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 17 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
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 222 254
Rank change year-on-year -45 +32 +99
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 131 130 142
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 1.01% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.80% 2.25% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 84 91
10th Percentile £372 £391 £300
25th Percentile £410 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% -1.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £641 £700
90th Percentile £675 £744 £863
England median daily rate £479 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.69% - +0.48%
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 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +5.37%

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 7,266 5,768 7,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.35% 44.79% 40.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,791 3,720 4,988
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.37% -2.67%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 84 141
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £13.42
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.75 £31.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +25.69% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £56.19 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.73 £79.78 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.43 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.83% +21.70% -28.57%

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 17 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 17 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Palo Alto in London

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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 17 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 -16 14 £575 -8.00% 9
South London -13 5 £425 -10.53%
North London - 4 - -
East London 0 1 £525 +1.94%
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 2 (1.53%) 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 (40.46%) Azure
2 29 (22.14%) AWS
3 18 (13.74%) GCP
4 9 (6.87%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.34%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (4.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (3.05%) Cloudflare
9 3 (2.29%) GitHub
9 3 (2.29%) Route 53
10 2 (1.53%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.53%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.53%) OCI
10 2 (1.53%) OpenDNS
11 1 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 89 (67.94%) Firewall
2 55 (41.98%) Network Security
3 50 (38.17%) WAN
4 41 (31.30%) VPN
5 34 (25.95%) BGP
6 28 (21.37%) LAN
7 24 (18.32%) OSPF
8 21 (16.03%) SD-WAN
8 21 (16.03%) Wireless
9 20 (15.27%) MPLS
10 18 (13.74%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (9.92%) VLAN
12 12 (9.16%) Multicast
12 12 (9.16%) NGFW
13 11 (8.40%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (8.40%) EIGRP
13 11 (8.40%) TCP/IP
13 11 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (7.63%) DNS
14 10 (7.63%) 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
3 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Git
2 3 (2.29%) GitLab
3 2 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 29 (22.14%) Finance
2 23 (17.56%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.40%) Legal
4 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.87%) Financial Institution
5 9 (6.87%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.82%) Law
8 3 (2.29%) Banking
9 2 (1.53%) Local Government
9 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.53%) Military
9 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (44.27%) Network Engineer
2 28 (21.37%) Senior
3 25 (19.08%) Architect
4 14 (10.69%) Network Architect
5 13 (9.92%) Security Engineer
6 12 (9.16%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (8.40%) Network Security Engineer
8 8 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.58%) Network Operations Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Security Architect
10 5 (3.82%) Automation Engineer
10 5 (3.82%) Firewall Engineer
10 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 4 (3.05%) Consultant
11 4 (3.05%) Network Specialist
11 4 (3.05%) Technical Architect
12 3 (2.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 3 (2.29%) Network Consultant
12 3 (2.29%) Senior Manager
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%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.76%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.85%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.11%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.58%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.82%) PKI
5 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.53%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.53%) Life Science
7 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.53%) Private Cloud
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%) SCADA
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.45%) Linux
2 14 (10.69%) Windows
3 7 (5.34%) Unix
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (13.74%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (12.21%) Network Design
4 14 (10.69%) Migration
5 13 (9.92%) Cloud Security
5 13 (9.92%) Incident Response
6 12 (9.16%) Incident Management
6 12 (9.16%) Zero Trust
7 11 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (8.40%) ITIL
7 11 (8.40%) Observability
7 11 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (7.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (7.63%) Network Monitoring
8 10 (7.63%) SIEM
9 9 (6.87%) Change Management
9 9 (6.87%) High Availability
9 9 (6.87%) Network Architecture
10 8 (6.11%) DevOps
10 8 (6.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.85%) Python
2 9 (6.87%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.82%) Bash
4 4 (3.05%) SQL
5 2 (1.53%) ActionScript
5 2 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.76%) Perl
Qualifications
1 24 (18.32%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (16.79%) Security Cleared
3 21 (16.03%) CCNP
4 20 (15.27%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.45%) Degree
6 9 (6.87%) CCNA
7 8 (6.11%) CISSP
8 5 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.05%) CISM
10 3 (2.29%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.29%) CCIE
10 3 (2.29%) CCSE
10 3 (2.29%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (1.53%) JNCIS
11 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.76%) CCDP
12 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.11%) NIST
2 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.82%) GDPR
4 3 (2.29%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.53%) NCSC
5 2 (1.53%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.53%) SLA
6 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.76%) GRC
6 1 (0.76%) PMO
6 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.87%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.82%) Docker
3 4 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.29%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.53%) Firmware
5 2 (1.53%) Snort
5 2 (1.53%) Squid
5 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.76%) IAG
Systems Management
1 21 (16.03%) FortiGate
2 20 (15.27%) Ansible
3 12 (9.16%) Terraform
4 11 (8.40%) Grafana
4 11 (8.40%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.82%) Salt
6 4 (3.05%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.29%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.53%) Nessus
8 2 (1.53%) Nexpose
8 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.53%) Suricata
8 2 (1.53%) VxRail
9 1 (0.76%) CASB
9 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.76%) QRadar
9 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 90 (68.70%) Cisco
2 40 (30.53%) CheckPoint
3 32 (24.43%) F5
4 31 (23.66%) Fortinet
5 26 (19.85%) Juniper
6 25 (19.08%) Aruba
7 22 (16.79%) Microsoft
8 15 (11.45%) Splunk
9 13 (9.92%) Arista
10 8 (6.11%) Infoblox
11 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
11 7 (5.34%) SolarWinds
11 7 (5.34%) Zscaler
12 6 (4.58%) BigPanda
12 6 (4.58%) Meraki
13 5 (3.82%) Google
14 4 (3.05%) Dell
14 4 (3.05%) VMware
15 3 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
15 3 (2.29%) NVIDIA