Network Architecture Job Trends in the North West

Network Architecture
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 204 170
Rank change year-on-year +25 -34 +106
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 4 5 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.065% 0.096% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.11% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 14
10th Percentile £54,525 - £32,600
25th Percentile £57,563 £62,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £72,375 £67,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £80,700 - £81,125
England median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £60,850
% change year-on-year +10.71% +15.04% -7.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Network Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,122 4,712 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.27% 90.23% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 2,332 2,655
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in the North West

Network Architecture
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Network Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the North West over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architecture in the North West

Network Architecture
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Manchester +28 3 £60,000 - 6
Cheshire - 1 £82,500 - 3
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Modbus
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Network Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Fortinet