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 May 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 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 233 264
Rank change year-on-year -33 +31 +27
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 152 118 133
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.85% 0.95% 0.76%
As % of the Vendors category 2.02% 2.09% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 78 94
10th Percentile £400 £388 £350
25th Percentile £413 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £614 £627 £650
90th Percentile £691 £750 £741
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £35.80 - -
25th Percentile £35.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.00 - -
75th Percentile £38.38 - -
90th Percentile £38.60 - -
England median hourly rate £37.00 - -

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 7,526 5,643 7,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.10% 45.53% 40.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,970 3,699 4,879
10th Percentile £350 £330 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 93 128
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.97 £22.27 £16.86
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +29.20% -21.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.50 £35.06
90th Percentile £77.98 £67.00 £58.63
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%

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 May 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
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 May 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 -17 16 £575 +7.28% 9
South London -6 5 £425 -5.56%
North London - 3 - -
West London - 2 £500 - 2
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 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.32%) Confluence
4 1 (0.66%) JBoss
4 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 59 (38.82%) Azure
2 28 (18.42%) AWS
3 20 (13.16%) GCP
4 9 (5.92%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.95%) GitHub
6 4 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.97%) Route 53
7 3 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.32%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.32%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.32%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.66%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.66%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 109 (71.71%) Firewall
2 61 (40.13%) WAN
3 57 (37.50%) Network Security
4 41 (26.97%) BGP
5 40 (26.32%) VPN
6 30 (19.74%) OSPF
7 29 (19.08%) LAN
8 25 (16.45%) SD-WAN
9 22 (14.47%) MPLS
10 21 (13.82%) Wireless
11 18 (11.84%) VLAN
12 17 (11.18%) Multicast
13 15 (9.87%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (8.55%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (7.89%) DNS
15 12 (7.89%) EIGRP
15 12 (7.89%) NGFW
16 10 (6.58%) TACACS
16 10 (6.58%) Wi-Fi
17 9 (5.92%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.63%) SQL Server
1 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.66%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Git
2 3 (1.97%) JIRA
3 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (20.39%) Finance
2 21 (13.82%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.89%) Legal
5 10 (6.58%) Financial Institution
6 9 (5.92%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.95%) Banking
10 5 (3.29%) Law
11 3 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.32%) Local Government
12 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.32%) Retail
13 1 (0.66%) German Language
13 1 (0.66%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.66%) Military
13 1 (0.66%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 84 (55.26%) Network Engineer
2 32 (21.05%) Senior
3 26 (17.11%) Security Engineer
4 22 (14.47%) Architect
5 19 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
6 18 (11.84%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Automation Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Network Architect
8 7 (4.61%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) Operations Engineer
8 7 (4.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (3.95%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.29%) Consultant
11 4 (2.63%) Lead
11 4 (2.63%) Security Manager
11 4 (2.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.29%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.63%) REST
3 3 (1.97%) SAML
4 2 (1.32%) CSS
4 2 (1.32%) HTML
4 2 (1.32%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.66%) JSON
5 1 (0.66%) LDAP
5 1 (0.66%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.66%) OAuth
5 1 (0.66%) XML
5 1 (0.66%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 33 (21.71%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (4.61%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.63%) PKI
6 3 (1.97%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.97%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.97%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.66%) BYOD
8 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.66%) SCADA
8 1 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.87%) Linux
2 14 (9.21%) Windows
3 7 (4.61%) Unix
4 4 (2.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.16%) Zero Trust
2 19 (12.50%) Cloud Security
2 19 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (9.87%) ITIL
4 15 (9.87%) Migration
5 14 (9.21%) Incident Management
5 14 (9.21%) Incident Response
5 14 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (9.21%) Network Design
5 14 (9.21%) Project Delivery
5 14 (9.21%) Validation
6 13 (8.55%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (6.58%) Agile
7 10 (6.58%) CI/CD
7 10 (6.58%) DevOps
7 10 (6.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (6.58%) ITSM
7 10 (6.58%) Mentoring
8 9 (5.92%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.68%) Python
2 12 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.92%) Bash
4 3 (1.97%) SQL
5 2 (1.32%) ActionScript
5 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (19.74%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (17.76%) CCNP
3 20 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.16%) Security Cleared
4 12 (7.89%) Degree
5 5 (3.29%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.29%) CCNA
6 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.97%) CCSE
7 3 (1.97%) CISSP
7 3 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.32%) CCIE
8 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.32%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.66%) CCSP
9 1 (0.66%) CISM
9 1 (0.66%) CWNA
9 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.66%) PMP
9 1 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.95%) NIST
2 3 (1.97%) GRC
2 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.97%) NIST 800
2 3 (1.97%) SLA
3 1 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.66%) GDPR
3 1 (0.66%) NCSC
3 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.66%) PMO
3 1 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (3.29%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.97%) Firmware
3 3 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.32%) Docker
4 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.32%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.66%) IAG
5 1 (0.66%) NFS
5 1 (0.66%) Snort
5 1 (0.66%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (17.11%) Ansible
2 25 (16.45%) FortiGate
3 21 (13.82%) Terraform
4 12 (7.89%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.58%) Grafana
6 5 (3.29%) Salt
7 4 (2.63%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.97%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.32%) Consul
9 2 (1.32%) SCCM
10 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.66%) Nessus
10 1 (0.66%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.66%) QRadar
10 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.66%) Suricata
10 1 (0.66%) VxRail
Vendors
1 98 (64.47%) Cisco
2 45 (29.61%) CheckPoint
3 38 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 36 (23.68%) F5
5 26 (17.11%) Juniper
6 24 (15.79%) Aruba
7 21 (13.82%) Arista
8 20 (13.16%) Zscaler
9 19 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 11 (7.24%) Splunk
11 10 (6.58%) Infoblox
12 8 (5.26%) Meraki
13 7 (4.61%) ServiceNow
14 6 (3.95%) BigPanda
14 6 (3.95%) Google
15 5 (3.29%) SolarWinds
16 4 (2.63%) VMware
17 3 (1.97%) Blue Coat
17 3 (1.97%) Dell
18 2 (1.32%) Symantec