The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 24 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Architect
Rank 404 373 400
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 29 66 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.131% 0.278% 0.105%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.138% 0.291% 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 11 33 19
Average salary £65,000 £62,500 £54,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +15.74%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £48,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £67,500 £73,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.80%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Network Architect Salary Trend

Network Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Architect across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire -10 14 £62,500 -
Surrey +2 5 £66,250 -1.85%
Buckinghamshire -21 5 - -
Hampshire -7 2 - -
Kent -14 2 £67,500 -
West Sussex - 1 £62,500 -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 35 (76.09%) Cisco
2 34 (73.91%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (56.52%) Network Design
4 25 (54.35%) CCIE
5 23 (50.00%) WAN
6 22 (47.83%) LAN
7 18 (39.13%) CCNP
8 17 (36.96%) Network Security
9 15 (32.61%) VPN
10 14 (30.43%) Firewall
11 13 (28.26%) CCDP
11 13 (28.26%) MPLS
12 12 (26.09%) Telecoms
13 11 (23.91%) Finance
13 11 (23.91%) Wireless
13 11 (23.91%) Juniper
13 11 (23.91%) ITIL
14 10 (21.74%) VMware
14 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (21.74%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (19.57%) SQL
15 9 (19.57%) CheckPoint
15 9 (19.57%) EIGRP
15 9 (19.57%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (17.39%) F5
16 8 (17.39%) OSPF
16 8 (17.39%) BGP
16 8 (17.39%) Load Balancing
16 8 (17.39%) Cisco PIX
17 7 (15.22%) IPsec

Network Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 4 (8.696%) CSS
2 1 (2.174%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.174%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 23 (50.00%) WAN
2 22 (47.83%) LAN
3 17 (36.96%) Network Security
4 15 (32.61%) VPN
5 14 (30.43%) Firewall
6 13 (28.26%) MPLS
7 11 (23.91%) Wireless
8 10 (21.74%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (19.57%) EIGRP
9 9 (19.57%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (17.39%) OSPF
10 8 (17.39%) BGP
10 8 (17.39%) Cisco PIX
11 7 (15.22%) IPsec
11 7 (15.22%) SSL
12 6 (13.04%) Unified Communications
13 5 (10.87%) IP Telephony
13 5 (10.87%) WLAN
13 5 (10.87%) DWDM
14 4 (8.696%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.522%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.174%) Big Data
General
1 12 (26.09%) Telecoms
2 11 (23.91%) Finance
3 2 (4.348%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.522%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (4.348%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.522%) Windows
2 1 (2.174%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (56.52%) Network Design
2 11 (23.91%) ITIL
3 8 (17.39%) Load Balancing
4 4 (8.696%) Project Management
4 4 (8.696%) Service Delivery
4 4 (8.696%) Change Control
5 3 (6.522%) Network Architecture
5 3 (6.522%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (6.522%) Business Development
5 3 (6.522%) SysML
5 3 (6.522%) Requirements Management
5 3 (6.522%) UML
6 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.348%) Project Planning
6 2 (4.348%) Supplier Management
6 2 (4.348%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (4.348%) TOGAF
6 2 (4.348%) Process Management
6 2 (4.348%) Migration
6 2 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (73.91%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (54.35%) CCIE
3 18 (39.13%) CCNP
4 13 (28.26%) CCDP
5 7 (15.22%) CCDA
6 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
6 6 (13.04%) CCSA
6 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
7 5 (10.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (10.87%) CCIP
7 5 (10.87%) CCNA
7 5 (10.87%) MCSE
7 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (8.696%) CCSP
9 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (4.348%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.348%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.348%) CCDE
9 2 (4.348%) CCSE
9 2 (4.348%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (10.87%) ISO 9000
2 4 (8.696%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (8.696%) SLA
3 1 (2.174%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.696%) NFS
3 2 (4.348%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.696%) Netcool
1 4 (8.696%) OpenView
1 4 (8.696%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 35 (76.09%) Cisco
2 11 (23.91%) Juniper
3 10 (21.74%) VMware
4 9 (19.57%) CheckPoint
5 8 (17.39%) F5
6 7 (15.22%) Blue Coat
7 4 (8.696%) Infovista
7 4 (8.696%) Oracle
7 4 (8.696%) SAP
7 4 (8.696%) HP
8 3 (6.522%) Fortinet
8 3 (6.522%) Brocade
8 3 (6.522%) Microsoft
8 3 (6.522%) Citrix
8 3 (6.522%) Symantec
9 2 (4.348%) Avaya
9 2 (4.348%) Fujitsu
10 1 (2.174%) Twitter
10 1 (2.174%) Cramer
10 1 (2.174%) Riverbed