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 18 March 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
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 338 378
Rank change year-on-year +17 +40 +74
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 67 64 176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.40% 0.47% 0.59%
As % of the Vendors category 1.12% 1.18% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 40 47 153
10th Percentile £48,525 £52,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £59,375 £56,250 £45,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £97,500 £85,000
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 6,001 5,429 12,257
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.59% 40.24% 40.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,357 3,668 10,032
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +14.00% -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 18 March 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 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (62.69%) Azure
2 23 (34.33%) AWS
3 12 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.45%) OpenShift
5 6 (8.96%) Apigee
5 6 (8.96%) Kong
6 4 (5.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.99%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.99%) GitHub
8 2 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.99%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.99%) OCI
8 2 (2.99%) Tessian
9 1 (1.49%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 52 (77.61%) Firewall
2 30 (44.78%) WAN
3 27 (40.30%) LAN
3 27 (40.30%) SD-WAN
4 17 (25.37%) Wireless
5 16 (23.88%) Cisco ASA
5 16 (23.88%) Network Security
6 12 (17.91%) VLAN
7 11 (16.42%) BGP
7 11 (16.42%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (16.42%) OSPF
8 10 (14.93%) VPN
9 9 (13.43%) Wireshark
10 8 (11.94%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (11.94%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (10.45%) MPLS
11 7 (10.45%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (8.96%) NGFW
12 6 (8.96%) WLAN
13 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) GitLab
2 2 (2.99%) Git
2 2 (2.99%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.87%) Telecoms
3 14 (20.90%) Finance
4 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Banking
6 5 (7.46%) Retail
7 4 (5.97%) Marketing
7 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Law
9 2 (2.99%) Legal
9 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (46.27%) Network Engineer
2 14 (20.90%) Senior
3 9 (13.43%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (10.45%) Lead
5 6 (8.96%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Automation Specialist
5 6 (8.96%) Network Specialist
5 6 (8.96%) Security Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Telecoms Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Telecoms Specialist
6 5 (7.46%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Collaboration Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Consultant
8 3 (4.48%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Firewall Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) Jinja
1 6 (8.96%) JSON
1 6 (8.96%) REST
1 6 (8.96%) XML
1 6 (8.96%) YAML
1 6 (8.96%) YANG
2 4 (5.97%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.36%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.94%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.96%) Public Cloud
3 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (7.46%) Private Cloud
5 4 (5.97%) FlexPod
5 4 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.97%) Replication
5 4 (5.97%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (5.97%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.99%) CMDB
6 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.99%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.90%) Linux
2 12 (17.91%) Windows
3 7 (10.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.96%) Unix
5 1 (1.49%) CentOS
5 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.91%) Change Management
1 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure as Code
1 12 (17.91%) Load Balancing
2 11 (16.42%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (16.42%) DevOps
2 11 (16.42%) Mentoring
3 10 (14.93%) Network Monitoring
3 10 (14.93%) Network Virtualisation
4 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
4 9 (13.43%) Coaching
4 9 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (11.94%) Asset Management
5 8 (11.94%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure Automation
5 8 (11.94%) Network Planning
5 8 (11.94%) Problem Management
6 7 (10.45%) Cloud Security
6 7 (10.45%) Containerisation
6 7 (10.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.39%) Python
2 6 (8.96%) JavaScript
2 6 (8.96%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (20.90%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (14.93%) CCNP
3 8 (11.94%) CISSP
4 6 (8.96%) Azure Certification
4 6 (8.96%) CEH
4 6 (8.96%) Degree
5 4 (5.97%) CCIE
6 3 (4.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (4.48%) CCSP
6 3 (4.48%) CISA
6 3 (4.48%) CISM
6 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.49%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.49%) CCDE
8 1 (1.49%) CCSM
8 1 (1.49%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (4.48%) GRC
3 3 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (4.48%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.99%) NIST
5 1 (1.49%) GDPR
5 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.46%) vSphere
3 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (5.97%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
5 2 (2.99%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.49%) Docker
6 1 (1.49%) Firmware
6 1 (1.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (20.90%) Terraform
2 10 (14.93%) FortiGate
3 9 (13.43%) Ansible
4 6 (8.96%) Kubernetes
5 4 (5.97%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (5.97%) Grafana
6 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.99%) Packer
6 2 (2.99%) Proxmox
6 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.49%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (1.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (79.10%) Cisco
2 18 (26.87%) Fortinet
2 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
3 17 (25.37%) VMware
4 15 (22.39%) Meraki
5 14 (20.90%) F5
6 12 (17.91%) CheckPoint
7 9 (13.43%) Juniper
7 9 (13.43%) SolarWinds
8 6 (8.96%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (8.96%) Red Hat
9 5 (7.46%) EMC
10 4 (5.97%) NetApp
10 4 (5.97%) Splunk
11 3 (4.48%) CyberArk
11 3 (4.48%) Dell
11 3 (4.48%) Extreme Networks
11 3 (4.48%) HP
11 3 (4.48%) iManage
11 3 (4.48%) Rapid7