Palo Alto Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Palo Alto
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 10 October 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
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 181 143
Rank change year-on-year -2 -38 +9
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 26 18 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.47% 1.21%
As % of the Vendors category 1.41% 1.10% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 22
10th Percentile - £46,320 £53,538
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,598 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +47.83% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £90,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - £95,000 £89,625
South East median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +21.74% -

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,847 1,633 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.50% 42.70% 34.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,364 637 680
10th Percentile £29,575 £28,650 £31,238
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £48,925
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -8.02% -8.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £64,563
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £78,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.53% -19.05% -

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

Palo Alto
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Oxfordshire -21 14 £72,500 -27.50%
Berkshire +7 7 £57,500 -32.35% 4
Buckinghamshire -3 5 - - 3
Palo Alto
South East

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (61.54%) Azure
2 14 (53.85%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (92.31%) Network Security
1 24 (92.31%) VPN
1 24 (92.31%) WAN
2 20 (76.92%) SD-WAN
3 14 (53.85%) DHCP
3 14 (53.85%) DNS
3 14 (53.85%) Firewall
3 14 (53.85%) LAN
3 14 (53.85%) VLAN
4 10 (38.46%) BGP
4 10 (38.46%) FTP
4 10 (38.46%) HTTP
4 10 (38.46%) ICMP
4 10 (38.46%) IPsec
4 10 (38.46%) MPLS
4 10 (38.46%) SNMP
4 10 (38.46%) SSH
4 10 (38.46%) SSL
5 9 (34.62%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (19.23%) Wireless
General
1 5 (19.23%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (19.23%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Architect
1 15 (57.69%) Network Architect
2 10 (38.46%) Network Security Architect
2 10 (38.46%) Security Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Network Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Network Architect
4 4 (15.38%) Lead
5 3 (11.54%) Presales Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Network Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Network Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Team Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (38.46%) OAuth
1 10 (38.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (19.23%) Data Centre
2 5 (19.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (19.23%) Private Cloud
3 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (38.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 10 (38.46%) Network Segmentation
3 9 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (34.62%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
5 5 (19.23%) Commercial Awareness
5 5 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (19.23%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (19.23%) Network Architecture
5 5 (19.23%) Presales
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
5 5 (19.23%) TOGAF
5 5 (19.23%) Zero Trust
6 4 (15.38%) Business Continuity
6 4 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (15.38%) High Availability
6 4 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (34.62%) CCNP
3 6 (23.08%) CCNA
4 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (38.46%) NIST
2 5 (19.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) VMware NSX
3 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (46.15%) FortiGate
2 10 (38.46%) CASB
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
3 9 (34.62%) Aruba
3 9 (34.62%) Fortinet
3 9 (34.62%) VMware
4 5 (19.23%) Juniper
5 2 (7.69%) Meraki