Palo Alto Job Trends in Scotland

Palo Alto
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 21 October 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
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 144 154
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 +44
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 20 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.76% 0.24% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 1.59% 0.89% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £31,625 £52,625
25th Percentile £73,750 £34,438 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £41,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +87.88% -29.79% +6.82%
75th Percentile £81,250 £51,688 £62,188
90th Percentile - £59,675 £63,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +8.70%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,256 896 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.41% 27.06% 42.03%
Number of salaries quoted 517 407 882
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £39,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,851 £50,309 £40,356
Median % change year-on-year -34.70% +24.66% -23.13%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,250 £80,000 £79,771
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +1.77% +0.17%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in Scotland

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Edinburgh +26 16 - -
Glasgow +2 3 - - 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £77,500 -
Palo Alto
UK

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 18 (90.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) Firewall
1 20 (100.00%) WAN
2 19 (95.00%) LAN
2 19 (95.00%) Wireless
3 18 (90.00%) SD-WAN
4 16 (80.00%) Wireshark
5 3 (15.00%) BGP
5 3 (15.00%) OSPF
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (10.00%) EIGRP
7 1 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (5.00%) MPLS
7 1 (5.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (80.00%) Finance
2 16 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Network Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Network Support
2 4 (20.00%) Network Support Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) IT Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (80.00%) Data Centre
1 16 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 16 (80.00%) Capacity Planning
1 16 (80.00%) Change Management
1 16 (80.00%) Coaching
1 16 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 16 (80.00%) Load Balancing
1 16 (80.00%) Network Monitoring
1 16 (80.00%) Network Planning
1 16 (80.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 16 (80.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (5.00%) High Availability
2 1 (5.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (5.00%) People Management
2 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (5.00%) WAN Optimisation
2 1 (5.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) CCNP
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (85.00%) SolarWinds
3 16 (80.00%) CheckPoint
3 16 (80.00%) Meraki
4 4 (20.00%) Aruba
5 3 (15.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.00%) F5
6 1 (5.00%) Riverbed
6 1 (5.00%) VMware