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 31 December 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
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 334 317
Rank change year-on-year +45 -17 +144
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 89 119 163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.59% 0.70% 0.80%
As % of the Vendors category 1.41% 1.79% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 33 83 131
10th Percentile £50,250 £45,000 £45,650
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £86,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.84% +7.83%

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 6,332 6,633 8,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.80% 38.75% 41.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,327 3,957 6,797
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £60,000 £59,451
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +0.92% +0.76%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 31 December 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:

Cloud Services
1 49 (55.06%) Azure
2 15 (16.85%) AWS
3 8 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.49%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.37%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.37%) Mimecast
6 3 (3.37%) Tessian
7 2 (2.25%) OCI
8 1 (1.12%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.12%) IaaS
8 1 (1.12%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 58 (65.17%) Firewall
2 50 (56.18%) SD-WAN
3 48 (53.93%) WAN
4 41 (46.07%) LAN
5 33 (37.08%) Wireless
6 32 (35.96%) Wireshark
7 16 (17.98%) BGP
7 16 (17.98%) OSPF
7 16 (17.98%) VPN
8 14 (15.73%) Network Security
9 9 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (8.99%) EIGRP
10 8 (8.99%) VLAN
10 8 (8.99%) WLAN
11 6 (6.74%) BIG-IP
11 6 (6.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 5 (5.62%) Cisco IOS
12 5 (5.62%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (5.62%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) GitLab
1 1 (1.12%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (42.70%) Social Skills
2 29 (32.58%) Finance
3 24 (26.97%) Telecoms
4 18 (20.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.37%) Law
7 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.12%) French Language
7 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (38.20%) Network Engineer
2 19 (21.35%) Architect
3 12 (13.48%) Analyst
4 10 (11.24%) Senior
5 8 (8.99%) Network Analyst
5 8 (8.99%) Network Support
5 8 (8.99%) Network Support Analyst
5 8 (8.99%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) Support Analyst
6 7 (7.87%) Administrator
7 5 (5.62%) Lead
8 4 (4.49%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) DBA
8 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.49%) SQL DBA
9 3 (3.37%) Network Administrator
9 3 (3.37%) Network Manager
9 3 (3.37%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 54 (60.67%) Data Centre
2 24 (26.97%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.62%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.49%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.37%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (3.37%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.25%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.12%) Clustering
7 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.62%) Linux
2 3 (3.37%) Windows
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) CentOS
4 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.08%) Load Balancing
2 30 (33.71%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (31.46%) Capacity Planning
4 27 (30.34%) Network Monitoring
5 26 (29.21%) Network Virtualisation
6 25 (28.09%) Change Management
6 25 (28.09%) Coaching
7 24 (26.97%) Asset Management
7 24 (26.97%) Customer Service
7 24 (26.97%) Network Planning
7 24 (26.97%) Problem Management
8 22 (24.72%) AI
9 20 (22.47%) Time Management
10 19 (21.35%) Customer Engagement
11 18 (20.22%) Software Licensing
12 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
13 10 (11.24%) Incident Response
14 9 (10.11%) Mentoring
15 8 (8.99%) DevOps
15 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) Python
2 5 (5.62%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.49%) SQL
3 4 (4.49%) T-SQL
4 3 (3.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (29.21%) Degree
2 17 (19.10%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (11.24%) CCNP
4 7 (7.87%) CISSP
5 5 (5.62%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.62%) CCIE
6 4 (4.49%) CEH
6 4 (4.49%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.37%) CCSP
7 3 (3.37%) CISA
7 3 (3.37%) CISM
7 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.25%) CCDE
8 2 (2.25%) CCNA
8 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (3.37%) GRC
2 3 (3.37%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.12%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (5.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.37%) Firmware
3 2 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.25%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.12%) Docker
4 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) Ansible
1 10 (11.24%) Terraform
2 8 (8.99%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.49%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.37%) Dell DRAC
4 3 (3.37%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (61.80%) Cisco
2 33 (37.08%) SolarWinds
3 30 (33.71%) Microsoft
4 27 (30.34%) Meraki
5 25 (28.09%) CheckPoint
6 18 (20.22%) Adobe
6 18 (20.22%) Apple
7 15 (16.85%) Fortinet
8 10 (11.24%) F5
9 9 (10.11%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (10.11%) VMware
10 6 (6.74%) Aruba
10 6 (6.74%) Extreme Networks
10 6 (6.74%) Zscaler
11 4 (4.49%) Arista
11 4 (4.49%) Tenable
12 3 (3.37%) Dell
12 3 (3.37%) EMC
12 3 (3.37%) Google
12 3 (3.37%) Juniper