Palo Alto Jobs in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 479 439
Rank change year-on-year +26 -40 +14
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 126 303 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.40% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 0.82% 1.19% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 110 211 199
10th Percentile £37,710 £31,250 £32,700
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £68,438 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,429 25,405 24,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 38.88% 33.92% 42.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8,340 17,285 12,825
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,760 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,773 £45,543 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -8.91% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,625 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -13.04% +4.55%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Palo Alto within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England 0 45 £57,500 +9.52% 36
North West -13 32 £56,250 -8.07% 21
South East +13 31 £53,065 +1.08% 26
South West +120 18 £55,000 +69.23% 10
Yorkshire +41 13 £85,000 +88.89% 13
Midlands +30 13 £65,000 +26.71% 11
East of England +39 12 £36,000 -24.21% 8
East Midlands +45 10 £65,000 +25.73% 5
Wales +29 4 £53,500 - 8
West Midlands +19 3 £80,000 +55.95% 6
Scotland +101 2 - - 19
Northern Ireland +38 1 - - 3
Palo Alto
UK

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.56%) IBM Domino
3 5 (3.97%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.38%) Apache
4 3 (2.38%) Confluence
4 3 (2.38%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 43 (34.13%) Azure
2 19 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.73%) AWS
5 8 (6.35%) GCP
6 7 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.97%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.38%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.38%) Nutanix
9 2 (1.59%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.59%) SaaS
10 1 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (64.29%) WAN
2 80 (63.49%) Firewall
3 68 (53.97%) LAN
4 28 (22.22%) Cisco Firepower
5 27 (21.43%) VPN
6 20 (15.87%) SD-WAN
7 19 (15.08%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (13.49%) Network Security
8 17 (13.49%) OSPF
9 16 (12.70%) BGP
10 12 (9.52%) MPLS
11 11 (8.73%) VLAN
12 10 (7.94%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (7.94%) Wireless
13 9 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (6.35%) EIGRP
15 7 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (5.56%) IPsec
16 6 (4.76%) Wireshark
17 5 (3.97%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.38%) Bitbucket
2 3 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 51 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.59%) Aviation
6 2 (1.59%) Local Government
7 1 (0.79%) Advertising
7 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (27.78%) Network Engineer
2 24 (19.05%) Architect
3 21 (16.67%) Junior
3 21 (16.67%) Junior Architect
3 21 (16.67%) Junior Solutions Architect
3 21 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (11.11%) Lead
4 14 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 14 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 12 (9.52%) Consultant
6 11 (8.73%) Cisco Engineer
6 11 (8.73%) Senior
7 10 (7.94%) Project Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Security Consultant
9 7 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (5.56%) Cisco Support Engineer
9 7 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (5.56%) Platform Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (10.32%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.97%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.59%) PKI
7 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.79%) PMI
7 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Tandem
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.87%) Windows
2 13 (10.32%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.73%) Linux
4 8 (6.35%) Mac OS
5 7 (5.56%) Android
6 6 (4.76%) CentOS
6 6 (4.76%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.71%) Presales
2 23 (18.25%) Roadmaps
3 16 (12.70%) Mentoring
3 16 (12.70%) Network Virtualisation
4 15 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (11.90%) Migration
4 15 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (11.11%) Business Strategy
5 14 (11.11%) ITIL
6 13 (10.32%) Customer-Centricity
6 13 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 13 (10.32%) Strategic Planning
6 13 (10.32%) Strategic Roadmap
7 11 (8.73%) Network Design
7 11 (8.73%) SIEM
7 11 (8.73%) Zero Trust
8 9 (7.14%) Service Delivery
9 8 (6.35%) Customer Service
10 7 (5.56%) Cloud Security
10 7 (5.56%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.46%) Python
2 8 (6.35%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.17%) Bash
3 4 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 64 (50.79%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (33.33%) CCNA
3 40 (31.75%) CCNP
4 21 (16.67%) JNCIA
5 14 (11.11%) CCIE
5 14 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (10.32%) Security Cleared
7 10 (7.94%) Degree
8 9 (7.14%) CISSP
8 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
9 8 (6.35%) CCSA
10 7 (5.56%) CISM
10 7 (5.56%) MCSA
10 7 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (4.76%) MCSE
12 5 (3.97%) CCDA
12 5 (3.97%) CCDP
13 4 (3.17%) CEH
13 4 (3.17%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.56%) NIST
2 5 (3.97%) GDPR
2 5 (3.97%) HIPAA
2 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.59%) PMO
3 2 (1.59%) SLA
4 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (15.08%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.94%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.38%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.59%) Firmware
5 2 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.79%) Docker
6 1 (0.79%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 26 (20.63%) Ansible
2 15 (11.90%) Terraform
3 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.76%) CASB
5 5 (3.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (3.17%) FortiGate
6 4 (3.17%) QRadar
7 2 (1.59%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 110 (87.30%) Cisco
2 74 (58.73%) Fortinet
3 50 (39.68%) Aruba
4 40 (31.75%) Microsoft
5 33 (26.19%) Juniper
6 23 (18.25%) CheckPoint
7 21 (16.67%) Meraki
8 14 (11.11%) HP
8 14 (11.11%) VMware
9 13 (10.32%) Mellanox
9 13 (10.32%) NVIDIA
10 11 (8.73%) SolarWinds
11 7 (5.56%) Extreme Networks
11 7 (5.56%) F5
12 6 (4.76%) Red Hat
13 5 (3.97%) Aerohive Networks
13 5 (3.97%) Ekahau
13 5 (3.97%) Splunk
13 5 (3.97%) WatchGuard
14 4 (3.17%) CrowdStrike