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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 475 618
Rank change year-on-year -4 +143 -141
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 472 629 764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.60% 0.50%
As % of the Vendors category 1.29% 1.43% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 362 428 594
10th Percentile £36,960 £36,425 £38,525
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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 36,515 43,852 60,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.25% 41.90% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 25,094 24,954 33,291
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 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +9 401 £55,001 -8.33% 108
UK excluding London +3 294 £50,000 - 58
Work from Home +101 232 £55,500 -11.20% 61
London +19 150 £65,000 - 58
South East +42 90 £52,500 -2.33% 26
North of England +13 83 £56,250 +6.13% 3
Midlands +12 54 £51,700 +21.65% 6
West Midlands +39 47 £51,300 +14.00% 6
North West -6 46 £63,093 +14.71% 2
Yorkshire +75 29 £46,250 -11.90% 1
Scotland -57 23 £32,500 - 8
Wales +23 18 - - 2
East of England +2 13 £47,500 -38.71% 10
North East -9 10 £42,500 +13.33%
South West -11 10 £32,500 -51.85% 3
East Midlands -23 7 £55,850 +42.29%
Northern Ireland +30 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 55 (11.65%) Apache
2 30 (6.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.81%) Confluence
3 18 (3.81%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.54%) IIS
5 10 (2.12%) WordPress
6 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.42%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) uWSGI
Applications
1 18 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.27%) LightWave 3D
3 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 139 (29.45%) Azure
2 79 (16.74%) AWS
3 63 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (11.65%) Amazon S3
5 22 (4.66%) SaaS
6 21 (4.45%) IaaS
7 20 (4.24%) OneDrive
8 19 (4.03%) PaaS
9 13 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.54%) OCI
11 11 (2.33%) Datadog
11 11 (2.33%) Rubrik
12 8 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (1.06%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
15 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
16 2 (0.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 327 (69.28%) Firewall
2 162 (34.32%) VPN
3 116 (24.58%) WAN
4 110 (23.31%) LAN
5 97 (20.55%) Wireless
6 88 (18.64%) Network Security
7 77 (16.31%) Internet
8 73 (15.47%) IPsec
9 59 (12.50%) SNMP
10 54 (11.44%) DNS
11 50 (10.59%) Wi-Fi
12 47 (9.96%) MPLS
13 40 (8.47%) BGP
14 37 (7.84%) OSPF
14 37 (7.84%) SAN
15 36 (7.63%) Cisco ASA
15 36 (7.63%) Cisco ISE
15 36 (7.63%) DHCP
16 35 (7.42%) SD-WAN
16 35 (7.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.44%) Elasticsearch
1 54 (11.44%) MongoDB
2 19 (4.03%) MySQL
3 18 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.18%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (5.08%) JIRA
2 18 (3.81%) Bitbucket
3 17 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.42%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) Ant
6 1 (0.21%) Git
6 1 (0.21%) Snyk
6 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 130 (27.54%) Finance
2 102 (21.61%) Social Skills
3 44 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.66%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.18%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.75%) Legal
8 12 (2.54%) Law
9 9 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.69%) Banking
11 6 (1.27%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.06%) Advertising
12 5 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.85%) Retail
14 2 (0.42%) Billing
14 2 (0.42%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.21%) Local Government
15 1 (0.21%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 160 (33.90%) Network Engineer
2 121 (25.64%) Senior
3 80 (16.95%) Consultant
4 55 (11.65%) Senior Network Engineer
5 54 (11.44%) NetApp Consultant
6 47 (9.96%) Analyst
6 47 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (7.84%) IT Engineer
8 35 (7.42%) Security Engineer
8 35 (7.42%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.51%) Network Security Engineer
10 25 (5.30%) IT Support
11 24 (5.08%) Network Analyst
11 24 (5.08%) Network Specialist
11 24 (5.08%) Project Engineer
12 23 (4.87%) Lead
13 22 (4.66%) Cisco Engineer
13 22 (4.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 20 (4.24%) Support Analyst
