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 9 May 2024 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 462 594
Rank change year-on-year -26 +132 -111
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 468 646 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.64% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 1.28% 1.52% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 357 425 591
10th Percentile £36,900 £36,350 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £65,593 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,090 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.13% -2.69% -4.55%

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 36,515 42,452 61,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.84% 41.89% 38.90%
Number of salaries quoted 25,000 24,240 32,762
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,294 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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 -7 398 £56,250 -3.43% 107
UK excluding London -29 299 £50,000 -2.13% 53
Work from Home +85 233 £55,000 -12.00% 45
London -4 142 £65,000 - 61
South East +10 93 £52,500 - 22
North of England +5 80 £52,500 -0.94% 6
Midlands -13 53 £51,500 +21.18% 6
West Midlands +21 46 £51,300 +14.00% 6
North West -17 43 £61,185 +11.25% 4
Yorkshire +72 27 £43,750 -20.45% 2
Scotland -63 23 £32,500 - 10
East of England +16 18 £47,500 -38.71% 5
Wales +11 17 - -
North East -11 10 £42,500 +13.33%
South West -33 10 £32,500 -51.85% 5
East Midlands -28 7 £55,850 +42.29%
Northern Ireland +24 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 54 (11.54%) Apache
2 27 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.63%) SharePoint
4 16 (3.42%) Confluence
5 11 (2.35%) IIS
6 9 (1.92%) WordPress
7 5 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.28%) LightWave 3D
3 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 134 (28.63%) Azure
2 79 (16.88%) AWS
3 60 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (11.75%) Amazon S3
5 21 (4.49%) SaaS
6 20 (4.27%) IaaS
7 19 (4.06%) OneDrive
8 18 (3.85%) PaaS
9 15 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.56%) OCI
11 11 (2.35%) Datadog
11 11 (2.35%) Rubrik
12 8 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (1.07%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
15 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
16 2 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
16 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 327 (69.87%) Firewall
2 159 (33.97%) VPN
3 117 (25.00%) WAN
4 106 (22.65%) LAN
5 96 (20.51%) Wireless
6 95 (20.30%) Network Security
7 77 (16.45%) Internet
8 71 (15.17%) IPsec
9 59 (12.61%) SNMP
10 56 (11.97%) DNS
11 49 (10.47%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (9.83%) MPLS
13 36 (7.69%) BGP
13 36 (7.69%) SAN
14 35 (7.48%) Cisco ASA
14 35 (7.48%) Cisco ISE
14 35 (7.48%) SD-WAN
14 35 (7.48%) TCP/IP
15 34 (7.26%) OSPF
16 33 (7.05%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.54%) Elasticsearch
1 54 (11.54%) MongoDB
2 17 (3.63%) MySQL
3 16 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (4.70%) JIRA
2 16 (3.42%) Bitbucket
3 15 (3.21%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.43%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) Ant
6 1 (0.21%) Git
6 1 (0.21%) Snyk
6 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 128 (27.35%) Finance
2 99 (21.15%) Social Skills
3 42 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 29 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.06%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.21%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.78%) Aerospace
8 12 (2.56%) Legal
9 10 (2.14%) Law
10 8 (1.71%) Banking
10 8 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.28%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.85%) Advertising
13 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.85%) Retail
14 2 (0.43%) Billing
14 2 (0.43%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.21%) Local Government
15 1 (0.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 153 (32.69%) Network Engineer
2 119 (25.43%) Senior
3 83 (17.74%) Consultant
4 55 (11.75%) Senior Network Engineer
5 54 (11.54%) NetApp Consultant
6 46 (9.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (9.40%) Analyst
8 34 (7.26%) IT Engineer
8 34 (7.26%) Security Engineer
8 34 (7.26%) Support Engineer
9 30 (6.41%) Network Specialist
10 26 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
11 24 (5.13%) IT Support
11 24 (5.13%) Project Engineer
12 22 (4.70%) Cisco Engineer
12 22 (4.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 22 (4.70%) Lead
