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 14 November 2025, 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
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 325 318
Rank change year-on-year +33 -7 +165
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 103 147 175
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.74% 0.80%
As % of the Vendors category 1.36% 2.01% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 47 96 139
10th Percentile £49,598 £40,938 £45,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £83,750 £85,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +8.70%

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 7,558 7,300 8,856
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 48.05% 36.67% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,718 4,347 7,260
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £33,723
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £44,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.25%

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 14 November 2025.

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 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 52 (50.49%) Azure
2 15 (14.56%) AWS
3 8 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.85%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.91%) Mimecast
6 3 (2.91%) Tessian
7 2 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.94%) GCP
7 2 (1.94%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.94%) OCI
8 1 (0.97%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.97%) IaaS
8 1 (0.97%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (60.19%) Firewall
2 56 (54.37%) WAN
3 51 (49.51%) SD-WAN
4 48 (46.60%) LAN
5 32 (31.07%) Wireless
5 32 (31.07%) Wireshark
6 20 (19.42%) VPN
7 18 (17.48%) Network Security
8 17 (16.50%) BGP
9 16 (15.53%) OSPF
10 10 (9.71%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (8.74%) EIGRP
12 7 (6.80%) VLAN
12 7 (6.80%) WLAN
13 5 (4.85%) BIG-IP
13 5 (4.85%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (4.85%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (4.85%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (4.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (4.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.94%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) GitLab
1 1 (0.97%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 30 (29.13%) Finance
3 25 (24.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (23.30%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.91%) Law
7 2 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.94%) Back Office
7 2 (1.94%) French Language
7 2 (1.94%) Local Government
8 1 (0.97%) Marketing
8 1 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (36.89%) Network Engineer
2 20 (19.42%) Architect
3 13 (12.62%) Senior
4 12 (11.65%) Administrator
5 10 (9.71%) Analyst
6 9 (8.74%) Lead
7 8 (7.77%) Network Administrator
7 8 (7.77%) Network Analyst
7 8 (7.77%) Network Support
7 8 (7.77%) Network Support Analyst
7 8 (7.77%) Support Analyst
8 7 (6.80%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) DBA
9 4 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Network Manager
9 4 (3.88%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) SQL DBA
10 3 (2.91%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 57 (55.34%) Data Centre
2 24 (23.30%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (5.83%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.85%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.88%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.91%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (2.91%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.97%) Clustering
7 1 (0.97%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.97%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.85%) Linux
2 4 (3.88%) Windows
3 3 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.97%) CentOS
4 1 (0.97%) Check Point GAiA
4 1 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.97%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (32.04%) Load Balancing
2 30 (29.13%) Network Virtualisation
3 29 (28.16%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (27.18%) Capacity Planning
5 27 (26.21%) Network Monitoring
6 25 (24.27%) Change Management
7 24 (23.30%) AI
7 24 (23.30%) Asset Management
7 24 (23.30%) Coaching
7 24 (23.30%) Customer Service
7 24 (23.30%) Network Planning
7 24 (23.30%) Problem Management
8 22 (21.36%) Time Management
9 18 (17.48%) Customer Engagement
9 18 (17.48%) Software Licensing
10 14 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (9.71%) Incident Response
12 10 (9.71%) Roadmaps
13 9 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.53%) Python
2 6 (5.83%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.88%) SQL
3 4 (3.88%) T-SQL
4 3 (2.91%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (25.24%) Degree
2 16 (15.53%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (9.71%) CCNP
4 8 (7.77%) Azure Certification
4 8 (7.77%) CCIE
5 6 (5.83%) CISSP
6 4 (3.88%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.91%) CCNA
7 3 (2.91%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.94%) CCDE
8 2 (1.94%) CEH
8 2 (1.94%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.97%) CCSE
9 1 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.97%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.88%) NIST
2 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.94%) GRC
3 2 (1.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.91%) Firmware
3 2 (1.94%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.97%) Docker
4 1 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.97%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (16.50%) Ansible
2 16 (15.53%) Terraform
3 7 (6.80%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.88%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.91%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.97%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.97%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (63.11%) Cisco
2 35 (33.98%) Microsoft
3 34 (33.01%) SolarWinds
4 28 (27.18%) Meraki
5 26 (25.24%) CheckPoint
6 22 (21.36%) Fortinet
7 18 (17.48%) Adobe
7 18 (17.48%) Apple
8 15 (14.56%) Aruba
9 10 (9.71%) VMware
10 9 (8.74%) F5
11 8 (7.77%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (6.80%) Juniper
13 5 (4.85%) Arista
13 5 (4.85%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (4.85%) Mellanox
13 5 (4.85%) NVIDIA
13 5 (4.85%) Zscaler
14 4 (3.88%) Dell
14 4 (3.88%) EMC