Network Architect Job Trends in London

Network Architect
England > London

The median Network Architect salary in London is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 375 411
Rank change year-on-year -18 +36 +242
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 2 50 25
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.015% 0.32% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.34% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 38 16
10th Percentile - £85,775 £73,750
25th Percentile - £87,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £96,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £108,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - £110,000 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,453 14,685 16,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 92.97% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,230 8,588 13,582
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in London

Network Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Datadog
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (50.00%) Datadog
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Stackdriver
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler