Palo Alto Contracts in the North West

Palo Alto
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 58 102 112
Rank change year-on-year +44 +10 +47
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 63 35 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.20% 1.27% 1.41%
As % of the Vendors category 6.02% 3.19% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 32
10th Percentile £383 £378 -
25th Percentile £416 £429 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £434 £375
Median % change year-on-year +26.82% +15.65% -14.77%
75th Percentile £597 £515 £525
90th Percentile £638 £519 £538
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,046 1,096 1,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.15% 39.78% 40.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 675 645 866
10th Percentile £250 £269 £288
25th Percentile £393 £394 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £587
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 149 57
10th Percentile £16.43 £10.95 £15.41
25th Percentile £24.46 £12.00 £22.41
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%
75th Percentile £60.00 £26.39 £49.40
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.18 £54.57
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cumbria +19 57 £575 +11.65% 2
Merseyside - 3 £518 - 2
Manchester +1 2 £438 +1.16% 16
Lancashire - 1 £500 - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 57 (90.48%) Firewall
2 34 (53.97%) Cisco ASA
3 33 (52.38%) Cisco Firepower
4 28 (44.44%) BGP
5 27 (42.86%) OSPF
6 26 (41.27%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (38.10%) HSRP
7 24 (38.10%) IPsec
8 23 (36.51%) WAN
9 22 (34.92%) EIGRP
9 22 (34.92%) NetScaler
10 19 (30.16%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (23.81%) VPN
12 14 (22.22%) Wireless
13 12 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (19.05%) Cisco Wireless
14 9 (14.29%) Network Security
15 7 (11.11%) LAN
16 4 (6.35%) Broadband
16 4 (6.35%) Converged Networks
General
1 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 3 (4.76%) Legal
3 2 (3.17%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Advertising
4 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 58 (92.06%) Network Engineer
2 28 (44.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (4.76%) Senior
4 2 (3.17%) Architect
4 2 (3.17%) Consultant
4 2 (3.17%) Network Architect
4 2 (3.17%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (3.17%) Security Engineer
4 2 (3.17%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (1.59%) Analyst
5 1 (1.59%) Design Engineer
5 1 (1.59%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (1.59%) Network Analyst
5 1 (1.59%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (1.59%) Network Performance Analyst
5 1 (1.59%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (1.59%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (1.59%) Senior Firewall Engineer
5 1 (1.59%) Senior Network Consultant
5 1 (1.59%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.98%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.40%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.86%) Network Management
2 24 (38.10%) Load Balancing
3 22 (34.92%) Network Design
4 14 (22.22%) Network Architecture
5 12 (19.05%) Impact Assessments
6 7 (11.11%) ITIL
7 2 (3.17%) Migration
7 2 (3.17%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (3.17%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (3.17%) Threat Detection
8 1 (1.59%) Agile
8 1 (1.59%) Critical Thinking
8 1 (1.59%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (1.59%) Performance Metrics
8 1 (1.59%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.59%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (1.59%) Project Delivery
8 1 (1.59%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.59%) SIEM
8 1 (1.59%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 51 (80.95%) SC Cleared
1 51 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.94%) CCNA
2 5 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.59%) CCIE
3 1 (1.59%) CCNP
3 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 62 (98.41%) Cisco
2 21 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 19 (30.16%) Meraki
4 10 (15.87%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.59%) Aruba
5 1 (1.59%) Citrix
5 1 (1.59%) F5
5 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft