Palo Alto Contracts in the South West

Palo Alto
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Palo Alto over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 156 160
Rank change year-on-year +30 +4 -36
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 26 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.82% 0.49% 0.30%
As % of the Vendors category 1.98% 1.21% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 4
10th Percentile - £299 £454
25th Percentile £500 £397 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% -1.14% +46.67%
75th Percentile £688 £591 £569
90th Percentile £691 £615 £603
England median daily rate £520 £523 £500
% change year-on-year -0.48% +4.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Median hourly rate - £62.62 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year - -9.32% -
England median hourly rate £63.00 £62.00 £69.05
% change year-on-year +1.61% -10.21% +11.37%

All Vendors
South West

Palo Alto is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,311 1,486 1,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 41.12% 40.53% 37.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 1,109 971
10th Percentile £197 £236 £215
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £575
90th Percentile £725 £713 £653
England median daily rate £518 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -3.63% +2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 87 56
10th Percentile £13.69 £18.20 £15.00
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.84 £34.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £63.00 £45.93
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +37.18% +2.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.26
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.75 £68.68
England median hourly rate £22.50 £39.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -42.31% +85.71% -4.55%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Bristol +27 16 £520 -4.37% 2
Wiltshire +8 6 £646 +3.36%
Gloucestershire +12 4 £600 +41.18%
Palo Alto
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) OCI
4 1 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Firewall
2 10 (38.46%) WAN
3 6 (23.08%) FTP
3 6 (23.08%) LAN
3 6 (23.08%) Network Security
3 6 (23.08%) SAN
4 5 (19.23%) Junos
4 5 (19.23%) SDH
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (7.69%) DMZ
5 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
5 2 (7.69%) VPN
6 1 (3.85%) IPsec
6 1 (3.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle APEX
General
1 9 (34.62%) Public Sector
2 6 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 4 (15.38%) Aeronautics
3 4 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 4 (15.38%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Electronics
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Architect
3 6 (23.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (11.54%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Data Centre Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Implementation Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Network Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Senior
7 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Data Centre
1 7 (26.92%) Replication
2 2 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
1 8 (30.77%) Windows Server
2 6 (23.08%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) Change Management
3 5 (19.23%) ArchiMate
3 5 (19.23%) Architecture Governance
3 5 (19.23%) BPMN
3 5 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
3 5 (19.23%) TOGAF
4 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
4 4 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
4 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 4 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 4 (15.38%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (15.38%) Migration
4 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 4 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (7.69%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 21 (80.77%) Security Cleared
2 15 (57.69%) DV Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (19.23%) JNCIA
5 4 (15.38%) CCNP
5 4 (15.38%) Degree
5 4 (15.38%) HND
5 4 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.85%) CCNA
6 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.85%) HP ASE
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (3.85%) Server+ Certification
System Software
1 13 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 7 (26.92%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) vCenter Server
2 2 (7.69%) Ansible
2 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) Cisco
1 14 (53.85%) VMware
2 10 (38.46%) Dell
3 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
4 8 (30.77%) Veeam
5 6 (23.08%) CheckPoint
6 5 (19.23%) Ciena
6 5 (19.23%) Juniper
6 5 (19.23%) Nokia
7 4 (15.38%) IBM
8 2 (7.69%) F5
8 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
8 2 (7.69%) SAP
9 1 (3.85%) EMC
9 1 (3.85%) Google
9 1 (3.85%) Oracle