Palo Alto Contracts in the Midlands

Palo Alto
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 27 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 108 98
Rank change year-on-year -19 -10 +105
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Palo Alto 12 19 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.47% 0.71% 1.70%
As % of the Vendors category 1.02% 1.57% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 42
10th Percentile £272 £364 -
25th Percentile £366 £481 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +33.33% -2.94%
75th Percentile £619 £775 £517
90th Percentile £698 - £599
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,181 1,210 1,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 46.55% 45.12% 50.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 811 978
10th Percentile £233 £255 £209
25th Percentile £350 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% -2.31%
75th Percentile £572 £608 £595
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 40 46
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.59 £13.99 £15.69
Median hourly rate £25.11 £16.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.30% -25.24% +28.13%
75th Percentile £31.00 £39.73 £62.19
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.13 £91.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.77 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.52% -25.58% +77.78%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the Midlands

Palo Alto
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Palo Alto.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Palo Alto

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -11 11 £525 -4.55% 5
East Midlands -7 1 - - 1
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) Firewall
2 5 (41.67%) Network Security
2 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (33.33%) BIG-IP
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (33.33%) Internet
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 2 (16.67%) DHCP
5 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
5 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
6 1 (8.33%) 3GPP
6 1 (8.33%) DMZ
6 1 (8.33%) MPLS
6 1 (8.33%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (8.33%) VoIP
6 1 (8.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Automotive
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Lead Network Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Security Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Switch Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Load Balancing
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
4 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE Security
3 1 (8.33%) CCSE
3 1 (8.33%) CCSM
3 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Ansible
2 1 (8.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) F5
3 5 (41.67%) CheckPoint
4 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 4 (33.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (16.67%) Juniper
5 2 (16.67%) Zscaler
6 1 (8.33%) Aruba
6 1 (8.33%) BT
6 1 (8.33%) CenturyLink
6 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.33%) NetScout