Palo Alto
South London > Merton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 10 February 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 10 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 3 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Palo Alto | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Merton | 2.78% | 15.38% | - |
| As % of the Vendors category | 7.69% | 80.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £428 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £475 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.53% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £497 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £514 | - |
| South London median daily rate | £425 | £475 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -10.53% | - | - |
All Vendors
Merton
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 Merton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 13 | 5 | 15 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton | 36.11% | 19.23% | 65.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £360 | £91 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £413 | £113 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | £475 | £168 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.84% | +183.58% | -62.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £400 | £488 | £289 |
| 90th Percentile | £438 | £510 | £462 |
| South London median daily rate | £492 | £600 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.00% | +26.32% | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £57.18 | - | £24.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £61.13 | - | £40.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.70 | - | £43.84 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -17.24% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £49.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £69.90 |
| South London median hourly rate | £67.70 | £24.92 | £29.33 |
| % change year-on-year | +171.67% | -15.03% | -32.74% |
Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Palo Alto relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton.
Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend in Merton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Palo Alto.
Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in Merton
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 Merton region over the 6 months to 10 February 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morden | - | 1 | £425 | - | 3 |
| Palo Alto South London |
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Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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:
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