Palo Alto Job Trends in Birmingham

Palo Alto
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring knowledge or experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Palo Alto over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 113 95
Rank change year-on-year +30 -18 +44
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 17 11 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.00% 0.58% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 2.96% 1.38% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 8
10th Percentile - £48,700 £72,925
25th Percentile - £49,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -39.41% +9.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,250 -
90th Percentile £68,000 £54,300 -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -18.00% +19.05%

All Vendors
Birmingham

Palo Alto falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 574 800 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.61% 42.51% 45.77%
Number of salaries quoted 377 385 483
10th Percentile £31,400 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £89,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,485 £48,837
% change year-on-year +0.03% +7.47% -2.33%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Palo Alto relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in Birmingham over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in Birmingham

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) Network Security
3 4 (23.53%) VPN
3 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (17.65%) BGP
4 3 (17.65%) DHCP
4 3 (17.65%) DNS
4 3 (17.65%) IPsec
4 3 (17.65%) OSPF
4 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
4 3 (17.65%) VLAN
4 3 (17.65%) WAN
4 3 (17.65%) Wireshark
5 2 (11.76%) NAS
5 2 (11.76%) SAN
6 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 9 (52.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Network Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Data Centre
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 3 (17.65%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (58.82%) Time Management
3 9 (52.94%) AI
3 9 (52.94%) Customer Engagement
3 9 (52.94%) Software Licensing
4 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (17.65%) Change Control
5 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
5 3 (17.65%) DevOps
5 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 3 (17.65%) SIEM
6 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Value Proposition
7 1 (5.88%) Security Operations
7 1 (5.88%) Threat Detection
7 1 (5.88%) Validation
7 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Azure Certification
2 4 (23.53%) CCNP
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Firmware
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (17.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) Adobe
2 9 (52.94%) Apple
3 6 (35.29%) Zscaler
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco
4 4 (23.53%) Meraki
5 3 (17.65%) Dell
5 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds
5 3 (17.65%) VMware
6 2 (11.76%) Tanium
6 2 (11.76%) Tenable