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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 491 681
Rank change year-on-year +142 +190 -73
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 506 279 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.46% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.49% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 134 99 82
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% +5.92%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,225 £75,000 £84,500
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 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 9 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 9 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 +128 162 £50,000 +17.65% 10
North West +67 97 £51,250 +13.89% 6
Midlands -27 78 £57,500 -8.00% 6
Scotland -13 72 £65,000 +7.45% 8
South West +27 59 £59,000 -9.23% 11
South East +29 55 £65,000 +4.00% 6
East Midlands -23 51 £57,500 -17.86% 1
Wales +31 40 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire +101 38 £42,500 -16.64% 2
Northern Ireland +60 35 - - 1
North East +10 27 £42,500 - 2
West Midlands +1 27 £44,500 -28.80% 5
East of England -1 5 £51,333 -26.67% 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 16 (3.16%) IIS
2 12 (2.37%) Apache
2 12 (2.37%) Tomcat
3 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.37%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 33 (6.52%) Azure
2 25 (4.94%) AWS
3 11 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (1.38%) GCP
5 6 (1.19%) OCI
6 4 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.40%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.40%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.20%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 334 (66.01%) VSAT
2 60 (11.86%) Firewall
3 43 (8.50%) Network Security
4 30 (5.93%) LAN
5 26 (5.14%) WAN
6 24 (4.74%) OSPF
7 21 (4.15%) DNS
8 19 (3.75%) Software-Defined Networking
8 19 (3.75%) VLAN
8 19 (3.75%) VPN
9 18 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (3.56%) Wireless
9 18 (3.56%) WLAN
10 16 (3.16%) BGP
11 14 (2.77%) TCP/IP
12 13 (2.57%) MPLS
13 12 (2.37%) DHCP
13 12 (2.37%) Wireshark
14 11 (2.17%) SAN
14 11 (2.17%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.96%) Oracle Database
2 5 (0.99%) RDBMS
2 5 (0.99%) Relational Database
2 5 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.40%) Power BI
3 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.38%) JIRA
2 4 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 61 (12.06%) Social Skills
2 25 (4.94%) Finance
3 24 (4.74%) Public Sector
4 22 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (2.37%) Local Government
5 12 (2.37%) Police
6 7 (1.38%) Retail
7 6 (1.19%) Automotive
7 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
8 5 (0.99%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (0.99%) Law
9 4 (0.79%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.79%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.20%) Legal
11 1 (0.20%) Marketing
11 1 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 363 (71.74%) Architect
2 334 (66.01%) Software Architect
3 46 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 38 (7.51%) Senior
5 23 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (3.95%) Lead
6 20 (3.95%) Senior Network Engineer
7 15 (2.96%) Team Leader
8 14 (2.77%) Network Architect
9 12 (2.37%) Analyst
9 12 (2.37%) Applications Support
10 11 (2.17%) Infrastructure Team Leader
10 11 (2.17%) Network Team Leader
11 10 (1.98%) Security Engineer
12 9 (1.78%) Consultant
13 8 (1.58%) IT Engineer
13 8 (1.58%) Network Specialist
14 7 (1.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (1.38%) Network Consultant
14 7 (1.38%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.77%) Web Services
2 4 (0.79%) Akka
3 3 (0.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.47%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.77%) Public Cloud
3 11 (2.17%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (1.58%) CCTV
6 7 (1.38%) FMCG
7 5 (0.99%) CMDB
7 5 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.99%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (0.79%) IoT
8 4 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.79%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.40%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.40%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.40%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.40%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.20%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.32%) Linux
1 32 (6.32%) Windows
2 12 (2.37%) Solaris
2 12 (2.37%) Unix
3 7 (1.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (67.79%) Validation
2 340 (67.19%) Network Management
3 338 (66.80%) Requirements Management
4 336 (66.40%) Technical Architecture
4 336 (66.40%) TOGAF
5 334 (66.01%) Model Validation
6 310 (61.26%) Actionable Insight
7 37 (7.31%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (6.13%) Mentoring
8 31 (6.13%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (5.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (4.74%) Project Management
12 18 (3.56%) Cloud Security
12 18 (3.56%) Computer Science
12 18 (3.56%) Project Delivery
12 18 (3.56%) Server Management
13 17 (3.36%) Change Management
14 14 (2.77%) Customer Service
14 14 (2.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (2.37%) Shell Script
2 7 (1.38%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.79%) SQL
4 3 (0.59%) Python
5 1 (0.20%) Bash
5 1 (0.20%) C
5 1 (0.20%) Java
5 1 (0.20%) R
5 1 (0.20%) Scala
Qualifications
1 53 (10.47%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (10.28%) Degree
3 36 (7.11%) CCNP
4 24 (4.74%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.95%) CCNA
6 19 (3.75%) CCIE
7 16 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.17%) CCDP
9 9 (1.78%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.38%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (0.99%) CISSP
11 5 (0.99%) HNC
11 5 (0.99%) HND
11 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.79%) CCDA
12 4 (0.79%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.79%) JNCIA
12 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.56%) SLA
3 12 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.38%) NIST
5 6 (1.19%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.59%) GDPR
7 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (2.96%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.57%) Firmware
3 10 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.58%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (1.78%) Ansible
2 7 (1.38%) Terraform
3 4 (0.79%) Cacti
4 3 (0.59%) Icinga
4 3 (0.59%) Nagios
5 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.40%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.40%) Puppet
6 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 76 (15.02%) Cisco
2 49 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.34%) VMware
4 21 (4.15%) Oracle
4 21 (4.15%) Palo Alto
5 17 (3.36%) Juniper
6 12 (2.37%) Aruba
6 12 (2.37%) NEC
7 7 (1.38%) Ekahau
7 7 (1.38%) F5
7 7 (1.38%) Google
7 7 (1.38%) SolarWinds
8 5 (0.99%) Veeam
9 4 (0.79%) Thales
10 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.59%) Meraki
10 3 (0.59%) MikroTik
10 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.59%) TP-LINK
10 3 (0.59%) ZyXEL