Palo Alto Jobs

Palo Alto
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 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
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 430 364 551
Rank change year-on-year -66 +187 +10
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 376 426 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.80% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.56% 1.93% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 257 360 507
10th Percentile £41,625 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,100 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +5.26%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 24,118 22,101 50,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.77% 41.71% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,668 16,229 29,679
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,942 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,252 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,934 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £49,290 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.44% -1.42% +5.26%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Palo Alto as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Palo Alto in the UK

Palo Alto
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Palo Alto in the UK

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the UK

Palo Alto
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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
England -66 356 £62,500 - 98
UK excluding London -97 186 £55,000 -4.35% 48
London -28 174 £72,500 +3.57% 55
Work from Home -30 135 £60,000 -4.00% 63
South East -54 83 £57,500 -4.17% 16
North of England -49 35 £50,000 -11.89% 12
Midlands -72 22 £55,000 -11.65% 5
South West +15 20 £62,500 +19.05% 6
West Midlands -56 18 £51,250 -18.00% 3
East of England -58 17 £50,000 -41.18% 5
North West -52 16 £50,000 -20.00% 10
Yorkshire 0 11 £57,500 +1.32% 1
North East -35 8 £50,000 -41.18% 1
Scotland -3 6 £46,500 -19.13%
East Midlands -39 4 £55,000 +3.77% 2
Wales +3 3 £59,272 -1.21% 3

