Palo Alto Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Palo Alto
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 225 246
Rank change year-on-year +66 +21 +165
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 150 120 251
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.51% 0.78% 0.97%
As % of the Vendors category 3.30% 1.84% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 82 184
10th Percentile £384 £313 £375
25th Percentile £403 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £553 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +5.60% +4.65%
75th Percentile £681 £684 £656
90th Percentile £838 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.43% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £45.78
25th Percentile - £58.50 £70.03
Median hourly rate - £63.00 £78.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.75% -
75th Percentile - £67.50 £80.44
90th Percentile - - £81.00
UK median hourly rate - £63.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year - +0.61% -9.32%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,540 6,506 11,129
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.84% 42.40% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,024 7,488
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 220 258
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.92 £17.87
25th Percentile £19.56 £16.93 £31.81
Median hourly rate £47.25 £32.31 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% -40.72% +55.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Palo Alto
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Palo Alto trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Palo Alto.

Palo Alto daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Palo Alto daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Palo Alto
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Palo Alto.

Palo Alto hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (1.33%) Confluence
2 1 (0.67%) Apache
2 1 (0.67%) IIS
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 56 (37.33%) Azure
2 35 (23.33%) AWS
3 25 (16.67%) GCP
3 25 (16.67%) IaaS
3 25 (16.67%) PaaS
3 25 (16.67%) SaaS
4 19 (12.67%) AWS CloudFormation
5 9 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (5.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (4.00%) Asana
7 6 (4.00%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.00%) Slack
8 3 (2.00%) Akamai
9 2 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.33%) GitHub
9 2 (1.33%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.67%) Datadog
10 1 (0.67%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 106 (70.67%) Firewall
2 60 (40.00%) BGP
3 57 (38.00%) OSPF
4 50 (33.33%) VPN
5 45 (30.00%) TCP/IP
6 40 (26.67%) DNS
7 32 (21.33%) Network Security
8 31 (20.67%) WAN
9 25 (16.67%) DHCP
10 23 (15.33%) LAN
11 20 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
11 20 (13.33%) VLAN
12 19 (12.67%) HTTP
13 18 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (12.00%) HTTPS
13 18 (12.00%) NGFW
13 18 (12.00%) SD-WAN
13 18 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (11.33%) Wireless
15 15 (10.00%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.67%) InfluxDB
1 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (4.67%) JIRA
2 3 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.67%) GitLab
General
1 27 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.67%) Finance
3 12 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.67%) Military
6 5 (3.33%) Law
6 5 (3.33%) Legal
7 4 (2.67%) Marketing
8 2 (1.33%) Banking
8 2 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.33%) Local Government
8 2 (1.33%) Retail
9 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.67%) Aviation
9 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Police
9 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 41 (27.33%) Architect
3 27 (18.00%) Technical Architect
4 22 (14.67%) Cloud Architect
5 18 (12.00%) Cloud Native Architect
6 17 (11.33%) Senior
7 14 (9.33%) Security Architect
8 13 (8.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 13 (8.67%) Security Engineer
8 13 (8.67%) Support Engineer
9 11 (7.33%) Network Security Architect
10 9 (6.00%) AWS Architect
10 9 (6.00%) Network Architect
10 9 (6.00%) Security Technical Architect
11 8 (5.33%) Operations Engineer
11 8 (5.33%) Senior Architect
11 8 (5.33%) Senior Technical Architect
12 7 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Network Support
12 7 (4.67%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.67%) ADO
2 1 (0.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.67%) LDAP
2 1 (0.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 18 (12.00%) Data Centre
3 10 (6.67%) PKI
4 9 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.33%) Security Posture
6 7 (4.67%) Anti-Spyware
7 6 (4.00%) CSOC
7 6 (4.00%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.67%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.33%) SCADA
9 2 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.67%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.67%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.67%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.67%) Windows
2 9 (6.00%) Linux
3 7 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (4.67%) VMS
4 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) Android
5 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.67%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.67%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.67%) Unix
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 20 (13.33%) SIEM
3 18 (12.00%) Sprint Planning
3 18 (12.00%) Test Automation
4 17 (11.33%) Migration
5 16 (10.67%) Incident Response
5 16 (10.67%) ITIL
6 15 (10.00%) Agile
6 15 (10.00%) Security Operations
7 14 (9.33%) Network Monitoring
7 14 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (8.00%) CI/CD
8 12 (8.00%) Cloud Security
8 12 (8.00%) DevSecOps
9 11 (7.33%) Network Design
10 10 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (6.67%) Network Management
10 10 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (6.67%) SOAR
10 10 (6.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.67%) Bicep
2 14 (9.33%) Python
3 8 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.33%) Bash
4 2 (1.33%) SQL
5 1 (0.67%) Perl
5 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (24.00%) SC Cleared
1 36 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.33%) CCNP
2 20 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (6.00%) Degree
4 8 (5.33%) CISSP
5 7 (4.67%) GIAC
5 7 (4.67%) MCSE
5 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (4.00%) SANS
7 4 (2.67%) CCIE
7 4 (2.67%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.00%) CCNA
9 2 (1.33%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.33%) CEH
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.67%) CCIE Wireless
10 1 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.00%) NIST
2 10 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (6.00%) NCSC
4 6 (4.00%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.33%) HIPAA
6 3 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 12 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 12 (8.00%) VMware NSX
2 10 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.33%) Firmware
3 2 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.67%) KVM
4 1 (0.67%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (20.00%) Terraform
2 9 (6.00%) FortiGate
3 8 (5.33%) Ansible
4 4 (2.67%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (2.00%) QRadar
6 2 (1.33%) CASB
6 2 (1.33%) Nagios
7 1 (0.67%) Grafana
7 1 (0.67%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.67%) Icinga
7 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.67%) Observium
7 1 (0.67%) Plesk
7 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.67%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 98 (65.33%) Cisco
2 41 (27.33%) CheckPoint
2 41 (27.33%) Fortinet
3 22 (14.67%) F5
4 19 (12.67%) Microsoft
5 14 (9.33%) SolarWinds
6 13 (8.67%) Juniper
6 13 (8.67%) Meraki
6 13 (8.67%) Splunk
7 12 (8.00%) VMware
7 12 (8.00%) Zscaler
8 10 (6.67%) Aruba
9 9 (6.00%) ServiceNow
10 8 (5.33%) Google
11 7 (4.67%) Infoblox
11 7 (4.67%) Red Hat
12 4 (2.67%) Arista
12 4 (2.67%) NetScout
13 2 (1.33%) Imperva
13 2 (1.33%) Qualys