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 13 July 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
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 222 215
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 +156
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 129 135 273
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 0.94% 1.14%
As % of the Vendors category 2.71% 2.17% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 95 191
10th Percentile £388 £370 £375
25th Percentile £418 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £700
90th Percentile £838 £675 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £66.30
25th Percentile - - £76.50
Median hourly rate - - £78.50
75th Percentile - - £80.63
90th Percentile - - £81.00
UK median hourly rate £77.00 - £74.99
% change year-on-year - - +85.46%

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 4,757 6,221 10,572
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.96% 43.31% 44.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,982 3,942 6,979
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £645
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 198 248
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.16 £18.03 £24.13
Median hourly rate £41.50 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.57% -30.00% +32.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.09 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.27 £75.08 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £25.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year +0.60% -36.87% +80.00%

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 13 July 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 (1.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.78%) Apache
2 1 (0.78%) IIS
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 51 (39.53%) Azure
2 33 (25.58%) AWS
3 27 (20.93%) GCP
4 13 (10.08%) SaaS
5 12 (9.30%) AWS CloudFormation
5 12 (9.30%) IaaS
5 12 (9.30%) PaaS
6 8 (6.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (5.43%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.88%) Akamai
9 4 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (2.33%) Asana
10 3 (2.33%) Slack
11 2 (1.55%) GitHub
11 2 (1.55%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.78%) Datadog
12 1 (0.78%) npm
12 1 (0.78%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 98 (75.97%) Firewall
2 41 (31.78%) BGP
2 41 (31.78%) OSPF
3 39 (30.23%) VPN
4 34 (26.36%) WAN
5 30 (23.26%) TCP/IP
6 29 (22.48%) Network Security
7 27 (20.93%) DNS
8 23 (17.83%) LAN
8 23 (17.83%) SD-WAN
9 18 (13.95%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (13.18%) DHCP
11 15 (11.63%) Cisco Nexus
12 13 (10.08%) HTTP
12 13 (10.08%) NGFW
12 13 (10.08%) Wireless
13 12 (9.30%) HTTPS
13 12 (9.30%) VLAN
14 11 (8.53%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (6.98%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) InfluxDB
1 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (5.43%) JIRA
2 3 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.18%) Finance
3 7 (5.43%) Law
3 7 (5.43%) Military
3 7 (5.43%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.65%) Marketing
5 5 (3.88%) Legal
6 4 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.33%) Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.78%) Aviation
9 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.78%) Local Government
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Police
9 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (40.31%) Network Engineer
2 21 (16.28%) Architect
3 14 (10.85%) Security Engineer
4 12 (9.30%) Cloud Architect
4 12 (9.30%) Cloud Native Architect
4 12 (9.30%) Consultant
4 12 (9.30%) Technical Architect
5 11 (8.53%) Support Engineer
6 10 (7.75%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (6.98%) Senior
8 8 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Network Security Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Network Support
8 8 (6.20%) Network Support Engineer
9 7 (5.43%) Network Architect
9 7 (5.43%) Network Security Architect
9 7 (5.43%) Security Architect
10 6 (4.65%) AWS Architect
10 6 (4.65%) Lead
10 6 (4.65%) Security Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) ADO
2 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.78%) LDAP
2 1 (0.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.85%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.30%) Cloud Native
3 8 (6.20%) Anti-Spyware
3 8 (6.20%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.33%) SCADA
5 2 (1.55%) CSOC
5 2 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.55%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.55%) PKI
6 1 (0.78%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.75%) Windows
2 5 (3.88%) Linux
3 3 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.55%) VMS
5 1 (0.78%) Android
5 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.78%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.78%) Unix
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (17.05%) Incident Response
1 22 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
2 19 (14.73%) Security Operations
3 18 (13.95%) Cloud Security
4 17 (13.18%) Migration
5 15 (11.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 14 (10.85%) Agile
6 14 (10.85%) Network Monitoring
6 14 (10.85%) SIEM
7 13 (10.08%) ITIL
7 13 (10.08%) Network Design
8 12 (9.30%) Sprint Planning
8 12 (9.30%) Test Automation
9 10 (7.75%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (7.75%) Kalman Filter
10 9 (6.98%) Network Management
10 9 (6.98%) Zero Trust
11 8 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (6.20%) Load Balancing
11 8 (6.20%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.50%) Python
2 17 (13.18%) PowerShell
3 12 (9.30%) Bicep
4 4 (3.10%) SQL
5 1 (0.78%) Bash
5 1 (0.78%) Java
5 1 (0.78%) Perl
5 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (18.60%) SC Cleared
1 24 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.40%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (12.40%) CISSP
3 15 (11.63%) CCNP
3 15 (11.63%) SANS
4 14 (10.85%) GIAC
5 10 (7.75%) Degree
6 4 (3.10%) CCIE
7 3 (2.33%) CCNA
8 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.78%) CCIE Wireless
8 1 (0.78%) CCSP
8 1 (0.78%) CISA
8 1 (0.78%) CRISC
8 1 (0.78%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.78%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.78%) GSEC
8 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.95%) NIST
2 15 (11.63%) PCI DSS
3 14 (10.85%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 11 (8.53%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.78%) KVM
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (18.60%) Terraform
2 9 (6.98%) Ansible
2 9 (6.98%) FortiGate
3 5 (3.88%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.33%) CASB
5 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.55%) Nagios
6 1 (0.78%) Grafana
6 1 (0.78%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.78%) Icinga
6 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.78%) Observium
6 1 (0.78%) Plesk
6 1 (0.78%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.78%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 73 (56.59%) Cisco
2 34 (26.36%) CheckPoint
3 32 (24.81%) Fortinet
4 14 (10.85%) Juniper
4 14 (10.85%) Microsoft
5 13 (10.08%) SolarWinds
6 12 (9.30%) F5
7 9 (6.98%) Aruba
7 9 (6.98%) Zscaler
8 8 (6.20%) Infoblox
8 8 (6.20%) ServiceNow
9 6 (4.65%) Splunk
10 5 (3.88%) Google
10 5 (3.88%) Meraki
10 5 (3.88%) Qualys
11 4 (3.10%) Arista
11 4 (3.10%) Imperva
12 3 (2.33%) NetScout
12 3 (2.33%) Red Hat
12 3 (2.33%) VMware