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 18 February 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
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 347 366
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 +101
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 59 88 172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.56% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 0.96% 1.43% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24 57 153
10th Percentile £52,975 £45,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,375 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £105,313 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £108,875 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +10.17% -1.67%

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 6,150 6,144 11,305
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.58% 39.44% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,330 3,618 9,357
10th Percentile £30,613 £33,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,444 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £76,163 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%

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 18 February 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (71.19%) Azure
2 13 (22.03%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.08%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.08%) Mimecast
5 3 (5.08%) OpenShift
5 3 (5.08%) Tessian
6 2 (3.39%) Apigee
6 2 (3.39%) Kong
6 2 (3.39%) OCI
7 1 (1.69%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (88.14%) Firewall
2 42 (71.19%) SD-WAN
3 40 (67.80%) WAN
4 32 (54.24%) LAN
5 26 (44.07%) Wireless
6 25 (42.37%) Wireshark
7 15 (25.42%) Network Security
8 11 (18.64%) BGP
8 11 (18.64%) OSPF
9 10 (16.95%) VLAN
9 10 (16.95%) VPN
10 7 (11.86%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (10.17%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (10.17%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (10.17%) MPLS
12 4 (6.78%) IPsec
12 4 (6.78%) NGFW
12 4 (6.78%) TCP/IP
13 3 (5.08%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (61.02%) Social Skills
2 25 (42.37%) Telecoms
3 23 (38.98%) Finance
4 5 (8.47%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Marketing
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (52.54%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Analyst
3 8 (13.56%) Senior
4 6 (10.17%) Network Analyst
4 6 (10.17%) Network Support
4 6 (10.17%) Network Support Analyst
4 6 (10.17%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (10.17%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.47%) Lead
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.78%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.08%) Consultant
7 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Network Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (3.39%) Network Engineering Manager
8 2 (3.39%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Jinja
1 2 (3.39%) JSON
1 2 (3.39%) REST
1 2 (3.39%) XML
1 2 (3.39%) YAML
1 2 (3.39%) YANG
2 1 (1.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (52.54%) Data Centre
2 22 (37.29%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.47%) Virtual Team
4 4 (6.78%) Public Cloud
5 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.08%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (5.08%) Private Cloud
5 3 (5.08%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.39%) e-Learning
6 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.69%) FlexPod
7 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.69%) Replication
7 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.78%) Linux
2 3 (5.08%) Windows
3 2 (3.39%) Unix
3 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.69%) CentOS
4 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) Load Balancing
2 24 (40.68%) Network Monitoring
2 24 (40.68%) Network Virtualisation
3 23 (38.98%) Change Management
3 23 (38.98%) Coaching
4 22 (37.29%) Asset Management
4 22 (37.29%) Capacity Planning
4 22 (37.29%) Customer Service
4 22 (37.29%) Network Planning
4 22 (37.29%) Problem Management
5 9 (15.25%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (11.86%) SIEM
8 6 (10.17%) DevOps
9 5 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (6.78%) Identity Management
10 4 (6.78%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.08%) Bash
4 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (27.12%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (18.64%) CCNP
3 7 (11.86%) CISSP
4 4 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 4 (6.78%) CCIE
4 4 (6.78%) CEH
4 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (5.08%) CCSP
5 3 (5.08%) CISA
5 3 (5.08%) CISM
5 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.39%) CCDE
6 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (5.08%) GRC
2 3 (5.08%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.08%) Firmware
3 2 (3.39%) VMware NSX
3 2 (3.39%) vSphere
4 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.69%) Docker
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (18.64%) Terraform
2 6 (10.17%) FortiGate
3 5 (8.47%) Ansible
4 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
5 3 (5.08%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.69%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.69%) Grafana
6 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (88.14%) Cisco
2 26 (44.07%) Meraki
2 26 (44.07%) SolarWinds
3 23 (38.98%) CheckPoint
4 13 (22.03%) Fortinet
5 10 (16.95%) VMware
6 8 (13.56%) F5
7 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
8 5 (8.47%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (8.47%) Juniper
9 4 (6.78%) Zscaler
10 3 (5.08%) Dell
10 3 (5.08%) EMC
10 3 (5.08%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (5.08%) Google
10 3 (5.08%) Tenable
11 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
12 1 (1.69%) HP
12 1 (1.69%) NetApp
12 1 (1.69%) Sophos