14 20 (4.24%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.44%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (11.44%) YAML
2 10 (2.12%) LAMP
3 6 (1.27%) LDAP
4 5 (1.06%) 802.1X
5 4 (0.85%) Web Services
6 1 (0.21%) .NET
6 1 (0.21%) OAuth
6 1 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 152 (32.20%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.03%) Driving Licence
3 14 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (2.54%) Public Cloud
5 10 (2.12%) Replication
6 9 (1.91%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.27%) Smart Home
9 5 (1.06%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.06%) PropTech
9 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.64%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (0.64%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.42%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.21%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 142 (30.08%) Windows
2 118 (25.00%) Linux
3 54 (11.44%) Data ONTAP
4 51 (10.81%) Windows Server
5 33 (6.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (6.57%) Windows 10
6 31 (6.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (5.30%) Mac OS
8 16 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (2.54%) Windows XP
10 11 (2.33%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.33%) Windows 7
11 10 (2.12%) VMS
12 8 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (1.48%) Android
14 6 (1.27%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.64%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (22.25%) Project Management
3 89 (18.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 71 (15.04%) ITIL
5 67 (14.19%) Actionable Insight
5 67 (14.19%) Storage Management
6 55 (11.65%) Infrastructure Management
6 55 (11.65%) Project Planning
7 54 (11.44%) Release Management
8 33 (6.99%) Mentoring
9 32 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (6.14%) Customer Service
10 29 (6.14%) Load Balancing
10 29 (6.14%) Network Design
11 27 (5.72%) Migration
11 27 (5.72%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.51%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (5.30%) Change Control
13 25 (5.30%) Network Architecture
13 25 (5.30%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 71 (15.04%) Python
2 59 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 34 (7.20%) Bash
4 9 (1.91%) SQL
5 6 (1.27%) Perl
6 1 (0.21%) C#
6 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 183 (38.77%) Cisco Certification
2 115 (24.36%) CCNP
3 110 (23.31%) CCNA
4 63 (13.35%) Security Cleared
5 57 (12.08%) Degree
6 51 (10.81%) SC Cleared
7 37 (7.84%) CCIE
8 26 (5.51%) CISSP
9 23 (4.87%) DV Cleared
10 19 (4.03%) JNCIA
11 18 (3.81%) JNCIP
12 17 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
13 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (1.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (1.69%) Azure Certification
16 7 (1.48%) CCSP
16 7 (1.48%) MCSA
16 7 (1.48%) MCSE
17 6 (1.27%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.54%) SLA
3 9 (1.91%) NIST
4 8 (1.69%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (1.06%) NCSC
6 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.42%) QA
8 1 (0.21%) GDPR
System Software
1 99 (20.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 73 (15.47%) Active Directory
3 58 (12.29%) Docker
4 32 (6.78%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (4.45%) vSphere
6 20 (4.24%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.64%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (15.89%) Ansible
2 68 (14.41%) vCenter Server
3 62 (13.14%) Kubernetes
4 54 (11.44%) Prometheus
5 29 (6.14%) FortiGate
6 27 (5.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (4.66%) SCCM
8 16 (3.39%) EMC NetWorker
9 13 (2.75%) Cisco CUCM
9 13 (2.75%) ServiceCenter
9 13 (2.75%) WSUS
10 12 (2.54%) NetBackup
10 12 (2.54%) SCOM
11 7 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.48%) Terraform
12 6 (1.27%) NetCrunch
13 5 (1.06%) AirWatch
13 5 (1.06%) Backup Exec
14 4 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
14 4 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 334 (70.76%) Cisco
2 164 (34.75%) VMware
3 125 (26.48%) Microsoft
4 103 (21.82%) Juniper
5 95 (20.13%) CheckPoint
6 86 (18.22%) Meraki
7 82 (17.37%) Fortinet
8 74 (15.68%) Aruba
9 68 (14.41%) NetApp
10 65 (13.77%) Red Hat
11 54 (11.44%) SolidFire
12 49 (10.38%) HP
13 41 (8.69%) Veeam
14 38 (8.05%) SolarWinds
15 29 (6.14%) F5
16 25 (5.30%) Oracle
17 24 (5.08%) Symantec
18 21 (4.45%) Citrix
19 20 (4.24%) LogicMonitor
20 18 (3.81%) Extreme Networks