Network Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 441 444
Rank change year-on-year -36 +3 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 39 129 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.35% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 37 86 73
10th Percentile £61,650 £50,000 £42,900
25th Percentile £68,250 £54,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £72,250
90th Percentile £90,000 - £82,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -21.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,496 36,492 26,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 93.69% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 22,665 18,628 20,459
10th Percentile £27,885 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK excluding London

Network Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +10 22 £74,000 -1.33% 10
Midlands -12 8 £75,000 +15.38% 1
West Midlands -15 7 £75,000 +15.38% 1
North of England +11 5 £90,000 +80.00% 1
North East +5 3 £77,500 -3.04% 1
East of England +23 2 £79,000 -
South West +8 2 £65,000 -16.13% 1
Yorkshire -15 2 £90,000 +50.00%
Scotland +5 1 £77,500 +55.00% 4
East Midlands - 1 £57,246 -
Network Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 23 (58.97%) Security Cleared
2 22 (56.41%) Cisco
3 18 (46.15%) LAN
4 16 (41.03%) DV Cleared
4 16 (41.03%) Firewall
4 16 (41.03%) SC Cleared
5 15 (38.46%) Juniper
5 15 (38.46%) WAN
6 12 (30.77%) Network Design
6 12 (30.77%) VPN
7 10 (25.64%) Requirements Management
8 9 (23.08%) High Availability
9 8 (20.51%) CCNP
9 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (20.51%) Endace
10 7 (17.95%) Network Architecture
11 6 (15.38%) Architectural Design
11 6 (15.38%) Network Security
12 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (10.26%) BGP
13 4 (10.26%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (10.26%) Fortinet
13 4 (10.26%) OSPF
14 3 (7.69%) Azure
14 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
14 3 (7.69%) Presales
14 3 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
15 2 (5.13%) Agile
15 2 (5.13%) Aruba
15 2 (5.13%) AWS

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (2.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Azure
2 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (46.15%) LAN
2 16 (41.03%) Firewall
3 15 (38.46%) WAN
4 12 (30.77%) VPN
5 6 (15.38%) Network Security
6 4 (10.26%) BGP
6 4 (10.26%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (10.26%) OSPF
7 2 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (5.13%) Junos
7 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
7 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (5.13%) WLAN
8 1 (2.56%) DMVPN
8 1 (2.56%) IPsec
8 1 (2.56%) RSVP
8 1 (2.56%) SNMP
8 1 (2.56%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (2.56%) VXLAN
8 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Finance
2 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Network Design
2 10 (25.64%) Requirements Management
3 9 (23.08%) High Availability
4 7 (17.95%) Network Architecture
5 6 (15.38%) Architectural Design
6 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 3 (7.69%) Presales
7 3 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (5.13%) Agile
8 2 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.13%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (5.13%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.13%) Line Management
8 2 (5.13%) Network Management
8 2 (5.13%) Preventative Maintenance
8 2 (5.13%) Programme Management
8 2 (5.13%) Project Delivery
8 2 (5.13%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (5.13%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (58.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (41.03%) DV Cleared
2 16 (41.03%) SC Cleared
3 8 (20.51%) CCNP
3 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.13%) CCNA
4 2 (5.13%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.56%) CCIE
5 1 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Endace
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Cisco
2 15 (38.46%) Juniper
3 4 (10.26%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.13%) Aruba
4 2 (5.13%) Meraki
4 2 (5.13%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.56%) VMware