Palo Alto Contracts in the South East

Palo Alto
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 131 151
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 +61
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 40 67 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.33% 1.21% 1.16%
As % of the Vendors category 2.52% 2.55% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 49 49
10th Percentile £375 £413 £305
25th Percentile £450 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £605 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.49% +21.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £646 £538
90th Percentile £618 £825 £590
England median daily rate £520 £520 £500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £51.83
25th Percentile - £58.50 £60.75
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +1.61% -
75th Percentile - £67.50 £80.25
90th Percentile - - £80.48
England median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - +1.61% -10.21%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,587 2,625 2,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.67% 47.30% 49.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 1,604 1,947
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £406 £378 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £604
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 184 126
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £18.08
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.48 £22.16
Median hourly rate £24.66 £51.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.88% +13.89% +130.53%
75th Percentile £59.44 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £67.02 £75.38
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the South East

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +27 23 £463 -23.55% 15
Buckinghamshire +19 13 £583 -27.19% 2
Berkshire +17 10 £450 -25.62% 12
Surrey +21 8 £475 -5.00% 6
Hampshire +11 7 £500 -9.09% 15
Kent +7 2 £438 +2.94% 3
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England

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) IaaS
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.00%) PaaS
3 4 (10.00%) SaaS
4 3 (7.50%) Akamai
5 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.50%) GCP
6 1 (2.50%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (72.50%) Firewall
2 16 (40.00%) WAN
3 15 (37.50%) VPN
4 13 (32.50%) BGP
4 13 (32.50%) Network Security
4 13 (32.50%) OSPF
4 13 (32.50%) SD-WAN
5 12 (30.00%) TCP/IP
5 12 (30.00%) VLAN
6 9 (22.50%) MPLS
7 8 (20.00%) LAN
7 8 (20.00%) NGFW
7 8 (20.00%) VSAN
8 7 (17.50%) DNS
8 7 (17.50%) Wireless
9 6 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (7.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.50%) Aviation
5 1 (2.50%) Law
5 1 (2.50%) Marketing
5 1 (2.50%) Military
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Network Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Architect
3 9 (22.50%) Technical Architect
4 7 (17.50%) Senior
4 7 (17.50%) Senior Architect
4 7 (17.50%) Senior Technical Architect
5 6 (15.00%) Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Migration Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Migration Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Network Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Network Architect
6 2 (5.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.50%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (17.50%) PKI
3 6 (15.00%) Public Cloud
4 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) DevSecOps
1 10 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 9 (22.50%) CI/CD
2 9 (22.50%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (22.50%) SIEM
3 8 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (20.00%) ITIL
3 8 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 7 (17.50%) Migration
5 6 (15.00%) Containerisation
5 6 (15.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 6 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (15.00%) IT Strategy
5 6 (15.00%) Microservices
5 6 (15.00%) Security Monitoring
5 6 (15.00%) Technology Strategy
5 6 (15.00%) Zachman Framework
6 5 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (12.50%) Requirements Management
6 5 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 13 (32.50%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (27.50%) CCNP
5 7 (17.50%) MCSE
5 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (17.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (12.50%) CCSA
6 5 (12.50%) CCSE
6 5 (12.50%) Check Point Certification
7 3 (7.50%) CCNA
7 3 (7.50%) Degree
8 2 (5.00%) CCIE
8 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
8 2 (5.00%) HP APS
9 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.50%) PMP
9 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) NIST
2 8 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (20.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (27.50%) VMware NSX
2 10 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Ansible
2 3 (7.50%) QRadar
3 2 (5.00%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.50%) CASB
4 1 (2.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (75.00%) Cisco
2 11 (27.50%) VMware
3 10 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
5 6 (15.00%) Aruba
6 4 (10.00%) Splunk
7 3 (7.50%) SolarWinds
8 2 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (5.00%) HP
8 2 (5.00%) Imperva
8 2 (5.00%) Infoblox
8 2 (5.00%) Qualys
9 1 (2.50%) Dell KACE
9 1 (2.50%) Meraki
9 1 (2.50%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (2.50%) Zscaler