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 28 April 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
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 349 404
Rank change year-on-year +28 +55 +66
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 87 53 180
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.39% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 1.57% 0.92% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 44 42 156
10th Percentile £36,275 £41,906 £31,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £52,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,250 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% +10.36% -11.20%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £102,750 £95,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -4.17%

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 5,545 5,792 13,411
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.54% 42.89% 41.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,543 3,858 10,035
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -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 28 April 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 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 41 (47.13%) Azure
2 32 (36.78%) AWS
3 17 (19.54%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (18.39%) Serverless
5 7 (8.05%) OpenShift
6 6 (6.90%) Apigee
6 6 (6.90%) Kong
7 5 (5.75%) GitHub
7 5 (5.75%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (4.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (4.60%) GCP
8 4 (4.60%) OCI
9 3 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.30%) Mimecast
10 2 (2.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (1.15%) Cloudflare
11 1 (1.15%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 50 (57.47%) Firewall
2 29 (33.33%) WAN
3 27 (31.03%) LAN
4 20 (22.99%) Cisco ASA
4 20 (22.99%) SD-WAN
5 18 (20.69%) Network Security
6 16 (18.39%) VLAN
7 13 (14.94%) BGP
7 13 (14.94%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (14.94%) Cisco ISE
7 13 (14.94%) OSPF
8 11 (12.64%) VPN
8 11 (12.64%) Wireless
9 10 (11.49%) MPLS
10 8 (9.20%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (9.20%) Unified Communications
10 8 (9.20%) WebEx
11 6 (6.90%) NGFW
11 6 (6.90%) WLAN
12 5 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 16 (18.39%) Snyk
2 6 (6.90%) GitLab
3 5 (5.75%) Git
3 5 (5.75%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (18.39%) Telecoms
4 12 (13.79%) Banking
5 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (10.34%) Retail
7 8 (9.20%) Finance
7 8 (9.20%) Marketing
7 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.45%) Legal
10 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Law
10 2 (2.30%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (37.93%) Senior
2 26 (29.89%) Network Engineer
3 21 (24.14%) Architect
4 19 (21.84%) Senior Architect
5 16 (18.39%) Cloud Architect
5 16 (18.39%) Cloud Security Architect
5 16 (18.39%) Security Architect
5 16 (18.39%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 16 (18.39%) Senior Security Architect
6 8 (9.20%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) Network Specialist
8 6 (6.90%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Automation Specialist
8 6 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Security Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Telecoms Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Telecoms Specialist
9 5 (5.75%) Collaboration Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) XMPP
2 6 (6.90%) Jinja
2 6 (6.90%) JSON
2 6 (6.90%) REST
2 6 (6.90%) XML
2 6 (6.90%) YAML
2 6 (6.90%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 26 (29.89%) Data Centre
2 10 (11.49%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (9.20%) FlexPod
3 8 (9.20%) Onboarding
3 8 (9.20%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (6.90%) Private Cloud
4 6 (6.90%) Public Cloud
4 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.75%) CMDB
5 5 (5.75%) Replication
6 2 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.30%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.30%) PKI
6 2 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.30%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.54%) Linux
2 15 (17.24%) Windows
3 10 (11.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.38%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (31.03%) CI/CD
3 26 (29.89%) Cloud Security
4 21 (24.14%) Security Architecture
5 18 (20.69%) AI
6 16 (18.39%) Application Security
6 16 (18.39%) DevSecOps
6 16 (18.39%) IT Strategy
6 16 (18.39%) SDLC
6 16 (18.39%) Security Testing
6 16 (18.39%) Technology Strategy
6 16 (18.39%) Threat Modelling
6 16 (18.39%) Validation
7 14 (16.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (13.79%) Mentoring
9 11 (12.64%) Infrastructure Automation
10 10 (11.49%) DevOps
11 9 (10.34%) Information Security
11 9 (10.34%) Roadmaps
12 8 (9.20%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.44%) Python
2 6 (6.90%) JavaScript
2 6 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (14.94%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.49%) Azure Certification
3 9 (10.34%) CCNP
4 7 (8.05%) CISSP
4 7 (8.05%) Degree
5 6 (6.90%) CEH
6 4 (4.60%) CCIE
6 4 (4.60%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.45%) CCSE
7 3 (3.45%) CCSP
7 3 (3.45%) CISA
7 3 (3.45%) CISM
7 3 (3.45%) JNCIP
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.30%) CCIE Security
8 2 (2.30%) CCSA
8 2 (2.30%) JNCIE
8 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (21.84%) GRC
2 7 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.60%) NIST
4 4 (4.60%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (3.45%) GDPR
5 3 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (18.39%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.75%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (5.75%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (5.75%) vSphere
4 3 (3.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (19.54%) Ansible
2 16 (18.39%) Terraform
3 10 (11.49%) FortiGate
4 8 (9.20%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (9.20%) Grafana
5 7 (8.05%) Kubernetes
6 5 (5.75%) Packer
7 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (3.45%) Proxmox
8 2 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (1.15%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 52 (59.77%) Cisco
2 28 (32.18%) Microsoft
3 24 (27.59%) Fortinet
4 22 (25.29%) CrowdStrike
5 20 (22.99%) VMware
6 19 (21.84%) Tenable
7 15 (17.24%) F5
8 11 (12.64%) Juniper
8 11 (12.64%) Meraki
9 8 (9.20%) Splunk
10 6 (6.90%) CheckPoint
10 6 (6.90%) EMC
10 6 (6.90%) Red Hat
11 5 (5.75%) NetApp
11 5 (5.75%) ServiceNow
12 4 (4.60%) Dell
12 4 (4.60%) HP
12 4 (4.60%) Veeam
13 3 (3.45%) Google
13 3 (3.45%) Sophos