
2 40 (24.54%) Security Engineer
3 24 (14.72%) Architect
4 23 (14.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 23 (14.11%) Senior
5 17 (10.43%) Senior Network Engineer
6 14 (8.59%) Firewall Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Consultant
7 13 (7.98%) Network Architect
8 11 (6.75%) Security Architect
9 10 (6.13%) IT Support
10 9 (5.52%) Cisco Engineer
10 9 (5.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 8 (4.91%) IT Consultant
11 8 (4.91%) Support Consultant
12 7 (4.29%) Security Manager
13 6 (3.68%) Automation Engineer
14 5 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
14 5 (3.07%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (18.40%) Terraform
2 6 (3.68%) SAML
3 5 (3.07%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.23%) eBPF
4 2 (1.23%) LDAP
4 2 (1.23%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.61%) OAuth
5 1 (0.61%) REST
5 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 43 (26.38%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.07%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (3.07%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (1.84%) IoT
4 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.23%) CCTV
5 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.23%) NHS
5 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.61%) PKI
6 1 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.91%) Windows
2 3 (1.84%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.23%) Linux
3 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.93%) Zero Trust
2 28 (17.18%) Cloud Security
3 24 (14.72%) Migration
4 21 (12.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 21 (12.88%) Project Delivery
5 17 (10.43%) Security Architecture
5 17 (10.43%) Validation
6 16 (9.82%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (8.59%) Load Balancing
8 12 (7.36%) Incident Response
8 12 (7.36%) Runbook
8 12 (7.36%) Security Operations
9 11 (6.75%) Agile
9 11 (6.75%) Mentoring
9 11 (6.75%) Network Design
9 11 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (6.13%) ITIL
10 10 (6.13%) SIEM
10 10 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (5.52%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.31%) Python
2 12 (7.36%) Bash
3 10 (6.13%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (21.47%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (19.63%) CCNP
3 21 (12.88%) Security Cleared
4 20 (12.27%) SC Cleared
5 12 (7.36%) Degree
6 6 (3.68%) CCNA
7 5 (3.07%) CCSE
8 3 (1.84%) CCIE
8 3 (1.84%) CISSP
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.23%) CCSP
9 2 (1.23%) CISM
9 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.23%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.23%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.52%) NIST
2 5 (3.07%) NIST 800
3 4 (2.45%) GRC
4 3 (1.84%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.84%) Firmware
4 2 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.61%) NFS
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (17.79%) FortiGate
2 28 (17.18%) Ansible
3 7 (4.29%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.84%) Consul
6 1 (0.61%) Grafana
6 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 89 (54.60%) Cisco
2 57 (34.97%) Fortinet
3 36 (22.09%) Zscaler
4 34 (20.86%) F5
5 27 (16.56%) CheckPoint
5 27 (16.56%) Juniper
6 19 (11.66%) Arista
7 14 (8.59%) Aruba
8 10 (6.13%) Microsoft
9 8 (4.91%) Infoblox
9 8 (4.91%) Meraki
10 5 (3.07%) Blue Coat
10 5 (3.07%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.45%) Google
11 4 (2.45%) Riverbed
12 3 (1.84%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (1.84%) Ping Identity
12 3 (1.84%) Tenable
12 3 (1.84%) VMware
13 2 (1.23%) CrowdStrike