Palo Alto
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Palo Alto products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Palo Alto over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Palo Alto Networks.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 354 563 576
Rank change year-on-year +209 +13 -145
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 433 657 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.52% 0.48%
As % of the Vendors category 1.90% 1.28% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 361 522 488
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £81,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -9.52%

All Vendors
UK

Palo Alto is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,763 51,212 50,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.07% 40.70% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16,651 30,301 33,215
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,072
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Palo Alto in the UK

Palo Alto
Top 17 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 29 November 2023. 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 +177 382 £62,500 +4.17% 119
UK excluding London +140 233 £57,500 +15.00% 53
London +187 179 £70,073 +5.77% 77
Work from Home +128 179 £62,500 -3.85% 45
South East +161 98 £60,000 +11.11% 21
North of England +107 56 £58,500 +17.00% 8
Midlands +106 45 £62,250 +13.18% 11
West Midlands +97 34 £62,500 +13.64% 11
North West +92 31 £62,500 +10.62% 5
Yorkshire +92 26 £57,500 +32.50% 2
Wales +34 26 £60,000 +39.53%
East of England +81 15 £85,000 +88.89% 1
East Midlands +50 11 £53,000 -3.64%
North East +43 10 £85,000 +33.33% 1
South West +53 8 £52,500 - 9
Northern Ireland +34 7 £68,000 +36.00% 1
Scotland +46 3 £57,500 +4.55% 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 17 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.46%) Confluence
3 10 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.62%) Apache
5 6 (1.39%) MS Exchange
6 4 (0.92%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.46%) IIS
7 2 (0.46%) nginx
7 2 (0.46%) WordPress
8 1 (0.23%) CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.23%) uWSGI
Applications
1 9 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.62%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.46%) LightWave 3D
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 171 (39.49%) Azure
2 84 (19.40%) AWS
3 53 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (9.01%) IaaS
5 35 (8.08%) SaaS
6 34 (7.85%) PaaS
7 32 (7.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 30 (6.93%) Entra ID
9 21 (4.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 13 (3.00%) AWS Direct Connect
11 9 (2.08%) GCP
12 7 (1.62%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.39%) Nutanix
14 5 (1.15%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.15%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.92%) Azure Stack
15 4 (0.92%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.69%) Mimecast
17 2 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 263 (60.74%) Firewall
2 161 (37.18%) WAN
3 143 (33.03%) Network Security
4 135 (31.18%) VPN
5 107 (24.71%) SD-WAN
6 101 (23.33%) LAN
7 91 (21.02%) BGP
8 74 (17.09%) Cisco Nexus
8 74 (17.09%) IPsec
8 74 (17.09%) Wireless
9 73 (16.86%) Wi-Fi
10 61 (14.09%) OSPF
11 58 (13.39%) MPLS
12 54 (12.47%) Internet
13 48 (11.09%) Cisco ASA
14 41 (9.47%) DNS
14 41 (9.47%) NGFW
15 37 (8.55%) Cisco Firepower
16 35 (8.08%) DHCP
16 35 (8.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.77%) MySQL
1 12 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (3.46%) JIRA
2 9 (2.08%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.85%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.62%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.15%) GitLab
6 4 (0.92%) Git
7 1 (0.23%) Ant
General
1 85 (19.63%) Social Skills
2 48 (11.09%) Finance
3 33 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 31 (7.16%) Telecoms
5 28 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.77%) Law
7 15 (3.46%) Legal
8 10 (2.31%) Public Sector
9 7 (1.62%) Advertising
9 7 (1.62%) Banking
10 6 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.15%) Marketing
12 4 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Aviation
13 3 (0.69%) Games
13 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Automotive
14 2 (0.46%) Military
14 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 151 (34.87%) Network Engineer
2 103 (23.79%) Senior
3 52 (12.01%) Security Engineer
4 47 (10.85%) Analyst
5 45 (10.39%) Architect
6 42 (9.70%) Consultant
7 40 (9.24%) IT Engineer
8 35 (8.08%) Network Security Engineer
8 35 (8.08%) Senior Network Engineer
9 34 (7.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (6.93%) Network Analyst
11 28 (6.47%) Network Consultant
12 27 (6.24%) Support Engineer
