Palo Alto Contracts 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 6 July 2025, 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 244 268
Rank change year-on-year -1 +24 +132
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 115 155 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.87% 0.88% 0.90%
As % of the Vendors category 1.90% 2.09% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 118 163
10th Percentile £388 £371 £402
25th Percentile £410 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £743
90th Percentile £743 £700 £830
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £60.40 - £62.62
% change year-on-year - - +54.85%

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 6,049 7,414 10,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.53% 42.14% 40.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,917 5,073 7,376
10th Percentile £325 £312 £325
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -3.64% -0.09%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £688
90th Percentile £765 £775 £798
England median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 127 123
10th Percentile £16.04 £13.87 £16.13
25th Percentile £22.60 £17.96 £21.12
Median hourly rate £28.33 £24.18 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -21.37% -10.22%
75th Percentile £48.75 £38.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.01 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.40 £25.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year +1.60% -23.66% +52.33%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in London.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 2025. 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 +10 26 £536 +5.10% 40
West London +7 3 £500 -4.08% 5
South London - 3 £450 - 2
East London +15 2 £515 - 7
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.74%) nginx
3 1 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 59 (51.30%) Azure
2 20 (17.39%) AWS
3 16 (13.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 9 (7.83%) GCP
4 9 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.96%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.22%) Asana
6 6 (5.22%) Slack
7 5 (4.35%) SaaS
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.61%) GitHub
8 3 (2.61%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.74%) Akamai
9 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.87%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 1 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.87%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.87%) PaaS
10 1 (0.87%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 97 (84.35%) Firewall
2 49 (42.61%) VPN
3 43 (37.39%) WAN
4 30 (26.09%) SD-WAN
5 26 (22.61%) NGFW
6 25 (21.74%) Network Security
7 24 (20.87%) DNS
7 24 (20.87%) LAN
8 22 (19.13%) BGP
9 21 (18.26%) OSPF
10 17 (14.78%) Wireless
11 14 (12.17%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (12.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (12.17%) MPLS
12 12 (10.43%) IPsec
13 11 (9.57%) TCP/IP
14 10 (8.70%) Multicast
15 8 (6.96%) VLAN
15 8 (6.96%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (6.09%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.87%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (4.35%) GitLab
1 5 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (3.48%) Git
2 4 (3.48%) JIRA
3 3 (2.61%) Bitbucket
General
1 26 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.87%) Finance
3 8 (6.96%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.09%) Law
5 6 (5.22%) Legal
6 4 (3.48%) Banking
7 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Local Government
7 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.74%) Public Speaking
7 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.87%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.87%) Marketing
8 1 (0.87%) Military
8 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 57 (49.57%) Network Engineer
2 22 (19.13%) Support Engineer
3 17 (14.78%) Azure Engineer
4 16 (13.91%) Network Support
4 16 (13.91%) Network Support Engineer
4 16 (13.91%) Security Engineer
5 13 (11.30%) Architect
6 12 (10.43%) Consultant
6 12 (10.43%) Senior
7 9 (7.83%) Network Architect
8 8 (6.96%) Network Security Engineer
9 7 (6.09%) Automation Engineer
9 7 (6.09%) IT Engineer
9 7 (6.09%) Lead
10 6 (5.22%) IT Support
10 6 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (5.22%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (5.22%) Security Consultant
10 6 (5.22%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (4.35%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.91%) ADO
2 4 (3.48%) JSON
3 2 (1.74%) XML
4 1 (0.87%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.87%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 17 (14.78%) Anti-Spyware
3 10 (8.70%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.22%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.61%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.61%) PKI
7 2 (1.74%) Blog
7 2 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.74%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.74%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.74%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.87%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.87%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.57%) Windows
2 3 (2.61%) Linux
3 2 (1.74%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.87%) Android
4 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.87%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.87%) Agile
1 24 (20.87%) Migration
2 22 (19.13%) Infrastructure as Code
3 19 (16.52%) Network Monitoring
4 17 (14.78%) Kalman Filter
5 12 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (10.43%) SIEM
6 11 (9.57%) Zero Trust
7 10 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (7.83%) Cloud Security
8 9 (7.83%) Network Design
8 9 (7.83%) Security Operations
9 8 (6.96%) Change Management
9 8 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (6.96%) Incident Response
9 8 (6.96%) Patch Management
9 8 (6.96%) SOAR
10 7 (6.09%) Hyperautomation
11 6 (5.22%) Network Virtualisation
11 6 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.30%) Python
2 5 (4.35%) SQL
3 4 (3.48%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.87%) Bash
4 1 (0.87%) Java
4 1 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.87%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (13.91%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 13 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.43%) CCNP
5 9 (7.83%) Degree
6 7 (6.09%) CCNA
7 5 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.35%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.74%) CISSP
8 2 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.87%) CCIE
9 1 (0.87%) CCSE
9 1 (0.87%) CCSP
9 1 (0.87%) CEH
9 1 (0.87%) GSEC
9 1 (0.87%) ISACA
9 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.22%) NIST
3 5 (4.35%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.61%) GDPR
4 3 (2.61%) SLA
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.87%) GRC
5 1 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.87%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.87%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (10.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.61%) Firmware
3 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.61%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.87%) Docker
4 1 (0.87%) FreeRADIUS
4 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.87%) iptables
4 1 (0.87%) Snort
4 1 (0.87%) Squid
4 1 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (18.26%) Terraform
2 12 (10.43%) Ansible
3 5 (4.35%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.61%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.61%) Nagios
5 2 (1.74%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.74%) Icinga
5 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.74%) Observium
6 1 (0.87%) CASB
6 1 (0.87%) Grafana
6 1 (0.87%) Graylog
6 1 (0.87%) logstash
6 1 (0.87%) Nexpose
6 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.87%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.87%) Puppet
6 1 (0.87%) QRadar
6 1 (0.87%) Suricata
Vendors
1 66 (57.39%) Cisco
2 34 (29.57%) CheckPoint
3 28 (24.35%) Juniper
3 28 (24.35%) Microsoft
4 23 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 19 (16.52%) Infoblox
6 18 (15.65%) F5
7 15 (13.04%) Meraki
8 13 (11.30%) Zscaler
9 12 (10.43%) Aruba
10 10 (8.70%) SolarWinds
11 8 (6.96%) Google
11 8 (6.96%) VMware
12 5 (4.35%) Arista
12 5 (4.35%) Splunk
13 3 (2.61%) Ruckus Wireless
14 2 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
14 2 (1.74%) Facebook
14 2 (1.74%) Instagram
14 2 (1.74%) LogicMonitor