Palo Alto Jobs in the South West

Palo Alto
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 May 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 291 252
Rank change year-on-year +123 -39 +32
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 16 10 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.46% 0.10% 0.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.40% 0.34% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 12
10th Percentile - £31,000 £37,050
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -51.85% +17.39%
75th Percentile £58,125 £48,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,250 £62,738 -
England median annual salary £63,750 £55,001 £58,000
% change year-on-year +15.91% -5.17% +0.87%

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,143 2,961 2,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.82% 30.48% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 703 2,201 1,444
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,338 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £33,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,950
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the South West

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the South West.

Salary trend for Palo Alto in the South West

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the South West

Palo Alto
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Gloucestershire - 7 £55,000 - 5
Bristol +57 4 £57,500 +76.92%
Wiltshire - 3 £47,500 - 2
Somerset - 2 £47,500 - 1
Palo Alto
England

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) VPN
2 9 (56.25%) WAN
3 6 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (31.25%) LAN
4 5 (31.25%) MPLS
4 5 (31.25%) Network Security
5 4 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (25.00%) Wireless
6 3 (18.75%) ADSL
6 3 (18.75%) BGP
6 3 (18.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (18.75%) LoRaWAN
6 3 (18.75%) Modbus
6 3 (18.75%) OSPF
6 3 (18.75%) SD-WAN
6 3 (18.75%) VLAN
7 2 (12.50%) SAN
7 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 2 (12.50%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (12.50%) Local Government
3 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Presales Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Presales Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Network Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Presales Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
1 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Presales
2 6 (37.50%) Network Design
3 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
3 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
3 5 (31.25%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (18.75%) Identity Management
4 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) SIEM
5 2 (12.50%) Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Service Management
5 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (56.25%) CCNP
3 8 (50.00%) CCNA
4 3 (18.75%) CCDA
4 3 (18.75%) CCDP
4 3 (18.75%) CCIE
4 3 (18.75%) CISM
4 3 (18.75%) CISSP
4 3 (18.75%) DBS Check
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) CISA
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (6.25%) CCSA
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) NIST
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (6.25%) GDPR
3 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
3 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Ansible
2 3 (18.75%) CASB
2 3 (18.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (12.50%) SmoothWall
4 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
4 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Cisco
2 11 (68.75%) Fortinet
3 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (43.75%) Meraki
5 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 4 (25.00%) Juniper
5 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds
6 3 (18.75%) Aerohive Networks
6 3 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (18.75%) Ekahau
6 3 (18.75%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (18.75%) F5
6 3 (18.75%) Sophos
6 3 (18.75%) VMware
7 2 (12.50%) Citrix
7 2 (12.50%) EMC
8 1 (6.25%) Google