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 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 806 914
Rank change year-on-year +103 +108 -192
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 119 135 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 82 62 137
10th Percentile £47,950 £60,800 £60,850
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £65,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -17.81% +10.34%
75th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £101,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £69,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -13.75% - +8.11%

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 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +47 65 £70,000 +7.69% 4
London +126 20 £75,000 - 4
North of England +53 17 £60,000 -14.29% 4
North West +13 14 £60,000 -14.29% 3
South West -29 9 £52,000 -22.96% 2
West Midlands +31 8 £82,500 +32.00%
Midlands +7 8 £82,500 +24.53% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £82,500 -
East of England +23 1 £58,000 - 1
North East - 1 £82,500 - 1
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 61 (51.26%) Security Cleared
2 51 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 48 (40.34%) Cisco
4 43 (36.13%) Juniper
5 39 (32.77%) Network Design
6 32 (26.89%) Network Management
7 31 (26.05%) Network Security
8 30 (25.21%) WAN
9 26 (21.85%) Data Centre
10 23 (19.33%) Presales
10 23 (19.33%) SIEM
11 22 (18.49%) LAN
12 21 (17.65%) MPLS
13 20 (16.81%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (15.97%) Network Architecture
15 18 (15.13%) BGP
16 16 (13.45%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (11.76%) Social Skills
17 14 (11.76%) OSPF
18 13 (10.92%) Firewall
18 13 (10.92%) Business Strategy
18 13 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
19 12 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
19 12 (10.08%) F5
20 11 (9.24%) Degree
20 11 (9.24%) Network Monitoring
20 11 (9.24%) Multicast
20 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
20 11 (9.24%) Cisco Firepower
20 11 (9.24%) Roadmaps

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 (2.52%) Simulink
2 1 (0.84%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.40%) AWS
2 2 (1.68%) Azure
3 1 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (0.84%) GCP
3 1 (0.84%) IaaS
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.84%) PaaS
3 1 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (26.05%) Network Security
2 30 (25.21%) WAN
3 22 (18.49%) LAN
4 21 (17.65%) MPLS
5 18 (15.13%) BGP
6 14 (11.76%) OSPF
7 13 (10.92%) Firewall
8 11 (9.24%) Cisco Firepower
8 11 (9.24%) Multicast
9 9 (7.56%) SD-WAN
10 8 (6.72%) Wireless
11 7 (5.88%) TCP/IP
11 7 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (5.04%) SSL
12 6 (5.04%) VPN
12 6 (5.04%) WLAN
13 4 (3.36%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (2.52%) Internet
14 3 (2.52%) IPsec
14 3 (2.52%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) JIRA
1 4 (3.36%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.72%) Finance
4 7 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.36%) Retail
6 2 (1.68%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.68%) Law
7 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) Akka
2 2 (1.68%) Web Services
3 1 (0.84%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.85%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.72%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.88%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.36%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.84%) IoT
5 1 (0.84%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) PropTech
5 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.20%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.77%) Network Design
2 32 (26.89%) Network Management
3 23 (19.33%) Presales
3 23 (19.33%) SIEM
4 20 (16.81%) Technical Leadership
5 19 (15.97%) Network Architecture
6 13 (10.92%) Business Strategy
6 13 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.24%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (9.24%) Roadmaps
7 11 (9.24%) Technology Roadmap
7 11 (9.24%) Technology Strategy
8 10 (8.40%) Agile
8 10 (8.40%) Requirements Management
9 8 (6.72%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (5.88%) High Availability
10 7 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (5.04%) Computer Science
11 6 (5.04%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.52%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.68%) Python
3 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 61 (51.26%) Security Cleared
2 51 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.45%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (9.24%) Degree
5 10 (8.40%) CCNP
6 7 (5.88%) CCIE
7 6 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (5.04%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.36%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (3.36%) HNC
8 4 (3.36%) HND
9 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.52%) CCNA
9 3 (2.52%) CISSP
9 3 (2.52%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.68%) CCDA
10 2 (1.68%) CCDP
10 2 (1.68%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.68%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.84%) NCSC
1 1 (0.84%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.72%) Terraform
2 6 (5.04%) Endace
3 4 (3.36%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.68%) Ansible
5 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.84%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.84%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (40.34%) Cisco
2 43 (36.13%) Juniper
3 12 (10.08%) F5
4 6 (5.04%) Fortinet
4 6 (5.04%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.36%) Thales
6 3 (2.52%) Riverbed
6 3 (2.52%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.68%) Arista
7 2 (1.68%) VMware
8 1 (0.84%) Aruba
8 1 (0.84%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.84%) CA
8 1 (0.84%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.84%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.84%) Google
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.84%) Tufin