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 21 February 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
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 344 365
Rank change year-on-year +17 +21 +87
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 59 84 172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.36% 0.55% 0.62%
As % of the Vendors category 0.97% 1.38% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25 57 154
10th Percentile £53,550 £50,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £105,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £108,500 £96,000 £85,000
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 6,104 6,071 11,384
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.24% 39.50% 40.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,336 3,637 9,420
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -7.60%
75th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -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 21 February 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 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (71.19%) Azure
2 15 (25.42%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.78%) OpenShift
5 3 (5.08%) Apigee
5 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (5.08%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.08%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.08%) Kong
5 3 (5.08%) Mimecast
5 3 (5.08%) Tessian
6 2 (3.39%) OCI
7 1 (1.69%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 52 (88.14%) Firewall
2 40 (67.80%) SD-WAN
3 39 (66.10%) WAN
4 32 (54.24%) LAN
5 25 (42.37%) Wireless
6 22 (37.29%) Wireshark
7 15 (25.42%) Network Security
8 11 (18.64%) BGP
8 11 (18.64%) OSPF
9 10 (16.95%) VPN
10 9 (15.25%) VLAN
11 8 (13.56%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (11.86%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (11.86%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (10.17%) MPLS
14 4 (6.78%) NGFW
14 4 (6.78%) TCP/IP
14 4 (6.78%) WLAN
15 3 (5.08%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) GitLab
2 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (59.32%) Social Skills
2 24 (40.68%) Telecoms
3 21 (35.59%) Finance
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Law
6 2 (3.39%) Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Marketing
7 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.69%) Retail
7 1 (1.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (55.93%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.25%) Senior
3 7 (11.86%) Analyst
3 7 (11.86%) Senior Network Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Lead
5 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Network Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Network Support
5 4 (6.78%) Network Support Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Consultant
6 3 (5.08%) Network Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Network Specialist
6 3 (5.08%) Security Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Telecoms Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) Jinja
1 3 (5.08%) JSON
1 3 (5.08%) REST
1 3 (5.08%) XML
1 3 (5.08%) YAML
1 3 (5.08%) YANG
2 1 (1.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (49.15%) Data Centre
2 20 (33.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.47%) Virtual Team
4 4 (6.78%) Public Cloud
5 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (5.08%) Private Cloud
5 3 (5.08%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.39%) e-Learning
6 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.69%) FlexPod
7 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.69%) Replication
7 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Linux
2 3 (5.08%) Unix
2 3 (5.08%) Windows
3 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.69%) CentOS
4 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) Load Balancing
2 22 (37.29%) Network Monitoring
2 22 (37.29%) Network Virtualisation
3 21 (35.59%) Change Management
3 21 (35.59%) Coaching
4 20 (33.90%) Asset Management
4 20 (33.90%) Capacity Planning
4 20 (33.90%) Customer Service
4 20 (33.90%) Network Planning
4 20 (33.90%) Problem Management
5 9 (15.25%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (11.86%) DevOps
7 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (10.17%) SIEM
8 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (6.78%) Containerisation
10 4 (6.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.08%) Bash
3 3 (5.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (25.42%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (16.95%) CCNP
3 7 (11.86%) CISSP
4 4 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 4 (6.78%) CCIE
4 4 (6.78%) CEH
4 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (5.08%) CCSP
5 3 (5.08%) CISA
5 3 (5.08%) CISM
5 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.39%) CCDE
6 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (5.08%) GRC
2 3 (5.08%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.39%) Firmware
2 2 (3.39%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.39%) vSphere
3 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) Terraform
2 7 (11.86%) FortiGate
3 5 (8.47%) Ansible
4 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
5 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.39%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.69%) Grafana
7 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (88.14%) Cisco
2 23 (38.98%) Meraki
2 23 (38.98%) SolarWinds
3 21 (35.59%) CheckPoint
4 13 (22.03%) Fortinet
5 9 (15.25%) F5
5 9 (15.25%) VMware
6 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
7 6 (10.17%) Juniper
8 5 (8.47%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (5.08%) EMC
9 3 (5.08%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (5.08%) Google
9 3 (5.08%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.08%) Tenable
9 3 (5.08%) Zscaler
10 2 (3.39%) Dell
11 1 (1.69%) HP
11 1 (1.69%) NetApp
11 1 (1.69%) Sophos