Network Architecture Job Trends in Scotland

Network Architecture
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Network Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 146 156
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +74
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 5 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.18% 0.031% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.037% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £63,625 - -
25th Percentile £65,313 - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 - £70,000
75th Percentile £77,813 - £75,000
90th Percentile £79,875 - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £79,932 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.55% +18.42% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,465 2,736 2,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.70% 84.34% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 1,293 1,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,300 £82,505
UK median annual salary £54,285 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.53% - -

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Network Architecture job vacancy trend in Scotland

Network Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Architecture

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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 +8 3 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £77,500 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £65,000 - 1
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (60.00%) NX-OS
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (60.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (20.00%) ATM
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) Multicast
3 1 (20.00%) tcpdump
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Data Network Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
1 1 (20.00%) KVM
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) VMware