Palo Alto Contracts with Work from Home 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 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 211 387
Rank change year-on-year -6 +176 -6
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 127 272 245
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.86% 1.14% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 2.03% 2.59% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 198 178
10th Percentile £350 £375 £350
25th Percentile £450 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year +7.90% -1.97% +15.56%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £603
90th Percentile £700 £743 £704
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £78.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £63.23 £17.64
% change year-on-year - +258.45% -71.55%

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 6,268 10,513 17,342
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.48% 44.03% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,982 7,074 11,904
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £631
90th Percentile £720 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 248 250
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £16.53 £24.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.62 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.40% +31.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £51.25 £66.00 £57.09
90th Percentile £71.25 £79.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

Palo Alto
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Palo Alto trend for jobs with a WFH option

Palo Alto
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 7 (5.51%) Confluence
2 2 (1.57%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.32%) AWS
2 19 (14.96%) Azure
3 8 (6.30%) GitHub
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.72%) Slack
5 5 (3.94%) Route 53
5 5 (3.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (3.15%) Asana
6 4 (3.15%) AWS CloudTrail
7 3 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.36%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.36%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (2.36%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.36%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (2.36%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.36%) Serverless
8 2 (1.57%) SaaS
8 2 (1.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 96 (75.59%) Firewall
2 48 (37.80%) Cisco ASA
3 34 (26.77%) Network Security
4 32 (25.20%) BGP
4 32 (25.20%) WAN
5 30 (23.62%) OSPF
6 29 (22.83%) VPN
7 24 (18.90%) SD-WAN
8 21 (16.54%) Cisco ISE
8 21 (16.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 21 (16.54%) LAN
9 20 (15.75%) IPsec
10 17 (13.39%) EIGRP
11 16 (12.60%) Cisco Firepower
12 15 (11.81%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (11.81%) Wireless
13 14 (11.02%) HSRP
13 14 (11.02%) NetScaler
14 13 (10.24%) DNS
15 11 (8.66%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) JIRA
2 7 (5.51%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (3.15%) Git
3 4 (3.15%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (2.36%) GitLab
5 2 (1.57%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.39%) Finance
3 12 (9.45%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.87%) Banking
5 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.15%) Aeronautics
6 4 (3.15%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.57%) German Language
7 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.57%) Retail
8 1 (0.79%) Advertising
8 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (49.61%) Network Engineer
2 26 (20.47%) Senior
3 23 (18.11%) Architect
4 13 (10.24%) Security Engineer
5 11 (8.66%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Network Security Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Consultant
7 8 (6.30%) Network Consultant
8 7 (5.51%) Network Architect
8 7 (5.51%) Technical Architect
9 6 (4.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (4.72%) Senior Network Consultant
9 6 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 4 (3.15%) IT Support
11 4 (3.15%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) Jinja
2 3 (2.36%) EDI
2 3 (2.36%) LDAP
2 3 (2.36%) Node.js
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
3 1 (0.79%) OAuth
3 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.79%) SAML
3 1 (0.79%) XML
3 1 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.11%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.94%) Clustering
2 5 (3.94%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.94%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.36%) CCTV
4 3 (2.36%) PKI
4 3 (2.36%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.36%) SCADA
4 3 (2.36%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.57%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.57%) Replication
6 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.72%) Windows
2 3 (2.36%) Linux
3 2 (1.57%) Unix
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (12.60%) DevOps
3 15 (11.81%) Investment Management
3 15 (11.81%) Network Management
4 13 (10.24%) Agile
4 13 (10.24%) ITIL
4 13 (10.24%) Migration
5 12 (9.45%) ITSM
6 10 (7.87%) Change Management
6 10 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (7.09%) High Availability
7 9 (7.09%) Network Design
7 9 (7.09%) Network Virtualisation
7 9 (7.09%) Roadmaps
8 8 (6.30%) Low Latency
8 8 (6.30%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (6.30%) Security Operations
9 7 (5.51%) Load Balancing
10 6 (4.72%) SIEM
10 6 (4.72%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.32%) Python
2 6 (4.72%) Perl
2 6 (4.72%) Tcl
3 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.36%) Bash
4 3 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (44.09%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (42.52%) CCNP
3 38 (29.92%) Security Cleared
4 34 (26.77%) SC Cleared
5 26 (20.47%) CCNA
6 16 (12.60%) CCIE
7 9 (7.09%) CCSA
8 8 (6.30%) Degree
9 7 (5.51%) DV Cleared
9 7 (5.51%) JNCIA
10 6 (4.72%) AWS Certification
10 6 (4.72%) CISSP
11 5 (3.94%) CCDP
12 4 (3.15%) HND
12 4 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (1.57%) CISM
15 1 (0.79%) CCSE
15 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) SLA
2 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.36%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) VMware NSX
2 10 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.09%) Firmware
4 6 (4.72%) Active Directory
4 6 (4.72%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.57%) Squid
Systems Management
1 15 (11.81%) Terraform
2 13 (10.24%) Ansible
3 9 (7.09%) FortiGate
4 5 (3.94%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.36%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.36%) Kibana
6 2 (1.57%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.57%) Nessus
6 2 (1.57%) Opsgenie
6 2 (1.57%) Packer
6 2 (1.57%) Puppet
6 2 (1.57%) VxRail
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 93 (73.23%) Cisco
2 33 (25.98%) Fortinet
3 27 (21.26%) CheckPoint
4 25 (19.69%) F5
5 16 (12.60%) Juniper
5 16 (12.60%) SolarWinds
6 15 (11.81%) Arista
6 15 (11.81%) VMware
7 14 (11.02%) Citrix
7 14 (11.02%) Zscaler
8 10 (7.87%) Aruba
8 10 (7.87%) Microsoft
9 9 (7.09%) Riverbed
9 9 (7.09%) Splunk
10 6 (4.72%) Infoblox
11 5 (3.94%) AlgoSec
11 5 (3.94%) Blue Coat
11 5 (3.94%) Meraki
12 4 (3.15%) IBM
12 4 (3.15%) Nokia