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 3 September 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
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 332 348
Rank change year-on-year +34 +16 +4
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 160 92 164
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.56% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 2.17% 1.16% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 80 61 114
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £36,325
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £88,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £75,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -4.00%

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 7,386 7,952 9,358
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.61% 48.65% 38.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,262 3,955 5,697
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% -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 3 September 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (34.38%) Azure
2 33 (20.63%) AWS
3 25 (15.63%) Serverless
4 17 (10.63%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.63%) GCP
6 8 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.00%) OpenShift
7 7 (4.38%) Mimecast
8 6 (3.75%) GitHub
8 6 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.75%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.13%) OCI
10 3 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.25%) Apigee
11 2 (1.25%) Kong
11 2 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 100 (62.50%) Firewall
2 66 (41.25%) WAN
3 47 (29.38%) Network Security
4 45 (28.13%) VPN
5 44 (27.50%) LAN
6 43 (26.88%) SD-WAN
7 41 (25.63%) VLAN
8 40 (25.00%) BGP
9 34 (21.25%) DNS
10 30 (18.75%) OSPF
11 25 (15.63%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 22 (13.75%) Wi-Fi
14 21 (13.13%) Wireless
15 20 (12.50%) DHCP
15 20 (12.50%) MPLS
16 18 (11.25%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (8.75%) VXLAN
18 10 (6.25%) FTP
18 10 (6.25%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 25 (15.63%) Snyk
2 6 (3.75%) Git
2 6 (3.75%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (1.25%) GitLab
4 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (9.38%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.13%) Banking
6 11 (6.88%) Finance
6 11 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.88%) Retail
7 10 (6.25%) Marketing
7 10 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.50%) Law
8 4 (2.50%) Legal
8 4 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.63%) French Language
9 1 (0.63%) German Language
9 1 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (40.00%) Senior
2 46 (28.75%) Architect
3 45 (28.13%) Network Engineer
4 35 (21.88%) Security Architect
5 28 (17.50%) Senior Architect
6 25 (15.63%) Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.63%) Cloud Security Architect
6 25 (15.63%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.63%) Senior Security Architect
7 19 (11.88%) Network Architect
8 16 (10.00%) Analyst
8 16 (10.00%) Network Analyst
9 14 (8.75%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (8.75%) Senior Network Analyst
10 12 (7.50%) Senior Network Engineer
11 10 (6.25%) Network Security Architect
11 10 (6.25%) Security Engineer
11 10 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (5.00%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.75%) Terraform
2 10 (6.25%) OAuth
2 10 (6.25%) SAML
3 7 (4.38%) 802.1X
3 7 (4.38%) XMPP
4 2 (1.25%) Jinja
4 2 (1.25%) JSON
4 2 (1.25%) REST
4 2 (1.25%) XML
4 2 (1.25%) YAML
4 2 (1.25%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 45 (28.13%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (8.75%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 10 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (4.38%) FlexPod
4 7 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.38%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (3.75%) CMDB
5 6 (3.75%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.75%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.50%) Replication
7 3 (1.88%) PKI
8 2 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.88%) Windows
2 16 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.13%) Linux
4 2 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (51.88%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (24.38%) Cloud Security
3 38 (23.75%) CI/CD
4 30 (18.75%) AI
5 28 (17.50%) Threat Modelling
5 28 (17.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 27 (16.88%) Security Architecture
7 25 (15.63%) Application Security
7 25 (15.63%) DevSecOps
7 25 (15.63%) SDLC
7 25 (15.63%) Security Testing
8 24 (15.00%) IT Strategy
8 24 (15.00%) Technology Strategy
8 24 (15.00%) Validation
9 23 (14.38%) Zero Trust
10 22 (13.75%) Mentoring
11 21 (13.13%) Infrastructure as Code
11 21 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (12.50%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.00%) Python
2 7 (4.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.25%) Bash
3 2 (1.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (17.50%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (15.63%) CCNP
3 13 (8.13%) CCNA
4 11 (6.88%) Azure Certification
5 10 (6.25%) CCIE
5 10 (6.25%) Degree
6 5 (3.13%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.50%) CCSE
7 4 (2.50%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.88%) CCDP
8 3 (1.88%) CCIE Security
8 3 (1.88%) CCSA
8 3 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.88%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.25%) CISSP
9 2 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.25%) PMP
9 2 (1.25%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (17.50%) GRC
2 23 (14.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (14.38%) NIST
3 10 (6.25%) SLA
4 9 (5.63%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.75%) GDPR
6 3 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.88%) PMO
7 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (15.63%) Virtual Machines
2 22 (13.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 12 (7.50%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.75%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (21.25%) FortiGate
2 22 (13.75%) Ansible
3 13 (8.13%) CASB
4 12 (7.50%) Kubernetes
5 7 (4.38%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (4.38%) Grafana
5 7 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.75%) Packer
7 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.25%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.63%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (61.88%) Cisco
2 58 (36.25%) Microsoft
3 42 (26.25%) Fortinet
4 33 (20.63%) VMware
5 32 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (16.88%) Tenable
7 20 (12.50%) Aruba
8 18 (11.25%) F5
9 17 (10.63%) Juniper
10 15 (9.38%) Qualys
11 12 (7.50%) CheckPoint
12 10 (6.25%) Arista
12 10 (6.25%) Veeam
13 9 (5.63%) Meraki
13 9 (5.63%) SonicWALL
13 9 (5.63%) Splunk
13 9 (5.63%) Zscaler
14 6 (3.75%) EMC
14 6 (3.75%) ServiceNow
14 6 (3.75%) WatchGuard