Palo Alto Contract Job Trends 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 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 146 95
Rank change year-on-year +6 -51 +123
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 46 26 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.15% 0.63% 2.07%
As % of the Vendors category 2.39% 1.55% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 6 81
10th Percentile £304 £441 £340
25th Percentile £410 £472 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.28% +13.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £541 £588
90th Percentile £750 £550 £627
England median daily rate £519 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.10% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.50 £45.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +47.78% -31.80% +4.35%

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 1,922 1,682 2,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 48.15% 40.64% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 948 1,429
10th Percentile £277 £293 £220
25th Percentile £375 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £593
90th Percentile £663 £675 £673
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.19% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 82 106
10th Percentile £14.02 £14.06 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.21 £17.55
Median hourly rate £22.63 £33.75 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.95% +4.65% +61.25%
75th Percentile £58.58 £44.69 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.25 £50.00 £49.52
England median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -24.93% -23.58% +83.33%

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

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Palo Alto.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Palo Alto

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 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the North of England

Palo Alto
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Palo Alto.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
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 18 September 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 +2 40 £519 +1.77% 15
Yorkshire -12 6 £274 - 14
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) AWS
2 5 (10.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 5 (10.87%) Amazon EC2
2 5 (10.87%) Amazon ELB
2 5 (10.87%) Amazon S3
2 5 (10.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 4 (8.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 39 (84.78%) Firewall
2 21 (45.65%) Network Security
3 15 (32.61%) WAN
4 12 (26.09%) BGP
4 12 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (21.74%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (19.57%) OSPF
6 9 (19.57%) TCP/IP
7 8 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (17.39%) EIGRP
7 8 (17.39%) HSRP
7 8 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (17.39%) IPsec
7 8 (17.39%) LAN
7 8 (17.39%) VPN
8 7 (15.22%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (13.04%) Internet
9 6 (13.04%) NetScaler
10 4 (8.70%) DNS
10 4 (8.70%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Jenkins
2 5 (10.87%) Git
3 3 (6.52%) GitLab
General
1 9 (19.57%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.87%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.17%) Law
5 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (80.43%) Network Engineer
2 12 (26.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Network Security Engineer
3 9 (19.57%) Security Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Senior
5 4 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (8.70%) Lead
5 4 (8.70%) Senior DevOps
5 4 (8.70%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 3 (6.52%) Lead Network Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (4.35%) Senior Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.17%) Analyst
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Engineer
8 1 (2.17%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.35%) CMDB
2 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Network Design
2 11 (23.91%) Incident Response
2 11 (23.91%) Infrastructure Automation
3 10 (21.74%) Network Architecture
3 10 (21.74%) Network Management
4 8 (17.39%) Load Balancing
5 7 (15.22%) Impact Assessments
5 7 (15.22%) Zero Trust
6 6 (13.04%) DevOps
6 6 (13.04%) SIEM
7 5 (10.87%) High Availability
8 4 (8.70%) Task Automation
9 3 (6.52%) CI/CD
9 3 (6.52%) DevSecOps
9 3 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (6.52%) ITIL
9 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.52%) Network Monitoring
9 3 (6.52%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (6.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) Python
2 6 (13.04%) Bash
3 3 (6.52%) Perl
4 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 20 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 16 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (30.43%) CCNP
5 6 (13.04%) CCSA
6 3 (6.52%) CCDP
6 3 (6.52%) CCNA
6 3 (6.52%) Degree
7 1 (2.17%) CCIE
7 1 (2.17%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (2.17%) CCSE
7 1 (2.17%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (2.17%) CISSP
7 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Terraform
2 5 (10.87%) Ansible
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 36 (78.26%) Cisco
2 18 (39.13%) CheckPoint
3 15 (32.61%) Zscaler
4 13 (28.26%) Meraki
5 11 (23.91%) F5
6 10 (21.74%) SolarWinds
7 2 (4.35%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.17%) Aruba
8 1 (2.17%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft