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 8 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 310 326
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +9
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 138 109 161
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.65% 0.74%
As % of the Vendors category 1.79% 1.26% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 70 56 110
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £61,761 £51,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.08% +13.04% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -3.23%

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 7,692 8,621 8,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.01% 51.33% 38.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,407 3,690 4,632
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -6.46% -2.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -9.09% -4.35%

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 8 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 (7.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (7.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (34.78%) Azure
2 22 (15.94%) AWS
3 18 (13.04%) Serverless
4 15 (10.87%) Entra ID
4 15 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (7.25%) Mimecast
5 10 (7.25%) OneDrive
6 7 (5.07%) GCP
7 6 (4.35%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.17%) OCI
9 2 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.45%) GitHub
9 2 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 98 (71.01%) Firewall
2 59 (42.75%) WAN
3 53 (38.41%) VPN
4 43 (31.16%) VLAN
5 42 (30.43%) Network Security
6 39 (28.26%) BGP
6 39 (28.26%) SD-WAN
7 38 (27.54%) DNS
8 35 (25.36%) LAN
9 29 (21.01%) OSPF
10 27 (19.57%) DHCP
11 26 (18.84%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
13 21 (15.22%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (13.04%) MPLS
15 17 (12.32%) Wireless
16 14 (10.14%) VXLAN
17 13 (9.42%) TCP/IP
18 12 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
19 10 (7.25%) ICMP
Development Applications
1 18 (13.04%) Snyk
2 2 (1.45%) Git
2 2 (1.45%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (25.36%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.80%) Banking
3 8 (5.80%) Finance
3 8 (5.80%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.07%) Marketing
4 7 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (5.07%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.07%) Retail
5 6 (4.35%) Law
6 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (0.72%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.72%) French Language
8 1 (0.72%) German Language
8 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.72%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (35.51%) Senior
2 41 (29.71%) Network Engineer
3 35 (25.36%) Architect
4 28 (20.29%) Security Architect
5 19 (13.77%) Senior Architect
6 18 (13.04%) Cloud Architect
6 18 (13.04%) Cloud Security Architect
6 18 (13.04%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 18 (13.04%) Senior Security Architect
7 17 (12.32%) Network Architect
8 16 (11.59%) Analyst
8 16 (11.59%) Network Analyst
9 14 (10.14%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (10.14%) Senior Network Analyst
10 12 (8.70%) Security Engineer
11 11 (7.97%) Consultant
12 10 (7.25%) Network Security Architect
12 10 (7.25%) Senior Network Engineer
13 8 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (5.80%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.25%) OAuth
1 10 (7.25%) SAML
2 7 (5.07%) 802.1X
3 6 (4.35%) Terraform
4 4 (2.90%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.81%) Data Centre
2 17 (12.32%) Security Posture
3 13 (9.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (7.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (7.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.90%) FlexPod
6 4 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.17%) PKI
8 2 (1.45%) CMDB
8 2 (1.45%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.45%) Replication
9 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.04%) Windows
1 18 (13.04%) Windows Server
2 4 (2.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (24.64%) Cloud Security
3 28 (20.29%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (18.12%) CI/CD
5 24 (17.39%) Zero Trust
6 23 (16.67%) AI
6 23 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (15.22%) Threat Modelling
8 19 (13.77%) Incident Response
8 19 (13.77%) Mentoring
8 19 (13.77%) Security Architecture
9 18 (13.04%) Application Security
9 18 (13.04%) DevSecOps
9 18 (13.04%) SDLC
9 18 (13.04%) Security Testing
10 17 (12.32%) IT Strategy
10 17 (12.32%) Network Segmentation
10 17 (12.32%) Project Delivery
10 17 (12.32%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.42%) Python
2 3 (2.17%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (18.12%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (15.94%) CCNP
3 13 (9.42%) CCNA
4 8 (5.80%) CCIE
5 6 (4.35%) Degree
6 5 (3.62%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.90%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.17%) CCDP
8 3 (2.17%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.45%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.45%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.45%) MBA
9 2 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.45%) PMP
9 2 (1.45%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.72%) CCIE Security
10 1 (0.72%) CCSA
10 1 (0.72%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (16.67%) NIST
2 21 (15.22%) GRC
3 12 (8.70%) PCI DSS
3 12 (8.70%) SLA
4 3 (2.17%) GDPR
4 3 (2.17%) PMO
5 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (15.94%) Virtual Machines
2 21 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (14.49%) Active Directory
4 18 (13.04%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.35%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (23.19%) FortiGate
2 13 (9.42%) Ansible
2 13 (9.42%) CASB
3 10 (7.25%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (5.80%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.90%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (2.90%) Grafana
6 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.45%) Packer
7 1 (0.72%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 87 (63.04%) Cisco
2 52 (37.68%) Microsoft
3 40 (28.99%) Fortinet
4 28 (20.29%) VMware
5 27 (19.57%) CrowdStrike
6 20 (14.49%) Aruba
6 20 (14.49%) Tenable
7 19 (13.77%) Juniper
8 15 (10.87%) Qualys
9 14 (10.14%) WatchGuard
10 13 (9.42%) SonicWALL
10 13 (9.42%) Veeam
11 12 (8.70%) F5
12 10 (7.25%) Arista
13 9 (6.52%) CheckPoint
13 9 (6.52%) N-able
13 9 (6.52%) Zscaler
14 6 (4.35%) Splunk
15 4 (2.90%) Acronis
15 4 (2.90%) Meraki