Network Architect Jobs in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect salary in England is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 713 794 895
Rank change year-on-year +81 +101 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 118 135 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 82 64 136
10th Percentile £47,950 £60,900 £60,750
25th Percentile £60,313 £64,688 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £65,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -21.21% +13.79%
75th Percentile £72,875 £72,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £84,625 £101,250 £108,125
UK median annual salary £69,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% -6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in England.

Salary trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +27 64 £70,000 +7.69% 9
London +101 20 £75,000 - 4
North of England +54 16 £60,000 -14.29% 2
North West +6 13 £60,000 -14.29% 1
South West -26 9 £52,000 -20.00% 3
West Midlands +1 7 - -
Midlands -18 7 - - 1
Yorkshire - 3 - -
East of England +17 1 £58,000 - 1
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Network Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 59 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (42.37%) SC Cleared
3 46 (38.98%) Cisco
4 42 (35.59%) Juniper
5 39 (33.05%) Network Design
6 33 (27.97%) Network Management
7 32 (27.12%) Network Security
8 28 (23.73%) WAN
9 25 (21.19%) Data Centre
10 24 (20.34%) Presales
10 24 (20.34%) SIEM
11 21 (17.80%) LAN
11 21 (17.80%) MPLS
12 20 (16.95%) Network Architecture
12 20 (16.95%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (14.41%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (14.41%) BGP
14 14 (11.86%) Social Skills
15 13 (11.02%) Business Strategy
15 13 (11.02%) OSPF
16 12 (10.17%) Agile
16 12 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
17 11 (9.32%) AWS
17 11 (9.32%) Mentoring
17 11 (9.32%) Technology Roadmap
17 11 (9.32%) Roadmaps
17 11 (9.32%) Technology Strategy
17 11 (9.32%) Firewall
17 11 (9.32%) CCNP

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Simulink
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.32%) AWS
2 2 (1.69%) Azure
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon Kinesis
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (0.85%) IaaS
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.85%) PaaS
3 1 (0.85%) SaaS
3 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 32 (27.12%) Network Security
2 28 (23.73%) WAN
3 21 (17.80%) LAN
3 21 (17.80%) MPLS
4 17 (14.41%) BGP
5 13 (11.02%) OSPF
6 11 (9.32%) Firewall
6 11 (9.32%) Multicast
7 10 (8.47%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (6.78%) SD-WAN
9 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
9 7 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (5.08%) SSL
10 6 (5.08%) VPN
10 6 (5.08%) Wireless
10 6 (5.08%) WLAN
11 4 (3.39%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (2.54%) Internet
12 3 (2.54%) IPsec
12 3 (2.54%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) JIRA
1 4 (3.39%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (11.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.78%) Finance
4 7 (5.93%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.39%) Retail
6 2 (1.69%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.69%) Law
7 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.39%) Akka
2 2 (1.69%) Web Services
3 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.19%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (5.93%) Public Cloud
2 7 (5.93%) Virtual Team
3 4 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.85%) IoT
4 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.85%) PropTech
4 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.05%) Network Design
2 33 (27.97%) Network Management
3 24 (20.34%) Presales
3 24 (20.34%) SIEM
4 20 (16.95%) Network Architecture
4 20 (16.95%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (11.02%) Business Strategy
6 12 (10.17%) Agile
6 12 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.32%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.32%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (9.32%) Requirements Management
7 11 (9.32%) Roadmaps
7 11 (9.32%) Technology Roadmap
7 11 (9.32%) Technology Strategy
8 8 (6.78%) High Availability
9 7 (5.93%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.93%) Customer Requirements
9 7 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (5.08%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.54%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (42.37%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.41%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (9.32%) CCNP
4 11 (9.32%) Degree
5 8 (6.78%) CCIE
6 7 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (5.08%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.39%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (3.39%) HNC
8 4 (3.39%) HND
9 3 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.54%) CCNA
9 3 (2.54%) CISSP
9 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.69%) CCDA
10 2 (1.69%) CCDP
10 2 (1.69%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.85%) NCSC
1 1 (0.85%) NIST
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Terraform
2 6 (5.08%) Endace
3 4 (3.39%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.85%) Ansible
4 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (38.98%) Cisco
2 42 (35.59%) Juniper
3 11 (9.32%) F5
4 7 (5.93%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.39%) Thales
6 3 (2.54%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.54%) Riverbed
7 2 (1.69%) Arista
7 2 (1.69%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.85%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.85%) Tufin
8 1 (0.85%) VMware