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 15 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
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 317 342
Rank change year-on-year +15 +25 -5
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 157 99 159
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.61% 0.69%
As % of the Vendors category 2.08% 1.24% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 79 59 111
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £49,799 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £77,500
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 7,537 7,961 8,913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.44% 49.18% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5,362 3,815 5,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,022
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% -6.36% -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 15 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 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (35.03%) Azure
2 30 (19.11%) AWS
3 25 (15.92%) Serverless
4 18 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (7.01%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.73%) GCP
7 8 (5.10%) Mimecast
8 7 (4.46%) OneDrive
9 6 (3.82%) OpenShift
10 5 (3.18%) OCI
11 4 (2.55%) GitHub
11 4 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.64%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 102 (64.97%) Firewall
2 68 (43.31%) WAN
3 49 (31.21%) VPN
4 46 (29.30%) Network Security
5 45 (28.66%) SD-WAN
6 44 (28.03%) LAN
6 44 (28.03%) VLAN
7 40 (25.48%) BGP
8 37 (23.57%) DNS
9 30 (19.11%) OSPF
10 25 (15.92%) Cisco ISE
10 25 (15.92%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (14.65%) DHCP
12 22 (14.01%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (12.74%) MPLS
13 20 (12.74%) Wireless
14 15 (9.55%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (8.92%) VXLAN
16 11 (7.01%) TCP/IP
17 10 (6.37%) ICMP
Development Applications
1 25 (15.92%) Snyk
2 4 (2.55%) Git
2 4 (2.55%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (8.28%) Banking
3 13 (8.28%) Telecoms
4 10 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.37%) Finance
4 10 (6.37%) Marketing
4 10 (6.37%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.37%) Retail
5 9 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.55%) Law
6 4 (2.55%) Legal
6 4 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.64%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.64%) French Language
7 1 (0.64%) German Language
7 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.64%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 61 (38.85%) Senior
2 46 (29.30%) Architect
3 43 (27.39%) Network Engineer
4 35 (22.29%) Security Architect
5 28 (17.83%) Senior Architect
6 25 (15.92%) Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.92%) Cloud Security Architect
6 25 (15.92%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.92%) Senior Security Architect
7 19 (12.10%) Network Architect
8 16 (10.19%) Analyst
8 16 (10.19%) Network Analyst
9 14 (8.92%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (8.92%) Senior Network Analyst
10 11 (7.01%) Security Engineer
10 11 (7.01%) Senior Network Engineer
11 10 (6.37%) Network Security Architect
11 10 (6.37%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 8 (5.10%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.64%) Terraform
2 10 (6.37%) OAuth
2 10 (6.37%) SAML
3 7 (4.46%) 802.1X
3 7 (4.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (29.30%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.55%) Security Posture
3 14 (8.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (7.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 10 (6.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (4.46%) FlexPod
6 7 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.46%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.55%) CMDB
7 4 (2.55%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.55%) Replication
8 3 (1.91%) PKI
9 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.64%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.10%) Windows
2 17 (10.83%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (53.50%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (26.11%) Cloud Security
3 34 (21.66%) CI/CD
4 30 (19.11%) AI
5 29 (18.47%) Vulnerability Management
6 28 (17.83%) Threat Modelling
7 27 (17.20%) Security Architecture
8 25 (15.92%) Application Security
8 25 (15.92%) DevSecOps
8 25 (15.92%) SDLC
8 25 (15.92%) Security Testing
9 24 (15.29%) IT Strategy
9 24 (15.29%) Technology Strategy
9 24 (15.29%) Validation
9 24 (15.29%) Zero Trust
10 22 (14.01%) Mentoring
11 21 (13.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (13.38%) Incident Response
12 20 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (12.10%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.74%) Python
2 5 (3.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (17.20%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (15.29%) CCNP
3 13 (8.28%) CCNA
4 10 (6.37%) CCIE
5 9 (5.73%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.10%) Degree
7 5 (3.18%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.55%) JNCIE
9 3 (1.91%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.91%) CCDP
9 3 (1.91%) CCIE Security
9 3 (1.91%) CCSA
9 3 (1.91%) CCSE
9 3 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.91%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.27%) CISSP
10 2 (1.27%) MBA
10 2 (1.27%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.27%) PMP
10 2 (1.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (17.83%) GRC
2 24 (15.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (15.29%) NIST
3 10 (6.37%) PCI DSS
3 10 (6.37%) SLA
4 6 (3.82%) GDPR
5 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.91%) PMO
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (17.20%) Virtual Machines
2 22 (14.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (10.83%) Active Directory
4 15 (9.55%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.82%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (2.55%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (21.02%) FortiGate
2 20 (12.74%) Ansible
3 13 (8.28%) CASB
4 10 (6.37%) Kubernetes
5 8 (5.10%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (4.46%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (4.46%) Grafana
7 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.55%) Packer
8 2 (1.27%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.64%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 96 (61.15%) Cisco
2 58 (36.94%) Microsoft
3 44 (28.03%) Fortinet
4 33 (21.02%) CrowdStrike
5 31 (19.75%) VMware
6 27 (17.20%) Tenable
7 20 (12.74%) Aruba
8 17 (10.83%) Juniper
9 15 (9.55%) Qualys
10 14 (8.92%) F5
11 11 (7.01%) CheckPoint
11 11 (7.01%) Veeam
12 10 (6.37%) Arista
12 10 (6.37%) SonicWALL
13 9 (5.73%) Meraki
13 9 (5.73%) Splunk
13 9 (5.73%) WatchGuard
13 9 (5.73%) Zscaler
14 7 (4.46%) N-able
15 5 (3.18%) Sophos