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 2 August 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
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 350 348
Rank change year-on-year +60 -2 +45
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 165 84 164
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 0.51% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 2.32% 1.07% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 84 62 122
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £35,800
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,313 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £88,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £77,500
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 7,122 7,878 9,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.99% 47.50% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,051 4,095 6,565
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,183 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -8.70%

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 2 August 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 3 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (33.94%) Azure
2 40 (24.24%) AWS
3 25 (15.15%) Serverless
4 19 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (7.27%) OpenShift
6 7 (4.24%) GCP
7 6 (3.64%) Apigee
7 6 (3.64%) GitHub
7 6 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.64%) Kong
8 5 (3.03%) OCI
9 4 (2.42%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.82%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.82%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.61%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 102 (61.82%) Firewall
2 67 (40.61%) WAN
3 49 (29.70%) LAN
4 47 (28.48%) Network Security
5 41 (24.85%) SD-WAN
6 40 (24.24%) BGP
7 39 (23.64%) VLAN
7 39 (23.64%) VPN
8 31 (18.79%) DNS
9 30 (18.18%) OSPF
10 24 (14.55%) Cisco ASA
10 24 (14.55%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (14.55%) Cisco Nexus
11 23 (13.94%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (13.33%) MPLS
12 22 (13.33%) Wireless
13 17 (10.30%) DHCP
14 14 (8.48%) Cisco Firepower
15 13 (7.88%) VXLAN
16 11 (6.67%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 25 (15.15%) Snyk
2 6 (3.64%) Git
2 6 (3.64%) GitLab
2 6 (3.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 18 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.91%) Banking
5 14 (8.48%) Finance
5 14 (8.48%) Retail
6 13 (7.88%) Marketing
6 13 (7.88%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.42%) Legal
9 3 (1.82%) Law
9 3 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.21%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.61%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
11 1 (0.61%) German Language
11 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (41.82%) Senior
2 50 (30.30%) Network Engineer
3 47 (28.48%) Architect
4 35 (21.21%) Security Architect
5 29 (17.58%) Senior Architect
6 25 (15.15%) Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.15%) Cloud Security Architect
6 25 (15.15%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.15%) Senior Security Architect
7 19 (11.52%) Network Architect
8 16 (9.70%) Analyst
8 16 (9.70%) Network Analyst
8 16 (9.70%) Senior Network Engineer
9 14 (8.48%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (8.48%) Senior Network Analyst
10 12 (7.27%) Network Specialist
11 11 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (6.06%) Network Security Architect
13 8 (4.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (4.85%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.06%) OAuth
1 10 (6.06%) SAML
1 10 (6.06%) XMPP
2 6 (3.64%) Jinja
2 6 (3.64%) JSON
2 6 (3.64%) REST
2 6 (3.64%) XML
2 6 (3.64%) YAML
2 6 (3.64%) YANG
3 4 (2.42%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 44 (26.67%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (6.06%) FlexPod
4 10 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 10 (6.06%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (4.24%) Replication
6 6 (3.64%) CMDB
6 6 (3.64%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.64%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.82%) PKI
9 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.61%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.73%) Windows
2 20 (12.12%) Linux
3 16 (9.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (48.48%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (25.45%) CI/CD
3 38 (23.03%) Cloud Security
4 28 (16.97%) AI
4 28 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (16.97%) Security Architecture
5 27 (16.36%) Threat Modelling
6 25 (15.15%) Application Security
6 25 (15.15%) DevSecOps
6 25 (15.15%) SDLC
6 25 (15.15%) Security Testing
7 23 (13.94%) Vulnerability Management
8 22 (13.33%) IT Strategy
8 22 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
8 22 (13.33%) Validation
9 20 (12.12%) Mentoring
10 19 (11.52%) Zero Trust
11 18 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (10.30%) Network Segmentation
12 17 (10.30%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.18%) Python
2 7 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.21%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (16.97%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (15.15%) CCNP
3 13 (7.88%) Azure Certification
3 13 (7.88%) CCNA
4 11 (6.67%) CCIE
5 9 (5.45%) Degree
6 4 (2.42%) CCSE
6 4 (2.42%) JNCIE
6 4 (2.42%) JNCIP
7 3 (1.82%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.82%) CCIE Security
7 3 (1.82%) CCSA
7 3 (1.82%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.21%) CEH
8 2 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.21%) MBA
8 2 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.21%) PMP
8 2 (1.21%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (16.36%) GRC
2 19 (11.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (11.52%) NIST
3 5 (3.03%) GDPR
3 5 (3.03%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.03%) SLA
4 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.82%) PMO
5 2 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (15.15%) Virtual Machines
2 21 (12.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.88%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.06%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (4.24%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (4.24%) vSphere
6 4 (2.42%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (20.61%) FortiGate
2 24 (14.55%) Ansible
3 17 (10.30%) Terraform
4 12 (7.27%) CASB
4 12 (7.27%) Kubernetes
5 10 (6.06%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (6.06%) Grafana
6 6 (3.64%) Packer
7 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.82%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.61%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.61%) SCCM
Vendors
1 106 (64.24%) Cisco
2 54 (32.73%) Microsoft
3 44 (26.67%) Fortinet
4 32 (19.39%) VMware
5 30 (18.18%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (15.76%) Tenable
7 23 (13.94%) F5
8 20 (12.12%) Juniper
9 19 (11.52%) Aruba
10 15 (9.09%) Qualys
11 13 (7.88%) CheckPoint
12 12 (7.27%) Meraki
13 11 (6.67%) Arista
13 11 (6.67%) Splunk
14 8 (4.85%) Zscaler
15 7 (4.24%) NetApp
15 7 (4.24%) Veeam
16 6 (3.64%) EMC
16 6 (3.64%) Red Hat
16 6 (3.64%) ServiceNow