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 25 January 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
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 331 346
Rank change year-on-year +22 +15 +106
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 64 106 172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 1.04% 1.68% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 27 71 148
10th Percentile £50,589 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,250 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £101,250 £72,500 £71,563
90th Percentile £107,750 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £68,750 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.42% +6.67% +4.35%

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 6,163 6,319 10,446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.40% 38.62% 41.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,241 3,652 8,598
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,377 £45,000 £42,238
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 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
UK median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.43% +9.52% -8.70%

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 25 January 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:

Cloud Services
1 43 (67.19%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) AWS
3 5 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.69%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (4.69%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.69%) Mimecast
5 3 (4.69%) Tessian
6 2 (3.13%) OCI
7 1 (1.56%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.56%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 52 (81.25%) Firewall
2 46 (71.88%) SD-WAN
3 43 (67.19%) WAN
4 37 (57.81%) LAN
5 30 (46.88%) Wireless
6 29 (45.31%) Wireshark
7 14 (21.88%) Network Security
8 13 (20.31%) BGP
8 13 (20.31%) OSPF
9 12 (18.75%) VPN
10 9 (14.06%) VLAN
11 7 (10.94%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (9.38%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (9.38%) MPLS
13 5 (7.81%) EIGRP
13 5 (7.81%) WLAN
14 4 (6.25%) BIG-IP
14 4 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (6.25%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) GitLab
1 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 27 (42.19%) Finance
3 24 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Law
6 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (46.88%) Network Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Analyst
3 8 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 8 (12.50%) Network Support
3 8 (12.50%) Network Support Analyst
3 8 (12.50%) Senior
3 8 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 6 (9.38%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Lead
6 4 (6.25%) Administrator
6 4 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Network Administrator
7 3 (4.69%) Network Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Network Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 37 (57.81%) Data Centre
2 24 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.81%) Virtual Team
4 4 (6.25%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.69%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (4.69%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.13%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.13%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Linux
2 2 (3.13%) Windows
3 1 (1.56%) CentOS
3 1 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.88%) Load Balancing
2 26 (40.63%) Network Monitoring
2 26 (40.63%) Network Virtualisation
3 25 (39.06%) Capacity Planning
3 25 (39.06%) Change Management
3 25 (39.06%) Coaching
4 24 (37.50%) Asset Management
4 24 (37.50%) Customer Service
4 24 (37.50%) Network Planning
4 24 (37.50%) Problem Management
5 10 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (14.06%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.94%) SIEM
8 6 (9.38%) Computer Science
8 6 (9.38%) Incident Response
8 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (7.81%) DevOps
9 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) Python
2 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.69%) Bash
4 1 (1.56%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (23.44%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (15.63%) CCNP
3 9 (14.06%) Degree
4 7 (10.94%) CISSP
5 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 4 (6.25%) CCIE
5 4 (6.25%) CEH
5 4 (6.25%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (4.69%) CCSP
6 3 (4.69%) CISA
6 3 (4.69%) CISM
6 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.13%) CCDE
7 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (4.69%) GRC
2 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.56%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.69%) Firmware
3 2 (3.13%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.56%) Docker
4 1 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) Terraform
2 8 (12.50%) FortiGate
3 6 (9.38%) Ansible
4 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.69%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (79.69%) Cisco
2 30 (46.88%) SolarWinds
3 28 (43.75%) Meraki
4 25 (39.06%) CheckPoint
5 12 (18.75%) Fortinet
6 9 (14.06%) Microsoft
6 9 (14.06%) VMware
7 8 (12.50%) F5
8 6 (9.38%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (9.38%) Extreme Networks
9 4 (6.25%) Zscaler
10 3 (4.69%) Arista
10 3 (4.69%) Aruba
10 3 (4.69%) Dell
10 3 (4.69%) EMC
10 3 (4.69%) Google
10 3 (4.69%) Juniper
10 3 (4.69%) Tenable
11 2 (3.13%) Adobe
11 2 (3.13%) Apple