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 24 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
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 221 249
Rank change year-on-year -50 +28 +109
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 133 127 139
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 1.00% 0.77%
As % of the Vendors category 1.81% 2.23% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 82 90
10th Percentile £387 £388 £311
25th Percentile £413 £453 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% -1.91% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £748 £864
England median daily rate £496 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -4.62% +0.46% -0.94%
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 - £64.49
% change year-on-year - - +1.99%

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 7,340 5,695 7,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.19% 44.94% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,840 3,704 4,974
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -4.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 83 144
10th Percentile £18.03 £18.50 £13.55
25th Percentile £20.91 £23.80 £16.97
Median hourly rate £27.00 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +24.00% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £52.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.95 £72.50 £79.65
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.17% +24.25% -31.56%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -13 15 £575 -8.00% 6
South London -14 5 £425 -8.11%
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 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) JBoss
3 1 (0.75%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (42.11%) Azure
2 29 (21.80%) AWS
3 17 (12.78%) GCP
4 9 (6.77%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (3.01%) Cloudflare
8 3 (2.26%) GitHub
8 3 (2.26%) Route 53
9 2 (1.50%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.50%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.50%) OCI
9 2 (1.50%) OpenDNS
10 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (68.42%) Firewall
2 54 (40.60%) Network Security
3 53 (39.85%) WAN
4 41 (30.83%) VPN
5 37 (27.82%) BGP
6 29 (21.80%) LAN
7 27 (20.30%) OSPF
8 22 (16.54%) SD-WAN
9 20 (15.04%) MPLS
9 20 (15.04%) Wireless
10 18 (13.53%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (10.53%) VLAN
12 12 (9.02%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (9.02%) Multicast
12 12 (9.02%) NGFW
13 11 (8.27%) DNS
13 11 (8.27%) EIGRP
13 11 (8.27%) Internet
13 11 (8.27%) TCP/IP
13 11 (8.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.75%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Git
2 3 (2.26%) GitLab
3 2 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 30 (22.56%) Finance
2 24 (18.05%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.27%) Legal
4 11 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.77%) Financial Institution
5 9 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.76%) Law
8 3 (2.26%) Banking
9 2 (1.50%) Local Government
9 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.50%) Military
9 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (45.86%) Network Engineer
2 29 (21.80%) Senior
3 25 (18.80%) Architect
4 14 (10.53%) Network Architect
5 13 (9.77%) Security Engineer
5 13 (9.77%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (8.27%) Network Security Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.51%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Network Operations Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.76%) Cisco Engineer
9 5 (3.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 4 (3.01%) Consultant
10 4 (3.01%) Network Specialist
10 4 (3.01%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (3.01%) Technical Architect
11 3 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
11 3 (2.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.51%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.76%) REST
3 2 (1.50%) CSS
3 2 (1.50%) HTML
3 2 (1.50%) JSON
3 2 (1.50%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.50%) SAML
3 2 (1.50%) XML
3 2 (1.50%) YANG
4 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.75%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.02%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.51%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.51%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.76%) PKI
5 4 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.50%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.50%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.50%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.50%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) Anti-Spyware
8 1 (0.75%) BYOD
8 1 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.75%) SCADA
8 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.75%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.28%) Linux
2 14 (10.53%) Windows
3 7 (5.26%) Unix
4 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (12.03%) Network Design
4 13 (9.77%) Cloud Security
4 13 (9.77%) Incident Response
4 13 (9.77%) ITIL
4 13 (9.77%) Migration
5 12 (9.02%) Incident Management
5 12 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 12 (9.02%) Zero Trust
6 11 (8.27%) Observability
6 11 (8.27%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (7.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (7.52%) Network Monitoring
7 10 (7.52%) SIEM
8 9 (6.77%) Change Management
8 9 (6.77%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.77%) Network Architecture
9 8 (6.02%) DevOps
9 8 (6.02%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.30%) Python
2 8 (6.02%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.01%) Bash
3 4 (3.01%) SQL
4 2 (1.50%) ActionScript
4 2 (1.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (18.05%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (15.79%) CCNP
2 21 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.53%) Degree
5 8 (6.02%) CISSP
6 7 (5.26%) CCNA
7 4 (3.01%) CISM
7 4 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.26%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.26%) CCIE
8 3 (2.26%) CCSE
8 3 (2.26%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (1.50%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.75%) CCSM
10 1 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.02%) NIST
2 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.76%) GDPR
4 3 (2.26%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.50%) NCSC
5 2 (1.50%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.50%) SLA
6 1 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.75%) GRC
6 1 (0.75%) PMO
6 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.76%) Docker
3 4 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.26%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.50%) Firmware
5 2 (1.50%) Snort
5 2 (1.50%) Squid
5 2 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.75%) IAG
Systems Management
1 21 (15.79%) Ansible
2 19 (14.29%) FortiGate
3 13 (9.77%) Terraform
4 11 (8.27%) Grafana
4 11 (8.27%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.76%) Salt
6 4 (3.01%) Kubernetes
7 3 (2.26%) Cisco Prime
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.50%) Nessus
8 2 (1.50%) Nexpose
8 2 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.50%) Suricata
8 2 (1.50%) VxRail
9 1 (0.75%) CASB
9 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.75%) QRadar
9 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 92 (69.17%) Cisco
2 39 (29.32%) CheckPoint
3 33 (24.81%) F5
4 30 (22.56%) Fortinet
5 26 (19.55%) Juniper
6 25 (18.80%) Aruba
7 22 (16.54%) Microsoft
8 15 (11.28%) Splunk
9 14 (10.53%) Arista
10 8 (6.02%) Infoblox
11 7 (5.26%) ServiceNow
11 7 (5.26%) SolarWinds
11 7 (5.26%) Zscaler
12 6 (4.51%) BigPanda
12 6 (4.51%) Meraki
13 5 (3.76%) Google
14 4 (3.01%) Dell
14 4 (3.01%) VMware
15 3 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
15 3 (2.26%) NVIDIA