Network Architect Job Trends in Scotland

Network Architect
UK > Scotland

The median Network Architect salary in Scotland is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 156 159
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 3 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% 0.061% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.064% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% - -42.86%
75th Percentile £81,250 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £74,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.87% +19.23% -21.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,360 3,141 2,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.64% 95.15% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 1,558 1,813
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,800 £82,548
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in Scotland

Network Architect
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in Scotland

Network Architect
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £77,500 -
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, 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 Scotland region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) F5
2 2 (66.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) nginx
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (66.67%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
1 2 (66.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (66.67%) Private Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto