Network Architect Jobs in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 711 772
Rank change year-on-year +154 +61 +175
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 142 142 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 117 105 62
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,500 £60,329
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -21.21%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £86,250 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -15.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 45,235 88,754 75,960
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 94.80% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 24,087 65,004 49,711
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in England

Network Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Midlands +112 50 £65,000 - 5
West Midlands +103 50 £65,000 - 2
South East +77 40 £65,000 -7.14% 23
North of England +27 13 £62,500 -26.47% 7
London +114 12 £90,000 +20.00% 10
North West -13 10 £62,500 -3.85% 3
East of England +36 7 £57,500 -11.88% 4
South West +104 3 £60,500 +16.35% 15
North East +46 3 £60,000 -29.41% 1
Yorkshire +50 2 - - 4
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 111 (78.17%) Security Cleared
2 108 (76.06%) SC Cleared
3 100 (70.42%) Cisco
4 93 (65.49%) WAN
5 72 (50.70%) Juniper
6 55 (38.73%) LAN
7 41 (28.87%) Network Management
8 38 (26.76%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (26.76%) CCNP
9 34 (23.94%) Technical Leadership
10 33 (23.24%) MPLS
11 32 (22.54%) Firewall
11 32 (22.54%) Azure
12 30 (21.13%) CCNA
13 28 (19.72%) VMware
13 28 (19.72%) Cisco ISE
14 27 (19.01%) SD-WAN
14 27 (19.01%) BGP
14 27 (19.01%) Ethernet
14 27 (19.01%) F5
15 26 (18.31%) Junos
15 26 (18.31%) Public Cloud
15 26 (18.31%) Data Centre
16 25 (17.61%) FortiGate
16 25 (17.61%) GCP
17 24 (16.90%) Terraform
17 24 (16.90%) Requirements Gathering
18 23 (16.20%) Network Design
19 22 (15.49%) JNCIS
19 22 (15.49%) Python

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (2.11%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 32 (22.54%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) GCP
3 9 (6.34%) AWS
4 3 (2.11%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.41%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.70%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.70%) SaaS
6 1 (0.70%) Serverless
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (65.49%) WAN
2 55 (38.73%) LAN
3 33 (23.24%) MPLS
4 32 (22.54%) Firewall
5 28 (19.72%) Cisco ISE
6 27 (19.01%) BGP
6 27 (19.01%) Ethernet
6 27 (19.01%) SD-WAN
7 26 (18.31%) Junos
8 22 (15.49%) IPsec
9 18 (12.68%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (9.15%) Network Security
10 13 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (8.45%) VPN
12 11 (7.75%) SDH
13 10 (7.04%) ATM
13 10 (7.04%) Frame Relay
14 9 (6.34%) VoIP
15 5 (3.52%) DNS
15 5 (3.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.11%) GitLab
General
1 21 (14.79%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.08%) Finance
3 14 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.82%) Advertising
5 1 (0.70%) Automotive
5 1 (0.70%) Banking
5 1 (0.70%) Local Government
5 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.08%) JSON
2 2 (1.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.31%) Data Centre
1 26 (18.31%) Public Cloud
2 3 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.11%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.41%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.70%) PKI
4 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.93%) Linux
1 7 (4.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (28.87%) Network Management
2 34 (23.94%) Technical Leadership
3 24 (16.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 23 (16.20%) Network Design
5 20 (14.08%) Due Diligence
6 14 (9.86%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (6.34%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (6.34%) Requirements Management
8 8 (5.63%) Configuration Management
9 7 (4.93%) Performance Monitoring
9 7 (4.93%) Presales
9 7 (4.93%) Project Delivery
9 7 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (4.23%) DevOps
10 6 (4.23%) Roadmaps
11 5 (3.52%) Infrastructure as Code
11 5 (3.52%) Network Architecture
11 5 (3.52%) Programme Management
11 5 (3.52%) Technology Strategy
11 5 (3.52%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.49%) Python
2 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.70%) Bash
3 1 (0.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 111 (78.17%) Security Cleared
2 108 (76.06%) SC Cleared
3 38 (26.76%) CCNP
3 38 (26.76%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (21.13%) CCNA
5 22 (15.49%) JNCIS
6 11 (7.75%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.52%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.11%) CCIE
9 2 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.41%) Degree
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.70%) CCSA
10 1 (0.70%) CISSP
10 1 (0.70%) JNCIE
10 1 (0.70%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.27%) SLA
2 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.11%) NIST
3 2 (1.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.70%) COBIT
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (14.08%) VMware NSX
2 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (17.61%) FortiGate
2 24 (16.90%) Terraform
3 20 (14.08%) Ansible
4 3 (2.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 100 (70.42%) Cisco
2 72 (50.70%) Juniper
3 28 (19.72%) VMware
4 27 (19.01%) F5
5 22 (15.49%) CheckPoint
6 20 (14.08%) Blue Coat
6 20 (14.08%) Google
7 11 (7.75%) Fortinet
8 7 (4.93%) Aruba
8 7 (4.93%) Red Hat
8 7 (4.93%) SevOne
9 4 (2.82%) Meraki
10 3 (2.11%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.41%) Microsoft
11 2 (1.41%) Riverbed
11 2 (1.41%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.70%) Avaya
12 1 (0.70%) Extreme Networks
12 1 (0.70%) Mitel
12 1 (0.70%) SolarWinds