Network Architect Job Trends in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 496 556
Rank change year-on-year -85 +60 +289
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 30 182 123
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.057% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.40% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 27 126 87
10th Percentile £66,450 £50,000 £46,800
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -17.46%
75th Percentile £80,625 £92,500 £82,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £99,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -15.15%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,438 45,157 44,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 92.74% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,825 23,798 34,760
10th Percentile £28,675 £33,235 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in England

Network Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in England

Network Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in England over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

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 6 January 2026. 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
South East -10 11 £75,000 - 9
Midlands -24 8 £75,000 +15.38% 3
West Midlands -18 7 £75,000 +15.38% 3
North of England +9 3 £77,500 +55.00% 4
North East - 3 £77,500 - 1
East of England +30 2 £79,000 +37.39%
London +5 2 £110,000 +14.58% 15
East Midlands - 1 £57,246 -
Network Architect
UK

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Network Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 24 (80.00%) Cisco
2 21 (70.00%) Firewall
3 19 (63.33%) Security Cleared
4 18 (60.00%) LAN
5 17 (56.67%) SC Cleared
5 17 (56.67%) WAN
6 12 (40.00%) Juniper
6 12 (40.00%) Network Design
7 11 (36.67%) DV Cleared
7 11 (36.67%) VPN
8 10 (33.33%) Requirements Management
9 9 (30.00%) High Availability
10 8 (26.67%) Endace
11 7 (23.33%) Azure
11 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
12 6 (20.00%) Ansible
12 6 (20.00%) CCNP
12 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (20.00%) GCP
12 6 (20.00%) Terraform
13 5 (16.67%) BGP
13 5 (16.67%) FortiGate
13 5 (16.67%) Network Architecture
13 5 (16.67%) OSPF
13 5 (16.67%) Python
13 5 (16.67%) VMware
13 5 (16.67%) VMware NSX
14 4 (13.33%) Architectural Design
14 4 (13.33%) AWS
14 4 (13.33%) Blue Coat

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) GCP
3 4 (13.33%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (3.33%) Datadog
4 1 (3.33%) Stackdriver
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (70.00%) Firewall
2 18 (60.00%) LAN
3 17 (56.67%) WAN
4 11 (36.67%) VPN
5 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
6 5 (16.67%) BGP
6 5 (16.67%) OSPF
7 4 (13.33%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
7 4 (13.33%) Network Security
8 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (6.67%) MPLS
8 2 (6.67%) WLAN
9 1 (3.33%) DHCP
9 1 (3.33%) DNS
9 1 (3.33%) IPsec
9 1 (3.33%) SNMP
9 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
1 1 (3.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Banking
2 1 (3.33%) Finance
2 1 (3.33%) Law
2 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (53.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (20.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Network Design
2 10 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 9 (30.00%) High Availability
4 5 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 4 (13.33%) Architectural Design
5 4 (13.33%) Due Diligence
6 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.00%) Presales
6 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (6.67%) Network Management
7 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (6.67%) SIEM
7 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (6.67%) Zero Trust
8 1 (3.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (56.67%) SC Cleared
3 11 (36.67%) DV Cleared
4 6 (20.00%) CCNP
4 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CCIE
6 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.33%) Degree
6 1 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) GDPR
1 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) Endace
2 6 (20.00%) Ansible
2 6 (20.00%) Terraform
3 5 (16.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Cisco
2 12 (40.00%) Juniper
3 5 (16.67%) VMware
4 4 (13.33%) Blue Coat
4 4 (13.33%) CheckPoint
4 4 (13.33%) F5
4 4 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (13.33%) Google
5 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.67%) Aruba
6 2 (6.67%) Meraki
7 1 (3.33%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.33%) Zscaler