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 13 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
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 342 348
Rank change year-on-year +60 +6 +31
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 167 84 166
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.73% 0.51% 0.67%
As % of the Vendors category 2.31% 1.05% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 83 60 121
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,500 £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 7,229 7,978 9,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.81% 48.02% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,148 3,999 6,334
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,500
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 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,650 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% -2.83% -7.83%

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 13 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 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (34.73%) Azure
2 40 (23.95%) AWS
3 25 (14.97%) Serverless
4 20 (11.98%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.99%) OpenShift
6 9 (5.39%) GCP
7 6 (3.59%) GitHub
7 6 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.99%) OCI
9 4 (2.40%) Apigee
9 4 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.40%) Kong
9 4 (2.40%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.80%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.60%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 105 (62.87%) Firewall
2 72 (43.11%) WAN
3 52 (31.14%) LAN
4 49 (29.34%) Network Security
5 44 (26.35%) SD-WAN
6 43 (25.75%) BGP
7 42 (25.15%) VLAN
8 41 (24.55%) VPN
9 33 (19.76%) OSPF
10 32 (19.16%) DNS
11 26 (15.57%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (14.37%) Cisco ASA
12 24 (14.37%) Cisco Nexus
12 24 (14.37%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (14.37%) Wireless
13 22 (13.17%) MPLS
14 18 (10.78%) DHCP
15 14 (8.38%) Cisco Firepower
15 14 (8.38%) VXLAN
16 11 (6.59%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 25 (14.97%) Snyk
2 6 (3.59%) Git
2 6 (3.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (2.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 46 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (11.98%) Telecoms
4 18 (10.78%) Banking
5 16 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (8.38%) Finance
6 14 (8.38%) Retail
7 13 (7.78%) Marketing
7 13 (7.78%) Public Sector
8 11 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.40%) Legal
9 4 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.80%) Law
11 2 (1.20%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.60%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.60%) French Language
12 1 (0.60%) German Language
12 1 (0.60%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 68 (40.72%) Senior
2 51 (30.54%) Network Engineer
3 47 (28.14%) Architect
4 35 (20.96%) Security Architect
5 29 (17.37%) Senior Architect
6 25 (14.97%) Cloud Architect
6 25 (14.97%) Cloud Security Architect
6 25 (14.97%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 25 (14.97%) Senior Security Architect
7 19 (11.38%) Network Architect
8 16 (9.58%) Analyst
8 16 (9.58%) Network Analyst
9 15 (8.98%) Senior Network Engineer
10 14 (8.38%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (8.38%) Senior Network Analyst
11 11 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (5.99%) Network Security Architect
12 10 (5.99%) Network Specialist
13 8 (4.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (4.79%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.99%) OAuth
1 10 (5.99%) SAML
1 10 (5.99%) XMPP
2 6 (3.59%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.40%) Jinja
3 4 (2.40%) JSON
3 4 (2.40%) REST
3 4 (2.40%) XML
3 4 (2.40%) YAML
3 4 (2.40%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 46 (27.54%) Data Centre
2 17 (10.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.59%) Security Posture
4 10 (5.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 10 (5.99%) FlexPod
4 10 (5.99%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.99%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (4.19%) Replication
6 6 (3.59%) CMDB
6 6 (3.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (3.59%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.59%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.80%) PKI
9 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.17%) Windows
2 18 (10.78%) Linux
3 17 (10.18%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (49.10%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (23.95%) CI/CD
3 39 (23.35%) Cloud Security
4 30 (17.96%) AI
5 28 (16.77%) Security Architecture
5 28 (16.77%) Threat Modelling
6 26 (15.57%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (14.97%) Application Security
7 25 (14.97%) DevSecOps
7 25 (14.97%) SDLC
7 25 (14.97%) Security Testing
8 24 (14.37%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (13.77%) IT Strategy
9 23 (13.77%) Technology Strategy
9 23 (13.77%) Validation
10 21 (12.57%) Mentoring
11 20 (11.98%) Zero Trust
12 19 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (10.78%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 29 (17.37%) Python
2 7 (4.19%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.40%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (17.37%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (15.57%) CCNP
3 13 (7.78%) Azure Certification
3 13 (7.78%) CCNA
4 11 (6.59%) CCIE
5 9 (5.39%) Degree
6 5 (2.99%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.40%) CCSE
7 4 (2.40%) JNCIE
7 4 (2.40%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.80%) CCDP
8 3 (1.80%) CCIE Security
8 3 (1.80%) CCSA
8 3 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.20%) CISSP
9 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.20%) PMP
9 2 (1.20%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.77%) GRC
2 20 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (11.98%) NIST
3 8 (4.79%) SLA
4 6 (3.59%) GDPR
4 6 (3.59%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.80%) PMO
6 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (14.97%) Virtual Machines
2 24 (14.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.38%) Active Directory
4 11 (6.59%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (4.19%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (4.19%) vSphere
6 6 (3.59%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (21.56%) FortiGate
2 25 (14.97%) Ansible
3 18 (10.78%) Terraform
4 13 (7.78%) CASB
5 12 (7.19%) Kubernetes
6 10 (5.99%) Cisco CUCM
6 10 (5.99%) Grafana
7 6 (3.59%) Packer
8 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.80%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.60%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 107 (64.07%) Cisco
2 56 (33.53%) Microsoft
3 44 (26.35%) Fortinet
4 35 (20.96%) VMware
5 30 (17.96%) CrowdStrike
6 26 (15.57%) Tenable
7 21 (12.57%) F5
8 20 (11.98%) Aruba
8 20 (11.98%) Juniper
9 15 (8.98%) Qualys
10 14 (8.38%) CheckPoint
11 12 (7.19%) Meraki
12 11 (6.59%) Arista
12 11 (6.59%) Splunk
13 9 (5.39%) Zscaler
14 8 (4.79%) Veeam
15 7 (4.19%) NetApp
15 7 (4.19%) SonicWALL
16 6 (3.59%) EMC
16 6 (3.59%) ServiceNow