Network Architecture Job Trends in Berkshire

Network Architecture
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 138 132
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +58
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 2 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.11% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.50% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £53,000 - £58,500
25th Percentile £53,750 - £65,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% - +20.75%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £82,813
90th Percentile £62,000 - £83,750
South East median annual salary £59,000 £62,500 £61,350
% change year-on-year -5.60% +1.87% +2.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Network Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,674 1,817 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.33% 82.97% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 685 911 1,104
10th Percentile £27,770 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -7.56%
75th Percentile £69,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Network Architecture
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. 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
Reading - 1 £60,000 - 1
Slough - 1 £55,000 - 5
Network Architecture
South East

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco