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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 216 272
Rank change year-on-year -50 +56 +111
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 122 147 125
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.83% 1.06% 0.67%
As % of the Vendors category 1.80% 2.41% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 106 81
10th Percentile £356 £425 £353
25th Percentile £419 £469 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £656 £638 £725
90th Percentile £686 £666 £875
England median daily rate £496 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -8.99% +3.81% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £81.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.19 - -
Median hourly rate £88.75 - -
75th Percentile £94.69 - -
90th Percentile £94.88 - -
England median hourly rate £50.25 £45.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +11.67% -31.80% +4.35%

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 6,777 6,093 7,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.02% 44.14% 40.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,445 3,742 5,133
10th Percentile £340 £313 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 70 153
10th Percentile £17.98 £22.19 £13.85
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.26 £17.78
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +16.10% +18.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £60.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.25
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%

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 February 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 1 February 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 -12 15 £563 -10.00% 6
North London - 4 - -
South London -7 2 £393 -17.37% 1
East London -1 1 £525 +1.94% 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 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.82%) JBoss
3 1 (0.82%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 52 (42.62%) Azure
2 28 (22.95%) AWS
3 19 (15.57%) GCP
4 11 (9.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 10 (8.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (5.74%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.92%) Amazon S3
7 6 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (4.10%) Amazon ELB
8 5 (4.10%) Cloudflare
8 5 (4.10%) Mimecast
9 4 (3.28%) OpenDNS
10 3 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.46%) IaaS
10 3 (2.46%) PaaS
10 3 (2.46%) Route 53
11 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 76 (62.30%) Firewall
2 48 (39.34%) Network Security
3 39 (31.97%) WAN
4 33 (27.05%) VPN
5 23 (18.85%) BGP
6 22 (18.03%) LAN
7 21 (17.21%) SD-WAN
8 16 (13.11%) OSPF
9 15 (12.30%) TCP/IP
10 12 (9.84%) SSL
10 12 (9.84%) Wireless
11 11 (9.02%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (9.02%) VLAN
12 10 (8.20%) DNS
12 10 (8.20%) MPLS
12 10 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (7.38%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (7.38%) NGFW
14 8 (6.56%) Internet
14 8 (6.56%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (7.38%) Git
2 7 (5.74%) GitLab
3 6 (4.92%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.64%) JIRA
5 1 (0.82%) Metasploit
General
1 22 (18.03%) Finance
2 20 (16.39%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.66%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.20%) Legal
6 8 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Banking
8 5 (4.10%) Law
9 4 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.28%) Military
10 3 (2.46%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Local Government
11 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.82%) Retail
11 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (33.61%) Network Engineer
2 24 (19.67%) Architect
2 24 (19.67%) Senior
3 18 (14.75%) Security Engineer
4 15 (12.30%) Network Architect
5 9 (7.38%) Network Security Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.74%) Lead
8 6 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Security Architect
9 5 (4.10%) Analyst
9 5 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Consultant
9 5 (4.10%) Network Operations Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (4.10%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) 802.1X
1 5 (4.10%) REST
2 3 (2.46%) JSON
3 2 (1.64%) CSS
3 2 (1.64%) HTML
3 2 (1.64%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.64%) XML
3 2 (1.64%) YAML
3 2 (1.64%) YANG
4 1 (0.82%) CrewAI
4 1 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.82%) LangChain
4 1 (0.82%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.92%) PKI
2 6 (4.92%) Public Cloud
2 6 (4.92%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.10%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.10%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (1.64%) Life Science
4 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.82%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.82%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.82%) SCADA
5 1 (0.82%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.30%) Windows
2 11 (9.02%) Linux
3 3 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.82%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (15.57%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (14.75%) Incident Response
3 18 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (14.75%) SOAR
4 17 (13.93%) Cloud Security
5 16 (13.11%) SIEM
6 14 (11.48%) DevOps
6 14 (11.48%) Network Design
7 13 (10.66%) Migration
7 13 (10.66%) Zero Trust
8 12 (9.84%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 12 (9.84%) Security Operations
9 11 (9.02%) Agile
9 11 (9.02%) High Availability
10 10 (8.20%) CI/CD
10 10 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (8.20%) Mentoring
10 10 (8.20%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (8.20%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.77%) Python
2 12 (9.84%) Bash
3 10 (8.20%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.46%) SQL
6 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.82%) Perl
7 1 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 28 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 21 (17.21%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (14.75%) CCNP
5 10 (8.20%) Degree
6 8 (6.56%) CCNA
7 7 (5.74%) CISSP
8 4 (3.28%) CISM
9 3 (2.46%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.46%) CCIE
9 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.64%) CCSE
10 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.82%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.82%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.82%) JNCIS
11 1 (0.82%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.56%) NIST
2 6 (4.92%) GDPR
2 6 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.28%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.82%) GRC
5 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.82%) NCSC
5 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.82%) PMO
5 1 (0.82%) QA
5 1 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (8.20%) Docker
2 9 (7.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.10%) Squid
3 5 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.28%) Snort
5 3 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.64%) Firmware
6 2 (1.64%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.64%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.82%) KVM
Systems Management
1 22 (18.03%) FortiGate
2 14 (11.48%) Terraform
3 12 (9.84%) Ansible
4 7 (5.74%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.10%) Nessus
6 4 (3.28%) Grafana
6 4 (3.28%) Nexpose
6 4 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.28%) Suricata
7 3 (2.46%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.64%) Salt
8 2 (1.64%) SCCM
9 1 (0.82%) CASB
9 1 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (54.10%) Cisco
2 35 (28.69%) Fortinet
3 31 (25.41%) CheckPoint
4 29 (23.77%) Microsoft
5 20 (16.39%) F5
6 19 (15.57%) Juniper
7 18 (14.75%) Aruba
8 15 (12.30%) Splunk
9 12 (9.84%) Google
10 9 (7.38%) Zscaler
11 8 (6.56%) SolarWinds
12 7 (5.74%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (4.92%) FireEye
14 5 (4.10%) Meraki
14 5 (4.10%) Qualys
15 4 (3.28%) Arista
15 4 (3.28%) Blue Coat
15 4 (3.28%) Carbon Black
16 3 (2.46%) Extreme Networks
16 3 (2.46%) Tenable