Network Architecture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 361 490
Rank change year-on-year -147 +129 +200
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 69 502 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.67% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.82% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 41 125 92
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,000 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -6.07% +7.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architecture in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architecture in the UK excluding London

Network Architecture
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 Architecture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +62 26 £68,750 +3.38% 95
North of England -87 19 £65,000 +30.00% 56
North West -77 12 £61,500 +17.14% 25
Midlands +18 11 £95,000 +65.22% 55
West Midlands +40 10 £95,000 +128.92% 29
South West +57 7 £47,500 -20.83% 32
Yorkshire +28 7 £72,246 +69.99% 23
East of England +45 3 £57,500 +12.01% 38
Scotland +49 2 - - 16
Wales +8 1 £65,000 +8.33% 8
East Midlands -4 1 - - 22
Network Architecture
UK

Network Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.90%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (8.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.09%) AWS
2 15 (21.74%) Azure
3 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.90%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (42.03%) WAN
2 22 (31.88%) Firewall
3 19 (27.54%) LAN
3 19 (27.54%) VPN
4 17 (24.64%) DNS
5 15 (21.74%) BGP
5 15 (21.74%) MPLS
5 15 (21.74%) Network Security
6 14 (20.29%) SD-WAN
6 14 (20.29%) TCP/IP
7 11 (15.94%) OSPF
7 11 (15.94%) VLAN
8 6 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (8.70%) DHCP
8 6 (8.70%) DWDM
8 6 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (8.70%) VoIP
9 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (5.80%) Junos
10 4 (5.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Big Data
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.45%) GitLab
2 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 31 (44.93%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.84%) Finance
3 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.80%) Legal
3 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Advertising
5 2 (2.90%) Automotive
5 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Games
5 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Banking
6 1 (1.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Architect
2 20 (28.99%) Network Engineer
3 16 (23.19%) Senior
4 8 (11.59%) Lead
4 8 (11.59%) Senior Architect
5 5 (7.25%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Senior Network Security Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.35%) Technical Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.90%) Service Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) MACH
2 2 (2.90%) Middleware
3 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.59%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.80%) CCTV
5 3 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 3 (4.35%) PMI
6 2 (2.90%) Clustering
6 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.45%) PKI
7 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) SCADA
7 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.45%) Smartcard
7 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 6 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.80%) Linux
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.90%) CentOS
5 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.43%) Migration
2 20 (28.99%) Technical Leadership
3 15 (21.74%) Mentoring
4 12 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (17.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 11 (15.94%) Agile
5 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.49%) Computer Science
7 9 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (11.59%) Architectural Design
8 8 (11.59%) Business Continuity
8 8 (11.59%) Coaching
8 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.59%) Creative Thinking
8 8 (11.59%) People Management
8 8 (11.59%) Performance Management
8 8 (11.59%) Server Management
8 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.59%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (10.14%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.84%) Python
2 4 (5.80%) PHP
3 1 (1.45%) Bash
3 1 (1.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (21.74%) CCNA
2 15 (21.74%) CCNP
3 12 (17.39%) Degree
4 10 (14.49%) Security Cleared
5 8 (11.59%) JNCIA
6 7 (10.14%) JNCIS
6 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (8.70%) DV Cleared
8 4 (5.80%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) AWS Certification
9 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.35%) MCP
9 3 (4.35%) MCSA
9 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (4.35%) PMI Certification
10 2 (2.90%) CCIE
10 2 (2.90%) CISSP
10 2 (2.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) GDPR
2 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.90%) NIST
2 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.45%) COBIT
3 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Hyper-V
1 9 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.90%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.90%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (23.19%) Ansible
2 8 (11.59%) Terraform
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco CUCM
3 4 (5.80%) FortiGate
4 3 (4.35%) Iperf
5 1 (1.45%) Nessus
5 1 (1.45%) WMI
5 1 (1.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (39.13%) Cisco
2 19 (27.54%) Microsoft
3 11 (15.94%) VMware
4 8 (11.59%) Juniper
5 7 (10.14%) Fortinet
6 6 (8.70%) Arista
7 4 (5.80%) Zscaler
8 3 (4.35%) Ruckus Wireless
8 3 (4.35%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.45%) Dell
9 1 (1.45%) Mellanox
9 1 (1.45%) Meraki
9 1 (1.45%) NVIDIA
9 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.45%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.45%) Veeam