Palo Alto Contracts

Palo Alto
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 17 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 266 217
Rank change year-on-year -1 -49 +193
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 319 343 621
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.89% 1.20%
As % of the Vendors category 2.03% 2.02% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 236 429
10th Percentile £388 £400 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £613 £608 £631
90th Percentile £700 £650 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £523 £450
% change year-on-year -7.66% +16.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 11
10th Percentile £26.76 - £54.00
25th Percentile £29.00 - £60.50
Median hourly rate £77.00 - £62.00
75th Percentile £89.63 - £67.99
90th Percentile £92.80 - £75.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £89.63 - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +53.33%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,698 16,949 23,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.36% 43.74% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,570 10,585 15,019
10th Percentile £275 £288 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 832 665
10th Percentile £14.40 £13.50 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% -29.29% +80.00%
75th Percentile £47.12 £61.60 £62.00
90th Percentile £67.60 £70.00 £73.23
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £30.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -9.84% +53.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Palo Alto in the UK

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Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England -6 267 £500 -4.76% 156
UK excluding London -9 147 £483 -7.66% 90
London +1 121 £500 -4.76% 72
Work from Home +15 109 £500 -4.76% 73
North of England +14 50 £476 -7.52% 27
North West +15 45 £498 -3.30% 15
South East -11 35 £475 -13.64% 27
South West +30 19 £550 - 10
Midlands -9 16 £525 - 11
Scotland -1 14 £425 +6.25% 9
West Midlands -9 13 £537 -2.36% 8
East of England -10 11 £700 +33.33% 7
Yorkshire -11 4 £310 - 9
East Midlands +2 3 £430 +1.18% 3
Wales +3 2 £478 -2.05%
North East - 1 £325 - 3

