Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 769 776 957
Rank change year-on-year +7 +181 -199
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 127 194 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 90 119 187
10th Percentile £51,550 £63,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.15% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architect.

Salary trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +96 119 £69,000 +4.94% 19
UK excluding London +29 98 £69,000 +6.15% 13
South East +49 65 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Work from Home +17 35 £65,000 -18.75% 5
London +115 20 £75,000 - 6
North of England +59 17 £60,000 -14.29% 3
North West +17 14 £60,000 -14.29% 2
South West -7 9 £52,000 -22.96% 2
West Midlands +30 8 £82,500 +32.00%
Midlands +8 8 £82,500 +24.53% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £82,500 -
East of England +12 1 £58,000 - 1
North East - 1 £82,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 63 (49.61%) Security Cleared
2 53 (41.73%) SC Cleared
3 49 (38.58%) Cisco
4 44 (34.65%) Juniper
5 39 (30.71%) Network Design
6 37 (29.13%) Network Security
6 37 (29.13%) WAN
7 32 (25.20%) Network Management
7 32 (25.20%) Data Centre
8 28 (22.05%) LAN
9 24 (18.90%) Presales
10 23 (18.11%) SIEM
11 22 (17.32%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (16.54%) MPLS
13 20 (15.75%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (14.96%) Network Architecture
15 18 (14.17%) BGP
16 16 (12.60%) SD-WAN
16 16 (12.60%) CCNP
17 14 (11.02%) Firewall
17 14 (11.02%) OSPF
17 14 (11.02%) Social Skills
18 13 (10.24%) Business Strategy
18 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
19 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
19 12 (9.45%) F5
20 11 (8.66%) Degree
20 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
20 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
20 11 (8.66%) Multicast

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.36%) Simulink
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.87%) AWS
2 2 (1.57%) Azure
3 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (0.79%) GCP
3 1 (0.79%) IaaS
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.79%) PaaS
3 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (29.13%) Network Security
1 37 (29.13%) WAN
2 28 (22.05%) LAN
3 21 (16.54%) MPLS
4 18 (14.17%) BGP
5 16 (12.60%) SD-WAN
6 14 (11.02%) Firewall
6 14 (11.02%) OSPF
7 11 (8.66%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (8.66%) Multicast
8 9 (7.09%) Wireless
9 7 (5.51%) TCP/IP
9 7 (5.51%) Unified Communications
9 7 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (4.72%) SAN
10 6 (4.72%) SSL
10 6 (4.72%) VPN
10 6 (4.72%) WLAN
11 4 (3.15%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (2.36%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) JIRA
1 4 (3.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (11.02%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.30%) Finance
4 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.15%) Retail
6 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.57%) Law
7 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) Akka
2 2 (1.57%) Web Services
3 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.20%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.30%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.51%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.15%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) PropTech
5 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.71%) Network Design
2 32 (25.20%) Network Management
3 24 (18.90%) Presales
4 23 (18.11%) SIEM
5 20 (15.75%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (14.96%) Network Architecture
7 13 (10.24%) Business Strategy
7 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
8 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
8 11 (8.66%) Roadmaps
8 11 (8.66%) Technology Roadmap
8 11 (8.66%) Technology Strategy
9 10 (7.87%) Agile
9 10 (7.87%) Requirements Management
10 8 (6.30%) Customer Requirements
11 7 (5.51%) High Availability
11 7 (5.51%) Infrastructure as Code
12 6 (4.72%) Computer Science
12 6 (4.72%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.36%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.57%) Python
3 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (49.61%) Security Cleared
2 53 (41.73%) SC Cleared
3 22 (17.32%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (12.60%) CCNP
5 11 (8.66%) Degree
6 7 (5.51%) CCIE
6 7 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.15%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (3.15%) HNC
8 4 (3.15%) HND
9 3 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.36%) CCNA
9 3 (2.36%) CISSP
9 3 (2.36%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.57%) CCDA
10 2 (1.57%) CCDP
10 2 (1.57%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.57%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.79%) NCSC
1 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Terraform
2 6 (4.72%) Endace
3 4 (3.15%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.57%) Ansible
5 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (38.58%) Cisco
2 44 (34.65%) Juniper
3 12 (9.45%) F5
4 7 (5.51%) Fortinet
5 6 (4.72%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.15%) Thales
7 3 (2.36%) Riverbed
7 3 (2.36%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.57%) Arista
8 2 (1.57%) VMware
9 1 (0.79%) Aruba
9 1 (0.79%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.79%) CA
9 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.79%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.79%) Google
9 1 (0.79%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.79%) Tufin