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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 232 215
Rank change year-on-year -3 -17 +148
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 35 74 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.34% 0.82% 0.92%
As % of the Vendors category 1.08% 2.22% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 20 43 72
10th Percentile £47,750 £37,500 £41,663
25th Percentile £49,598 £43,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,533 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -2.54% +7.27%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £92,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -

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 3,233 3,337 3,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.15% 37.17% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 1,744 2,611
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,375
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,875 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
Thames Valley -21 18 £52,500 -16.00% 18
Hampshire +27 9 £54,000 +20.00% 3
Buckinghamshire -12 7 £48,000 -16.52% 7
Surrey +5 6 £65,000 +36.84% 3
Berkshire -16 6 £52,783 -5.75% 11
Oxfordshire +17 5 - -
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 1 (2.86%) IIS
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (51.43%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) Google Workspace
3 4 (11.43%) AWS
3 4 (11.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.57%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) IaaS
5 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (60.00%) Firewall
2 14 (40.00%) VLAN
3 13 (37.14%) TCP/IP
3 13 (37.14%) Wireless
4 12 (34.29%) BGP
4 12 (34.29%) DHCP
4 12 (34.29%) DNS
4 12 (34.29%) OSPF
5 10 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 7 (20.00%) NAS
6 7 (20.00%) SAN
7 6 (17.14%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (11.43%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (11.43%) IPsec
8 4 (11.43%) LAN
9 3 (8.57%) Cisco Firepower
9 3 (8.57%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (8.57%) WAN
9 3 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (5.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Finance
2 1 (2.86%) Legal
2 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Network Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Lead
4 6 (17.14%) Lead Network Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Network Team Leader
4 6 (17.14%) Team Leader
5 5 (14.29%) Account Manager
5 5 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) Technical Support
5 5 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Network Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 3 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 5 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 5 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
1 5 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (8.57%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
1 6 (17.14%) Windows Server
2 5 (14.29%) Android
2 5 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 5 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (20.00%) High Availability
2 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (20.00%) ITIL
3 6 (17.14%) Agile
3 6 (17.14%) Business Continuity
3 6 (17.14%) Change Management
3 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
3 6 (17.14%) Dashboard Development
3 6 (17.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 6 (17.14%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (17.14%) Service Management
3 6 (17.14%) Sprint Planning
3 6 (17.14%) Sprint Retrospective
4 5 (14.29%) Business Development
4 5 (14.29%) CRM
4 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.43%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Bash
1 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (25.71%) CCNP
3 4 (11.43%) CISSP
3 4 (11.43%) Degree
4 3 (8.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (8.57%) CCSP
4 3 (8.57%) CEH
4 3 (8.57%) CISA
4 3 (8.57%) CISM
4 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.86%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.86%) CCIE
6 1 (2.86%) CCNA
6 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.86%) MCSE
6 1 (2.86%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (8.57%) GRC
1 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (37.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
3 6 (17.14%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (17.14%) vSphere
4 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.86%) AirWatch
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.86%) SCCM
2 1 (2.86%) SCOM
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) VMware
2 13 (37.14%) Cisco
3 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
4 8 (22.86%) CheckPoint
4 8 (22.86%) Google
5 7 (20.00%) Fortinet
6 6 (17.14%) HP
6 6 (17.14%) LogicMonitor
6 6 (17.14%) Meraki
7 5 (14.29%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 5 (14.29%) Aruba
8 3 (8.57%) Arista
8 3 (8.57%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (8.57%) Tenable
9 2 (5.71%) Citrix
9 2 (5.71%) F5
10 1 (2.86%) Commvault
10 1 (2.86%) Juniper
10 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
10 1 (2.86%) Veritas