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
3 2 (0.63%) nginx
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 96 (30.09%) Azure
2 56 (17.55%) AWS
3 34 (10.66%) GCP
4 18 (5.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 16 (5.02%) SaaS
6 14 (4.39%) PaaS
7 13 (4.08%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (2.51%) Amazon ELB
9 8 (2.51%) Amazon S3
9 8 (2.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (2.19%) Akamai
11 4 (1.25%) Asana
11 4 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.25%) Slack
12 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.94%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 239 (74.92%) Firewall
2 94 (29.47%) Network Security
3 93 (29.15%) VPN
4 85 (26.65%) WAN
5 77 (24.14%) BGP
6 73 (22.88%) OSPF
7 52 (16.30%) TCP/IP
8 46 (14.42%) SD-WAN
9 43 (13.48%) LAN
10 42 (13.17%) DNS
11 38 (11.91%) Cisco ASA
12 37 (11.60%) NGFW
12 37 (11.60%) VLAN
13 35 (10.97%) Wi-Fi
14 32 (10.03%) Wireless
15 27 (8.46%) IPsec
16 26 (8.15%) Cisco Nexus
17 24 (7.52%) Cisco ISE
17 24 (7.52%) MPLS
18 20 (6.27%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
1 2 (0.63%) Power BI
2 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.31%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (4.39%) Git
2 12 (3.76%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.76%) JIRA
3 11 (3.45%) GitLab
4 9 (2.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.94%) Bitbucket
General
1 66 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 32 (10.03%) Finance
3 26 (8.15%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.39%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.13%) Banking
6 10 (3.13%) Legal
7 9 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.82%) Law
8 8 (2.51%) Marketing
8 8 (2.51%) Military
9 7 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.25%) Local Government
13 3 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.94%) Public Speaking
14 2 (0.63%) Advertising
15 1 (0.31%) Automotive
15 1 (0.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 150 (47.02%) Network Engineer
2 36 (11.29%) Security Engineer
3 31 (9.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 29 (9.09%) Senior
5 26 (8.15%) Consultant
6 25 (7.84%) Support Engineer
7 24 (7.52%) Architect
7 24 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (7.52%) Network Security Engineer
8 20 (6.27%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (5.96%) Network Architect
10 17 (5.33%) Network Support
10 17 (5.33%) Network Support Engineer
11 16 (5.02%) Analyst
12 14 (4.39%) Senior Network Engineer
13 11 (3.45%) Lead
13 11 (3.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.45%) Security Analyst
14 10 (3.13%) Security Consultant
15 9 (2.82%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.33%) ADO
2 16 (5.02%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.25%) JSON
4 2 (0.63%) Middleware
4 2 (0.63%) REST
4 2 (0.63%) XML
5 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.31%) LDAP
5 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (15.67%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.64%) Anti-Spyware
3 16 (5.02%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.13%) Blackberry
4 10 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.19%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.88%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.25%) PKI
10 3 (0.94%) Blog
10 3 (0.94%) CMDB
10 3 (0.94%) CSOC
10 3 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.94%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.46%) Windows
2 12 (3.76%) Linux
3 5 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.25%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.94%) VMS
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (15.99%) Migration
2 44 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (13.48%) SIEM
4 41 (12.85%) Incident Response
5 37 (11.60%) Cloud Security
6 36 (11.29%) Security Operations
7 35 (10.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 34 (10.66%) Agile
9 33 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (10.03%) Network Design
11 31 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 31 (9.72%) Zero Trust
12 27 (8.46%) Load Balancing
13 26 (8.15%) Network Monitoring
14 25 (7.84%) ITIL
14 25 (7.84%) Network Management
15 23 (7.21%) High Availability
15 23 (7.21%) Root Cause Analysis
16 21 (6.58%) Kalman Filter
16 21 (6.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 61 (19.12%) Python
2 31 (9.72%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.08%) Bash
4 7 (2.19%) SQL
5 5 (1.57%) Perl
6 3 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.63%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Go
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (28.84%) Security Cleared
2 82 (25.71%) SC Cleared
3 76 (23.82%) Cisco Certification
4 62 (19.44%) CCNP
5 31 (9.72%) Degree
6 20 (6.27%) CISSP
7 17 (5.33%) SANS
8 15 (4.70%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.70%) GIAC
9 13 (4.08%) CCNA
10 12 (3.76%) CCSA
11 10 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (2.82%) CCSE
13 8 (2.51%) CCIE
14 7 (2.19%) Check Point Certification
15 6 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (1.88%) JNCIA
16 4 (1.25%) A+ Certification
16 4 (1.25%) CCDP
16 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.84%) NIST
2 19 (5.96%) PCI DSS
3 14 (4.39%) HIPAA
4 11 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.51%) GDPR
6 3 (0.94%) SLA
7 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.63%) GRC
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.63%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.63%) PSD2
7 2 (0.63%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.45%) Docker
4 5 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.94%) Firmware
6 3 (0.94%) vSphere
7 2 (0.63%) Snort
7 2 (0.63%) Squid
7 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.31%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.31%) iptables
8 1 (0.31%) KVM
Systems Management
1 43 (13.48%) Ansible
2 37 (11.60%) Terraform
3 19 (5.96%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.19%) CASB
4 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.57%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.57%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.57%) QRadar
6 4 (1.25%) Nagios
6 4 (1.25%) SCCM
7 3 (0.94%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.63%) Grafana
8 2 (0.63%) Icinga
8 2 (0.63%) Nessus
8 2 (0.63%) Nexpose
8 2 (0.63%) Observium
8 2 (0.63%) Suricata
8 2 (0.63%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 192 (60.19%) Cisco
2 80 (25.08%) CheckPoint
3 59 (18.50%) F5
4 55 (17.24%) Fortinet
5 53 (16.61%) Juniper
6 46 (14.42%) Microsoft
7 35 (10.97%) Meraki
8 34 (10.66%) Zscaler
9 32 (10.03%) SolarWinds
10 25 (7.84%) Splunk
11 24 (7.52%) VMware
12 20 (6.27%) Infoblox
12 20 (6.27%) ServiceNow
13 18 (5.64%) Aruba
14 12 (3.76%) CrowdStrike
14 12 (3.76%) Nokia
15 11 (3.45%) Ericsson
16 10 (3.13%) Avaya
16 10 (3.13%) Google
16 10 (3.13%) Ribbon