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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 470 608
Rank change year-on-year -22 +138 -130
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 468 643 810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.63% 0.51%
As % of the Vendors category 1.29% 1.51% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 358 421 595
10th Percentile £36,900 £36,250 £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 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -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 36,372 42,516 61,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.93% 41.86% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 24,910 24,257 32,962
10th Percentile £26,695 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,924 £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 £75,500 £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% +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 7 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 7 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 -19 397 £55,001 -4.35% 113
UK excluding London -28 297 £50,000 - 56
Work from Home +88 233 £55,000 -12.00% 51
London +11 144 £65,000 - 64
South East +29 90 £52,500 - 27
North of England -4 80 £52,500 -0.94% 5
Midlands -1 53 £51,500 +21.18% 6
West Midlands +26 46 £51,300 +14.00% 6
North West -14 43 £61,185 +11.25% 4
Yorkshire +62 27 £43,750 -20.45% 1
Scotland -60 23 £32,500 - 9
Wales +20 18 - - 2
East of England +12 18 £47,500 -38.71% 6
North East -10 10 £42,500 +13.33%
South West -42 10 £32,500 -51.85% 2
East Midlands -27 7 £55,850 +42.29%
Northern Ireland +27 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 29 (6.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (3.85%) SharePoint
4 16 (3.42%) Confluence
5 12 (2.56%) IIS
6 10 (2.14%) 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
1 135 (28.85%) Azure
2 77 (16.45%) AWS
3 62 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (11.75%) Amazon S3
5 21 (4.49%) SaaS
6 20 (4.27%) IaaS
6 20 (4.27%) OneDrive
7 18 (3.85%) PaaS
8 14 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (2.56%) OCI
10 11 (2.35%) Datadog
10 11 (2.35%) Rubrik
11 8 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.07%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
15 2 (0.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 327 (69.87%) Firewall
2 161 (34.40%) VPN
3 117 (25.00%) WAN
4 106 (22.65%) LAN
5 97 (20.73%) Wireless
6 94 (20.09%) Network Security
7 76 (16.24%) Internet
8 72 (15.38%) IPsec
9 59 (12.61%) SNMP
10 58 (12.39%) DNS
11 50 (10.68%) Wi-Fi
12 46 (9.83%) MPLS
13 37 (7.91%) SAN
14 36 (7.69%) BGP
14 36 (7.69%) SD-WAN
15 35 (7.48%) Cisco ASA
15 35 (7.48%) Cisco ISE
15 35 (7.48%) TCP/IP
16 34 (7.26%) DHCP
16 34 (7.26%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.54%) Elasticsearch
1 54 (11.54%) MongoDB
2 17 (3.63%) MySQL
3 16 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.21%) 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
1 127 (27.14%) Finance
2 98 (20.94%) Social Skills
3 43 (9.19%) 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
2 121 (25.85%) Senior
3 84 (17.95%) Consultant
4 55 (11.75%) Senior Network Engineer
5 54 (11.54%) NetApp Consultant
6 46 (9.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 45 (9.62%) Analyst
8 35 (7.48%) IT Engineer
9 34 (7.26%) Support Engineer
10 33 (7.05%) Security Engineer
11 29 (6.20%) Network Specialist
12 25 (5.34%) Network Security Engineer
13 24 (5.13%) IT Support
13 24 (5.13%) Project Engineer
14 23 (4.91%) Network Analyst
15 22 (4.70%) Cisco Engineer
15 22 (4.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
16 21 (4.49%) Lead
17 19 (4.06%) Support Analyst
17 19 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.54%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (11.54%) YAML
2 10 (2.14%) LAMP
3 6 (1.28%) LDAP
4 4 (0.85%) 802.1X
4 4 (0.85%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) .NET
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth
5 1 (0.21%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 153 (32.69%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.06%) Driving Licence
3 14 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 10 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.14%) Replication
6 7 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
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%) Security Posture
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
1 139 (29.70%) Windows
2 114 (24.36%) Linux
3 54 (11.54%) Data ONTAP
4 51 (10.90%) Windows Server
5 32 (6.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (6.62%) Windows 10
6 31 (6.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (4.91%) Mac OS
8 16 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (2.56%) Windows XP
10 11 (2.35%) Windows 7
11 10 (2.14%) Ubuntu
11 10 (2.14%) 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
15 4 (0.85%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (23.29%) Project Management
3 88 (18.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 71 (15.17%) ITIL
5 67 (14.32%) Actionable Insight
5 67 (14.32%) Storage Management
6 55 (11.75%) Infrastructure Management
6 55 (11.75%) Project Planning
7 54 (11.54%) Release Management
8 32 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (6.84%) Mentoring
9 29 (6.20%) Customer Service
9 29 (6.20%) Load Balancing
10 28 (5.98%) Migration
10 28 (5.98%) Network Design
11 27 (5.77%) Roadmaps
12 26 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (5.34%) Change Control
13 25 (5.34%) Network Architecture
13 25 (5.34%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 71 (15.17%) 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
1 179 (38.25%) Cisco Certification
2 114 (24.36%) CCNP
3 105 (22.44%) CCNA
4 70 (14.96%) Security Cleared
5 56 (11.97%) Degree
6 53 (11.32%) SC Cleared
7 37 (7.91%) CCIE
8 28 (5.98%) DV Cleared
9 26 (5.56%) CISSP
10 17 (3.63%) JNCIA
10 17 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (3.42%) JNCIP
12 12 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (1.92%) Azure Certification
15 8 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 7 (1.50%) CCSP
16 7 (1.50%) MCSA
16 7 (1.50%) MCSE
17 6 (1.28%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.56%) SLA
3 10 (2.14%) NIST
4 9 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.28%) 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 97 (20.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (15.17%) Active Directory
3 57 (12.18%) Docker
4 30 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (4.49%) vSphere
6 20 (4.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.64%) 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 31 (6.62%) FortiGate
6 26 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (4.70%) 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
14 4 (0.85%) Puppet
14 4 (0.85%) Suricata
Vendors
1 336 (71.79%) Cisco
2 159 (33.97%) VMware
3 124 (26.50%) Microsoft
4 105 (22.44%) Juniper
5 102 (21.79%) CheckPoint
6 88 (18.80%) Meraki
7 82 (17.52%) Fortinet
8 74 (15.81%) Aruba
9 68 (14.53%) NetApp
10 65 (13.89%) Red Hat
11 54 (11.54%) SolidFire
12 47 (10.04%) HP
13 41 (8.76%) Veeam
14 36 (7.69%) SolarWinds
15 29 (6.20%) F5
16 25 (5.34%) Oracle
17 24 (5.13%) Symantec
18 20 (4.27%) Blue Coat
18 20 (4.27%) Citrix
18 20 (4.27%) Infoblox