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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 292 232
Rank change year-on-year +29 -60 +135
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 30 39 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.32% 0.28% 0.94%
As % of the Vendors category 0.71% 1.00% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 21 29 75
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,050 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -0.90% +6.22%
75th Percentile £90,000 £61,250 £69,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £65,000 £77,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

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 4,241 3,909 3,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 45.19% 27.84% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,897 2,186 2,777
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £47,842 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% -4.32% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,600 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +9 18 £57,500 +4.55% 15
Yorkshire +19 12 £85,000 +47.83% 12
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) AWS
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) LAN
2 8 (26.67%) WAN
3 6 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (13.33%) BGP
5 4 (13.33%) EIGRP
5 4 (13.33%) Network Security
5 4 (13.33%) OSPF
5 4 (13.33%) VPN
6 3 (10.00%) HSRP
6 3 (10.00%) IPsec
6 3 (10.00%) Wireless
7 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.33%) DNS
8 1 (3.33%) Junos
8 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (3.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (53.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (43.33%) Network Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Architect
3 8 (26.67%) Lead
4 4 (13.33%) Consultant
4 4 (13.33%) Lead Network Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior
5 3 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Project Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Data Centre
1 9 (30.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 9 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
2 9 (30.00%) Software Licensing
2 9 (30.00%) Time Management
3 7 (23.33%) Business Strategy
3 7 (23.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 7 (23.33%) GTM Strategy
3 7 (23.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 7 (23.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
3 7 (23.33%) Strategic Planning
3 7 (23.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Agile
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) ITIL
6 2 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (6.67%) Presales
6 2 (6.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) CCNA
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (10.00%) CCSA
3 3 (10.00%) CCSE
4 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CCNP
4 1 (3.33%) JNCIP
4 1 (3.33%) JNCIS
4 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) GRC
2 1 (3.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) Ansible
1 7 (23.33%) Terraform
2 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) Cisco
2 14 (46.67%) Fortinet
3 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
4 10 (33.33%) Aruba
5 9 (30.00%) Adobe
5 9 (30.00%) Apple
6 7 (23.33%) CheckPoint
6 7 (23.33%) Mellanox
6 7 (23.33%) NVIDIA
7 3 (10.00%) Meraki
7 3 (10.00%) Veeam
7 3 (10.00%) Zerto
8 2 (6.67%) HP
8 2 (6.67%) Juniper
9 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (3.33%) Netskope
9 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (3.33%) Zscaler