Palo Alto Job Trends in the South East

Palo Alto
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 15 June 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
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 256 295
Rank change year-on-year +17 +39 -5
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 63 29 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.43% 0.37% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.67% 0.89% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 35 21 84
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,813 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £59,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +16.67% +6.67% -6.25%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,778 3,263 6,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.75% 41.74% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,337 1,759 4,487
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in the South East

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the South East over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the South East

Palo Alto
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Surrey +13 32 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Thames Valley +19 25 £62,500 -26.47% 11
Oxfordshire - 12 £72,500 - 3
Berkshire +16 11 £57,500 -32.35% 5
Hampshire -36 6 £80,000 +52.38% 3
Buckinghamshire -13 2 £60,000 - 3
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (39.68%) Azure
2 19 (30.16%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (22.22%) AWS
4 8 (12.70%) Power Platform
4 8 (12.70%) PowerApps
5 5 (7.94%) Apigee
5 5 (7.94%) Kong
5 5 (7.94%) OpenShift
6 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.17%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 41 (65.08%) Firewall
2 25 (39.68%) WAN
3 24 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (26.98%) LAN
4 17 (26.98%) Network Security
5 16 (25.40%) Cisco Nexus
6 15 (23.81%) VPN
7 13 (20.63%) DHCP
7 13 (20.63%) DNS
8 12 (19.05%) VLAN
9 11 (17.46%) SD-WAN
10 10 (15.87%) BGP
11 8 (12.70%) Internet
12 7 (11.11%) FTP
12 7 (11.11%) HTTP
12 7 (11.11%) ICMP
12 7 (11.11%) MPLS
12 7 (11.11%) SNMP
12 7 (11.11%) SSH
12 7 (11.11%) SSL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) GitLab
General
1 11 (17.46%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.87%) Finance
3 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (44.44%) Analyst
2 19 (30.16%) Senior
3 16 (25.40%) Security Analyst
3 16 (25.40%) Senior Analyst
4 15 (23.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 15 (23.81%) Network Analyst
4 15 (23.81%) Senior Security Analyst
5 14 (22.22%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 14 (22.22%) Senior Network Analyst
6 13 (20.63%) Network Security Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 8 (12.70%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (12.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Applications Support
7 8 (12.70%) Applications Support Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Security Engineer
7 8 (12.70%) Service Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Service Desk Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 8 (12.70%) Windows Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.70%) JSON
2 7 (11.11%) OAuth
2 7 (11.11%) SAML
3 5 (7.94%) Jinja
3 5 (7.94%) REST
3 5 (7.94%) XML
3 5 (7.94%) YAML
3 5 (7.94%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (9.52%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.17%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.17%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.22%) Windows
2 7 (11.11%) Linux
3 5 (7.94%) Unix
3 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.17%) Android
4 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (49.21%) Cybersecurity
1 31 (49.21%) Vulnerability Management
2 20 (31.75%) Incident Management
3 18 (28.57%) SIEM
4 14 (22.22%) Data Security
5 13 (20.63%) Network Load Balancing
6 12 (19.05%) ITIL
6 12 (19.05%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (15.87%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (14.29%) Business Continuity
8 9 (14.29%) Change Management
8 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (14.29%) Project Management
8 9 (14.29%) Security Operations
9 8 (12.70%) Application Packaging
9 8 (12.70%) Asset Management
9 8 (12.70%) ITSM
9 8 (12.70%) Knowledge Management
9 8 (12.70%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.94%) Python
3 4 (6.35%) Bicep
4 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) CCNA
3 4 (6.35%) CCNP
4 1 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.59%) CCIE
4 1 (1.59%) CCSE
4 1 (1.59%) CCSM
4 1 (1.59%) CCSP
4 1 (1.59%) CEH
4 1 (1.59%) CISA
4 1 (1.59%) CISM
4 1 (1.59%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (14.29%) SLA
2 7 (11.11%) NIST
3 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) GRC
4 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (25.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (12.70%) SCCM
3 7 (11.11%) CASB
3 7 (11.11%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (73.02%) Cisco
2 33 (52.38%) Microsoft
3 25 (39.68%) Aruba
4 24 (38.10%) Qualys
5 12 (19.05%) Fortinet
6 10 (15.87%) CheckPoint
7 9 (14.29%) Juniper
8 8 (12.70%) ServiceNow
8 8 (12.70%) Tenable
9 7 (11.11%) LogRhythm
9 7 (11.11%) Splunk
10 6 (9.52%) VMware
11 5 (7.94%) F5
11 5 (7.94%) Red Hat
12 3 (4.76%) Google
12 3 (4.76%) HP
13 2 (3.17%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 2 (3.17%) Veeam
14 1 (1.59%) 3PAR
14 1 (1.59%) SolarWinds