Palo Alto Contracts in England

Palo Alto
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 311 470
Rank change year-on-year +38 +159 -45
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 301 391 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.82% 0.80% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 1.94% 1.90% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 272 236
10th Percentile £378 £305 £353
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £578
90th Percentile £775 £743 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 20 3
10th Percentile - £52.05 £27.92
25th Percentile - £58.03 £43.35
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year - -10.21% +2.68%
75th Percentile - £77.06 -
90th Percentile - £80.33 -
UK median hourly rate - £63.23 £69.05
% change year-on-year - -8.43% +2.68%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,534 20,539 27,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.22% 41.87% 39.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,857 14,126 18,815
10th Percentile £263 £266 £275
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £638
90th Percentile £749 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 592 771
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.02 £11.90
25th Percentile £14.37 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.23 £38.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.27% +83.33% -
75th Percentile £57.33 £63.94 £45.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +32 131 £525 -8.70% 55
South East +31 68 £605 +25.89% 25
North of England +6 35 £434 +15.65% 6
North West +10 34 £433 +18.75% 4
South West +19 22 £646 +18.80% 4
East of England +2 16 £450 -14.29% 5
Midlands +21 15 £750 +62.16% 6
West Midlands +11 12 £750 +66.67% 6
East Midlands +19 3 £325 -53.57%
Yorkshire +1 1 £550 +10.00% 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.99%) Confluence
2 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.00%) IIS
3 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.00%) WordPress
4 2 (0.66%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 71 (23.59%) Azure
2 44 (14.62%) AWS
3 20 (6.64%) OCI
4 15 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 8 (2.66%) Route 53
7 6 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (1.99%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.99%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.99%) GCP
7 6 (1.99%) GitHub
8 5 (1.66%) AWS CloudTrail
8 5 (1.66%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.33%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (1.33%) Asana
9 4 (1.33%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.33%) Slack
9 4 (1.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 219 (72.76%) Firewall
2 92 (30.56%) WAN
3 90 (29.90%) Network Security
4 85 (28.24%) Cisco ASA
5 80 (26.58%) LAN
6 70 (23.26%) VPN
7 69 (22.92%) Wireless
8 67 (22.26%) BGP
9 66 (21.93%) OSPF
10 58 (19.27%) DNS
11 57 (18.94%) SD-WAN
12 55 (18.27%) Cisco ISE
13 44 (14.62%) DHCP
14 41 (13.62%) Cisco Nexus
14 41 (13.62%) IPsec
15 34 (11.30%) WLAN
16 33 (10.96%) MPLS
16 33 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
17 27 (8.97%) EIGRP
18 24 (7.97%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.65%) Git
2 10 (3.32%) JIRA
3 7 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.33%) GitLab
4 4 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
General
1 56 (18.60%) Finance
2 55 (18.27%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.63%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.31%) Telecoms
5 17 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.99%) Banking
7 9 (2.99%) Legal
8 8 (2.66%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.99%) Marketing
11 5 (1.66%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.33%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.33%) Electronics
13 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.66%) Law
14 2 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 166 (55.15%) Network Engineer
2 44 (14.62%) Architect
2 44 (14.62%) Senior
3 33 (10.96%) Security Engineer
4 28 (9.30%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (7.31%) Network Security Engineer
7 18 (5.98%) Network Architect
8 15 (4.98%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (4.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (4.98%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 13 (4.32%) Network Specialist
10 11 (3.65%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 10 (3.32%) Analyst
