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 October 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 317 318
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 136 105 160
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.64% 0.77%
As % of the Vendors category 1.72% 1.25% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 71 52 111
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,585 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,761 £52,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.08% +13.04% -5.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,063 £69,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

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 7,911 8,371 7,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.42% 50.97% 36.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,522 3,673 4,442
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,850 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.70% -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 16 October 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 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (36.03%) Azure
2 22 (16.18%) AWS
3 17 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (10.29%) Serverless
6 11 (8.09%) Mimecast
7 10 (7.35%) OneDrive
8 7 (5.15%) GCP
9 6 (4.41%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.21%) OCI
11 2 (1.47%) GitHub
11 2 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.74%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (73.53%) Firewall
2 59 (43.38%) WAN
3 55 (40.44%) VPN
4 43 (31.62%) Network Security
4 43 (31.62%) VLAN
5 39 (28.68%) BGP
5 39 (28.68%) DNS
5 39 (28.68%) SD-WAN
6 35 (25.74%) LAN
7 29 (21.32%) OSPF
8 28 (20.59%) DHCP
9 27 (19.85%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
11 21 (15.44%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (13.24%) MPLS
13 17 (12.50%) Wireless
14 14 (10.29%) TCP/IP
14 14 (10.29%) VXLAN
15 12 (8.82%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (8.09%) SSL
Development Applications
1 14 (10.29%) Snyk
2 2 (1.47%) Git
2 2 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.88%) Banking
3 8 (5.88%) Finance
3 8 (5.88%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.15%) Law
4 7 (5.15%) Marketing
4 7 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (5.15%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.15%) Retail
5 4 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (0.74%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.74%) French Language
7 1 (0.74%) German Language
7 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.74%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (33.09%) Senior
2 40 (29.41%) Network Engineer
3 31 (22.79%) Architect
4 24 (17.65%) Security Architect
5 17 (12.50%) Analyst
5 17 (12.50%) Network Architect
6 16 (11.76%) Network Analyst
7 15 (11.03%) Senior Architect
8 14 (10.29%) Cloud Architect
8 14 (10.29%) Cloud Security Architect
8 14 (10.29%) Senior Analyst
8 14 (10.29%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 14 (10.29%) Senior Network Analyst
8 14 (10.29%) Senior Security Architect
9 13 (9.56%) Security Engineer
10 11 (8.09%) Consultant
11 10 (7.35%) Network Security Architect
11 10 (7.35%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (6.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (6.62%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.35%) OAuth
1 10 (7.35%) SAML
2 7 (5.15%) 802.1X
2 7 (5.15%) Terraform
3 4 (2.94%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.26%) Data Centre
2 18 (13.24%) Security Posture
3 14 (10.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (8.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (7.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.94%) FlexPod
6 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.21%) PKI
7 3 (2.21%) Replication
8 2 (1.47%) CMDB
8 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.47%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.97%) Windows
1 19 (13.97%) Windows Server
2 5 (3.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (51.47%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (22.79%) Cloud Security
3 30 (22.06%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (18.38%) Zero Trust
5 23 (16.91%) Disaster Recovery
6 21 (15.44%) CI/CD
6 21 (15.44%) Incident Response
6 21 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (13.97%) AI
7 19 (13.97%) Mentoring
8 17 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
8 17 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 17 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
9 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (11.03%) Security Architecture
10 15 (11.03%) Security Operations
10 15 (11.03%) Technical Leadership
11 14 (10.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.56%) Python
2 3 (2.21%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.47%) Bash
4 1 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (19.12%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (16.18%) CCNP
3 14 (10.29%) CCNA
4 8 (5.88%) CCIE
5 6 (4.41%) Degree
6 5 (3.68%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.94%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.21%) CCDP
8 3 (2.21%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.47%) CISSP
9 2 (1.47%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.47%) MBA
9 2 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.47%) PMP
9 2 (1.47%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.74%) CCIE Security
10 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (18.38%) NIST
2 24 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (12.50%) GRC
4 13 (9.56%) PCI DSS
5 12 (8.82%) SLA
6 3 (2.21%) GDPR
6 3 (2.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (14.71%) Active Directory
3 18 (13.24%) Hyper-V
3 18 (13.24%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (4.41%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.21%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (23.53%) FortiGate
2 13 (9.56%) Ansible
2 13 (9.56%) CASB
3 11 (8.09%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (5.88%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.94%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (2.94%) Grafana
6 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.47%) Packer
7 1 (0.74%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.74%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (64.71%) Cisco
2 54 (39.71%) Microsoft
3 40 (29.41%) Fortinet
4 29 (21.32%) VMware
5 24 (17.65%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (14.71%) Aruba
7 19 (13.97%) Juniper
8 16 (11.76%) Tenable
9 15 (11.03%) Qualys
10 14 (10.29%) WatchGuard
11 13 (9.56%) SonicWALL
11 13 (9.56%) Veeam
12 12 (8.82%) F5
13 10 (7.35%) Arista
14 9 (6.62%) CheckPoint
14 9 (6.62%) N-able
14 9 (6.62%) Zscaler
15 6 (4.41%) Splunk
16 4 (2.94%) Acronis
16 4 (2.94%) Meraki