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 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 447 450
Rank change year-on-year -44 +3 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 32 134 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.076% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 30 91 74
10th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £43,100
25th Percentile £68,313 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,675 - £82,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,994 34,827 29,365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,048 17,337 22,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
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 30 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 30 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 -1 15 £74,000 -1.33% 9
Midlands -16 8 £75,000 +15.38% 2
West Midlands -19 7 £75,000 +15.38% 2
North of England +13 5 £90,000 +80.00% 9
North East - 3 £77,500 - 1
East of England +21 2 £79,000 +37.39% 1
Scotland +16 2 £76,250 +52.50% 3
Yorkshire -1 2 £90,000 +80.00% 1
South West +3 1 £65,000 -16.13% 1
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 30 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 21 (65.63%) Cisco
2 18 (56.25%) Security Cleared
3 17 (53.13%) Firewall
3 17 (53.13%) LAN
4 16 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 15 (46.88%) WAN
6 14 (43.75%) Juniper
7 13 (40.63%) Network Design
8 12 (37.50%) VPN
9 11 (34.38%) DV Cleared
10 10 (31.25%) Requirements Management
11 9 (28.13%) High Availability
12 8 (25.00%) CCNP
12 8 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (25.00%) Endace
12 8 (25.00%) Network Architecture
13 7 (21.88%) Network Security
14 5 (15.63%) Architectural Design
15 4 (12.50%) BGP
15 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
15 4 (12.50%) Fortinet
15 4 (12.50%) OSPF
15 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
16 3 (9.38%) Azure
16 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
16 3 (9.38%) Palo Alto
16 3 (9.38%) Presales
16 3 (9.38%) WLAN
17 2 (6.25%) Aruba
17 2 (6.25%) 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 (3.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (53.13%) Firewall
1 17 (53.13%) LAN
2 15 (46.88%) WAN
3 12 (37.50%) VPN
4 7 (21.88%) Network Security
5 4 (12.50%) BGP
5 4 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (12.50%) OSPF
6 3 (9.38%) WLAN
7 2 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (6.25%) Junos
7 2 (6.25%) SD-WAN
7 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (6.25%) Wireless
8 1 (3.13%) DMVPN
8 1 (3.13%) IPsec
8 1 (3.13%) RSVP
8 1 (3.13%) SNMP
8 1 (3.13%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (3.13%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Finance
2 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Network Design
2 10 (31.25%) Requirements Management
3 9 (28.13%) High Availability
4 8 (25.00%) Network Architecture
5 5 (15.63%) Architectural Design
6 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
7 3 (9.38%) Presales
8 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.25%) Network Management
8 2 (6.25%) Programme Management
8 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
8 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.25%) SIEM
8 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (3.13%) Budget Management
9 1 (3.13%) Line Management
9 1 (3.13%) Roadmaps
9 1 (3.13%) Translating Business Requirements
9 1 (3.13%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 16 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (34.38%) DV Cleared
4 8 (25.00%) CCNP
4 8 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.25%) CCIE
5 2 (6.25%) CCNA
5 2 (6.25%) JNCIA
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.13%) Degree
6 1 (3.13%) JNCIP
6 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Endace
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Cisco
2 14 (43.75%) Juniper
3 4 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (9.38%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.25%) Aruba
5 2 (6.25%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.13%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.13%) F5
6 1 (3.13%) VMware