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 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 300 456
Rank change year-on-year +24 +156 -38
Contract jobs citing Palo Alto 298 404 347
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.82% 0.84% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 1.94% 2.00% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 281 246
10th Percentile £378 £305 £362
25th Percentile £425 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £597
90th Percentile £775 £743 £678
UK median daily rate £540 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +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 15,332 20,184 27,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.14% 41.89% 39.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,743 13,917 19,006
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 579 790
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £11.99
25th Percentile £14.46 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £36.00 £21.45
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% +67.83% +2.14%
75th Percentile £56.70 £63.49 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £41.98 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.78% +95.24% -2.27%

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 16 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 16 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 +42 130 £525 -8.70% 62
South East +17 66 £605 +25.89% 17
North of England -2 35 £434 +11.92% 14
North West +9 34 £433 +15.59% 11
South West +14 23 £646 +17.45% 8
East of England +4 16 £450 -14.29% 4
Midlands +14 15 £750 +57.89% 6
West Midlands +16 12 £750 +62.16% 4
East Midlands +8 3 £325 -53.57% 2
Yorkshire -4 1 £550 +10.00% 3
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UK

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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 (2.01%) Confluence
2 3 (1.01%) IIS
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.01%) WordPress
3 2 (0.67%) nginx
4 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 66 (22.15%) Azure
2 43 (14.43%) AWS
3 20 (6.71%) OCI
4 14 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (2.01%) GitHub
6 6 (2.01%) Route 53
7 5 (1.68%) AWS CloudTrail
7 5 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.68%) GCP
7 5 (1.68%) SaaS
8 4 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.34%) Amazon ECR
8 4 (1.34%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.34%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (1.34%) AWS Direct Connect
8 4 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.34%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 213 (71.48%) Firewall
2 91 (30.54%) Network Security
2 91 (30.54%) WAN
3 82 (27.52%) Cisco ASA
4 77 (25.84%) LAN
5 69 (23.15%) BGP
6 68 (22.82%) OSPF
7 67 (22.48%) VPN
8 65 (21.81%) Wireless
9 59 (19.80%) DNS
10 58 (19.46%) SD-WAN
11 55 (18.46%) Cisco ISE
12 43 (14.43%) DHCP
13 42 (14.09%) IPsec
14 41 (13.76%) Cisco Nexus
15 34 (11.41%) MPLS
16 32 (10.74%) Wi-Fi
17 30 (10.07%) WLAN
18 28 (9.40%) EIGRP
19 24 (8.05%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (3.69%) Git
2 10 (3.36%) JIRA
3 9 (3.02%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.34%) GitLab
4 4 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
General
1 57 (19.13%) Finance
2 55 (18.46%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.74%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.72%) Telecoms
5 13 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.03%) Banking
7 10 (3.36%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.68%) Legal
9 7 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.01%) Marketing
11 5 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.34%) Aeronautics
12 4 (1.34%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.34%) Electronics
12 4 (1.34%) Retail
13 3 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 166 (55.70%) Network Engineer
2 45 (15.10%) Architect
3 41 (13.76%) Senior
4 32 (10.74%) Security Engineer
5 27 (9.06%) Senior Network Engineer
6 22 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (7.38%) Network Security Engineer
7 20 (6.71%) Network Architect
8 16 (5.37%) Cisco Engineer
8 16 (5.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 15 (5.03%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 13 (4.36%) Network Specialist
11 11 (3.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 10 (3.36%) Analyst
12 10 (3.36%) Storage Engineer
