Palo Alto Job Trends in Hampshire

Palo Alto
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 1 January 2026, 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 148 120
Rank change year-on-year +33 -28 +59
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 10 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.40% 0.47% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 1.37% 1.08% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 4
10th Percentile £52,300 - £53,625
25th Percentile £52,750 £37,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £62,188 £56,250 £66,563
90th Percentile £68,375 £60,500 £71,625
South East median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year -6.09% -3.36% +8.18%

All Vendors
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 729 1,199 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 29.17% 43.76% 37.18%
Number of salaries quoted 499 775 501
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,200 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,550 £78,750 £73,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in Hampshire

Palo Alto
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Fleet - 5 - -
Farnborough +6 3 £54,000 -
Basingstoke +6 1 £57,500 -4.17%
Portsmouth 0 1 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Palo Alto
South East

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) IIS
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) IaaS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) BGP
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (30.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (30.00%) IPsec
2 3 (30.00%) OSPF
2 3 (30.00%) VPN
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (20.00%) HSRP
3 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (10.00%) DHCP
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
4 1 (10.00%) PBX
4 1 (10.00%) SAN
4 1 (10.00%) SSL
4 1 (10.00%) VLAN
4 1 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Account Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 5 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Business Development
2 5 (50.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
4 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (10.00%) Presales
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CEH
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) OSCP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (10.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) AirWatch
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (10.00%) QRadar
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) HP
2 5 (50.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 5 (50.00%) Aruba
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (10.00%) Commvault
5 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (10.00%) Juniper
5 1 (10.00%) Mitel
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (10.00%) Splunk
5 1 (10.00%) Veeam
5 1 (10.00%) Veritas
5 1 (10.00%) VMware