Palo Alto Job Trends in the North of England

Palo Alto
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 22 July 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
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 273 295
Rank change year-on-year -18 +22 -26
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 48 36 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.23% 0.38% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 0.98% 0.87% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 31 31 54
10th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £53,750 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £64,695 £88,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £65,593
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +10.17% -1.67%

All Vendors
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,907 4,124 5,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 23.30% 43.73% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,132 1,878 3,707
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -7.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £77,150 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,450 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.45% +7.84% -11.30%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in the North of England

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the North of England

Palo Alto
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
North West +12 39 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Yorkshire -48 6 £75,000 -6.25% 4
North East - 3 £16,000 -
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.25%) Apache
2 3 (6.25%) IIS
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
3 12 (25.00%) Serverless
4 9 (18.75%) AWS
5 7 (14.58%) Azure
6 5 (10.42%) Google Workspace
7 2 (4.17%) SaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 20 (41.67%) Firewall
2 14 (29.17%) DNS
3 12 (25.00%) LAN
4 11 (22.92%) VLAN
4 11 (22.92%) WAN
5 10 (20.83%) DHCP
5 10 (20.83%) VPN
6 7 (14.58%) SD-WAN
7 5 (10.42%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (8.33%) BGP
8 4 (8.33%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (8.33%) NGFW
8 4 (8.33%) OSPF
8 4 (8.33%) TCP/IP
8 4 (8.33%) VXLAN
8 4 (8.33%) Wireless
9 3 (6.25%) Network Security
10 2 (4.17%) MPLS
10 2 (4.17%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) MySQL
1 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (25.00%) Snyk
General
1 12 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) Senior
2 16 (33.33%) Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Cloud Security Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Senior Cloud Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
4 11 (22.92%) Network Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) IT Support
6 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (10.42%) IT Manager
6 5 (10.42%) IT Support Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Lead
6 5 (10.42%) Support Manager
7 4 (8.33%) Network Architect
7 4 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (6.25%) Administrator
8 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.42%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.08%) Cybercrime
3 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.92%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.33%) Linux
5 3 (6.25%) Ubuntu
5 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (35.42%) IT Strategy
2 17 (35.42%) Technology Strategy
3 16 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 14 (29.17%) Incident Management
5 12 (25.00%) AI
5 12 (25.00%) Application Security
5 12 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 12 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 12 (25.00%) SDLC
5 12 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 12 (25.00%) Security Testing
5 12 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 12 (25.00%) Validation
6 10 (20.83%) Migration
6 10 (20.83%) Service Delivery
7 9 (18.75%) Coaching
8 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Bicep
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (20.83%) CCNP
3 5 (10.42%) CCIE
3 5 (10.42%) CCNA
3 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.17%) Degree
6 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) GRC
2 2 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (14.58%) Active Directory
4 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.25%) Proxmox
2 3 (6.25%) WSUS
3 1 (2.08%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.25%) Cisco
3 12 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (25.00%) Tenable
4 10 (20.83%) Juniper
5 8 (16.67%) VMware
6 6 (12.50%) CheckPoint
6 6 (12.50%) F5
7 5 (10.42%) Apple
7 5 (10.42%) Atlassian
7 5 (10.42%) Google
7 5 (10.42%) Okta
8 4 (8.33%) Arista
8 4 (8.33%) Aruba
9 3 (6.25%) Fortinet
9 3 (6.25%) HP
9 3 (6.25%) Meraki
9 3 (6.25%) NetApp
9 3 (6.25%) SonicWALL
9 3 (6.25%) Veeam