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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 474 475
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 +138
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 234 475 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.48% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% 1.30% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 197 365 425
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,140 £36,350
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £82,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

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 19,185 36,439 43,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.78% 37.05% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,735 25,145 24,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England +39 223 £65,000 +18.18% 169
UK excluding London +42 120 £55,000 +10.00% 107
London +56 101 £80,000 +23.08% 77
Work from Home +13 54 £62,500 +13.64% 119
North of England +44 43 £55,000 -2.22% 33
North West +22 35 £55,000 -12.83% 20
South East +53 30 £52,783 +0.54% 24
Midlands +23 16 £65,000 +25.73% 13
South West +119 14 £55,000 +69.23% 12
East of England +54 12 £36,000 -24.21% 5
East Midlands +52 10 £65,000 +16.38% 1
Yorkshire +49 8 £70,000 +51.35% 12
West Midlands +10 6 £67,500 +31.58% 12
Wales +25 3 £54,500 -
Scotland +106 1 - - 15
Northern Ireland +32 1 - - 5

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 18 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.99%) IBM Domino
4 4 (1.71%) Confluence
5 3 (1.28%) Apache
5 3 (1.28%) IIS
6 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.43%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.99%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.43%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 114 (48.72%) Azure
2 38 (16.24%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (11.11%) AWS
4 22 (9.40%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (5.56%) Mimecast
7 11 (4.70%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (4.70%) GCP
7 11 (4.70%) OneDrive
8 10 (4.27%) Azure AKS
9 8 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (2.56%) IaaS
11 6 (2.56%) PaaS
12 4 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.28%) Cloudflare
13 3 (1.28%) Nutanix
13 3 (1.28%) SaaS
14 2 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 169 (72.22%) Firewall
2 107 (45.73%) WAN
3 87 (37.18%) LAN
4 59 (25.21%) SD-WAN
5 57 (24.36%) VPN
6 51 (21.79%) BGP
7 44 (18.80%) OSPF
8 43 (18.38%) Network Security
9 33 (14.10%) Cisco Firepower
10 29 (12.39%) Wireless
11 27 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (9.83%) Cisco Nexus
13 22 (9.40%) MPLS
14 21 (8.97%) Cisco ISE
15 17 (7.26%) IPsec
16 16 (6.84%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (6.84%) VLAN
17 14 (5.98%) Cisco ASA
18 13 (5.56%) WLAN
19 12 (5.13%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.28%) Big Data
4 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) Power BI
5 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.99%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.71%) JIRA
3 3 (1.28%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 74 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.52%) Finance
3 34 (14.53%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.13%) Banking
6 10 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.42%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.99%) Retail
10 4 (1.71%) Legal
10 4 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.71%) Marketing
11 3 (1.28%) Aviation
11 3 (1.28%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.28%) Local Government
11 3 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Games
12 2 (0.85%) iGaming
12 2 (0.85%) Publishing
13 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (32.05%) Network Engineer
2 34 (14.53%) Architect
3 28 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (11.54%) Consultant
5 26 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 26 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (10.26%) Junior
7 23 (9.83%) Azure Engineer
8 22 (9.40%) Junior Architect
8 22 (9.40%) Junior Solutions Architect
8 22 (9.40%) Senior
8 22 (9.40%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (7.69%) Security Engineer
10 17 (7.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 17 (7.26%) Network Consultant
11 14 (5.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (5.98%) Security Consultant
11 14 (5.98%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.27%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.14%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.85%) JSON
4 1 (0.43%) cloud-init
4 1 (0.43%) RESTful
4 1 (0.43%) SAML
4 1 (0.43%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.09%) Data Centre
2 7 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (2.56%) Reinsurance
4 5 (2.14%) Clustering
4 5 (2.14%) Hedge funds
4 5 (2.14%) PKI
4 5 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.71%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.71%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.71%) Wiki
6 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.85%) Online Games
7 2 (0.85%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 58 (24.79%) Windows
2 42 (17.95%) Windows Server
3 30 (12.82%) Linux
4 12 (5.13%) Android
5 11 (4.70%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.42%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.99%) CentOS
7 7 (2.99%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.14%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.43%) Unix
12 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.22%) Presales
2 35 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (11.11%) Migration
5 25 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (10.26%) ITIL
7 22 (9.40%) Roadmaps
8 21 (8.97%) Mentoring
9 20 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (8.55%) Network Virtualisation
10 18 (7.69%) CI/CD
10 18 (7.69%) SIEM
11 16 (6.84%) DevOps
11 16 (6.84%) Network Monitoring
12 15 (6.41%) Business Continuity
12 15 (6.41%) Fintech
12 15 (6.41%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (6.41%) Network Management
12 15 (6.41%) Service Delivery
13 14 (5.98%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.10%) Python
2 32 (13.68%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.70%) SQL
4 10 (4.27%) Bash
5 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 105 (44.87%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (32.05%) CCNP
3 51 (21.79%) CCNA
4 27 (11.54%) CCIE
5 24 (10.26%) JNCIA
6 23 (9.83%) Degree
6 23 (9.83%) Security Cleared
7 15 (6.41%) CISSP
7 15 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (5.56%) CCSA
9 11 (4.70%) CISM
9 11 (4.70%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (3.42%) CCSE
11 8 (3.42%) MCSA
11 8 (3.42%) MCSE
11 8 (3.42%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.56%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.14%) CEH
14 4 (1.71%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.70%) NIST
3 10 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (4.27%) GDPR
4 9 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (2.56%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.56%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.28%) NCSC
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) Basel III
8 1 (0.43%) COBIT
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.43%) MiFID
8 1 (0.43%) PSD2
8 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 33 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.70%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.56%) Firmware
5 6 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.56%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.28%) Docker
8 1 (0.43%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 36 (15.38%) Terraform
2 32 (13.68%) Ansible
3 29 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (7.69%) Kubernetes
5 17 (7.26%) SCCM
6 6 (2.56%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.14%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.71%) Graylog
8 4 (1.71%) Nagios
8 4 (1.71%) Opsgenie
9 3 (1.28%) QRadar
10 2 (0.85%) Nessus
11 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.43%) CASB
11 1 (0.43%) Demisto
11 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.43%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 180 (76.92%) Cisco
2 90 (38.46%) Fortinet
3 72 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 52 (22.22%) CheckPoint
5 47 (20.09%) Aruba
6 44 (18.80%) Juniper
7 36 (15.38%) VMware
8 27 (11.54%) Meraki
9 26 (11.11%) F5
10 23 (9.83%) SolarWinds
11 16 (6.84%) Arista
12 13 (5.56%) Citrix
12 13 (5.56%) HP
13 8 (3.42%) Red Hat
14 7 (2.99%) Bloomberg
15 6 (2.56%) LogicMonitor
15 6 (2.56%) Splunk
16 5 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
16 5 (2.14%) Mellanox
16 5 (2.14%) NVIDIA