11 10 (3.32%) Storage Engineer
12 7 (2.33%) Consultant
12 7 (2.33%) Network Analyst
12 7 (2.33%) Network Security Analyst
12 7 (2.33%) Security Analyst
12 7 (2.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.65%) Jinja
2 11 (3.65%) 802.1X
3 7 (2.33%) JSON
3 7 (2.33%) XML
4 6 (1.99%) NETCONF
4 6 (1.99%) YANG
5 5 (1.66%) Web Services
6 4 (1.33%) LDAP
6 4 (1.33%) Node.js
6 4 (1.33%) SAML
7 3 (1.00%) EDI
7 3 (1.00%) LAMP
8 2 (0.66%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.66%) RESTful
9 1 (0.33%) OAuth
9 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (32.23%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.64%) PKI
3 11 (3.65%) Replication
4 10 (3.32%) Operational Technology
5 9 (2.99%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.66%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.66%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.33%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.99%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.66%) Clustering
9 5 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.33%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.33%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 42 (13.95%) Windows
2 34 (11.30%) Windows Server
3 31 (10.30%) Linux
4 17 (5.65%) Windows Server 2012
4 17 (5.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (5.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (5.32%) Windows 10
6 14 (4.65%) Windows XP
7 5 (1.66%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.33%) Unix
8 4 (1.33%) VMS
9 2 (0.66%) CentOS
10 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (16.28%) ITIL
3 38 (12.62%) Change Management
4 37 (12.29%) Migration
5 31 (10.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (8.64%) ITSM
8 25 (8.31%) DevOps
9 24 (7.97%) Storage Management
10 21 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (6.64%) Cloud Security
11 20 (6.64%) Infrastructure as Code
11 20 (6.64%) Mentoring
11 20 (6.64%) Project Management
12 19 (6.31%) Network Design
12 19 (6.31%) Network Management
13 18 (5.98%) Load Balancing
13 18 (5.98%) Roadmaps
13 18 (5.98%) Server Management
14 17 (5.65%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (14.62%) Python
2 26 (8.64%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.99%) Perl
3 12 (3.99%) Tcl
4 4 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) Bash
5 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 115 (38.21%) Cisco Certification
2 104 (34.55%) CCNP
2 104 (34.55%) Security Cleared
3 73 (24.25%) SC Cleared
4 54 (17.94%) CCNA
5 52 (17.28%) DV Cleared
6 29 (9.63%) Degree
7 20 (6.64%) CCIE
8 12 (3.99%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.65%) JNCIA
10 8 (2.66%) CISM
11 7 (2.33%) CCSA
12 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.66%) CCDP
13 5 (1.66%) CCIE Data Center
14 4 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.33%) CISSP
14 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.32%) SLA
2 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.33%) NCSC
4 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.33%) ISA99
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 30 (9.97%) Active Directory
2 28 (9.30%) VMware NSX
3 26 (8.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.98%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.98%) Firmware
5 15 (4.98%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.33%) vSphere
8 2 (0.66%) Squid
9 1 (0.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 27 (8.97%) FortiGate
2 25 (8.31%) Terraform
3 22 (7.31%) vCenter Server
4 20 (6.64%) Ansible
5 17 (5.65%) SCCM
6 15 (4.98%) WSUS
7 14 (4.65%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (4.65%) NetBackup
7 14 (4.65%) SCOM
8 12 (3.99%) Nessus
9 8 (2.66%) SolarWinds Orion
10 6 (1.99%) Kubernetes
11 5 (1.66%) CASB
12 4 (1.33%) CSIRT
12 4 (1.33%) Puppet
13 3 (1.00%) Kibana
13 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.66%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.66%) Nagios
14 2 (0.66%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 214 (71.10%) Cisco
2 72 (23.92%) Juniper
3 62 (20.60%) CheckPoint
4 60 (19.93%) F5
5 52 (17.28%) VMware
6 51 (16.94%) Fortinet
7 49 (16.28%) Microsoft
8 38 (12.62%) Dell
9 36 (11.96%) SolarWinds
10 25 (8.31%) Veeam
11 24 (7.97%) Meraki
12 23 (7.64%) Zscaler
13 21 (6.98%) Extreme Networks
14 20 (6.64%) Symantec
15 18 (5.98%) Citrix
16 17 (5.65%) Infoblox
17 16 (5.32%) Aruba
17 16 (5.32%) HP
18 15 (4.98%) Oracle
19 14 (4.65%) EMC