Network Architecture Jobs in the South West

Network Architecture
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Network Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 241 264
Rank change year-on-year +70 +23 +28
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 7 55 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% 0.57% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.70% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 4
10th Percentile £41,875 £46,199 £46,845
25th Percentile £42,813 £48,399 £47,588
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £57,993
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +3.46% -17.15%
75th Percentile £50,625 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £54,375 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £59,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.17% -12.59% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,228 7,892 6,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.97% 81.68% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 5,677 3,521
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the South West.

Salary trend for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architecture in the South West

Network Architecture
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Somerset +8 4 £46,250 -28.85% 3
Bristol +26 2 £51,250 -11.64% 4
Devon +18 1 - - 6
Network Architecture
England

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
2 3 (42.86%) DHCP
2 3 (42.86%) DMZ
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) Wireshark
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
3 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
3 1 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
1 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Server Management
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
1 3 (42.86%) CCNA
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (42.86%) MCP
1 3 (42.86%) MCSA
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
2 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Iperf
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Ruckus Wireless
2 3 (42.86%) SonicWALL
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds