Palo Alto
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Palo Alto over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Palo Alto Networks.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 451 587
Rank change year-on-year -35 +136 -119
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 464 648 852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.27% 1.57% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 350 426 608
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £40,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,001 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £65,593 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,125 £88,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,517 41,380 63,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.18% 42.01% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,842 23,662 33,005
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Palo Alto
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

Palo Alto
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto.

Salary trend for Palo Alto in the UK

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the UK

Palo Alto
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -22 394 £55,001 -6.78% 161
UK excluding London -26 302 £50,000 -4.76% 100
Work from Home +77 232 £52,500 -12.50% 76
London -1 135 £65,000 - 99
South East +18 94 £52,500 +5.00% 55
North of England -10 82 £52,500 -3.67% 13
Midlands -15 50 £51,300 +20.71% 9
North West -30 46 £61,185 +11.25% 9
West Midlands +17 43 £51,300 +14.00% 6
Yorkshire +64 27 £43,750 -27.08% 4
Scotland -56 23 £32,500 -38.10% 11
East of England +12 22 £47,500 -30.91% 6
Wales +15 16 - -
South West -26 11 £32,500 -51.85% 9
North East -13 9 £42,500 +11.84%
East Midlands -21 7 £55,850 +42.29% 3
Northern Ireland +23 5 - - 1

Palo Alto
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 54 (11.64%) Apache
2 25 (5.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.66%) SharePoint
4 14 (3.02%) Confluence
5 11 (2.37%) IIS
6 9 (1.94%) WordPress
7 5 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.22%) nginx
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.29%) LightWave 3D
3 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 134 (28.88%) Azure
2 78 (16.81%) AWS
3 57 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (11.85%) Amazon S3
5 22 (4.74%) SaaS
6 21 (4.53%) IaaS
7 19 (4.09%) OneDrive
7 19 (4.09%) PaaS
8 16 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (2.59%) Datadog
9 12 (2.59%) OCI
9 12 (2.59%) Rubrik
10 8 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.08%) Google Workspace
12 4 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.65%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.43%) Entra ID
14 2 (0.43%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 328 (70.69%) Firewall
2 160 (34.48%) VPN
3 119 (25.65%) WAN
4 108 (23.28%) LAN
5 103 (22.20%) Wireless
6 97 (20.91%) Network Security
7 76 (16.38%) Internet
8 75 (16.16%) IPsec
9 59 (12.72%) SNMP
10 54 (11.64%) DNS
11 52 (11.21%) MPLS
12 50 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (8.84%) BGP
14 40 (8.62%) OSPF
15 37 (7.97%) Cisco ISE
16 36 (7.76%) Cisco ASA
16 36 (7.76%) SAN
17 35 (7.54%) Cisco Firepower
17 35 (7.54%) TCP/IP
18 34 (7.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.64%) Elasticsearch
1 54 (11.64%) MongoDB
2 14 (3.02%) MySQL
2 14 (3.02%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (4.31%) JIRA
2 13 (2.80%) Bitbucket
3 12 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.43%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) Git
6 1 (0.22%) Snyk
6 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 128 (27.59%) Finance
2 101 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 38 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.53%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.23%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.80%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.16%) Law
8 10 (2.16%) Legal
9 8 (1.72%) Banking
10 6 (1.29%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.86%) Retail
13 3 (0.65%) Advertising
13 3 (0.65%) Billing
14 2 (0.43%) Marketing
14 2 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 159 (34.27%) Network Engineer
2 116 (25.00%) Senior
3 82 (17.67%) Consultant
4 58 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 54 (11.64%) NetApp Consultant
6 48 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (9.05%) Analyst
8 34 (7.33%) Support Engineer
9 31 (6.68%) IT Engineer
9 31 (6.68%) Security Engineer
10 28 (6.03%) Network Specialist
11 25 (5.39%) Network Security Engineer
12 24 (5.17%) IT Support
12 24 (5.17%) Project Engineer
13 21 (4.53%) Lead
14 20 (4.31%) Cisco Engineer
14 20 (4.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 20 (4.31%) Network Analyst
15 19 (4.09%) Support Analyst
16 18 (3.88%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.64%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (11.64%) YAML
2 9 (1.94%) LAMP
3 6 (1.29%) LDAP
4 5 (1.08%) Web Services
5 4 (0.86%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.22%) .NET
6 1 (0.22%) OAuth
6 1 (0.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 154 (33.19%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.09%) Driving Licence
3 13 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.16%) Public Cloud
6 9 (1.94%) Replication
7 7 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (1.51%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.29%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.29%) Smart Home
9 5 (1.08%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.08%) PropTech
10 4 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.65%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.65%) Raspberry Pi
12 2 (0.43%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.22%) Handset
13 1 (0.22%) Life Science
13 1 (0.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 130 (28.02%) Windows
2 114 (24.57%) Linux
3 54 (11.64%) Data ONTAP
4 45 (9.70%) Windows Server
5 29 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (6.03%) Windows 10
7 26 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 20 (4.31%) Mac OS
9 14 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (2.59%) Windows XP
11 11 (2.37%) Windows 7
12 9 (1.94%) Ubuntu
12 9 (1.94%) VMS
13 7 (1.51%) Android
13 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 6 (1.29%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (1.08%) Apple iOS
15 5 (1.08%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.65%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (22.63%) Project Management
3 91 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 68 (14.66%) ITIL
5 67 (14.44%) Storage Management
6 65 (14.01%) Actionable Insight
7 55 (11.85%) Infrastructure Management
7 55 (11.85%) Project Planning
8 54 (11.64%) Release Management
9 35 (7.54%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (6.68%) Mentoring
11 30 (6.47%) Load Balancing
12 29 (6.25%) Customer Service
12 29 (6.25%) Migration
12 29 (6.25%) Network Design
13 27 (5.82%) Network Monitoring
13 27 (5.82%) Roadmaps
14 26 (5.60%) Disaster Recovery
14 26 (5.60%) Network Architecture
15 25 (5.39%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (15.52%) Python
2 55 (11.85%) PowerShell
3 29 (6.25%) Bash
4 9 (1.94%) SQL
5 6 (1.29%) Perl
6 1 (0.22%) C#
6 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 175 (37.72%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (23.49%) CCNP
3 108 (23.28%) CCNA
4 66 (14.22%) Security Cleared
5 53 (11.42%) Degree
6 49 (10.56%) SC Cleared
7 35 (7.54%) CCIE
8 28 (6.03%) CISSP
9 26 (5.60%) DV Cleared
10 17 (3.66%) JNCIA
10 17 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (3.45%) JNCIP
12 12 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (2.37%) Azure Certification
13 11 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 8 (1.72%) MCSA
15 7 (1.51%) CCSP
16 6 (1.29%) CCIE Security
16 6 (1.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.59%) SLA
3 11 (2.37%) NIST
4 10 (2.16%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (1.29%) NCSC
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.43%) QA
9 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 93 (20.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 63 (13.58%) Active Directory
3 58 (12.50%) Docker
4 26 (5.60%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (4.09%) Hyper-V
5 19 (4.09%) vSphere
6 3 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (16.38%) Ansible
2 67 (14.44%) vCenter Server
3 61 (13.15%) Kubernetes
4 54 (11.64%) Prometheus
5 25 (5.39%) FortiGate
5 25 (5.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (4.53%) SCCM
7 16 (3.45%) EMC NetWorker
8 13 (2.80%) Cisco CUCM
8 13 (2.80%) ServiceCenter
9 12 (2.59%) NetBackup
9 12 (2.59%) SCOM
9 12 (2.59%) WSUS
10 7 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.51%) Terraform
11 6 (1.29%) NetCrunch
12 5 (1.08%) AirWatch
12 5 (1.08%) Backup Exec
12 5 (1.08%) Suricata
13 4 (0.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 336 (72.41%) Cisco
2 149 (32.11%) VMware
3 119 (25.65%) Microsoft
4 107 (23.06%) Juniper
5 98 (21.12%) CheckPoint
6 85 (18.32%) Fortinet
6 85 (18.32%) Meraki
7 75 (16.16%) Aruba
8 68 (14.66%) NetApp
9 64 (13.79%) Red Hat
10 54 (11.64%) SolidFire
11 47 (10.13%) HP
12 42 (9.05%) Veeam
13 41 (8.84%) SolarWinds
14 27 (5.82%) F5
15 24 (5.17%) Symantec
16 23 (4.96%) Oracle
17 21 (4.53%) Blue Coat
17 21 (4.53%) LogicMonitor
18 20 (4.31%) Infoblox