Palo Alto Contracts

Palo Alto
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 267 434
Rank change year-on-year -8 +167 +13
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 352 549 490
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.98% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.93% 2.26% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 387 340
10th Percentile £378 £313 £363
25th Percentile £431 £410 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +16.96%
75th Percentile £638 £609 £600
90th Percentile £747 £743 £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +8.46% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 21 1
Median hourly rate - £63.23 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year - +258.45% -73.77%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.00 £17.64
% change year-on-year - +251.47% -71.55%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,277 24,339 35,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.45% 43.42% 40.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,373 16,241 23,612
10th Percentile £263 £265 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 647 855
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.97 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%

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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 1 June 2024.

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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Top 14 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 1 June 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
England +16 320 £525 +5.00% 119
UK excluding London -39 167 £515 +8.46% 75
London +40 140 £525 -12.50% 53
Work from Home -1 123 £550 +8.48% 71
South East +14 68 £605 +21.00% 28
North of England -12 37 £437 +2.79% 12
North West +3 36 £434 +2.05% 10
South West +11 23 £646 +17.45% 8
East of England +3 21 £400 -20.00% 5
Midlands +5 15 £675 +52.97% 11
West Midlands 0 12 £750 +74.93% 7
Scotland -14 5 £553 +11.06% 12
East Midlands +8 3 £325 -44.92% 4
Yorkshire +1 1 £550 +18.92% 2

