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 22 July 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
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 359 373
Rank change year-on-year +69 +14 +22
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 157 75 178
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.72% 0.46% 0.61%
As % of the Vendors category 2.25% 0.95% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 81 60 135
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £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 £78,000 £88,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -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 6,968 7,873 11,309
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.16% 47.76% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,923 4,114 7,914
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,456 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,778 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £53,750 £51,000
% change year-on-year +6.05% +5.39% -11.30%

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 22 July 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 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (34.39%) Azure
2 38 (24.20%) AWS
3 25 (15.92%) Serverless
4 17 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (7.64%) OpenShift
6 6 (3.82%) Apigee
6 6 (3.82%) GCP
6 6 (3.82%) GitHub
6 6 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (3.82%) Kong
7 5 (3.18%) OCI
8 4 (2.55%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.91%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.27%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.64%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 97 (61.78%) Firewall
2 64 (40.76%) WAN
3 47 (29.94%) LAN
4 44 (28.03%) Network Security
5 40 (25.48%) SD-WAN
6 39 (24.84%) BGP
7 38 (24.20%) VPN
8 37 (23.57%) VLAN
9 30 (19.11%) DNS
10 29 (18.47%) OSPF
11 24 (15.29%) Cisco ISE
12 23 (14.65%) Cisco Nexus
13 22 (14.01%) Cisco ASA
13 22 (14.01%) MPLS
13 22 (14.01%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (14.01%) Wireless
14 16 (10.19%) DHCP
15 13 (8.28%) Cisco Firepower
15 13 (8.28%) VXLAN
16 11 (7.01%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 25 (15.92%) Snyk
2 6 (3.82%) Git
2 6 (3.82%) GitLab
2 6 (3.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (26.75%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (13.38%) Telecoms
4 17 (10.83%) Banking
5 15 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (8.28%) Retail
7 12 (7.64%) Marketing
7 12 (7.64%) Public Sector
8 11 (7.01%) Finance
9 6 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.55%) Legal
11 3 (1.91%) Law
12 2 (1.27%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.64%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.64%) French Language
13 1 (0.64%) German Language
13 1 (0.64%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.64%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 68 (43.31%) Senior
2 48 (30.57%) Network Engineer
3 47 (29.94%) Architect
4 35 (22.29%) Security Architect
5 29 (18.47%) 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%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (9.55%) Analyst
9 15 (9.55%) Network Analyst
10 13 (8.28%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (8.28%) Senior Network Analyst
11 12 (7.64%) Network Specialist
12 11 (7.01%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (6.37%) Network Security Architect
14 8 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 8 (5.10%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.37%) OAuth
1 10 (6.37%) SAML
2 9 (5.73%) XMPP
3 6 (3.82%) Jinja
3 6 (3.82%) JSON
3 6 (3.82%) REST
3 6 (3.82%) XML
3 6 (3.82%) YAML
3 6 (3.82%) YANG
4 4 (2.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 41 (26.11%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (7.01%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (5.73%) FlexPod
5 9 (5.73%) Onboarding
5 9 (5.73%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (3.82%) CMDB
6 6 (3.82%) Private Cloud
6 6 (3.82%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.82%) Replication
6 6 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.91%) PKI
9 1 (0.64%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.10%) Linux
1 19 (12.10%) Windows
2 14 (8.92%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (47.13%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (26.75%) CI/CD
3 36 (22.93%) Cloud Security
4 28 (17.83%) Security Architecture
5 27 (17.20%) AI
5 27 (17.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (16.56%) Threat Modelling
7 25 (15.92%) Application Security
7 25 (15.92%) DevSecOps
7 25 (15.92%) SDLC
7 25 (15.92%) Security Testing
8 22 (14.01%) IT Strategy
8 22 (14.01%) Technology Strategy
8 22 (14.01%) Validation
9 21 (13.38%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (12.74%) Mentoring
11 18 (11.46%) Zero Trust
12 17 (10.83%) Network Segmentation
13 16 (10.19%) Presales
14 15 (9.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.47%) Python
2 7 (4.46%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (17.20%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (15.29%) CCNP
3 13 (8.28%) Azure Certification
3 13 (8.28%) CCNA
4 11 (7.01%) CCIE
5 6 (3.82%) Degree
6 4 (2.55%) CCSE
6 4 (2.55%) JNCIE
6 4 (2.55%) JNCIP
7 3 (1.91%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.91%) CCIE Security
7 3 (1.91%) CCSA
8 2 (1.27%) CEH
8 2 (1.27%) CISSP
8 2 (1.27%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.64%) CCSM
9 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.56%) GRC
2 18 (11.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (11.46%) NIST
3 4 (2.55%) GDPR
3 4 (2.55%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.91%) SLA
5 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (15.92%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (11.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.64%) Active Directory
4 9 (5.73%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (3.82%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (3.82%) vSphere
6 3 (1.91%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (21.02%) FortiGate
2 23 (14.65%) Ansible
3 16 (10.19%) Terraform
4 12 (7.64%) Kubernetes
5 11 (7.01%) CASB
6 9 (5.73%) Cisco CUCM
6 9 (5.73%) Grafana
7 6 (3.82%) Packer
8 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.91%) Proxmox
9 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.64%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 99 (63.06%) Cisco
2 49 (31.21%) Microsoft
3 39 (24.84%) Fortinet
4 30 (19.11%) CrowdStrike
5 29 (18.47%) VMware
6 26 (16.56%) Tenable
7 23 (14.65%) F5
8 18 (11.46%) Aruba
9 16 (10.19%) Juniper
10 14 (8.92%) Qualys
11 12 (7.64%) CheckPoint
11 12 (7.64%) Meraki
12 10 (6.37%) Splunk
13 8 (5.10%) Arista
14 7 (4.46%) Zscaler
15 6 (3.82%) EMC
15 6 (3.82%) NetApp
15 6 (3.82%) Red Hat
15 6 (3.82%) ServiceNow
15 6 (3.82%) Veeam