Palo Alto Contracts in England

Palo Alto
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 June 2024, 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
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 269 434
Rank change year-on-year +9 +165 +29
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 329 457 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.97% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 2.06% 2.26% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 321 276
10th Percentile £380 £338 £363
25th Percentile £431 £415 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £745 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 2
10th Percentile - £52.13 £22.20
25th Percentile - £61.00 £29.04
Median hourly rate - £62.62 £40.44
Median % change year-on-year - +54.85% -44.23%
75th Percentile - £79.19 £51.83
90th Percentile - £80.48 £58.67
UK median hourly rate - £63.23 £40.44
% change year-on-year - +56.37% -44.80%

All Vendors
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,948 20,186 28,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.74% 42.80% 40.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,074 13,804 19,698
10th Percentile £275 £270 £288
25th Percentile £410 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £740
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,072 547 755
10th Percentile £12.49 £14.90 £12.22
25th Percentile £14.71 £18.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.47 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.72% +51.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £59.96 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £67.44
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £40.59 £21.64
% change year-on-year -40.43% +87.57% +5.56%

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 27 June 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 27 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
London +23 149 £525 -16.00% 24
South East -4 59 £560 +12.00% 19
North of England -8 40 £440 +3.53% 10
North West -5 39 £437 +2.79% 6
South West +12 25 £598 +8.73% 6
East of England +6 24 £488 -10.14% 3
Midlands -13 15 £600 +41.18% 8
West Midlands -5 13 £750 +81.82% 5
East Midlands +3 2 £375 -36.44% 3
Yorkshire -4 1 £550 +10.00% 4
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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 9 (2.74%) Confluence
2 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.91%) IIS
3 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.61%) nginx
4 2 (0.61%) WordPress
5 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 68 (20.67%) Azure
2 49 (14.89%) AWS
3 19 (5.78%) OCI
4 15 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.04%) GitHub
5 10 (3.04%) SaaS
6 8 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (2.13%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.82%) PaaS
8 6 (1.82%) Route 53
9 5 (1.52%) Asana
9 5 (1.52%) AWS CloudTrail
9 5 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.52%) GCP
9 5 (1.52%) Slack
10 4 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.22%) Amazon ECR
10 4 (1.22%) AWS Direct Connect
10 4 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 236 (71.73%) Firewall
2 95 (28.88%) Network Security
3 94 (28.57%) WAN
4 84 (25.53%) Cisco ASA
5 80 (24.32%) BGP
6 77 (23.40%) OSPF
7 76 (23.10%) LAN
8 75 (22.80%) VPN
9 71 (21.58%) SD-WAN
10 61 (18.54%) Wireless
11 57 (17.33%) DNS
12 55 (16.72%) Cisco ISE
13 50 (15.20%) Cisco Nexus
14 43 (13.07%) IPsec
15 40 (12.16%) Cisco Firepower
15 40 (12.16%) DHCP
16 38 (11.55%) MPLS
17 37 (11.25%) EIGRP
18 34 (10.33%) Wi-Fi
19 27 (8.21%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (6.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 16 (4.86%) JIRA
3 12 (3.65%) Git
4 4 (1.22%) GitLab
5 3 (0.91%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
General
1 71 (21.58%) Finance
2 64 (19.45%) Social Skills
3 29 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.90%) Telecoms
5 22 (6.69%) Banking
6 16 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.65%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.04%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.43%) Legal
10 6 (1.82%) Retail
11 5 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.52%) Marketing
12 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Aeronautics
13 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.91%) Electronics
13 3 (0.91%) Law
13 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 201 (61.09%) Network Engineer
2 47 (14.29%) Architect
2 47 (14.29%) Senior
3 40 (12.16%) Security Engineer
4 31 (9.42%) Senior Network Engineer
5 29 (8.81%) Network Security Engineer
6 27 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (7.60%) Network Architect
