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 13 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
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 334 330
Rank change year-on-year +40 -4 +125
Permanent jobs citing Palo Alto 80 109 159
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.67% 0.73%
As % of the Vendors category 1.32% 1.73% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 29 74 130
10th Percentile £49,920 £45,000 £43,968
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £107,000 £92,375 £85,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% +2.46% +6.09%

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 6,063 6,296 9,001
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.33% 38.47% 41.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,201 3,630 7,335
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £38,979 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,596 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.23% +3.64% -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 13 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 47 (58.75%) Azure
2 14 (17.50%) AWS
3 7 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.75%) Mimecast
6 3 (3.75%) Tessian
7 2 (2.50%) OCI
8 1 (1.25%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.25%) IaaS
8 1 (1.25%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 54 (67.50%) Firewall
2 47 (58.75%) SD-WAN
3 44 (55.00%) WAN
4 37 (46.25%) LAN
5 30 (37.50%) Wireless
6 29 (36.25%) Wireshark
7 13 (16.25%) BGP
7 13 (16.25%) Network Security
7 13 (16.25%) OSPF
7 13 (16.25%) VPN
8 8 (10.00%) VLAN
8 8 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (6.25%) EIGRP
9 5 (6.25%) IPsec
9 5 (6.25%) MPLS
9 5 (6.25%) WLAN
10 4 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (5.00%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) GitLab
1 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (46.25%) Social Skills
2 26 (32.50%) Finance
3 24 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 14 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Law
7 1 (1.25%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 15 (18.75%) Architect
3 12 (15.00%) Analyst
4 8 (10.00%) Network Analyst
4 8 (10.00%) Network Support
4 8 (10.00%) Network Support Analyst
4 8 (10.00%) Senior
4 8 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) Administrator
5 6 (7.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (6.25%) Lead
7 4 (5.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.00%) Security Engineer
8 3 (3.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (3.75%) Network Administrator
8 3 (3.75%) Network Manager
8 3 (3.75%) Security Analyst
8 3 (3.75%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 49 (61.25%) Data Centre
2 24 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.25%) Virtual Team
4 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.75%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.75%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (3.75%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.50%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.50%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.25%) Clustering
7 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Linux
2 3 (3.75%) Windows
3 2 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.25%) CentOS
4 1 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (37.50%) Load Balancing
2 27 (33.75%) Capacity Planning
3 26 (32.50%) Network Monitoring
3 26 (32.50%) Network Virtualisation
4 25 (31.25%) Change Management
4 25 (31.25%) Coaching
4 25 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (30.00%) Asset Management
5 24 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 24 (30.00%) Network Planning
5 24 (30.00%) Problem Management
6 17 (21.25%) AI
7 16 (20.00%) Time Management
8 15 (18.75%) Customer Engagement
9 14 (17.50%) Software Licensing
10 9 (11.25%) Mentoring
11 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (8.75%) DevOps
12 7 (8.75%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.25%) Python
2 3 (3.75%) Bash
2 3 (3.75%) SQL
2 3 (3.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (27.50%) Degree
2 16 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (12.50%) CCNP
4 7 (8.75%) CISSP
5 5 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.00%) CCIE
6 4 (5.00%) CEH
6 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.75%) CCSP
7 3 (3.75%) CISA
7 3 (3.75%) CISM
7 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) CCDE
8 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.25%) CCNA
9 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (3.75%) GRC
2 3 (3.75%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.25%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.75%) Firmware
3 2 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.50%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.25%) Docker
4 1 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (12.50%) Terraform
2 8 (10.00%) FortiGate
3 6 (7.50%) Ansible
4 4 (5.00%) Kubernetes
5 3 (3.75%) Dell DRAC
5 3 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.25%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (63.75%) Cisco
2 30 (37.50%) SolarWinds
3 27 (33.75%) Meraki
4 25 (31.25%) CheckPoint
4 25 (31.25%) Microsoft
5 14 (17.50%) Adobe
5 14 (17.50%) Apple
5 14 (17.50%) Fortinet
6 9 (11.25%) VMware
7 8 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (8.75%) F5
9 6 (7.50%) Extreme Networks
9 6 (7.50%) Zscaler
10 4 (5.00%) Tenable
11 3 (3.75%) Arista
11 3 (3.75%) Aruba
11 3 (3.75%) Dell
11 3 (3.75%) EMC
11 3 (3.75%) Google
11 3 (3.75%) Juniper