Hybrid/Remote Palo Alto Job Trends

Palo Alto
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 7 January 2026, 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
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 322 316
Rank change year-on-year +32 -6 +126
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 86 112 163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.67% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.38% 1.74% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 30 76 132
10th Percentile £49,960 £45,000 £45,650
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £62,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% -3.61% -4.23%
75th Percentile £89,375 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £106,625 £90,625 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +6.67% +4.35%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,224 6,429 8,692
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.03% 38.63% 41.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,277 3,760 7,052
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,850 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,860 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.77% +3.64% -4.35%

Palo Alto
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Palo Alto and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Palo Alto job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Palo Alto
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Palo Alto.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Palo Alto

Palo Alto
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Palo Alto over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Palo Alto salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Palo Alto
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 48 (55.81%) Azure
2 15 (17.44%) AWS
3 8 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.49%) Mimecast
6 3 (3.49%) Tessian
7 2 (2.33%) OCI
8 1 (1.16%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.16%) IaaS
8 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 55 (63.95%) Firewall
2 48 (55.81%) SD-WAN
3 45 (52.33%) WAN
4 38 (44.19%) LAN
5 31 (36.05%) Wireless
6 30 (34.88%) Wireshark
7 14 (16.28%) BGP
7 14 (16.28%) OSPF
7 14 (16.28%) VPN
8 13 (15.12%) Network Security
9 8 (9.30%) VLAN
9 8 (9.30%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.98%) EIGRP
10 6 (6.98%) WLAN
11 5 (5.81%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (5.81%) IPsec
11 5 (5.81%) MPLS
12 4 (4.65%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (4.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (4.65%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) GitLab
1 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (43.02%) Social Skills
2 27 (31.40%) Finance
3 24 (27.91%) Telecoms
4 18 (20.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.49%) Law
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (36.05%) Network Engineer
2 19 (22.09%) Architect
3 12 (13.95%) Analyst
4 8 (9.30%) Network Analyst
4 8 (9.30%) Network Support
4 8 (9.30%) Network Support Analyst
4 8 (9.30%) Senior
4 8 (9.30%) Support Analyst
5 7 (8.14%) Administrator
6 6 (6.98%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Lead
8 4 (4.65%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) DBA
8 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) SQL DBA
9 3 (3.49%) Network Administrator
9 3 (3.49%) Network Manager
9 3 (3.49%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 53 (61.63%) Data Centre
2 24 (27.91%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.81%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.65%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.65%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.49%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (3.49%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.33%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.16%) Clustering
7 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.81%) Linux
2 3 (3.49%) Windows
3 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.16%) CentOS
4 1 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.05%) Load Balancing
2 30 (34.88%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (32.56%) Capacity Planning
4 26 (30.23%) Network Monitoring
4 26 (30.23%) Network Virtualisation
5 25 (29.07%) Change Management
5 25 (29.07%) Coaching
6 24 (27.91%) Asset Management
6 24 (27.91%) Customer Service
6 24 (27.91%) Network Planning
6 24 (27.91%) Problem Management
7 22 (25.58%) AI
8 20 (23.26%) Time Management
9 19 (22.09%) Customer Engagement
10 18 (20.93%) Software Licensing
11 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (10.47%) Mentoring
13 8 (9.30%) DevOps
13 8 (9.30%) Incident Response
13 8 (9.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.98%) Python
2 5 (5.81%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.65%) SQL
3 4 (4.65%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (30.23%) Degree
2 16 (18.60%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (11.63%) CCNP
4 7 (8.14%) CISSP
5 5 (5.81%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.65%) CCIE
6 4 (4.65%) CEH
6 4 (4.65%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.49%) CCSP
7 3 (3.49%) CISA
7 3 (3.49%) CISM
7 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.33%) CCDE
8 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.16%) CCNA
9 1 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (3.49%) GRC
2 3 (3.49%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.49%) Firmware
3 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.33%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.16%) Docker
4 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (11.63%) Terraform
2 8 (9.30%) FortiGate
3 7 (8.14%) Ansible
4 4 (4.65%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.49%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (60.47%) Cisco
2 31 (36.05%) SolarWinds
3 30 (34.88%) Microsoft
4 27 (31.40%) Meraki
5 25 (29.07%) CheckPoint
6 18 (20.93%) Adobe
6 18 (20.93%) Apple
7 15 (17.44%) Fortinet
8 9 (10.47%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (10.47%) VMware
9 8 (9.30%) F5
10 6 (6.98%) Extreme Networks
10 6 (6.98%) Zscaler
11 4 (4.65%) Aruba
11 4 (4.65%) Tenable
12 3 (3.49%) Arista
12 3 (3.49%) Dell
12 3 (3.49%) EMC
12 3 (3.49%) Google
12 3 (3.49%) Juniper