12 22 (4.70%) Network Analyst
13 19 (4.06%) Support Analyst
14 18 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.54%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (11.54%) YAML
2 9 (1.92%) LAMP
3 6 (1.28%) LDAP
4 5 (1.07%) Web Services
5 4 (0.85%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.21%) .NET
6 1 (0.21%) OAuth
6 1 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 153 (32.69%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.06%) Driving Licence
3 13 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (2.35%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.92%) Replication
6 7 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.28%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.28%) Smart Home
8 5 (1.07%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.07%) PropTech
9 4 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.64%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (0.43%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.43%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.21%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.21%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 137 (29.27%) Windows
2 113 (24.15%) Linux
3 54 (11.54%) Data ONTAP
4 49 (10.47%) Windows Server
5 30 (6.41%) Windows 10
5 30 (6.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (6.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (4.91%) Mac OS
8 15 (3.21%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (2.56%) Windows XP
10 11 (2.35%) Windows 7
11 9 (1.92%) Ubuntu
11 9 (1.92%) VMS
12 7 (1.50%) Android
12 7 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (1.07%) Apple iOS
14 5 (1.07%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (23.29%) Project Management
3 88 (18.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 69 (14.74%) ITIL
5 67 (14.32%) Storage Management
6 66 (14.10%) Actionable Insight
7 55 (11.75%) Infrastructure Management
7 55 (11.75%) Project Planning
8 54 (11.54%) Release Management
9 34 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (6.84%) Mentoring
11 29 (6.20%) Customer Service
11 29 (6.20%) Load Balancing
12 28 (5.98%) Network Design
13 27 (5.77%) Migration
13 27 (5.77%) Roadmaps
14 26 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (5.34%) Change Control
15 25 (5.34%) Network Architecture
15 25 (5.34%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 72 (15.38%) Python
2 58 (12.39%) PowerShell
3 31 (6.62%) Bash
4 9 (1.92%) SQL
5 6 (1.28%) Perl
6 1 (0.21%) C#
6 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 178 (38.03%) Cisco Certification
2 112 (23.93%) CCNP
3 105 (22.44%) CCNA
4 70 (14.96%) Security Cleared
5 57 (12.18%) Degree
6 53 (11.32%) SC Cleared
7 37 (7.91%) CCIE
8 27 (5.77%) CISSP
8 27 (5.77%) DV Cleared
9 17 (3.63%) JNCIA
9 17 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (3.42%) JNCIP
11 12 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (2.14%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (1.50%) CCSP
15 7 (1.50%) MCSA
15 7 (1.50%) MCSE
16 6 (1.28%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.56%) SLA
3 11 (2.35%) NIST
4 10 (2.14%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (1.07%) NCSC
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.43%) QA
9 1 (0.21%) GDPR
System Software
1 96 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (14.74%) Active Directory
3 57 (12.18%) Docker
4 30 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (4.27%) vSphere
6 19 (4.06%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.85%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 75 (16.03%) Ansible
2 68 (14.53%) vCenter Server
3 61 (13.03%) Kubernetes
4 54 (11.54%) Prometheus
5 29 (6.20%) FortiGate
6 25 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (4.49%) SCCM
8 16 (3.42%) EMC NetWorker
9 13 (2.78%) Cisco CUCM
9 13 (2.78%) ServiceCenter
9 13 (2.78%) WSUS
10 12 (2.56%) NetBackup
10 12 (2.56%) SCOM
11 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.50%) Terraform
12 6 (1.28%) NetCrunch
13 5 (1.07%) AirWatch
13 5 (1.07%) Backup Exec
13 5 (1.07%) Suricata
14 4 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 338 (72.22%) Cisco
2 158 (33.76%) VMware
3 122 (26.07%) Microsoft
4 105 (22.44%) Juniper
5 101 (21.58%) CheckPoint
6 88 (18.80%) Meraki
7 82 (17.52%) Fortinet
8 72 (15.38%) Aruba
9 68 (14.53%) NetApp
10 65 (13.89%) Red Hat
11 54 (11.54%) SolidFire
12 47 (10.04%) HP
13 40 (8.55%) Veeam
14 36 (7.69%) SolarWinds
15 29 (6.20%) F5
16 24 (5.13%) Oracle
16 24 (5.13%) Symantec
17 20 (4.27%) Blue Coat
17 20 (4.27%) Infoblox
17 20 (4.27%) LogicMonitor