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 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
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 341 336
Rank change year-on-year +48 -5 +103
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 74 108 163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.66% 0.71%
As % of the Vendors category 1.21% 1.70% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28 72 136
10th Percentile £50,754 £45,000 £42,875
25th Percentile £55,750 £53,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -1.64% -6.15%
75th Percentile £99,375 £72,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £107,375 £94,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% +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 6,104 6,339 9,452
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.86% 38.57% 41.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,231 3,657 7,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% +4.55% -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 18 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 45 (60.81%) Azure
2 13 (17.57%) AWS
3 6 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.05%) Mimecast
6 3 (4.05%) Tessian
7 2 (2.70%) OCI
8 1 (1.35%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.35%) IaaS
8 1 (1.35%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 53 (71.62%) Firewall
2 47 (63.51%) SD-WAN
3 44 (59.46%) WAN
4 37 (50.00%) LAN
5 30 (40.54%) Wireless
6 29 (39.19%) Wireshark
7 14 (18.92%) Network Security
8 13 (17.57%) BGP
8 13 (17.57%) OSPF
8 13 (17.57%) VPN
9 9 (12.16%) VLAN
10 7 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (8.11%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (8.11%) MPLS
12 5 (6.76%) EIGRP
12 5 (6.76%) WLAN
13 4 (5.41%) BIG-IP
13 4 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (5.41%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (5.41%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) GitLab
1 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.49%) Finance
3 24 (32.43%) Telecoms
4 10 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (40.54%) Network Engineer
2 12 (16.22%) Analyst
3 11 (14.86%) Architect
4 8 (10.81%) Network Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Network Support
4 8 (10.81%) Network Support Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Senior
4 8 (10.81%) Support Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Administrator
6 5 (6.76%) Lead
7 4 (5.41%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Network Administrator
8 3 (4.05%) Network Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Security Analyst
9 2 (2.70%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 45 (60.81%) Data Centre
2 24 (32.43%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.76%) Virtual Team
4 4 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.05%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.05%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (4.05%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.70%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.35%) Clustering
7 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.76%) Linux
2 3 (4.05%) Windows
3 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.35%) CentOS
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.54%) Load Balancing
2 26 (35.14%) Capacity Planning
2 26 (35.14%) Network Monitoring
2 26 (35.14%) Network Virtualisation
3 25 (33.78%) Change Management
3 25 (33.78%) Coaching
4 24 (32.43%) Asset Management
4 24 (32.43%) Customer Service
4 24 (32.43%) Network Planning
4 24 (32.43%) Problem Management
5 19 (25.68%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (16.22%) AI
7 11 (14.86%) Customer Engagement
7 11 (14.86%) Time Management
8 10 (13.51%) Software Licensing
9 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (9.46%) SIEM
11 6 (8.11%) Computer Science
11 6 (8.11%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.76%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.76%) Python
2 3 (4.05%) Bash
3 2 (2.70%) SQL
3 2 (2.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Degree
2 16 (21.62%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (13.51%) CCNP
4 7 (9.46%) CISSP
5 5 (6.76%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.41%) CCIE
6 4 (5.41%) CEH
6 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (4.05%) CCSP
7 3 (4.05%) CISA
7 3 (4.05%) CISM
7 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.70%) CCDE
8 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.70%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.35%) CCNA
9 1 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (4.05%) GRC
2 3 (4.05%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.35%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.05%) Firmware
3 2 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.70%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (13.51%) Terraform
2 8 (10.81%) FortiGate
3 6 (8.11%) Ansible
4 4 (5.41%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.05%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (68.92%) Cisco
2 30 (40.54%) SolarWinds
3 28 (37.84%) Meraki
4 25 (33.78%) CheckPoint
5 19 (25.68%) Microsoft
6 13 (17.57%) Fortinet
7 10 (13.51%) Adobe
7 10 (13.51%) Apple
8 9 (12.16%) VMware
9 8 (10.81%) F5
10 7 (9.46%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (8.11%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (6.76%) Zscaler
13 3 (4.05%) Arista
13 3 (4.05%) Aruba
13 3 (4.05%) Dell
13 3 (4.05%) EMC
13 3 (4.05%) Google
13 3 (4.05%) Juniper
13 3 (4.05%) Tenable