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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 8 (2.27%) Confluence
2 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.57%) IIS
3 2 (0.57%) nginx
3 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) WordPress
4 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.99%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 77 (21.88%) Azure
2 53 (15.06%) AWS
3 20 (5.68%) OCI
4 16 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.27%) GCP
5 8 (2.27%) GitHub
5 8 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 7 (1.99%) SaaS
7 6 (1.70%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.70%) Route 53
7 6 (1.70%) Slack
8 5 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.42%) AWS CloudTrail
8 5 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.14%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (1.14%) Asana
9 4 (1.14%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 261 (74.15%) Firewall
2 107 (30.40%) Network Security
3 102 (28.98%) WAN
4 101 (28.69%) Cisco ASA
5 88 (25.00%) BGP
6 86 (24.43%) OSPF
7 79 (22.44%) LAN
7 79 (22.44%) VPN
8 73 (20.74%) SD-WAN
9 68 (19.32%) Cisco ISE
10 66 (18.75%) Wireless
11 62 (17.61%) DNS
12 55 (15.63%) IPsec
13 51 (14.49%) Cisco Nexus
14 44 (12.50%) DHCP
15 42 (11.93%) EIGRP
16 38 (10.80%) MPLS
16 38 (10.80%) Wi-Fi
17 34 (9.66%) HSRP
18 33 (9.38%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.57%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.98%) JIRA
2 12 (3.41%) Git
3 11 (3.13%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.14%) GitLab
4 4 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
General
1 63 (17.90%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.61%) Finance
3 38 (10.80%) Public Sector
4 24 (6.82%) Telecoms
5 20 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.55%) Banking
7 12 (3.41%) Financial Institution
8 10 (2.84%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.27%) Legal
11 6 (1.70%) Marketing
11 6 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.70%) Retail
12 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.14%) Aeronautics
13 4 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.14%) Electronics
14 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 198 (56.25%) Network Engineer
2 54 (15.34%) Senior
3 45 (12.78%) Architect
4 41 (11.65%) Security Engineer
5 30 (8.52%) Network Security Engineer
5 30 (8.52%) Senior Network Engineer
6 27 (7.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.97%) Network Architect
8 18 (5.11%) Cisco Engineer
8 18 (5.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 15 (4.26%) Consultant
9 15 (4.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 14 (3.98%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 13 (3.69%) Network Consultant
11 13 (3.69%) Network Specialist
12 10 (2.84%) Storage Engineer
13 8 (2.27%) Analyst
13 8 (2.27%) Design Engineer
13 8 (2.27%) Technical Architect
14 7 (1.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.26%) Jinja
2 13 (3.69%) 802.1X
3 8 (2.27%) JSON
3 8 (2.27%) XML
4 7 (1.99%) NETCONF
4 7 (1.99%) YANG
5 5 (1.42%) Web Services
6 4 (1.14%) LDAP
6 4 (1.14%) Node.js
6 4 (1.14%) SAML
7 3 (0.85%) EDI
7 3 (0.85%) RESTful
8 2 (0.57%) LAMP
8 2 (0.57%) Regular Expression
9 1 (0.28%) OAuth
9 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (28.13%) Data Centre
2 21 (5.97%) PKI
3 12 (3.41%) Replication
3 12 (3.41%) Security Posture
4 10 (2.84%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.70%) Hedge funds
7 6 (1.70%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.70%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.70%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.42%) Clustering
9 4 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.85%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 40 (11.36%) Windows
2 33 (9.38%) Linux
3 32 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (4.26%) Windows 10
6 14 (3.98%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (3.98%) Windows XP
7 7 (1.99%) Unix
8 3 (0.85%) VMS
9 2 (0.57%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (14.77%) ITIL
3 40 (11.36%) Migration
4 38 (10.80%) Change Management
5 35 (9.94%) ITSM
6 33 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 33 (9.38%) Network Management
7 32 (9.09%) DevOps
7 32 (9.09%) Network Design
8 31 (8.81%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (7.10%) Agile
10 23 (6.53%) Cloud Security
11 22 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (6.25%) Load Balancing
12 21 (5.97%) Storage Management
13 20 (5.68%) High Availability
13 20 (5.68%) Project Management
14 19 (5.40%) Mentoring
14 19 (5.40%) Roadmaps
15 18 (5.11%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.20%) Python
2 24 (6.82%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.41%) Perl
3 12 (3.41%) Tcl
4 3 (0.85%) Bash
4 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 132 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 120 (34.09%) CCNP
3 115 (32.67%) Security Cleared
4 82 (23.30%) SC Cleared
5 64 (18.18%) CCNA
6 53 (15.06%) DV Cleared
7 32 (9.09%) CCIE
8 30 (8.52%) Degree
9 17 (4.83%) AWS Certification
10 11 (3.13%) JNCIA
11 10 (2.84%) CCSA
12 8 (2.27%) CISSP
13 7 (1.99%) CISM
14 6 (1.70%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (1.42%) CCDP
15 5 (1.42%) CCIE Data Center
16 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (1.14%) HND
16 4 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.56%) SLA
2 6 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.70%) NCSC
3 5 (1.42%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.14%) GDPR
5 2 (0.57%) COBIT
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.28%) ISA99
6 1 (0.28%) NIST
6 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 31 (8.81%) VMware NSX
2 29 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 29 (8.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.97%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (4.26%) Firmware
4 15 (4.26%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.85%) vSphere
7 2 (0.57%) Squid
Systems Management
1 27 (7.67%) FortiGate
1 27 (7.67%) Terraform
2 26 (7.39%) Ansible
3 22 (6.25%) vCenter Server
4 18 (5.11%) SCCM
5 15 (4.26%) WSUS
6 14 (3.98%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (3.98%) NetBackup
6 14 (3.98%) SCOM
7 11 (3.13%) Nessus
8 9 (2.56%) SolarWinds Orion
9 7 (1.99%) CASB
10 6 (1.70%) Kubernetes
10 6 (1.70%) Puppet
11 3 (0.85%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.85%) Kibana
12 2 (0.57%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.57%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.57%) VxRail
Vendors
1 256 (72.73%) Cisco
2 79 (22.44%) Juniper
3 70 (19.89%) CheckPoint
3 70 (19.89%) F5
4 60 (17.05%) Fortinet
5 55 (15.63%) VMware
6 52 (14.77%) Microsoft
7 48 (13.64%) SolarWinds
8 38 (10.80%) Dell
9 28 (7.95%) Zscaler
10 27 (7.67%) Citrix
11 25 (7.10%) Meraki
12 24 (6.82%) Veeam
13 21 (5.97%) Extreme Networks
14 20 (5.68%) Symantec
15 19 (5.40%) Aruba
16 17 (4.83%) Infoblox
17 16 (4.55%) HP
18 15 (4.26%) Oracle
19 14 (3.98%) EMC