Network Architect Jobs in England

Network Architect
UK > England

The median Network Architect salary in England is £66,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 708 785
Rank change year-on-year +184 +77 +147
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 136 127 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 111 91 60
10th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £61,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £69,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% +6.15% -21.21%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £72,625
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - -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 44,066 84,104 79,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.65% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,206 62,399 50,596
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +100 47 £65,000 - 57
West Midlands +96 47 £65,000 - 34
South East +74 39 £65,000 -7.14% 76
London +93 13 £90,000 +20.00% 20
North of England +31 11 £62,500 -3.85% 54
North West +1 9 £62,500 +4.17% 22
East of England +46 7 £57,500 -11.88% 40
Yorkshire +53 2 - - 25
North East +46 2 - - 8
South West +109 1 - - 39
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 England region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 109 (80.15%) Security Cleared
2 106 (77.94%) SC Cleared
3 101 (74.26%) Cisco
4 95 (69.85%) WAN
5 72 (52.94%) Juniper
6 54 (39.71%) LAN
7 43 (31.62%) Network Management
8 35 (25.74%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (25.74%) CCNP
8 35 (25.74%) Firewall
9 34 (25.00%) MPLS
10 33 (24.26%) Azure
11 32 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
12 30 (22.06%) Cisco ISE
13 29 (21.32%) SD-WAN
13 29 (21.32%) VMware
14 28 (20.59%) Ethernet
14 28 (20.59%) Data Centre
15 27 (19.85%) CCNA
15 27 (19.85%) F5
16 26 (19.12%) BGP
16 26 (19.12%) Public Cloud
17 25 (18.38%) GCP
17 25 (18.38%) FortiGate
18 24 (17.65%) Junos
18 24 (17.65%) Terraform
19 23 (16.91%) CheckPoint
19 23 (16.91%) Python
19 23 (16.91%) Network Design
20 22 (16.18%) JNCIS

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 2 (1.47%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.21%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.74%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 33 (24.26%) Azure
2 25 (18.38%) GCP
3 8 (5.88%) AWS
4 2 (1.47%) Cloudflare
4 2 (1.47%) OpenShift
4 2 (1.47%) SaaS
5 1 (0.74%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.74%) Serverless
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 95 (69.85%) WAN
2 54 (39.71%) LAN
3 35 (25.74%) Firewall
4 34 (25.00%) MPLS
5 30 (22.06%) Cisco ISE
6 29 (21.32%) SD-WAN
7 28 (20.59%) Ethernet
8 26 (19.12%) BGP
9 24 (17.65%) Junos
10 22 (16.18%) IPsec
11 18 (13.24%) Cisco IOS
12 12 (8.82%) Network Security
13 10 (7.35%) VPN
13 10 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (5.88%) SDH
15 7 (5.15%) ATM
15 7 (5.15%) Frame Relay
15 7 (5.15%) VoIP
16 4 (2.94%) DNS
16 4 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) GitLab
General
1 19 (13.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.24%) Finance
3 14 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.21%) Advertising
5 1 (0.74%) Automotive
5 1 (0.74%) Banking
5 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (15.44%) JSON
2 2 (1.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.59%) Data Centre
2 26 (19.12%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.47%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.47%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.74%) PKI
4 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.15%) Linux
1 7 (5.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.62%) Network Management
2 32 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
3 23 (16.91%) Network Design
4 22 (16.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 21 (15.44%) Due Diligence
6 14 (10.29%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (6.62%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (6.62%) Requirements Management
8 8 (5.88%) Configuration Management
9 7 (5.15%) Performance Monitoring
9 7 (5.15%) Presales
9 7 (5.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (4.41%) Network Architecture
10 6 (4.41%) Roadmaps
11 5 (3.68%) DevOps
11 5 (3.68%) Project Delivery
11 5 (3.68%) Technology Strategy
12 4 (2.94%) Infrastructure as Code
12 4 (2.94%) Service Delivery
12 4 (2.94%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.91%) Python
2 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.74%) Bash
3 1 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 109 (80.15%) Security Cleared
2 106 (77.94%) SC Cleared
3 35 (25.74%) CCNP
3 35 (25.74%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (19.85%) CCNA
5 22 (16.18%) JNCIS
6 11 (8.09%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.21%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.21%) CCIE
7 3 (2.21%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.47%) Degree
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.74%) CCSA
9 1 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.74%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.74%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.76%) SLA
2 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.47%) NIST
3 1 (0.74%) COBIT
3 1 (0.74%) GDPR
3 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (15.44%) VMware NSX
2 7 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (18.38%) FortiGate
2 24 (17.65%) Terraform
3 21 (15.44%) Ansible
4 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 101 (74.26%) Cisco
2 72 (52.94%) Juniper
3 29 (21.32%) VMware
4 27 (19.85%) F5
5 23 (16.91%) CheckPoint
6 21 (15.44%) Blue Coat
6 21 (15.44%) Google
7 10 (7.35%) Fortinet
8 7 (5.15%) Red Hat
8 7 (5.15%) SevOne
9 6 (4.41%) Aruba
10 4 (2.94%) Meraki
11 3 (2.21%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.47%) Microsoft
12 2 (1.47%) Riverbed
12 2 (1.47%) Zscaler
13 1 (0.74%) Avaya
13 1 (0.74%) Extreme Networks
13 1 (0.74%) Mitel