Palo Alto
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.60%) Confluence
4 5 (1.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.53%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.86%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.53%) 3ds Max
4 2 (0.53%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.27%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 163 (43.35%) Azure
2 71 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (17.29%) AWS
4 34 (9.04%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.79%) Mimecast
6 14 (3.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (1.86%) GCP
9 7 (1.86%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.86%) SaaS
10 6 (1.60%) IaaS
10 6 (1.60%) PaaS
11 5 (1.33%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.06%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 2 (0.53%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.53%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.53%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 249 (66.22%) Firewall
2 107 (28.46%) WAN
3 106 (28.19%) Network Security
4 96 (25.53%) VPN
5 85 (22.61%) LAN
6 78 (20.74%) BGP
7 76 (20.21%) SD-WAN
8 66 (17.55%) OSPF
9 53 (14.10%) Wireless
10 48 (12.77%) Cisco ISE
11 41 (10.90%) Cisco ASA
11 41 (10.90%) VLAN
12 39 (10.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 38 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
14 35 (9.31%) MPLS
15 34 (9.04%) TCP/IP
16 30 (7.98%) Cisco Nexus
17 29 (7.71%) IPsec
17 29 (7.71%) WLAN
18 28 (7.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.86%) Big Data
1 7 (1.86%) Power BI
1 7 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.13%) JIRA
2 3 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 113 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.23%) Finance
3 31 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
4 23 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
4 23 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 21 (5.59%) Law
6 19 (5.05%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.52%) Banking
8 16 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (3.72%) Retail
10 9 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.39%) Marketing
11 8 (2.13%) Legal
12 6 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.80%) Local Government
14 2 (0.53%) Games
15 1 (0.27%) Billing
15 1 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 146 (38.83%) Network Engineer
2 67 (17.82%) Senior
3 62 (16.49%) Consultant
4 50 (13.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 41 (10.90%) Security Engineer
6 35 (9.31%) Network Security Engineer
7 32 (8.51%) Network Consultant
8 31 (8.24%) Analyst
9 26 (6.91%) Architect
10 25 (6.65%) Senior Network Engineer
11 23 (6.12%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (5.85%) Senior Consultant
13 20 (5.32%) Senior Network Consultant
14 18 (4.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 18 (4.79%) Network Architect
15 17 (4.52%) IT Consultant
16 16 (4.26%) Security Consultant
17 15 (3.99%) Security Analyst
18 14 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
18 14 (3.72%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.93%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.60%) SAML
3 4 (1.06%) REST
4 3 (0.80%) XMPP
5 1 (0.27%) cloud-init
5 1 (0.27%) JSON
5 1 (0.27%) OAuth
5 1 (0.27%) RESTful
5 1 (0.27%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (0.27%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 88 (23.40%) Data Centre
2 43 (11.44%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (4.52%) Public Cloud
5 14 (3.72%) CMDB
6 8 (2.13%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.86%) Replication
8 6 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.33%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.33%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.06%) Reinsurance
11 3 (0.80%) CCTV
11 3 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.80%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.80%) Tandem
12 2 (0.53%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 107 (28.46%) Windows
2 76 (20.21%) Linux
3 46 (12.23%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.26%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.86%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.60%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.06%) CentOS
8 4 (1.06%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.80%) Android
10 2 (0.53%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.53%) Unix
11 1 (0.27%) SUSE
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (20.48%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (15.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 55 (14.63%) Presales
5 54 (14.36%) ITIL
6 45 (11.97%) Information Security
7 39 (10.37%) Migration
8 35 (9.31%) Change Management
9 33 (8.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 33 (8.78%) Network Monitoring
10 32 (8.51%) Roadmaps
11 30 (7.98%) Business Continuity
12 28 (7.45%) Mentoring
13 26 (6.91%) Cloud Security
13 26 (6.91%) Network Design
14 25 (6.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (6.65%) Customer Service
14 25 (6.65%) ITSM
14 25 (6.65%) Network Management
14 25 (6.65%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.78%) PowerShell
2 30 (7.98%) Python
3 15 (3.99%) Bash
4 10 (2.66%) SQL
5 1 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 155 (41.22%) Cisco Certification
2 125 (33.24%) CCNP
3 63 (16.76%) CCNA
4 49 (13.03%) Security Cleared
5 44 (11.70%) CCIE
6 31 (8.24%) Degree
7 23 (6.12%) CISSP
8 21 (5.59%) SC Cleared
9 19 (5.05%) CCSE
10 15 (3.99%) JNCIP
11 11 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (2.93%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (2.66%) MCSA
13 8 (2.13%) CCSA
13 8 (2.13%) DV Cleared
13 8 (2.13%) JNCIA
14 7 (1.86%) APMG
14 7 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.86%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (3.99%) PCI DSS
3 14 (3.72%) GDPR
4 11 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.66%) NIST
6 8 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.60%) SLA
8 4 (1.06%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.06%) NCSC
9 3 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.27%) Basel III
11 1 (0.27%) GRC
11 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.27%) MiFID
11 1 (0.27%) PSD2
11 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 80 (21.28%) Active Directory
1 80 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (8.78%) VMware ESXi
3 24 (6.38%) Hyper-V
4 17 (4.52%) Firmware
5 14 (3.72%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.86%) vSphere
7 6 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.06%) Ceph
9 2 (0.53%) Docker
10 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.27%) Snort
10 1 (0.27%) Squid
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (8.78%) Ansible
3 27 (7.18%) FortiGate
4 18 (4.79%) Terraform
5 9 (2.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (2.39%) SCCM
6 8 (2.13%) Puppet
7 7 (1.86%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.60%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.06%) N-central
9 4 (1.06%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.80%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.80%) Nagios
10 3 (0.80%) Nessus
10 3 (0.80%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.53%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.53%) WMI
Vendors
1 233 (61.97%) Cisco
2 139 (36.97%) Microsoft
3 112 (29.79%) Fortinet
4 100 (26.60%) VMware
5 87 (23.14%) CheckPoint
6 71 (18.88%) Juniper
7 53 (14.10%) F5
8 42 (11.17%) Meraki
9 39 (10.37%) Aruba
9 39 (10.37%) HP
10 36 (9.57%) SolarWinds
11 31 (8.24%) Arista
12 17 (4.52%) Citrix
12 17 (4.52%) Nimble Storage
13 16 (4.26%) Barracuda Networks
13 16 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
14 15 (3.99%) IBM
15 13 (3.46%) Veeam
16 12 (3.19%) Qualys
17 11 (2.93%) Rapid7