Senior Network Architect Jobs

Senior Network Architect
UK

The median Senior Network Architect salary in the UK is £65,050 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 977 1179
Rank change year-on-year +103 +202 -300
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Architect 20 16 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.015% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.017% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 33
10th Percentile - £59,400 £52,375
25th Percentile £58,375 £63,375 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,050 £70,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% -30.00% +48.15%
75th Percentile £86,250 - £110,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,050 £70,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -7.07% +31.80% -21.32%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Senior Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Architect in the UK

Senior Network Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Architect in the UK

Senior Network Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Architect over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Architect in the UK

Senior Network Architect
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +122 19 £65,050 -7.07% 2
London +150 12 - - 2
UK excluding London -8 7 £65,050 -7.07%
North of England - 5 £73,775 -
Yorkshire - 5 £73,775 -
Midlands - 2 £73,775 -
West Midlands - 2 £73,775 -
South East +28 1 £82,500 +17.86%
South West -31 1 £65,050 -
North East - 1 £82,500 -
North West - 1 £82,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Network Architect in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Network Design
1 13 (65.00%) Business Strategy
1 13 (65.00%) Roadmaps
2 12 (60.00%) Juniper
3 11 (55.00%) Mentoring
4 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (50.00%) Data Centre
4 10 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
4 10 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 10 (50.00%) MPLS
5 8 (40.00%) WAN
6 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (30.00%) CCIE
7 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
8 5 (25.00%) Firewall
8 5 (25.00%) Wireless
8 5 (25.00%) Cisco
9 4 (20.00%) Degree
9 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
10 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 3 (15.00%) User Research
10 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (15.00%) PropTech
10 3 (15.00%) Palo Alto

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) MPLS
2 8 (40.00%) WAN
3 6 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (25.00%) Firewall
4 5 (25.00%) Wireless
5 3 (15.00%) Internet
5 3 (15.00%) LAN
5 3 (15.00%) Network Security
5 3 (15.00%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.00%) PropTech
2 3 (15.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Business Strategy
1 13 (65.00%) Network Design
1 13 (65.00%) Roadmaps
2 11 (55.00%) Mentoring
3 10 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 10 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 10 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (15.00%) Multichannel Retail
6 3 (15.00%) Supplier Management
6 3 (15.00%) Task Automation
6 3 (15.00%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (15.00%) User Research
7 1 (5.00%) Process Improvement
7 1 (5.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CCIE
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
3 3 (15.00%) CCNP
3 3 (15.00%) CISSP
4 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) NCSC
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Juniper
2 5 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (15.00%) Meraki
3 3 (15.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft