Palo Alto Jobs 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 11 December 2024, 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
11 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 158 234
Rank change year-on-year +16 +76 -5
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 55 29 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.43% 0.84% 0.59%
As % of the Vendors category 4.30% 1.83% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 26 29 31
10th Percentile £56,000 £42,175 £31,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +4.55% -16.03%
75th Percentile £66,375 £73,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +10.09% -0.91%

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 1,278 1,588 2,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.19% 45.75% 43.26%
Number of salaries quoted 620 1,109 1,537
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,300 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% -2.29% -
75th Percentile £66,500 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,283 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Palo Alto in the Thames Valley

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 December 2024.

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 11 December 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire +18 33 £57,500 +27.78% 4
Berkshire +12 16 £56,000 -17.04% 2
Oxfordshire -16 6 £100,000 +73.91%
Palo Alto
South East

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.73%) Azure
2 5 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (5.45%) AWS
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.64%) PaaS
4 2 (3.64%) SaaS
5 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (47.27%) VSAN
2 24 (43.64%) Firewall
2 24 (43.64%) Network Security
3 12 (21.82%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (20.00%) WAN
5 9 (16.36%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (12.73%) LAN
6 7 (12.73%) MPLS
6 7 (12.73%) VPN
6 7 (12.73%) WLAN
7 6 (10.91%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (10.91%) Cisco ISE
7 6 (10.91%) Multicast
8 4 (7.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (7.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (7.27%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (7.27%) SD-WAN
8 4 (7.27%) Sourcefire
9 2 (3.64%) BGP
9 2 (3.64%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) PostgreSQL
General
1 27 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 22 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Finance
5 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Retail
6 1 (1.82%) Billing
6 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (70.91%) Network Engineer
2 27 (49.09%) Security Engineer
3 24 (43.64%) Network Security Engineer
4 14 (25.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 13 (23.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (23.64%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 13 (23.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Consultant
6 9 (16.36%) Network Consultant
7 8 (14.55%) Senior
8 7 (12.73%) Field Engineer
8 7 (12.73%) Network Field Engineer
9 6 (10.91%) Automation Engineer
10 5 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (9.09%) Senior Network Consultant
11 4 (7.27%) Network Security Consultant
11 4 (7.27%) Security Consultant
12 2 (3.64%) Juniper Consultant
12 2 (3.64%) Senior Network Engineer
12 2 (3.64%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 29 (52.73%) Data Centre
2 26 (47.27%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.45%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.64%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.82%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.82%) PKI
5 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (58.18%) Linux
2 29 (52.73%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (58.18%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (49.09%) ITIL
4 24 (43.64%) Information Security
5 23 (41.82%) Change Management
6 13 (23.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (16.36%) Network Monitoring
7 9 (16.36%) Presales
8 7 (12.73%) Change Control
8 7 (12.73%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (12.73%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 7 (12.73%) Network Architecture
9 6 (10.91%) Fintech
9 6 (10.91%) Open Source
9 6 (10.91%) SIEM
10 4 (7.27%) Identity Access Management
11 3 (5.45%) Security Operations
11 3 (5.45%) Service Delivery
12 2 (3.64%) Incident Management
12 2 (3.64%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.82%) Bash
3 1 (1.82%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (25.45%) CCNP
1 14 (25.45%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (20.00%) CCNA
2 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.64%) CCSE
5 2 (3.64%) CCSM
5 2 (3.64%) CISSP
5 2 (3.64%) JNCIP
5 2 (3.64%) JNCIS
5 2 (3.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.82%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.82%) MCSE
6 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
2 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.82%) NCSC
3 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (49.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (45.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.64%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.82%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (12.73%) Ansible
2 6 (10.91%) ZABBIX
3 2 (3.64%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.82%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (54.55%) HP
1 30 (54.55%) VMware
2 29 (52.73%) CheckPoint
3 23 (41.82%) Cisco
4 20 (36.36%) Fortinet
5 11 (20.00%) Arista
6 10 (18.18%) Juniper
7 7 (12.73%) Microsoft
8 5 (9.09%) F5
9 4 (7.27%) Aruba
9 4 (7.27%) Blue Coat
9 4 (7.27%) McAfee
9 4 (7.27%) Zscaler
10 2 (3.64%) LogRhythm
10 2 (3.64%) Rapid7
10 2 (3.64%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.64%) Splunk
11 1 (1.82%) ArcSight
11 1 (1.82%) Qualys
11 1 (1.82%) Ribbon