Palo Alto Contracts in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 181 332
Rank change year-on-year -57 +151 -12
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 168 292 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.29% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 1.87% 2.86% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 213 122
10th Percentile £393 £288 £308
25th Percentile £432 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £575
90th Percentile £775 £581 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 1
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year - +251.47% -62.67%
UK median hourly rate - £63.23 £17.64
% change year-on-year - +258.45% -71.55%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,987 10,207 12,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.14% 44.98% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,356 6,960 8,400
10th Percentile £211 £205 £189
25th Percentile £375 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,004 428 636
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.41 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.95 £59.41 £41.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.08 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +14 68 £605 +21.00% 29
North of England -15 38 £440 +3.53% 12
North West -1 37 £437 +2.79% 9
South West +9 24 £646 +17.45% 7
East of England +1 20 £400 -23.81% 5
Midlands -2 13 £750 +66.67% 12
West Midlands +3 10 £750 +73.41% 8
Scotland -9 7 £550 +10.55% 9
East Midlands +3 3 £325 -44.92% 4
Yorkshire -1 1 £550 +10.00% 3
Palo Alto
UK

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (2.38%) Confluence
2 3 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.19%) IIS
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.19%) WordPress
4 1 (0.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 36 (21.43%) Azure
2 15 (8.93%) OCI
3 14 (8.33%) AWS
4 9 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.57%) GitHub
6 5 (2.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (2.38%) GCP
7 4 (2.38%) Route 53
8 3 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.19%) Amazon ECR
9 2 (1.19%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.19%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.19%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.19%) Catchpoint
9 2 (1.19%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.19%) PaaS
9 2 (1.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 123 (73.21%) Firewall
2 57 (33.93%) Cisco ASA
3 53 (31.55%) Network Security
4 51 (30.36%) Cisco ISE
5 46 (27.38%) WAN
6 42 (25.00%) SD-WAN
7 39 (23.21%) VPN
8 34 (20.24%) LAN
9 33 (19.64%) DNS
10 28 (16.67%) Wireless
11 26 (15.48%) DHCP
11 26 (15.48%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
13 23 (13.69%) IPsec
13 23 (13.69%) OSPF
13 23 (13.69%) SAN
14 22 (13.10%) BGP
15 21 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
16 19 (11.31%) EIGRP
17 18 (10.71%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.57%) JIRA
2 4 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.19%) Git
3 2 (1.19%) GitLab
3 2 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
General
1 34 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.88%) Public Sector
3 24 (14.29%) Finance
4 19 (11.31%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.57%) Legal
7 6 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.98%) Marketing
9 4 (2.38%) Aeronautics
9 4 (2.38%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.38%) Banking
9 4 (2.38%) Electronics
10 2 (1.19%) Law
11 1 (0.60%) Advertising
11 1 (0.60%) Automotive
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (56.55%) Network Engineer
2 28 (16.67%) Architect
3 22 (13.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (11.31%) Senior
5 17 (10.12%) Security Engineer
6 16 (9.52%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 16 (9.52%) Network Security Engineer
7 14 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
8 11 (6.55%) Network Architect
9 10 (5.95%) Storage Engineer
10 9 (5.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 7 (4.17%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.57%) Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Network Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Network Security Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Security Analyst
12 6 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.57%) VMware Engineer
13 5 (2.98%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.14%) Jinja
2 5 (2.98%) Web Services
3 4 (2.38%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.79%) EDI
5 2 (1.19%) LAMP
5 2 (1.19%) LDAP
5 2 (1.19%) Node.js
6 1 (0.60%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 62 (36.90%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.36%) Replication
3 8 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 7 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.98%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.79%) CCTV
7 3 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.79%) SCADA
8 2 (1.19%) PKI
8 2 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.60%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.60%) Life Science
9 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.60%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 26 (15.48%) Windows
2 25 (14.88%) Windows Server
3 24 (14.29%) Linux
4 16 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 14 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (8.33%) Windows XP
6 3 (1.79%) VMS
7 2 (1.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (27.98%) ITIL
2 37 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (15.48%) ITSM
4 23 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (13.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 21 (12.50%) Change Management
6 21 (12.50%) Storage Management
7 17 (10.12%) Network Management
8 16 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
8 16 (9.52%) Project Management
8 16 (9.52%) Server Management
9 15 (8.93%) Migration
10 14 (8.33%) Break/Fix
10 14 (8.33%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (8.33%) DevOps
10 14 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (7.14%) Roadmaps
12 11 (6.55%) Decision-Making
12 11 (6.55%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.31%) Python
2 17 (10.12%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.14%) Perl
3 12 (7.14%) Tcl
4 1 (0.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (47.62%) Security Cleared
2 77 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
3 68 (40.48%) CCNP
4 51 (30.36%) SC Cleared
5 49 (29.17%) DV Cleared
6 43 (25.60%) CCNA
7 21 (12.50%) Degree
8 14 (8.33%) CCIE
9 10 (5.95%) JNCIA
10 9 (5.36%) CCSA
11 5 (2.98%) CCIE Data Center
11 5 (2.98%) CISM
12 4 (2.38%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (2.38%) HND
12 4 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.79%) CISSP
14 2 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.60%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.57%) SLA
2 2 (1.19%) GDPR
2 2 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 22 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (11.31%) VMware NSX
4 18 (10.71%) Active Directory
5 14 (8.33%) Hyper-V
6 13 (7.74%) Firmware
7 4 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (13.10%) vCenter Server
2 17 (10.12%) SCCM
3 15 (8.93%) WSUS
4 14 (8.33%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (8.33%) NetBackup
4 14 (8.33%) SCOM
5 12 (7.14%) Ansible
6 10 (5.95%) Nessus
7 8 (4.76%) Terraform
8 4 (2.38%) FortiGate
8 4 (2.38%) Kubernetes
9 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.19%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.60%) Nagios
10 1 (0.60%) VxRail
Vendors
1 139 (82.74%) Cisco
2 43 (25.60%) Juniper
3 40 (23.81%) VMware
4 36 (21.43%) F5
5 35 (20.83%) CheckPoint
6 33 (19.64%) Dell
7 28 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 25 (14.88%) Veeam
9 23 (13.69%) SolarWinds
10 20 (11.90%) Symantec
11 17 (10.12%) Citrix
12 15 (8.93%) Fortinet
12 15 (8.93%) HP
12 15 (8.93%) Oracle
13 14 (8.33%) 3PAR
13 14 (8.33%) EMC
13 14 (8.33%) Extreme Networks
14 11 (6.55%) ScienceLogic
15 9 (5.36%) Blue Coat
15 9 (5.36%) Zscaler