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 30 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
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 339 379
Rank change year-on-year +17 +40 +80
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 69 59 178
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.46% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.28% 1.12% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 41 46 153
10th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £57,000 £56,250 £41,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £97,500 £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 5,389 5,268 12,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.37% 40.74% 40.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,442 3,771 10,103
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £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 £76,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -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 30 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 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (60.87%) Azure
2 26 (37.68%) AWS
3 13 (18.84%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (10.14%) OpenShift
5 6 (8.70%) Apigee
5 6 (8.70%) Kong
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (5.80%) GitHub
6 4 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (5.80%) OCI
7 3 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.90%) GCP
9 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.45%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.45%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 51 (73.91%) Firewall
2 29 (42.03%) WAN
3 28 (40.58%) LAN
4 25 (36.23%) SD-WAN
5 18 (26.09%) Network Security
6 17 (24.64%) Cisco ASA
7 15 (21.74%) Wireless
8 13 (18.84%) VLAN
9 11 (15.94%) Cisco ISE
10 10 (14.49%) BGP
10 10 (14.49%) OSPF
11 9 (13.04%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (11.59%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (11.59%) MPLS
12 8 (11.59%) VPN
13 6 (8.70%) NGFW
13 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (8.70%) WLAN
14 5 (7.25%) Unified Communications
14 5 (7.25%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) GitLab
2 4 (5.80%) Git
2 4 (5.80%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Telecoms
3 11 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Finance
5 9 (13.04%) Banking
6 6 (8.70%) Retail
7 5 (7.25%) Marketing
7 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
8 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.35%) Legal
10 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.90%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.45%) Law
11 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (36.23%) Network Engineer
2 16 (23.19%) Senior
3 9 (13.04%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Architect
5 6 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Automation Specialist
5 6 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Lead
5 6 (8.70%) Network Specialist
5 6 (8.70%) Telecoms Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Telecoms Specialist
6 5 (7.25%) Collaboration Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Consultant
7 4 (5.80%) Platform Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.70%) Jinja
1 6 (8.70%) JSON
1 6 (8.70%) REST
1 6 (8.70%) XML
1 6 (8.70%) YAML
1 6 (8.70%) YANG
2 5 (7.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Data Centre
2 7 (10.14%) Private Cloud
2 7 (10.14%) Public Cloud
3 6 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (7.25%) FlexPod
4 5 (7.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (7.25%) Onboarding
4 5 (7.25%) Replication
4 5 (7.25%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (5.80%) CMDB
5 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.80%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.90%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (24.64%) Linux
2 14 (20.29%) Windows
3 10 (14.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.70%) Unix
5 1 (1.45%) CentOS
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.29%) Infrastructure as Code
2 13 (18.84%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (17.39%) Mentoring
4 11 (15.94%) CI/CD
4 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Automation
5 10 (14.49%) Change Management
5 10 (14.49%) DevOps
6 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (11.59%) Cloud Security
7 8 (11.59%) Load Balancing
7 8 (11.59%) Presales
8 7 (10.14%) Business Continuity
8 7 (10.14%) Containerisation
8 7 (10.14%) Information Security
8 7 (10.14%) Platform Engineering
8 7 (10.14%) Roadmaps
8 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
9 6 (8.70%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.99%) Python
2 8 (11.59%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.70%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (14.49%) CCNP
3 9 (13.04%) Azure Certification
4 7 (10.14%) CISSP
4 7 (10.14%) Degree
5 6 (8.70%) CEH
6 5 (7.25%) CCIE
7 3 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (4.35%) CCSE
7 3 (4.35%) CCSP
7 3 (4.35%) CISA
7 3 (4.35%) CISM
7 3 (4.35%) JNCIP
7 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.90%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.90%) CCIE Security
8 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.90%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (7.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (4.35%) GRC
2 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.90%) GDPR
3 2 (2.90%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (20.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.70%) vSphere
3 5 (7.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (7.25%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.45%) Docker
5 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (26.09%) Terraform
2 14 (20.29%) Ansible
3 10 (14.49%) FortiGate
4 8 (11.59%) Kubernetes
5 5 (7.25%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (7.25%) Grafana
6 4 (5.80%) Packer
7 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (2.90%) Proxmox
8 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (78.26%) Cisco
2 22 (31.88%) Fortinet
2 22 (31.88%) Microsoft
3 20 (28.99%) VMware
4 16 (23.19%) F5
5 12 (17.39%) Meraki
6 10 (14.49%) CheckPoint
7 9 (13.04%) Juniper
8 7 (10.14%) EMC
9 6 (8.70%) Red Hat
10 5 (7.25%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (7.25%) NetApp
10 5 (7.25%) Splunk
11 4 (5.80%) HP
11 4 (5.80%) ServiceNow
11 4 (5.80%) SolarWinds
12 3 (4.35%) CyberArk
12 3 (4.35%) Dell
12 3 (4.35%) Google
12 3 (4.35%) Sophos