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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 398 396
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 +122
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 125 169 182
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 1.00% 1.32% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 51 108 160
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,563 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,375 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £75,125
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +2.46% +6.09%

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 12,482 12,772 13,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.43% 35.55% 38.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,889 6,088 10,437
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £50,000 £47,657
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% +4.92% -4.69%
75th Percentile £61,041 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% -4.35%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -3 35 £53,533 -6.90% 47
Scotland +22 19 £75,000 +34.53% 10
North of England -10 18 £57,500 +15.00% 8
East of England +25 15 £50,250 +0.50% 17
West Midlands +17 15 £50,000 -2.44% 5
North West +14 15 £57,500 +15.00% 5
Midlands +13 15 £50,000 -9.09% 7
South West +13 15 £53,000 -13.47% 3
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 1
North East +6 2 £77,500 +55.00% 2
Wales +9 1 £55,000 -15.38% 4
Yorkshire -19 1 £60,000 +7.62% 1
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 1 (0.80%) IIS
1 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.80%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 74 (59.20%) Azure
2 31 (24.80%) AWS
3 6 (4.80%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
3 6 (4.80%) IaaS
3 6 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.00%) Google Workspace
5 4 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.20%) PaaS
5 4 (3.20%) SaaS
6 3 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.60%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.60%) OCI
8 1 (0.80%) GCP
8 1 (0.80%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 73 (58.40%) Firewall
2 36 (28.80%) Wireless
3 35 (28.00%) WAN
4 32 (25.60%) LAN
5 28 (22.40%) SD-WAN
6 26 (20.80%) BGP
7 25 (20.00%) OSPF
8 24 (19.20%) VLAN
9 21 (16.80%) VPN
10 19 (15.20%) DNS
10 19 (15.20%) TCP/IP
10 19 (15.20%) Wireshark
11 18 (14.40%) Network Security
12 16 (12.80%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (12.80%) EIGRP
12 16 (12.80%) IPsec
13 15 (12.00%) DHCP
14 14 (11.20%) SAN
15 11 (8.80%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (7.20%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) GitLab
1 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.60%) Telecoms
3 19 (15.20%) Finance
4 16 (12.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.20%) Billing
6 4 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.20%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.20%) Police
7 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.80%) Advertising
9 1 (0.80%) Electronics
9 1 (0.80%) Law
9 1 (0.80%) Legal
9 1 (0.80%) Marketing
9 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (38.40%) Network Engineer
2 19 (15.20%) Architect
3 14 (11.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (10.40%) Analyst
5 9 (7.20%) Security Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Senior
5 9 (7.20%) Support Analyst
6 8 (6.40%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) Lead
7 6 (4.80%) Lead Network Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) Network Team Leader
7 6 (4.80%) Team Leader
8 5 (4.00%) Account Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Network Support
8 5 (4.00%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (4.00%) Technical Support
8 5 (4.00%) Technical Support Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Field Engineer
9 4 (3.20%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.40%) REST
2 1 (0.80%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.80%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (37.60%) Data Centre
2 25 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (16.00%) Management Information System
4 9 (7.20%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
6 6 (4.80%) Driving Licence
7 5 (4.00%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (4.00%) Web Conferencing
8 4 (3.20%) Digital Signage
8 4 (3.20%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.20%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.40%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.60%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.80%) Clustering
11 1 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.40%) Linux
1 13 (10.40%) Windows
1 13 (10.40%) Windows Server
2 5 (4.00%) Android
2 5 (4.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.60%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.80%) CentOS
4 1 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.60%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (21.60%) Customer Service
3 26 (20.80%) Change Management
4 23 (18.40%) Network Monitoring
5 22 (17.60%) Network Virtualisation
6 21 (16.80%) ITIL
6 21 (16.80%) Load Balancing
7 20 (16.00%) AI
7 20 (16.00%) Asset Management
8 19 (15.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (14.40%) Time Management
10 17 (13.60%) Coaching
11 16 (12.80%) Capacity Planning
11 16 (12.80%) Network Planning
11 16 (12.80%) Problem Management
12 14 (11.20%) High Availability
12 14 (11.20%) Service Management
13 13 (10.40%) Customer Engagement
13 13 (10.40%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.80%) Bash
2 5 (4.00%) Python
3 4 (3.20%) Bicep
3 4 (3.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (27.20%) Degree
2 31 (24.80%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (20.00%) CCNP
4 24 (19.20%) Security Cleared
5 16 (12.80%) SC Cleared
6 9 (7.20%) CCNA
6 9 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (6.40%) Azure Certification
8 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (3.20%) CISSP
9 4 (3.20%) DV Cleared
9 4 (3.20%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.40%) CCSP
10 3 (2.40%) CEH
10 3 (2.40%) CISA
10 3 (2.40%) CISM
10 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.60%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.40%) GRC
2 3 (2.40%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (20.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.60%) vSphere
3 11 (8.80%) Hyper-V
4 10 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.20%) VMware NSX
6 3 (2.40%) Firmware
7 2 (1.60%) Docker
8 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.40%) Terraform
2 7 (5.60%) FortiGate
3 6 (4.80%) Ansible
4 4 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.40%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.60%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.60%) Nagios
7 1 (0.80%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.80%) SCCM
7 1 (0.80%) SCOM
7 1 (0.80%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.80%) VxRail
Vendors
1 61 (48.80%) Cisco
2 52 (41.60%) Microsoft
3 38 (30.40%) Fortinet
4 35 (28.00%) CheckPoint
5 29 (23.20%) Meraki
6 28 (22.40%) VMware
7 25 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
8 21 (16.80%) SolarWinds
9 12 (9.60%) Adobe
9 12 (9.60%) Apple
10 11 (8.80%) Aruba
11 9 (7.20%) F5
11 9 (7.20%) Zscaler
12 8 (6.40%) Dell
12 8 (6.40%) Google
12 8 (6.40%) HP
12 8 (6.40%) Veeam
13 6 (4.80%) LogicMonitor
14 5 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
14 5 (4.00%) Tenable