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 31 March 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
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 227 257
Rank change year-on-year -52 +30 +88
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 131 122 139
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.78% 0.97% 0.77%
As % of the Vendors category 1.76% 2.14% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 79 91
10th Percentile £365 £388 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £694
90th Percentile £675 £750 £863
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45.25 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £94.38 - -
90th Percentile £94.75 - -
England median hourly rate £74.26 - £63.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.36%

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 7,428 5,706 7,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.10% 45.18% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,905 3,746 4,972
10th Percentile £350 £325 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 88 144
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.72 £13.55
25th Percentile £20.91 £23.80 £16.97
Median hourly rate £27.71 £29.54 £24.93
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +18.48% -3.04%
75th Percentile £41.85 £55.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £68.33 £70.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £25.47 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.38% +21.13% -32.87%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -21 12 £600 +9.09% 7
South London -12 5 £425 -5.56%
North London - 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 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) JBoss
3 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (41.22%) Azure
2 28 (21.37%) AWS
3 16 (12.21%) GCP
4 7 (5.34%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.05%) GitHub
5 4 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (2.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.29%) Cloudflare
6 3 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.29%) Route 53
7 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.53%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.53%) OCI
7 2 (1.53%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
8 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (68.70%) Firewall
2 54 (41.22%) Network Security
3 53 (40.46%) WAN
4 43 (32.82%) VPN
5 39 (29.77%) BGP
6 28 (21.37%) LAN
6 28 (21.37%) OSPF
7 22 (16.79%) SD-WAN
8 20 (15.27%) MPLS
8 20 (15.27%) Wireless
9 19 (14.50%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (12.21%) VLAN
11 13 (9.92%) Multicast
12 12 (9.16%) NGFW
13 11 (8.40%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (8.40%) DNS
13 11 (8.40%) EIGRP
13 11 (8.40%) TCP/IP
14 10 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (6.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Git
2 2 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.76%) GitLab
3 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.90%) Finance
2 21 (16.03%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.40%) Legal
4 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.87%) Financial Institution
6 8 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Law
8 3 (2.29%) Banking
9 2 (1.53%) Local Government
9 2 (1.53%) Military
9 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (48.09%) Network Engineer
2 28 (21.37%) Senior
3 23 (17.56%) Architect
4 13 (9.92%) Network Architect
4 13 (9.92%) Security Engineer
5 12 (9.16%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (8.40%) Network Security Engineer
7 8 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (5.34%) Automation Engineer
8 7 (5.34%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (5.34%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Cisco Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Security Architect
10 4 (3.05%) Consultant
10 4 (3.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 3 (2.29%) Lead
11 3 (2.29%) Network Manager
11 3 (2.29%) Network Support
11 3 (2.29%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.58%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.82%) REST
3 2 (1.53%) CSS
3 2 (1.53%) HTML
3 2 (1.53%) JSON
3 2 (1.53%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.53%) SAML
3 2 (1.53%) XML
3 2 (1.53%) YANG
4 1 (0.76%) LDAP
4 1 (0.76%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.14%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.34%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.58%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.05%) PKI
6 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.53%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.76%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.76%) BYOD
8 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) SCADA
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.45%) Linux
2 13 (9.92%) Windows
3 7 (5.34%) Unix
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (12.21%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (12.21%) Network Design
3 14 (10.69%) Migration
4 13 (9.92%) Incident Response
4 13 (9.92%) ITIL
5 12 (9.16%) Incident Management
5 12 (9.16%) Zero Trust
6 11 (8.40%) Cloud Security
6 11 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (7.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (7.63%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.87%) Network Architecture
8 9 (6.87%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (6.87%) Observability
9 8 (6.11%) Agile
9 8 (6.11%) AI
9 8 (6.11%) Load Balancing
9 8 (6.11%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.37%) Python
2 8 (6.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.05%) Bash
4 3 (2.29%) SQL
5 2 (1.53%) ActionScript
5 2 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (17.56%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (16.03%) CCNP
3 20 (15.27%) Security Cleared
4 19 (14.50%) SC Cleared
5 14 (10.69%) Degree
6 6 (4.58%) CCNA
7 5 (3.82%) CISSP
8 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.29%) CCIE
9 3 (2.29%) CCSE
10 2 (1.53%) CISM
10 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.53%) JNCIS
10 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.76%) CCSM
11 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.76%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.76%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.58%) NIST
2 4 (3.05%) GDPR
2 4 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.29%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.53%) SLA
5 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.76%) GRC
5 1 (0.76%) NCSC
5 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.76%) PMO
5 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.05%) Docker
2 4 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.53%) Firmware
3 2 (1.53%) Snort
3 2 (1.53%) Squid
3 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.53%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) IAG
4 1 (0.76%) NFS
Systems Management
1 22 (16.79%) Ansible
2 19 (14.50%) FortiGate
3 13 (9.92%) Terraform
4 11 (8.40%) Grafana
4 11 (8.40%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.82%) Salt
6 3 (2.29%) Cisco Prime
6 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.53%) Nessus
7 2 (1.53%) Nexpose
7 2 (1.53%) Suricata
8 1 (0.76%) CASB
8 1 (0.76%) QRadar
8 1 (0.76%) SCCM
8 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.76%) VxRail
Vendors
1 93 (70.99%) Cisco
2 40 (30.53%) CheckPoint
3 34 (25.95%) F5
4 28 (21.37%) Juniper
5 27 (20.61%) Fortinet
6 24 (18.32%) Aruba
7 19 (14.50%) Microsoft
8 16 (12.21%) Arista
9 14 (10.69%) Splunk
10 8 (6.11%) Zscaler
11 7 (5.34%) Infoblox
11 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
12 6 (4.58%) BigPanda
12 6 (4.58%) Meraki
12 6 (4.58%) SolarWinds
13 4 (3.05%) Google
14 3 (2.29%) Dell
14 3 (2.29%) VMware
15 2 (1.53%) Blue Coat
15 2 (1.53%) Symantec