Palo Alto Job Trends in Manchester

Palo Alto
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 121 157 131
Rank change year-on-year +36 -26 +94
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 13 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.47% 0.073% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.60% 0.19% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile £46,700 £52,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £47,375 £53,125 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +10.00% -18.70%
75th Percentile £70,313 £56,875 £62,813
90th Percentile £82,125 £57,250 £63,750
North West median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -23.08% +13.04%

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 812 1,048 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 29.47% 38.05% 32.63%
Number of salaries quoted 526 449 630
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,437 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £90,000
North West median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in Manchester

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in Manchester

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) BGP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
2 2 (15.38%) HSRP
2 2 (15.38%) IPsec
2 2 (15.38%) OSPF
2 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
General
1 9 (69.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Customer Engagement
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) AI
2 9 (69.23%) Software Licensing
2 9 (69.23%) Time Management
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
3 1 (7.69%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Presales
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) SIEM
3 1 (7.69%) SOAR
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Adobe
1 9 (69.23%) Apple
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
3 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (7.69%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (7.69%) HP
4 1 (7.69%) Juniper
4 1 (7.69%) Zscaler