The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 549 529 573
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 48 112 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.110% 0.208% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.118% 0.222% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 40 91 33
Average salary £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,050 £47,500 £54,200
10% offered a salary of more than £84,500 £85,000 £79,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.77%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40625 50517 53034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.40% 93.86% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34197 43879 44601
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Architect
England

Network Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Architect across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Network Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Network Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Architect across the London region.

London Network Architect Salary Trend

Network Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

London Network Architect Salary Histogram

Network Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -12 18 £70,000 +16.66%
Hounslow - 2 £60,000 -
Orpington - 2 £62,500 -
Hammersmith - 2 £60,000 -
Canary Wharf -5 1 - -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Network Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Network Architect in their job title.

1 61 (76.25%) Cisco
2 53 (66.25%) Cisco Certification
3 49 (61.25%) CCIE
4 43 (53.75%) Network Security
5 39 (48.75%) Juniper
6 36 (45.00%) CCNP
7 30 (37.50%) LAN
7 30 (37.50%) Firewall
8 29 (36.25%) F5
9 28 (35.00%) WAN
10 27 (33.75%) Network Design
11 24 (30.00%) CheckPoint
12 21 (26.25%) OSPF
12 21 (26.25%) BGP
13 20 (25.00%) Finance
13 20 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
14 17 (21.25%) Load Balancing
14 17 (21.25%) Wireless
15 15 (18.75%) MPLS
15 15 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
16 14 (17.50%) Internet
16 14 (17.50%) Windows
17 12 (15.00%) Linux
17 12 (15.00%) VPN
17 12 (15.00%) Cisco PIX
18 11 (13.75%) CCDP
19 9 (11.25%) TCP/IP
19 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
20 8 (10.00%) Network Architecture
20 8 (10.00%) Cisco IOS

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Network Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Network Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (1.250%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 43 (53.75%) Network Security
2 30 (37.50%) LAN
2 30 (37.50%) Firewall
3 28 (35.00%) WAN
4 21 (26.25%) OSPF
4 21 (26.25%) BGP
5 20 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 17 (21.25%) Wireless
7 15 (18.75%) MPLS
7 15 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (17.50%) Internet
9 12 (15.00%) VPN
9 12 (15.00%) Cisco PIX
10 9 (11.25%) TCP/IP
11 8 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (8.750%) BIG-IP
12 7 (8.750%) EIGRP
12 7 (8.750%) DHCP
12 7 (8.750%) Ethernet
13 6 (7.500%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (1.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 20 (25.00%) Finance
2 7 (8.750%) Banking
2 7 (8.750%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.500%) Financial Institution
3 2 (2.500%) Law
3 2 (2.500%) Legal
4 1 (1.250%) Advertising
4 1 (1.250%) Games
4 1 (1.250%) Retail
4 1 (1.250%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.250%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) PKI
2 3 (3.750%) Derivative
2 3 (3.750%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.500%) Equities
3 2 (2.500%) IPTV
3 2 (2.500%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.250%) Clustering
4 1 (1.250%) Streaming Media
4 1 (1.250%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.250%) CMDB
4 1 (1.250%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.50%) Windows
2 12 (15.00%) Linux
3 6 (7.500%) Windows 2000
4 5 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) Network Design
2 17 (21.25%) Load Balancing
3 9 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 8 (10.00%) Migration
4 8 (10.00%) Project Management
5 7 (8.750%) Identity Management
6 6 (7.500%) Configuration Management
7 5 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (6.250%) Network Management
8 4 (5.000%) SIEM
9 3 (3.750%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (3.750%) Information Security
9 3 (3.750%) Change Management
10 2 (2.500%) ITIL
10 2 (2.500%) Network Planning
10 2 (2.500%) Data Management
10 2 (2.500%) Resource Management
10 2 (2.500%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.500%) Perl
1 2 (2.500%) PHP
1 2 (2.500%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (66.25%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (61.25%) CCIE
3 36 (45.00%) CCNP
4 11 (13.75%) CCDP
5 8 (10.00%) CCNA
6 7 (8.750%) CISSP
6 7 (8.750%) CCVP
7 6 (7.500%) Degree
7 6 (7.500%) CCDE
7 6 (7.500%) CCIP
8 5 (6.250%) JNCIE
9 4 (5.000%) CCDA
10 3 (3.750%) JNCIA
11 2 (2.500%) JNCIS
11 2 (2.500%) CCSE
11 2 (2.500%) CCSA
11 2 (2.500%) CCSP
12 1 (1.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.750%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.250%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (7.500%) Active Directory
1 6 (7.500%) Forefront TMG
1 6 (7.500%) UAG
2 4 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.750%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (3.750%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.500%) Nagios
2 2 (2.500%) HP NNM
2 2 (2.500%) Cacti
3 1 (1.250%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 61 (76.25%) Cisco
2 39 (48.75%) Juniper
3 29 (36.25%) F5
4 24 (30.00%) CheckPoint
5 7 (8.750%) Fortinet
6 6 (7.500%) Infoblox
6 6 (7.500%) Blue Coat
7 5 (6.250%) HP
8 4 (5.000%) VMware
8 4 (5.000%) Riverbed
8 4 (5.000%) Brocade
9 3 (3.750%) Symantec
9 3 (3.750%) Microsoft
9 3 (3.750%) BMC
9 3 (3.750%) Citrix
10 2 (2.500%) EMC
10 2 (2.500%) BT
10 2 (2.500%) Twitter
11 1 (1.250%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.250%) Sun
North West London
Network Architect - Hosted MPLS Network, Cisco Infrastructure. Network Architect - Hosted MPLS Network, Cisco Infrastructure is required to join a leading IT services provider as part of their Infrastructure...
Sanderson
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + 25% Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
They have now signed off on a Network Architect (Cisco CCIE) to join there expanding Global Network Team and supply services directly to the end client... The ideal...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London, South East
My Client are seeking a Network Architect to ensure the operational functionality, availability, efficiency and security of their Network solutions in use throughout the business.The successful Network...
Church International
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per year
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bromley, South East
Brokering agreement across multiple MSPs where shared infrastructure components are used by different programmesProvide a consultation service to the Enterprise Technology Services organisation to pre-empt issues in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Bonus, Full Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Southwark, London
GOS Systems are currently recruiting for a Senior Network Architect/Manager (linux, network manager, network architect, asterisk, mysql)Salary: Competitive Salary with BenefitsLocation: Southwark, London, United Kingdom.GOS...
GOS Systems
Salary: Competitive Salary with Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013