8 20 (6.08%) Cisco Engineer
8 20 (6.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 15 (4.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 14 (4.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 12 (3.65%) Technical Architect
12 10 (3.04%) Storage Engineer
13 9 (2.74%) Design Engineer
14 8 (2.43%) Consultant
15 7 (2.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 7 (2.13%) Network Technical Architect
15 7 (2.13%) Operations Engineer
15 7 (2.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.26%) Jinja
2 9 (2.74%) 802.1X
3 7 (2.13%) JSON
3 7 (2.13%) XML
4 6 (1.82%) NETCONF
4 6 (1.82%) YANG
5 5 (1.52%) Web Services
6 4 (1.22%) LDAP
6 4 (1.22%) Node.js
6 4 (1.22%) SAML
7 2 (0.61%) EDI
7 2 (0.61%) LAMP
7 2 (0.61%) RESTful
8 1 (0.30%) OAuth
8 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.30%) Regular Expression
8 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 103 (31.31%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.56%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.26%) PKI
4 10 (3.04%) Replication
4 10 (3.04%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.43%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.13%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.82%) Hedge funds
7 6 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.82%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.52%) Clustering
8 5 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.22%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (13.68%) Windows
2 35 (10.64%) Windows Server
3 34 (10.33%) Linux
4 17 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (4.86%) Windows 10
6 12 (3.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (3.65%) Windows XP
7 7 (2.13%) Unix
8 3 (0.91%) Check Point GAiA
8 3 (0.91%) VMS
9 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (15.50%) ITIL
3 41 (12.46%) Migration
4 32 (9.73%) Change Management
4 32 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
5 31 (9.42%) ITSM
6 30 (9.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (8.81%) DevOps
8 27 (8.21%) Network Management
9 23 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (6.69%) Investment Management
10 22 (6.69%) Roadmaps
10 22 (6.69%) Storage Management
11 21 (6.38%) Load Balancing
11 21 (6.38%) Network Design
12 20 (6.08%) Mentoring
12 20 (6.08%) Project Management
13 19 (5.78%) Cloud Security
13 19 (5.78%) High Availability
13 19 (5.78%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.59%) Python
2 25 (7.60%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.65%) Perl
3 12 (3.65%) Tcl
4 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.61%) SQL
5 1 (0.30%) Bash
5 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 123 (37.39%) Cisco Certification
2 112 (34.04%) CCNP
3 100 (30.40%) Security Cleared
4 75 (22.80%) SC Cleared
5 68 (20.67%) CCNA
6 48 (14.59%) DV Cleared
7 28 (8.51%) CCIE
8 26 (7.90%) Degree
9 18 (5.47%) AWS Certification
10 13 (3.95%) CCSA
11 11 (3.34%) CISSP
12 10 (3.04%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.52%) CCDP
13 5 (1.52%) CCIE Data Center
13 5 (1.52%) CCSE
14 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.65%) SLA
2 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.52%) NCSC
3 5 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.22%) GDPR
5 2 (0.61%) COBIT
5 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.30%) ISA99
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (9.73%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.60%) VMware NSX
4 22 (6.69%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (4.86%) Hyper-V
6 15 (4.56%) Firmware
7 8 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.22%) vSphere
9 2 (0.61%) Squid
10 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 31 (9.42%) Terraform
2 28 (8.51%) Ansible
3 23 (6.99%) FortiGate
3 23 (6.99%) vCenter Server
4 20 (6.08%) SCCM
5 16 (4.86%) WSUS
6 15 (4.56%) EMC NetWorker
6 15 (4.56%) NetBackup
6 15 (4.56%) SCOM
7 9 (2.74%) Kubernetes
8 7 (2.13%) CASB
8 7 (2.13%) SolarWinds Orion
9 6 (1.82%) Puppet
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.91%) Kibana
10 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.61%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.61%) Nessus
11 2 (0.61%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 240 (72.95%) Cisco
2 80 (24.32%) F5
3 78 (23.71%) CheckPoint
4 71 (21.58%) Juniper
5 61 (18.54%) Fortinet
6 54 (16.41%) Microsoft
6 54 (16.41%) VMware
7 42 (12.77%) SolarWinds
8 40 (12.16%) Dell
9 27 (8.21%) Zscaler
10 24 (7.29%) Citrix
11 23 (6.99%) Meraki
11 23 (6.99%) Veeam
12 21 (6.38%) Symantec
13 20 (6.08%) Aruba
14 18 (5.47%) Arista
14 18 (5.47%) Extreme Networks
14 18 (5.47%) HP
15 16 (4.86%) Nokia
15 16 (4.86%) Oracle