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 14 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
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 229 265
Rank change year-on-year -26 +36 +27
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 153 118 131
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.86% 0.95% 0.75%
As % of the Vendors category 2.04% 2.10% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 78 93
10th Percentile £400 £388 £350
25th Percentile £413 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £627 £650
90th Percentile £691 £750 £742
England median daily rate £481 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -7.45% -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 7,499 5,618 7,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.12% 45.44% 40.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,954 3,680 4,900
10th Percentile £350 £325 £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 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 92 128
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.91 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.97 £22.74 £16.86
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +29.20% -23.40%
75th Percentile £50.00 £51.20 £35.06
90th Percentile £77.98 £67.25 £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 14 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 14 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 -20 16 £575 +7.28% 9
South London -8 5 £425 -5.56%
North London - 3 - -
West London - 2 £500 - 4
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 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.65%) JBoss
4 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (39.22%) Azure
2 29 (18.95%) AWS
3 22 (14.38%) GCP
4 9 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.92%) GitHub
6 4 (2.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.96%) Route 53
7 3 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.31%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.31%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.31%) OCI
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.65%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.65%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 110 (71.90%) Firewall
2 60 (39.22%) WAN
3 59 (38.56%) Network Security
4 41 (26.80%) BGP
5 40 (26.14%) VPN
6 30 (19.61%) OSPF
7 29 (18.95%) LAN
8 25 (16.34%) SD-WAN
9 22 (14.38%) MPLS
10 21 (13.73%) Wireless
11 18 (11.76%) VLAN
12 17 (11.11%) Multicast
13 15 (9.80%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (8.50%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (7.84%) EIGRP
15 12 (7.84%) NGFW
16 11 (7.19%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (7.19%) DNS
17 10 (6.54%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (6.54%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.61%) SQL Server
1 4 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Git
2 3 (1.96%) JIRA
3 2 (1.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (21.57%) Finance
2 23 (15.03%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.84%) Legal
5 10 (6.54%) Financial Institution
5 10 (6.54%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.92%) Banking
9 5 (3.27%) Law
10 3 (1.96%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.31%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.31%) Local Government
11 2 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.31%) Retail
12 1 (0.65%) German Language
12 1 (0.65%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.65%) Military
12 1 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 85 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 32 (20.92%) Senior
3 26 (16.99%) Security Engineer
4 22 (14.38%) Architect
5 19 (12.42%) Network Security Engineer
6 18 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Automation Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Network Architect
8 8 (5.23%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Cisco Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Network Operations Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Firewall Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Security Architect
11 5 (3.27%) Consultant
12 4 (2.61%) Lead
12 4 (2.61%) Security Manager
12 4 (2.61%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.61%) REST
3 3 (1.96%) SAML
4 2 (1.31%) CSS
4 2 (1.31%) HTML
4 2 (1.31%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.65%) JSON
5 1 (0.65%) LDAP
5 1 (0.65%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.65%) OAuth
5 1 (0.65%) XML
5 1 (0.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.88%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (4.58%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.27%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.27%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.61%) PKI
6 3 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.65%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.65%) BYOD
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) SCADA
8 1 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.80%) Linux
2 14 (9.15%) Windows
3 7 (4.58%) Unix
4 4 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (13.07%) Zero Trust
3 19 (12.42%) Cloud Security
4 16 (10.46%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (9.80%) ITIL
5 15 (9.80%) Migration
6 14 (9.15%) Incident Management
6 14 (9.15%) Incident Response
6 14 (9.15%) Network Design
6 14 (9.15%) Project Delivery
6 14 (9.15%) Validation
7 13 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 13 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (6.54%) Agile
8 10 (6.54%) CI/CD
8 10 (6.54%) DevOps
8 10 (6.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (6.54%) ITSM
8 10 (6.54%) Mentoring
9 9 (5.88%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.53%) Python
2 12 (7.84%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.88%) Bash
4 3 (1.96%) SQL
5 2 (1.31%) ActionScript
5 2 (1.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (17.65%) CCNP
3 21 (13.73%) Security Cleared
4 20 (13.07%) SC Cleared
5 12 (7.84%) Degree
6 5 (3.27%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.27%) CCNA
7 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.96%) CCSE
8 3 (1.96%) CISSP
8 3 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.31%) CCIE
9 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.31%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.65%) CISM
10 1 (0.65%) CWNA
10 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.65%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.92%) NIST
2 3 (1.96%) GRC
2 3 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.96%) NIST 800
2 3 (1.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.65%) GDPR
3 1 (0.65%) NCSC
3 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.65%) PMO
3 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.96%) Firmware
3 3 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.31%) Docker
4 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.31%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.65%) IAG
5 1 (0.65%) NFS
5 1 (0.65%) Snort
5 1 (0.65%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (16.99%) Ansible
2 25 (16.34%) FortiGate
3 20 (13.07%) Terraform
4 12 (7.84%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.54%) Grafana
6 5 (3.27%) Salt
7 4 (2.61%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.96%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.31%) Consul
9 2 (1.31%) SCCM
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.65%) Nessus
10 1 (0.65%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.65%) QRadar
10 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.65%) Suricata
10 1 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 100 (65.36%) Cisco
2 45 (29.41%) CheckPoint
3 38 (24.84%) Fortinet
4 36 (23.53%) F5
5 28 (18.30%) Juniper
6 24 (15.69%) Aruba
7 21 (13.73%) Arista
8 19 (12.42%) Microsoft
8 19 (12.42%) Zscaler
9 11 (7.19%) Splunk
10 10 (6.54%) Infoblox
11 8 (5.23%) Meraki
12 7 (4.58%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.92%) BigPanda
13 6 (3.92%) Google
14 5 (3.27%) SolarWinds
15 4 (2.61%) VMware
16 3 (1.96%) Blue Coat
16 3 (1.96%) Dell
17 2 (1.31%) Oracle