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 16 December 2025, 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
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 325 310
Rank change year-on-year +44 -15 +151
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 91 122 166
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.69% 0.83%
As % of the Vendors category 1.39% 1.81% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 86 132
10th Percentile £50,625 £39,688 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £49,125 £52,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £89,063 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £84,375 £87,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +8.70%

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 6,531 6,743 8,298
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 42.58% 38.31% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,482 4,090 6,737
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,756
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,462 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.03%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -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 16 December 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 50 (54.95%) Azure
2 16 (17.58%) AWS
3 8 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.30%) Mimecast
5 3 (3.30%) OCI
5 3 (3.30%) Tessian
6 2 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.10%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.10%) IaaS
7 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 59 (64.84%) Firewall
2 50 (54.95%) SD-WAN
3 48 (52.75%) WAN
4 41 (45.05%) LAN
5 32 (35.16%) Wireless
5 32 (35.16%) Wireshark
6 18 (19.78%) VPN
7 16 (17.58%) BGP
7 16 (17.58%) Network Security
7 16 (17.58%) OSPF
8 9 (9.89%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (8.79%) EIGRP
9 8 (8.79%) VLAN
10 7 (7.69%) WLAN
11 6 (6.59%) BIG-IP
11 6 (6.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 5 (5.49%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (5.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (5.49%) IPsec
12 5 (5.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.10%) GitLab
1 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 29 (31.87%) Finance
3 24 (26.37%) Telecoms
4 18 (19.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.30%) Law
7 1 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.10%) French Language
7 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (36.26%) Network Engineer
2 19 (20.88%) Architect
3 11 (12.09%) Analyst
4 10 (10.99%) Senior
5 8 (8.79%) Administrator
5 8 (8.79%) Network Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) Network Support
5 8 (8.79%) Network Support Analyst
5 8 (8.79%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Lead
8 4 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) DBA
8 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Network Administrator
8 4 (4.40%) Network Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) SQL DBA
9 3 (3.30%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 54 (59.34%) Data Centre
2 24 (26.37%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.59%) Security Posture
4 5 (5.49%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (5.49%) Virtual Team
5 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.40%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.30%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.30%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (3.30%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.20%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.10%) Clustering
8 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.49%) Linux
2 3 (3.30%) Windows
3 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.10%) CentOS
4 1 (1.10%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (36.26%) Load Balancing
2 31 (34.07%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
4 27 (29.67%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
6 25 (27.47%) Change Management
6 25 (27.47%) Coaching
7 24 (26.37%) Asset Management
7 24 (26.37%) Customer Service
7 24 (26.37%) Network Planning
7 24 (26.37%) Problem Management
8 22 (24.18%) AI
9 20 (21.98%) Time Management
10 19 (20.88%) Customer Engagement
11 18 (19.78%) Software Licensing
12 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (10.99%) Incident Response
14 9 (9.89%) Mentoring
15 8 (8.79%) DevOps
15 8 (8.79%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.99%) Python
2 5 (5.49%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.40%) Bash
3 4 (4.40%) SQL
3 4 (4.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (28.57%) Degree
2 17 (18.68%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (12.09%) CCNP
4 7 (7.69%) CISSP
5 6 (6.59%) Azure Certification
5 6 (6.59%) CCIE
6 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.30%) CEH
7 3 (3.30%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.20%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.20%) CCDE
8 2 (2.20%) CCNA
8 2 (2.20%) CCSP
8 2 (2.20%) CISA
8 2 (2.20%) CISM
8 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.20%) GRC
2 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.30%) Firmware
3 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.20%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.10%) Docker
4 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (12.09%) Ansible
1 11 (12.09%) Terraform
2 8 (8.79%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.30%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.10%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (60.44%) Cisco
2 33 (36.26%) SolarWinds
3 31 (34.07%) Microsoft
4 27 (29.67%) Meraki
5 26 (28.57%) CheckPoint
6 18 (19.78%) Adobe
6 18 (19.78%) Apple
7 15 (16.48%) Fortinet
8 10 (10.99%) F5
9 9 (9.89%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (9.89%) VMware
10 7 (7.69%) Aruba
11 6 (6.59%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (6.59%) Zscaler
12 5 (5.49%) Juniper
13 4 (4.40%) Arista
14 3 (3.30%) Dell
14 3 (3.30%) EMC
14 3 (3.30%) Tenable
15 2 (2.20%) HP