Network Architect Jobs in Birmingham

Network Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Network Architect salary in Birmingham is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 48 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.61% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.82% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 35 0 5
10th Percentile £62,500 - -
25th Percentile £64,875 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,257 2,637 1,752
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.41% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 712 2,142 1,348
10th Percentile £31,615 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,991 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,251
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in Birmingham

Network Architect
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Network Architect in Birmingham

Network Architect
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in Birmingham over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 across the Birmingham region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 47 (97.92%) Security Cleared
2 46 (95.83%) SC Cleared
3 40 (83.33%) Juniper
3 40 (83.33%) Cisco
4 37 (77.08%) WAN
5 27 (56.25%) Network Management
6 12 (25.00%) MPLS
7 11 (22.92%) BGP
7 11 (22.92%) CCNP
7 11 (22.92%) CCNA
7 11 (22.92%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (22.92%) JNCIS
7 11 (22.92%) Network Design
7 11 (22.92%) IPsec
7 11 (22.92%) Junos
7 11 (22.92%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (20.83%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (20.83%) LAN
9 8 (16.67%) SLA
10 7 (14.58%) Frame Relay
10 7 (14.58%) Finance
10 7 (14.58%) SDH
10 7 (14.58%) ATM
10 7 (14.58%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
12 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (8.33%) VoIP
13 3 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 2 (4.17%) Advertising
14 2 (4.17%) Migration

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (2.08%) Amazon Cognito
1 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
1 1 (2.08%) AWS
1 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (2.08%) SaaS
1 1 (2.08%) Serverless
1 1 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (77.08%) WAN
2 12 (25.00%) MPLS
3 11 (22.92%) BGP
3 11 (22.92%) IPsec
3 11 (22.92%) Junos
4 10 (20.83%) Cisco IOS
4 10 (20.83%) LAN
5 7 (14.58%) ATM
5 7 (14.58%) Frame Relay
5 7 (14.58%) SDH
6 4 (8.33%) VoIP
7 2 (4.17%) Network Security
8 1 (2.08%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (2.08%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
General
1 7 (14.58%) Finance
2 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Linux
1 1 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Network Management
2 11 (22.92%) Network Design
2 11 (22.92%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (14.58%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.17%) Migration
5 2 (4.17%) Network Architecture
5 2 (4.17%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.08%) B2B
6 1 (2.08%) Cloud Security
6 1 (2.08%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.08%) Design Patterns
6 1 (2.08%) DevOps
6 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (2.08%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (2.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 47 (97.92%) Security Cleared
2 46 (95.83%) SC Cleared
3 11 (22.92%) CCNA
3 11 (22.92%) CCNP
3 11 (22.92%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (22.92%) JNCIS
4 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 40 (83.33%) Cisco
1 40 (83.33%) Juniper
2 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.08%) SevOne
2 1 (2.08%) VMware