Palo Alto Contracts in Macclesfield

Palo Alto
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 22 August 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Palo Alto 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 8.70% - -
As % of the Vendors category 13.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile £448 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 - -
75th Percentile £754 - -
90th Percentile £784 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £463 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -24.86%

All Vendors
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 30 23 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 65.22% 42.59% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 15
10th Percentile £406 £458 £261
25th Percentile £500 £463 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% +11.11% +15.76%
75th Percentile £684 £575 £488
90th Percentile £700 £585 £559
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £17.67 - -
25th Percentile £18.12 - £10.55
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £11.05
75th Percentile - - £11.55
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.87 £14.75 £22.53
% change year-on-year +27.93% -34.53% +80.53%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in Macclesfield

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Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Palo Alto.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing Palo Alto

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Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in Macclesfield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCSA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA CyberOps
3 1 (25.00%) CCSE
3 1 (25.00%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint