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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 328 339
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 +26
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 162 89 170
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.70% 0.54% 0.69%
As % of the Vendors category 2.21% 1.11% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 82 60 120
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,750 £36,200
25th Percentile £60,313 £49,899 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.37% +6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 7,319 8,033 9,645
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.61% 48.54% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,218 3,996 6,075
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,444 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,519 £92,500 £91,991
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £54,939
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.17% -4.45%

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 August 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (34.57%) Azure
2 36 (22.22%) AWS
3 25 (15.43%) Serverless
4 17 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (5.56%) GCP
5 9 (5.56%) OpenShift
6 6 (3.70%) GitHub
6 6 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.09%) OCI
8 4 (2.47%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.47%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.85%) Apigee
9 3 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.85%) Kong
10 2 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.62%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 102 (62.96%) Firewall
2 68 (41.98%) WAN
3 49 (30.25%) Network Security
4 48 (29.63%) LAN
5 43 (26.54%) SD-WAN
6 42 (25.93%) BGP
7 41 (25.31%) VLAN
7 41 (25.31%) VPN
8 32 (19.75%) DNS
8 32 (19.75%) OSPF
9 26 (16.05%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
10 24 (14.81%) Wireless
11 23 (14.20%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (12.96%) Cisco ASA
12 21 (12.96%) MPLS
13 18 (11.11%) DHCP
14 14 (8.64%) VXLAN
15 11 (6.79%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (6.79%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 25 (15.43%) Snyk
2 6 (3.70%) Git
2 6 (3.70%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (26.54%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (10.49%) Telecoms
4 15 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.26%) Banking
5 13 (8.02%) Finance
6 12 (7.41%) Retail
7 11 (6.79%) Marketing
7 11 (6.79%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (6.79%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.09%) Legal
9 4 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.85%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) French Language
11 1 (0.62%) German Language
11 1 (0.62%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 66 (40.74%) Senior
2 49 (30.25%) Network Engineer
3 46 (28.40%) Architect
4 35 (21.60%) Security Architect
5 28 (17.28%) Senior Architect
6 25 (15.43%) Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.43%) Cloud Security Architect
6 25 (15.43%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 25 (15.43%) Senior Security Architect
7 19 (11.73%) Network Architect
8 16 (9.88%) Analyst
8 16 (9.88%) Network Analyst
9 14 (8.64%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (8.64%) Senior Network Analyst
9 14 (8.64%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (6.17%) Network Security Architect
10 10 (6.17%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (5.56%) Network Specialist
11 9 (5.56%) Security Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.88%) Terraform
2 10 (6.17%) OAuth
2 10 (6.17%) SAML
3 8 (4.94%) XMPP
4 7 (4.32%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.85%) Jinja
5 3 (1.85%) JSON
5 3 (1.85%) REST
5 3 (1.85%) XML
5 3 (1.85%) YAML
5 3 (1.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 46 (28.40%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (6.79%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 8 (4.94%) FlexPod
5 8 (4.94%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.94%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (4.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (3.70%) CMDB
7 6 (3.70%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.70%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.09%) Replication
9 3 (1.85%) PKI
9 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.62%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.73%) Windows
2 15 (9.26%) Linux
2 15 (9.26%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (24.07%) CI/CD
2 39 (24.07%) Cloud Security
3 30 (18.52%) AI
4 28 (17.28%) Security Architecture
4 28 (17.28%) Threat Modelling
5 25 (15.43%) Application Security
5 25 (15.43%) DevSecOps
5 25 (15.43%) SDLC
5 25 (15.43%) Security Testing
5 25 (15.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 24 (14.81%) IT Strategy
6 24 (14.81%) Technology Strategy
6 24 (14.81%) Validation
7 23 (14.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (13.58%) Mentoring
9 20 (12.35%) Zero Trust
10 19 (11.73%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (11.11%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.05%) Python
2 7 (4.32%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.85%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (17.90%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (16.05%) CCNP
3 13 (8.02%) CCNA
4 12 (7.41%) Azure Certification
5 11 (6.79%) CCIE
6 10 (6.17%) Degree
7 5 (3.09%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.47%) CCSE
8 4 (2.47%) JNCIE
8 4 (2.47%) JNCIP
9 3 (1.85%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.85%) CCDP
9 3 (1.85%) CCIE Security
9 3 (1.85%) CCSA
9 3 (1.85%) CISSP
9 3 (1.85%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.23%) CEH
10 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.23%) Postgraduate
10 2 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (17.28%) GRC
2 20 (12.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.35%) NIST
3 8 (4.94%) SLA
4 6 (3.70%) GDPR
4 6 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.85%) PMO
6 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (15.43%) Virtual Machines
2 21 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.64%) Active Directory
4 10 (6.17%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.70%) VMware NSX
6 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (3.09%) vSphere
7 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (22.22%) FortiGate
2 23 (14.20%) Ansible
3 13 (8.02%) CASB
4 12 (7.41%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.94%) Cisco CUCM
5 8 (4.94%) Grafana
6 6 (3.70%) Packer
7 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.23%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.62%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 102 (62.96%) Cisco
2 55 (33.95%) Microsoft
3 42 (25.93%) Fortinet
4 32 (19.75%) VMware
5 30 (18.52%) CrowdStrike
6 27 (16.67%) Tenable
7 20 (12.35%) Aruba
7 20 (12.35%) F5
8 19 (11.73%) Juniper
9 15 (9.26%) Qualys
10 14 (8.64%) CheckPoint
11 11 (6.79%) Arista
12 10 (6.17%) Meraki
12 10 (6.17%) Splunk
13 9 (5.56%) Zscaler
14 8 (4.94%) Veeam
15 7 (4.32%) SonicWALL
16 6 (3.70%) EMC
16 6 (3.70%) ServiceNow
17 5 (3.09%) NetApp