Palo Alto Contracts in the North of England

Palo Alto
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 149 154
Rank change year-on-year +51 +5 +55
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 69 36 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.09% 0.76% 1.13%
As % of the Vendors category 4.11% 1.76% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 32 49
10th Percentile £365 £378 £288
25th Percentile £409 £430 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £437 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.90% +2.79% -4.23%
75th Percentile £604 £515 £538
90th Percentile £638 £538 £580
England median daily rate £521 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £45.60
25th Percentile - - £49.80
Median hourly rate - - £52.13
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - +1.61% -10.21%

All Vendors
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,679 2,042 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 50.96% 42.83% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 1,194 1,581
10th Percentile £230 £250 £248
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £564 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 212 66
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £15.00
25th Percentile £21.24 £12.53 £19.77
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -57.14% +96.52%
75th Percentile £59.65 £21.08 £49.05
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.15 £54.88
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the North of England

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +44 63 £550 +26.82% 23
Yorkshire +12 5 £625 +13.64% 17
North East - 1 £325 - 3
Palo Alto
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Azure
2 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.35%) IaaS
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (88.41%) Firewall
2 35 (50.72%) Cisco ASA
3 33 (47.83%) Cisco Firepower
4 28 (40.58%) BGP
5 27 (39.13%) OSPF
6 26 (37.68%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (34.78%) HSRP
7 24 (34.78%) IPsec
8 23 (33.33%) WAN
9 22 (31.88%) EIGRP
9 22 (31.88%) NetScaler
10 19 (27.54%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (21.74%) VPN
12 14 (20.29%) Wireless
13 12 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (17.39%) Cisco Wireless
13 12 (17.39%) Network Security
14 7 (10.14%) LAN
15 4 (5.80%) Broadband
15 4 (5.80%) Converged Networks
General
1 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (4.35%) Legal
2 3 (4.35%) Local Government
2 3 (4.35%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.45%) Advertising
3 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 59 (85.51%) Network Engineer
2 28 (40.58%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (4.35%) IT Engineer
3 3 (4.35%) Senior
4 2 (2.90%) Architect
4 2 (2.90%) Consultant
4 2 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (2.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (2.90%) Network Architect
4 2 (2.90%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (2.90%) Security Engineer
4 2 (2.90%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (1.45%) Design Engineer
5 1 (1.45%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (1.45%) Network Analyst
5 1 (1.45%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (1.45%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (1.45%) Senior Network Consultant
5 1 (1.45%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (24.64%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.13%) Network Management
2 25 (36.23%) Load Balancing
3 23 (33.33%) Network Design
4 14 (20.29%) Network Architecture
5 12 (17.39%) Impact Assessments
6 7 (10.14%) ITIL
7 3 (4.35%) Mentoring
8 2 (2.90%) Agile
8 2 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (2.90%) Migration
8 2 (2.90%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (2.90%) Proactive Monitoring
8 2 (2.90%) Threat Detection
9 1 (1.45%) Business Development
9 1 (1.45%) Change Management
9 1 (1.45%) Incident Management
9 1 (1.45%) ITSM
9 1 (1.45%) Problem Management
9 1 (1.45%) Project Management
9 1 (1.45%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 52 (75.36%) Security Cleared
2 51 (73.91%) SC Cleared
3 9 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (11.59%) CCNA
5 2 (2.90%) CCNP
6 1 (1.45%) CCIE
6 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) vSphere
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.35%) SCCM
2 1 (1.45%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 68 (98.55%) Cisco
2 22 (31.88%) CheckPoint
2 22 (31.88%) Meraki
3 10 (14.49%) SolarWinds
4 4 (5.80%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.35%) Veeam
5 3 (4.35%) VMware
6 2 (2.90%) F5
6 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.45%) Aruba
7 1 (1.45%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.45%) Citrix
7 1 (1.45%) Zscaler