Network Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 495 699
Rank change year-on-year +153 +204 -86
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 520 274 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.45% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.47% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 142 98 81
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,637
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £59,313
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.37% +7.84%
75th Percentile £68,438 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,575 £75,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £68,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.41% -2.14% +21.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,360 58,686 66,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.63% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 41,074 30,149 41,547
10th Percentile £27,041 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
North of England +114 163 £50,000 +17.65% 12
North West +65 97 £51,250 +13.89% 8
Midlands 0 77 £57,500 -8.00% 8
Scotland -10 74 £65,000 +7.45% 8
South West +29 60 £59,000 -9.23% 11
South East +47 58 £65,000 +4.00% 3
East Midlands -15 52 £57,500 -17.86% 1
Wales +41 41 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire +104 39 £42,500 -16.64% 4
Northern Ireland +59 36 - - 1
North East +11 27 £42,500 -
West Midlands +1 25 £44,500 -28.80% 7
East of England +7 11 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.50%) IIS
2 8 (1.54%) Apache
2 8 (1.54%) Tomcat
3 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.54%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 34 (6.54%) Azure
2 25 (4.81%) AWS
3 12 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (1.35%) GCP
5 6 (1.15%) OCI
6 4 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.77%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.38%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.19%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 344 (66.15%) VSAT
2 60 (11.54%) Firewall
3 43 (8.27%) Network Security
4 30 (5.77%) LAN
5 26 (5.00%) WAN
6 24 (4.62%) OSPF
7 21 (4.04%) DNS
8 20 (3.85%) VPN
9 19 (3.65%) Software-Defined Networking
9 19 (3.65%) VLAN
10 18 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (3.46%) Wireless
10 18 (3.46%) WLAN
11 16 (3.08%) BGP
12 14 (2.69%) TCP/IP
13 13 (2.50%) MPLS
14 12 (2.31%) DHCP
14 12 (2.31%) Wireshark
15 11 (2.12%) SAN
15 11 (2.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.31%) Oracle Database
2 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (0.96%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.38%) Power BI
4 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.35%) JIRA
2 4 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 61 (11.73%) Social Skills
2 23 (4.42%) Finance
3 22 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.04%) Public Sector
5 10 (1.92%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.54%) Local Government
6 8 (1.54%) Police
7 7 (1.35%) Retail
8 6 (1.15%) Automotive
8 6 (1.15%) Law
8 6 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 5 (0.96%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.19%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.19%) Legal
12 1 (0.19%) Marketing
12 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 374 (71.92%) Architect
2 344 (66.15%) Software Architect
3 46 (8.85%) Network Engineer
4 38 (7.31%) Senior
5 23 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (3.85%) Lead
6 20 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
7 15 (2.88%) Team Leader
8 14 (2.69%) Network Architect
8 14 (2.69%) Network Specialist
9 13 (2.50%) Analyst
10 11 (2.12%) Infrastructure Team Leader
10 11 (2.12%) Network Team Leader
11 10 (1.92%) Security Engineer
12 9 (1.73%) Consultant
13 8 (1.54%) Applications Support
13 8 (1.54%) IT Engineer
14 7 (1.35%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (1.35%) Network Consultant
14 7 (1.35%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.92%) Web Services
2 4 (0.77%) Akka
3 3 (0.58%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.19%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.12%) Management Information System
3 10 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (1.92%) Public Cloud
4 8 (1.54%) CCTV
5 7 (1.35%) FMCG
6 5 (0.96%) CMDB
6 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
7 4 (0.77%) IoT
7 4 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.58%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.38%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.38%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.19%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.58%) Windows
2 28 (5.38%) Linux
3 8 (1.54%) Solaris
3 8 (1.54%) Unix
4 7 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (67.88%) Validation
2 350 (67.31%) Network Management
3 348 (66.92%) Requirements Management
4 347 (66.73%) Technical Architecture
5 346 (66.54%) TOGAF
6 344 (66.15%) Model Validation
7 320 (61.54%) Actionable Insight
8 38 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (5.96%) Mentoring
9 31 (5.96%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 24 (4.62%) Project Management
12 18 (3.46%) Cloud Security
12 18 (3.46%) Computer Science
12 18 (3.46%) Project Delivery
13 17 (3.27%) Change Management
14 15 (2.88%) Customer Service
15 14 (2.69%) ITIL
15 14 (2.69%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (1.54%) Shell Script
2 7 (1.35%) PowerShell
3 5 (0.96%) SQL
4 3 (0.58%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Bash
5 1 (0.19%) C
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
5 1 (0.19%) Scala
Qualifications
1 60 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (9.42%) Degree
3 36 (6.92%) CCNP
4 20 (3.85%) CCNA
4 20 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 19 (3.65%) CCIE
6 17 (3.27%) CCDP
7 16 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.92%) CCDA
9 9 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.35%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.15%) CISSP
12 5 (0.96%) HNC
12 5 (0.96%) HND
12 5 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.77%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.77%) CCSP
13 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.65%) SLA
3 8 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.54%) NIST
4 6 (1.15%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.77%) GDPR
6 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.50%) Firmware
3 10 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.73%) Ansible
2 7 (1.35%) Terraform
3 4 (0.77%) Cacti
4 3 (0.58%) Icinga
4 3 (0.58%) Nagios
5 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.38%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 82 (15.77%) Cisco
2 47 (9.04%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.19%) VMware
4 21 (4.04%) Palo Alto
5 18 (3.46%) Oracle
6 17 (3.27%) Juniper
7 12 (2.31%) Aruba
8 8 (1.54%) NEC
9 7 (1.35%) Ekahau
9 7 (1.35%) F5
9 7 (1.35%) Google
9 7 (1.35%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.96%) Veeam
11 4 (0.77%) Thales
12 3 (0.58%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.58%) Meraki
12 3 (0.58%) MikroTik
12 3 (0.58%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.58%) TP-LINK
12 3 (0.58%) ZyXEL