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 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 485 432
Rank change year-on-year +37 -53 +19
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 127 295 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.42% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 0.88% 1.18% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 108 206 188
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.18% -0.61%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -

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 14,420 24,976 25,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.55% 35.20% 42.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8,190 17,220 12,963
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,759 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,110 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £64,639
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £77,500
UK 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 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 16 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 16 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 +17 46 £56,250 +7.14% 55
North West -1 36 £55,000 -10.11% 26
South East +36 29 £53,065 +1.08% 64
South West +117 18 £55,000 +69.23% 13
Midlands +28 15 £65,000 +26.21% 17
East of England +37 12 £36,000 -24.21% 3
Yorkshire +51 10 £80,000 +82.86% 26
East Midlands +35 10 £65,000 +16.38% 3
West Midlands +18 5 £67,500 +31.58% 14
Wales +26 4 £53,500 - 3
Scotland +91 2 - - 17
Northern Ireland +36 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 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.51%) IBM Domino
3 5 (3.94%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.36%) Apache
4 3 (2.36%) Confluence
4 3 (2.36%) IIS
5 1 (0.79%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 44 (34.65%) Azure
2 17 (13.39%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (11.02%) AWS
4 12 (9.45%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (5.51%) GCP
6 5 (3.94%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.15%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.36%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.36%) SaaS
9 2 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.57%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.79%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.79%) IaaS
10 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (68.50%) Firewall
2 78 (61.42%) WAN
3 67 (52.76%) LAN
4 27 (21.26%) Cisco Firepower
4 27 (21.26%) VPN
5 22 (17.32%) Network Security
5 22 (17.32%) SD-WAN
6 19 (14.96%) BGP
6 19 (14.96%) OSPF
6 19 (14.96%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (9.45%) MPLS
8 11 (8.66%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (8.66%) VLAN
8 11 (8.66%) Wireless
9 10 (7.87%) EIGRP
10 9 (7.09%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (7.09%) IPsec
11 7 (5.51%) Wireshark
12 6 (4.72%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (3.94%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Bitbucket
1 3 (2.36%) JIRA
1 3 (2.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (43.31%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.26%) Presentation Skills
3 15 (11.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.57%) Aviation
6 2 (1.57%) Local Government
7 1 (0.79%) Finance
7 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (25.98%) Network Engineer
2 26 (20.47%) Architect
3 22 (17.32%) Junior
3 22 (17.32%) Junior Architect
3 22 (17.32%) Junior Solutions Architect
3 22 (17.32%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (11.02%) Support Engineer
5 13 (10.24%) Security Engineer
6 12 (9.45%) Cisco Engineer
7 11 (8.66%) Consultant
7 11 (8.66%) Senior
8 9 (7.09%) Lead
9 8 (6.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 8 (6.30%) Security Consultant
10 7 (5.51%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (5.51%) Cisco Support Engineer
10 7 (5.51%) Network Consultant
10 7 (5.51%) Project Engineer
10 7 (5.51%) Technical Consultant
10 7 (5.51%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) JSON
1 1 (0.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.81%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.15%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.36%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.36%) PKI
6 2 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
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%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (16.54%) Windows
2 13 (10.24%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.45%) Linux
4 8 (6.30%) Mac OS
5 7 (5.51%) Android
6 6 (4.72%) CentOS
6 6 (4.72%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.43%) Presales
2 19 (14.96%) Roadmaps
3 18 (14.17%) ITIL
4 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (11.81%) Mentoring
6 13 (10.24%) Migration
7 12 (9.45%) Network Virtualisation
8 11 (8.66%) Business Strategy
8 11 (8.66%) SIEM
9 10 (7.87%) Service Delivery
9 10 (7.87%) Zero Trust
10 9 (7.09%) Customer Service
10 9 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (7.09%) Network Design
11 8 (6.30%) Customer-Centricity
11 8 (6.30%) Strategic Planning
11 8 (6.30%) Strategic Roadmap
12 7 (5.51%) Platform Engineering
12 7 (5.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.60%) Python
2 8 (6.30%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.36%) Bash
3 3 (2.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 66 (51.97%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (34.65%) CCNA
3 38 (29.92%) CCNP
4 24 (18.90%) JNCIA
5 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
6 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (10.24%) CCIE
8 10 (7.87%) Degree
8 10 (7.87%) SC Cleared
9 8 (6.30%) CCSA
9 8 (6.30%) CISSP
9 8 (6.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (5.51%) MCSA
10 7 (5.51%) MCSE
10 7 (5.51%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (4.72%) CISM
12 3 (2.36%) CCDA
12 3 (2.36%) CCDP
12 3 (2.36%) CEH
12 3 (2.36%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) NIST
2 6 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.15%) GDPR
4 4 (3.15%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.36%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.57%) SLA
7 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (16.54%) Active Directory
2 16 (12.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.87%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.15%) Firmware
4 4 (3.15%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.79%) Docker
6 1 (0.79%) RHEV
6 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (15.75%) Ansible
2 11 (8.66%) Terraform
3 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.15%) CASB
4 4 (3.15%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.36%) QRadar
5 3 (2.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.57%) SCCM
6 2 (1.57%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.79%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.79%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 107 (84.25%) Cisco
2 71 (55.91%) Fortinet
3 49 (38.58%) Aruba
4 38 (29.92%) Juniper
5 36 (28.35%) Microsoft
6 26 (20.47%) CheckPoint
7 18 (14.17%) Meraki
8 17 (13.39%) VMware
9 13 (10.24%) HP
10 12 (9.45%) SolarWinds
11 8 (6.30%) F5
11 8 (6.30%) Mellanox
11 8 (6.30%) NVIDIA
12 6 (4.72%) Red Hat
13 5 (3.94%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (3.94%) WatchGuard
14 4 (3.15%) Citrix
14 4 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (3.15%) Splunk
15 3 (2.36%) Sophos