Network Architect Job Trends

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 486 688
Rank change year-on-year -153 +202 +135
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 59 157 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.37% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.41% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 43 119 111
10th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £52,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,075 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.45% -13.75%
75th Percentile £93,500 £86,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,800 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -3.70% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 68,785 38,695 80,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 90.46% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 43,819 23,042 61,532
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Network Architect job vacancies in the UK

Network Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. 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
England -126 50 £75,000 +11.11% 27
London -4 25 £93,500 -3.61% 9
UK excluding London -123 23 £75,000 +15.38% 19
South East -21 15 £75,000 +15.38% 10
Work from Home -11 7 £75,000 -3.23% 10
North of England -48 4 £86,250 +38.00% 7
West Midlands -61 3 £75,000 +15.38% 1
Midlands -79 3 £75,000 +15.38% 1
North East - 3 £77,500 - 1
Scotland - 2 £76,250 -
North West -21 1 £95,000 +52.00% 2

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, 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 featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 30 (50.85%) WAN
2 27 (45.76%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (45.76%) Firewall
3 23 (38.98%) Cisco
4 20 (33.90%) CCIE
5 19 (32.20%) LAN
5 19 (32.20%) SD-WAN
6 18 (30.51%) CCNP
7 17 (28.81%) Network Security
8 15 (25.42%) Azure
8 15 (25.42%) Security Cleared
9 14 (23.73%) SC Cleared
10 13 (22.03%) AWS
10 13 (22.03%) Roadmaps
11 12 (20.34%) Migration
12 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 10 (16.95%) GCP
13 10 (16.95%) Mentoring
13 10 (16.95%) WLAN
14 9 (15.25%) Network Design
15 8 (13.56%) Network Architecture
15 8 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
15 8 (13.56%) Translating Business Requirements
16 7 (11.86%) DV Cleared
16 7 (11.86%) High Availability
16 7 (11.86%) Meraki
16 7 (11.86%) VPN
16 7 (11.86%) Wireless
17 6 (10.17%) Business Strategy
17 6 (10.17%) Degree

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (5.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.42%) Azure
2 13 (22.03%) AWS
3 10 (16.95%) GCP
4 1 (1.69%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (1.69%) Datadog
4 1 (1.69%) Stackdriver
4 1 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (50.85%) WAN
2 27 (45.76%) Firewall
3 19 (32.20%) LAN
3 19 (32.20%) SD-WAN
4 17 (28.81%) