Palo Alto Contracts in the Thames Valley

Palo Alto
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 136 149
Rank change year-on-year +30 +13 -18
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 34 14 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.29% 0.49% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 2.70% 1.03% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 8 9
10th Percentile £546 £461 £453
25th Percentile £603 £481 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £510 £568
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% -10.21% +36.12%
75th Percentile £825 £586 £700
90th Percentile £911 £615 £708
South East median daily rate £605 £481 £475
% change year-on-year +25.89% +1.17% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £78.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £62.00 -

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,259 1,355 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 47.78% 47.59% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 789 931 1,058
10th Percentile £205 £300 £185
25th Percentile £363 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £593
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 47 51
10th Percentile £16.13 £18.08 £10.75
25th Percentile £20.17 £23.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +284.62% -
75th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £29.75
90th Percentile £63.21 £80.25 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year +5.56% +130.53% -7.05%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Berkshire +6 21 £605 +7.56% 6
Buckinghamshire +29 12 £800 +66.47% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £425 - 4
Palo Alto
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 16 (47.06%) Azure
2 14 (41.18%) OCI
3 1 (2.94%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) GCP
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (91.18%) Firewall
2 15 (44.12%) Cisco ASA
3 14 (41.18%) DHCP
3 14 (41.18%) DNS
3 14 (41.18%) Network Security
3 14 (41.18%) SAN
4 12 (35.29%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (17.65%) WAN
6 4 (11.76%) Wireless
7 3 (8.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (8.82%) LAN
7 3 (8.82%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (5.88%) SD-WAN
8 2 (5.88%) VoIP
9 1 (2.94%) SSL
9 1 (2.94%) VPN
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.88%) Electronics
4 2 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Marketing
4 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (29.41%) Storage Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Network Engineer
4 7 (20.59%) Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Network Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Network Security Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Security Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Juniper Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Server Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) VMware Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Cisco Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Cisco Network Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Cisco Security Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Network Security Consultant
8 1 (2.94%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (58.82%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.82%) CCTV
3 3 (8.82%) Operational Technology
3 3 (8.82%) SCADA
4 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.94%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Linux
1 14 (41.18%) Windows
1 14 (41.18%) Windows 10
1 14 (41.18%) Windows Server
1 14 (41.18%) Windows Server 2012
1 14 (41.18%) Windows Server 2016
1 14 (41.18%) Windows Server 2019
1 14 (41.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (47.06%) Performance Tuning
3 14 (41.18%) Break/Fix
3 14 (41.18%) Converged Infrastructure
3 14 (41.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (41.18%) ITIL
3 14 (41.18%) Performance Monitoring
3 14 (41.18%) Proactive Monitoring
3 14 (41.18%) Project Management
3 14 (41.18%) Server Management
3 14 (41.18%) Storage Management
4 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
5 7 (20.59%) Time Management
6 3 (8.82%) Network Design
6 3 (8.82%) Network Virtualisation
7 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.88%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (88.24%) CCNP
1 30 (88.24%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (76.47%) DV Cleared
2 26 (76.47%) Security Cleared
3 18 (52.94%) CCNA
4 16 (47.06%) Degree
4 16 (47.06%) SC Cleared
5 6 (17.65%) CISM
6 4 (11.76%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 14 (41.18%) Hyper-V
2 14 (41.18%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (8.82%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (41.18%) EMC NetWorker
1 14 (41.18%) NetBackup
1 14 (41.18%) SCCM
1 14 (41.18%) SCOM
1 14 (41.18%) vCenter Server
1 14 (41.18%) WSUS
2 11 (32.35%) Nessus
3 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (97.06%) Cisco
2 26 (76.47%) Juniper
3 17 (50.00%) VMware
4 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
5 14 (41.18%) 3PAR
5 14 (41.18%) Dell
5 14 (41.18%) EMC
5 14 (41.18%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (41.18%) HP
5 14 (41.18%) Oracle
5 14 (41.18%) Symantec
5 14 (41.18%) Veeam
6 12 (35.29%) ScienceLogic
7 3 (8.82%) CheckPoint
8 2 (5.88%) SAP
9 1 (2.94%) Fortinet