13 8 (2.68%) Technical Architect
14 7 (2.35%) Consultant
14 7 (2.35%) Design Engineer
14 7 (2.35%) Security Analyst
14 7 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.70%) Jinja
2 11 (3.69%) 802.1X
3 7 (2.35%) JSON
3 7 (2.35%) XML
4 6 (2.01%) NETCONF
4 6 (2.01%) YANG
5 5 (1.68%) Web Services
6 4 (1.34%) LDAP
6 4 (1.34%) Node.js
6 4 (1.34%) SAML
7 3 (1.01%) EDI
7 3 (1.01%) LAMP
8 2 (0.67%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.67%) RESTful
9 1 (0.34%) OAuth
9 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (32.21%) Data Centre
2 20 (6.71%) PKI
3 11 (3.69%) Replication
4 10 (3.36%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.02%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.68%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.68%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.01%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.01%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.01%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.68%) Clustering
8 5 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.34%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.34%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.01%) CCTV
10 3 (1.01%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.09%) Windows
2 31 (10.40%) Linux
2 31 (10.40%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (5.03%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (4.70%) Windows XP
6 6 (2.01%) Unix
7 4 (1.34%) VMS
8 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.11%) ITIL
1 48 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (12.08%) Change Management
2 36 (12.08%) Migration
3 28 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (9.06%) DevOps
5 26 (8.72%) Disaster Recovery
6 25 (8.39%) ITSM
7 22 (7.38%) Storage Management
8 21 (7.05%) Network Design
8 21 (7.05%) Network Management
9 20 (6.71%) Cloud Security
9 20 (6.71%) Project Management
10 19 (6.38%) Load Balancing
10 19 (6.38%) Mentoring
11 18 (6.04%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (6.04%) Roadmaps
12 17 (5.70%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (5.37%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.37%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.44%) Python
2 26 (8.72%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.03%) Perl
3 12 (4.03%) Tcl
4 4 (1.34%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.34%) Bash
5 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.34%) SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (39.26%) Cisco Certification
2 106 (35.57%) CCNP
3 100 (33.56%) Security Cleared
4 68 (22.82%) SC Cleared
5 55 (18.46%) CCNA
6 54 (18.12%) DV Cleared
7 27 (9.06%) Degree
8 21 (7.05%) CCIE
9 14 (4.70%) AWS Certification
10 11 (3.69%) JNCIA
11 8 (2.68%) CISM
12 7 (2.35%) CCSA
13 6 (2.01%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.68%) CCDP
14 5 (1.68%) CCIE Data Center
15 4 (1.34%) CISSP
15 4 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.02%) SLA
2 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.01%) NCSC
3 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.67%) GDPR
4 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.34%) ISA99
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 26 (8.72%) VMware NSX
3 24 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (7.05%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (5.03%) Firmware
5 15 (5.03%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.34%) vSphere
8 2 (0.67%) Squid
9 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 25 (8.39%) FortiGate
2 23 (7.72%) Terraform
3 22 (7.38%) vCenter Server
4 20 (6.71%) Ansible
5 17 (5.70%) SCCM
6 15 (5.03%) WSUS
7 14 (4.70%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (4.70%) NetBackup
7 14 (4.70%) SCOM
8 12 (4.03%) Nessus
9 8 (2.68%) SolarWinds Orion
10 6 (2.01%) Kubernetes
11 5 (1.68%) CASB
12 4 (1.34%) CSIRT
12 4 (1.34%) Puppet
13 3 (1.01%) Kibana
13 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.67%) HAProxy
14 2 (0.67%) Nagios
14 2 (0.67%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 213 (71.48%) Cisco
2 76 (25.50%) Juniper
3 62 (20.81%) CheckPoint
3 62 (20.81%) F5
4 52 (17.45%) Fortinet
5 50 (16.78%) VMware
6 48 (16.11%) Microsoft
7 38 (12.75%) Dell
8 35 (11.74%) SolarWinds
9 25 (8.39%) Veeam
10 23 (7.72%) Meraki
10 23 (7.72%) Zscaler
11 21 (7.05%) Extreme Networks
12 20 (6.71%) Symantec
13 17 (5.70%) Citrix
14 16 (5.37%) Aruba
14 16 (5.37%) HP
14 16 (5.37%) Infoblox
15 15 (5.03%) Oracle
16 14 (4.70%) EMC