13 26 (6.00%) Network Architect
14 25 (5.77%) Security Analyst
15 24 (5.54%) Cisco Engineer
15 24 (5.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 24 (5.54%) Project Consultant
16 22 (5.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 22 (5.08%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.00%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.39%) Apache NiFi
2 6 (1.39%) Kafka
3 2 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.46%) LAMP
3 2 (0.46%) LDAP
4 1 (0.23%) Django
4 1 (0.23%) Flask
4 1 (0.23%) jQuery
4 1 (0.23%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.23%) RESTful
4 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 120 (27.71%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.93%) Public Cloud
3 15 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.31%) Security Posture
4 10 (2.31%) Tandem
5 7 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.39%) PKI
6 6 (1.39%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.15%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.15%) Replication
8 4 (0.92%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.92%) PlayStation
8 4 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (0.92%) Web3
9 3 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 61 (14.09%) Windows
2 46 (10.62%) Windows Server
3 44 (10.16%) Linux
4 21 (4.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (3.93%) Windows 10
7 13 (3.00%) Mac OS
8 11 (2.54%) Ubuntu
9 10 (2.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (1.62%) Unix
12 5 (1.15%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.46%) Debian
14 2 (0.46%) VMS
15 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.23%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (21.48%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (19.17%) ITIL
3 55 (12.70%) Network Design
4 47 (10.85%) SIEM
5 46 (10.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (9.70%) Project Delivery
6 42 (9.70%) Roadmaps
7 39 (9.01%) Network Monitoring
8 37 (8.55%) Migration
9 35 (8.08%) Cloud Security
10 32 (7.39%) Knowledge Transfer
11 31 (7.16%) Zero Trust
12 30 (6.93%) Incident Management
12 30 (6.93%) Security Monitoring
13 25 (5.77%) Information Security
13 25 (5.77%) Presales
14 24 (5.54%) Actionable Insight
14 24 (5.54%) Change Management
14 24 (5.54%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.39%) PowerShell
2 20 (4.62%) Bash
3 16 (3.70%) Python
4 4 (0.92%) Perl
5 2 (0.46%) Go
5 2 (0.46%) SQL
5 2 (0.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 200 (46.19%) Cisco Certification
2 177 (40.88%) CCNP
3 101 (23.33%) CCNA
4 66 (15.24%) Security Cleared
5 56 (12.93%) SC Cleared
6 43 (9.93%) CCIE
7 37 (8.55%) CISSP
8 28 (6.47%) Degree
9 23 (5.31%) DV Cleared
10 21 (4.85%) GSEC
11 14 (3.23%) CCSE
12 11 (2.54%) CCSA
13 10 (2.31%) Azure Certification
14 9 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (1.85%) MCSE
15 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
17 6 (1.39%) MCP
18 5 (1.15%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (5.08%) SLA
3 11 (2.54%) NIST
4 9 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.92%) NCSC
6 2 (0.46%) GDPR
6 2 (0.46%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) IASME
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) QA
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (18.48%) Active Directory
2 58 (13.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (6.70%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.62%) vSphere
5 19 (4.39%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (2.77%) Docker
7 8 (1.85%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.15%) Firmware
8 5 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.15%) XenApp
9 3 (0.69%) vCloud
9 3 (0.69%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.46%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (18.01%) FortiGate
2 24 (5.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (3.46%) Ansible
4 13 (3.00%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.00%) Terraform
5 7 (1.62%) SCCM
6 6 (1.39%) Consul
6 6 (1.39%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.39%) WSUS
7 5 (1.15%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (1.15%) NetBackup
7 5 (1.15%) SCOM
8 4 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.92%) Puppet
9 3 (0.69%) Nagios
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.46%) Grafana
10 2 (0.46%) Nessus
11 1 (0.23%) CASB
11 1 (0.23%) Istio
Vendors
1 331 (76.44%) Cisco
2 137 (31.64%) Microsoft
3 122 (28.18%) Juniper
4 100 (23.09%) CheckPoint
5 96 (22.17%) VMware
6 75 (17.32%) Fortinet
7 73 (16.86%) F5
8 71 (16.40%) Aruba
9 62 (14.32%) Meraki
10 32 (7.39%) Citrix
11 31 (7.16%) Riverbed
12 26 (6.00%) Oracle
13 25 (5.77%) Forcepoint
14 24 (5.54%) McAfee
15 23 (5.31%) Dell
15 23 (5.31%) HP
15 23 (5.31%) SolarWinds
16 16 (3.70%) Zscaler
17 13 (3.00%) Infoblox
18 11 (2.54%) Veeam