Palo Alto Job Trends 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 17 May 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
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 407 509
Rank change year-on-year -47 +102 -48
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 129 126 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.43% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.81% 1.06% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 61 108 209
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +12.00% +11.11% -6.25%

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 15,950 11,892 24,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.06% 40.72% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,300 6,581 17,193
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,929 £25,760
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.89% -9.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £74,000
UK median annual salary £55,900 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.64% +10.00% -13.04%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Palo Alto job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Palo Alto
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Palo Alto

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 17 May 2026.

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 17 May 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
South East -9 37 £57,250 +7.89% 18
North of England -55 30 £57,500 +2.22% 26
West Midlands -9 25 £62,500 -7.41% 3
Midlands -21 25 £62,500 -3.85% 3
North West -7 24 £51,500 -6.36% 16
South West -44 19 £52,500 -4.55% 3
East of England -26 8 £50,000 +38.89% 1
Northern Ireland -31 6 - -
Yorkshire -54 5 £65,576 -18.03% 3
Scotland 0 4 £70,000 - 16
North East - 1 £65,576 - 7
Palo Alto
UK

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (31.78%) Azure
2 36 (27.91%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (26.36%) AWS
4 22 (17.05%) Serverless
5 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.20%) PowerApps
6 5 (3.88%) Apigee
6 5 (3.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (3.88%) Google Workspace
6 5 (3.88%) Kong
6 5 (3.88%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.55%) OCI
8 2 (1.55%) SaaS
9 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.78%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 66 (51.16%) Firewall
2 28 (21.71%) WAN
3 24 (18.60%) LAN
4 22 (17.05%) VLAN
4 22 (17.05%) VPN
5 21 (16.28%) Network Security
6 20 (15.50%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (15.50%) DNS
7 16 (12.40%) Cisco Firepower
8 15 (11.63%) BGP
9 14 (10.85%) Wireless
10 12 (9.30%) DHCP
11 10 (7.75%) MPLS
11 10 (7.75%) TCP/IP
11 10 (7.75%) Unified Communications
11 10 (7.75%) WebEx
12 9 (6.98%) NGFW
12 9 (6.98%) SD-WAN
13 8 (6.20%) OSPF
13 8 (6.20%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 22 (17.05%) Snyk
2 5 (3.88%) GitLab
General
1 32 (24.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 32 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.73%) Telecoms
3 17 (13.18%) Finance
4 15 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 13 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (7.75%) Marketing
6 10 (7.75%) Retail
7 9 (6.98%) Banking
8 4 (3.10%) Billing
9 3 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.55%) Police
10 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Advertising
11 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Electronics
11 1 (0.78%) Law
11 1 (0.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 41 (31.78%) Senior
2 40 (31.01%) Network Engineer
3 28 (21.71%) Architect
4 23 (17.83%) Security Architect
5 22 (17.05%) Cloud Architect
5 22 (17.05%) Cloud Security Architect
5 22 (17.05%) Senior Architect
5 22 (17.05%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 22 (17.05%) Senior Security Architect
6 21 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (11.63%) Security Engineer
8 14 (10.85%) Analyst
9 12 (9.30%) Senior Network Engineer
10 9 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (6.20%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 8 (6.20%) Applications Support
11 8 (6.20%) Applications Support Analyst
11 8 (6.20%) Service Analyst
11 8 (6.20%) Service Desk Analyst
11 8 (6.20%) Windows Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) XMPP
2 8 (6.20%) JSON
3 5 (3.88%) Jinja
3 5 (3.88%) REST
3 5 (3.88%) XML
3 5 (3.88%) YAML
3 5 (3.88%) YANG
4 3 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.78%) OAuth
5 1 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.03%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.63%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (10.08%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (10.08%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (8.53%) Onboarding
5 10 (7.75%) FlexPod
5 10 (7.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (5.43%) Replication
7 4 (3.10%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.55%) CCTV
8 2 (1.55%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.78%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.03%) Windows
2 18 (13.95%) Linux
3 16 (12.40%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.88%) Android
4 5 (3.88%) Apple iOS
4 5 (3.88%) Unix
5 1 (0.78%) VMS
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (47.29%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (24.81%) CI/CD
3 31 (24.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 24 (18.60%) Cloud Security
4 24 (18.60%) IT Strategy
4 24 (18.60%) ITIL
4 24 (18.60%) Security Architecture
5 23 (17.83%) DevSecOps
6 22 (17.05%) AI
6 22 (17.05%) Application Security
6 22 (17.05%) SDLC
6 22 (17.05%) Security Testing
6 22 (17.05%) Technology Strategy
6 22 (17.05%) Threat Modelling
6 22 (17.05%) Validation
7 20 (15.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (12.40%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (10.85%) DevOps
10 12 (9.30%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.95%) Python
2 8 (6.20%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.65%) Bicep
4 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.55%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.28%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (15.50%) Degree
4 16 (12.40%) CCNP
5 15 (11.63%) SC Cleared
6 11 (8.53%) CCNA
7 6 (4.65%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.88%) CCIE
8 5 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.55%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.78%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.78%) CCSM
12 1 (0.78%) CCSP
12 1 (0.78%) CISSP
12 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.83%) GRC
2 10 (7.75%) SLA
3 5 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.33%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (20.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (17.83%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (15.50%) Active Directory
4 9 (6.98%) Hyper-V
5 8 (6.20%) vSphere
6 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (4.65%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (3.10%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.78%) Firmware
8 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (9.30%) Ansible
1 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.75%) Cisco CUCM
2 10 (7.75%) Grafana
3 9 (6.98%) Terraform
4 8 (6.20%) SCCM
5 4 (3.10%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.78%) CASB
6 1 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 57 (44.19%) Cisco
1 57 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 38 (29.46%) Fortinet
3 35 (27.13%) CrowdStrike
4 31 (24.03%) Tenable
5 26 (20.16%) VMware
6 22 (17.05%) CheckPoint
7 18 (13.95%) Splunk
8 17 (13.18%) F5
9 9 (6.98%) Aruba
9 9 (6.98%) Juniper
10 8 (6.20%) LogRhythm
10 8 (6.20%) Qualys
10 8 (6.20%) ServiceNow
11 7 (5.43%) NetApp
12 6 (4.65%) Google
13 5 (3.88%) Dell
13 5 (3.88%) Meraki
13 5 (3.88%) Red Hat
14 4 (3.10%) HP