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 7 April 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
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 231 249
Rank change year-on-year -57 +18 +98
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 132 128 140
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 1.01% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.74% 2.24% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 83 93
10th Percentile £369 £388 £315
25th Percentile £412 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £688
90th Percentile £675 £750 £863
England median daily rate £481 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.96% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £40.75 - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.25 - -
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 7,579 5,724 7,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.96% 45.10% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,002 3,755 4,943
10th Percentile £350 £325 £280
25th Percentile £425 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -1.28% -3.11%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £769 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 88 141
10th Percentile £17.99 £16.48 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.57 £16.86
Median hourly rate £30.25 £29.07 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% +18.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile £43.00 £54.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £67.88 £69.50
England median hourly rate £27.00 £29.00 £23.11
% change year-on-year -6.90% +25.50% -39.19%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -25 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.27%) 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 53 (40.15%) Azure
2 27 (20.45%) AWS
3 15 (11.36%) GCP
4 7 (5.30%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.03%) GitHub
6 3 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.27%) Route 53
6 3 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.52%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.52%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.52%) OCI
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.76%) IaaS
8 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.76%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.76%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 92 (69.70%) Firewall
2 54 (40.91%) Network Security
3 53 (40.15%) WAN
4 42 (31.82%) VPN
5 39 (29.55%) BGP
6 28 (21.21%) LAN
6 28 (21.21%) OSPF
7 22 (16.67%) SD-WAN
8 20 (15.15%) MPLS
8 20 (15.15%) Wireless
9 19 (14.39%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (12.12%) VLAN
11 14 (10.61%) Multicast
12 12 (9.09%) NGFW
13 11 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (8.33%) DNS
13 11 (8.33%) EIGRP
14 10 (7.58%) TCP/IP
14 10 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (6.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.03%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.76%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Git
2 2 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.73%) Finance
2 21 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.33%) Legal
4 11 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.82%) Financial Institution
6 7 (5.30%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.79%) Law
9 3 (2.27%) Banking
10 2 (1.52%) Local Government
10 2 (1.52%) Military
10 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (49.24%) Network Engineer
2 28 (21.21%) Senior
3 23 (17.42%) Architect
4 13 (9.85%) Network Architect
4 13 (9.85%) Security Engineer
4 13 (9.85%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
6 7 (5.30%) Automation Engineer
6 7 (5.30%) Network Operations Engineer
6 7 (5.30%) Operations Engineer
6 7 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (4.55%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.03%) Consultant
8 4 (3.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (2.27%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 3 (2.27%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (2.27%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.55%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.79%) REST
3 2 (1.52%) CSS
3 2 (1.52%) HTML
3 2 (1.52%) JSON
3 2 (1.52%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.52%) SAML
3 2 (1.52%) XML
3 2 (1.52%) YANG
4 1 (0.76%) LDAP
4 1 (0.76%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (5.30%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.03%) PKI
6 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.52%) Operational Technology
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%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.36%) Linux
2 13 (9.85%) Windows
3 7 (5.30%) Unix
4 3 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (12.12%) Network Design
3 14 (10.61%) Migration
4 13 (9.85%) ITIL
5 12 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 12 (9.09%) Incident Response
6 11 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 11 (8.33%) Zero Trust
7 10 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (7.58%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (6.82%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.82%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (6.82%) Observability
9 8 (6.06%) Agile
9 8 (6.06%) Change Management
9 8 (6.06%) Load Balancing
9 8 (6.06%) Project Delivery
9 8 (6.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.70%) Python
2 7 (5.30%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.27%) SQL
4 2 (1.52%) ActionScript
4 2 (1.52%) Bash
4 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (16.67%) CCNP
3 19 (14.39%) Security Cleared
4 18 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.85%) Degree
6 6 (4.55%) CCNA
7 4 (3.03%) CISSP
8 3 (2.27%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.27%) CCIE
8 3 (2.27%) CCSE
8 3 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.52%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.76%) CISM
10 1 (0.76%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.76%) PMP
10 1 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.76%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.55%) NIST
2 3 (2.27%) GDPR
2 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.52%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.76%) GRC
4 1 (0.76%) NCSC
4 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.76%) PMO
4 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.52%) Docker
3 2 (1.52%) Firmware
3 2 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.52%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) IAG
4 1 (0.76%) NFS
4 1 (0.76%) Snort
4 1 (0.76%) Squid
Systems Management
1 21 (15.91%) Ansible
2 20 (15.15%) FortiGate
3 12 (9.09%) Terraform
4 11 (8.33%) Grafana
4 11 (8.33%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.79%) Salt
6 3 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.76%) CASB
8 1 (0.76%) Nessus
8 1 (0.76%) Nexpose
8 1 (0.76%) QRadar
8 1 (0.76%) SCCM
8 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.76%) Suricata
8 1 (0.76%) VxRail
Vendors
1 92 (69.70%) Cisco
2 40 (30.30%) CheckPoint
3 34 (25.76%) F5
4 29 (21.97%) Fortinet
5 28 (21.21%) Juniper
6 24 (18.18%) Aruba
7 17 (12.88%) Arista
7 17 (12.88%) Microsoft
8 12 (9.09%) Splunk
9 8 (6.06%) Infoblox
10 7 (5.30%) ServiceNow
10 7 (5.30%) Zscaler
11 6 (4.55%) BigPanda
11 6 (4.55%) Meraki
11 6 (4.55%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.27%) Dell
12 3 (2.27%) Google
12 3 (2.27%) VMware
13 2 (1.52%) Nokia
13 2 (1.52%) Symantec