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 18 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 101 94
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 +70
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 44 23 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.01% 0.96% 1.72%
As % of the Vendors category 4.06% 2.44% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 38
10th Percentile £370 £463 £288
25th Percentile £412 £500 £352
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £515 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +21.18% -2.30%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £485
90th Percentile £708 £548 £508
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 £77.00 - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +53.33%

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 1,085 941 1,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 49.50% 39.13% 44.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 538 820
10th Percentile £302 £300 £225
25th Percentile £385 £407 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.38% +0.84%
75th Percentile £577 £599 £586
90th Percentile £675 £675 £656
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 90 93
10th Percentile £13.00 £10.95 £15.84
25th Percentile £19.07 £11.07 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.06 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.57% -51.33% +63.93%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.84 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £55.79 £55.68
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.39 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.41% -16.04% +55.56%

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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 18 August 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 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria +18 25 £525 +1.94% 2
Cheshire -9 14 £463 - 5
Manchester 0 3 £438 -16.67% 6
Merseyside - 2 £535 - 1
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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 4 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 39 (88.64%) Firewall
2 17 (38.64%) BGP
3 15 (34.09%) Cisco ASA
3 15 (34.09%) Network Security
3 15 (34.09%) WAN
4 14 (31.82%) Cisco Firepower
4 14 (31.82%) OSPF
5 13 (29.55%) EIGRP
5 13 (29.55%) HSRP
5 13 (29.55%) IPsec
5 13 (29.55%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
6 8 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
6 8 (18.18%) NetScaler
7 6 (13.64%) Internet
7 6 (13.64%) LAN
8 4 (9.09%) TCP/IP
8 4 (9.09%) WLAN
9 3 (6.82%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (6.82%) Wireless
General
1 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 3 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (6.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Advertising
4 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.27%) Law
4 1 (2.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 41 (93.18%) Network Engineer
2 17 (38.64%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (20.45%) Network Security Engineer
3 9 (20.45%) Security Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Lead
4 3 (6.82%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Analyst
5 1 (2.27%) Architect
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) LAN Engineer
5 1 (2.27%) Network Analyst
5 1 (2.27%) Network Architect
5 1 (2.27%) Network Performance Analyst
5 1 (2.27%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (2.27%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (2.27%) Security Architect
5 1 (2.27%) Senior
5 1 (2.27%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.55%) CMDB
2 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Network Design
2 12 (27.27%) Network Management
3 11 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 10 (22.73%) Load Balancing
5 8 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
5 8 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure Automation
7 6 (13.64%) SIEM
8 5 (11.36%) Zero Trust
9 4 (9.09%) Task Automation
10 3 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (6.82%) ITIL
10 3 (6.82%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (6.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 2 (4.55%) ITSM
11 2 (4.55%) Migration
11 2 (4.55%) Network Monitoring
11 2 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (4.55%) Project Delivery
12 1 (2.27%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) Perl
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (59.09%) SC Cleared
1 26 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (27.27%) CCNP
4 4 (9.09%) CCSA
5 3 (6.82%) CCDP
5 3 (6.82%) Degree
6 1 (2.27%) CCIE
6 1 (2.27%) CCNA
6 1 (2.27%) CCNA CyberOps
6 1 (2.27%) CCSE
6 1 (2.27%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (2.27%) CISSP
6 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 42 (95.45%) Cisco
2 15 (34.09%) CheckPoint
2 15 (34.09%) Meraki
3 11 (25.00%) Zscaler
4 8 (18.18%) SolarWinds
5 5 (11.36%) F5
6 1 (2.27%) Aruba
6 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft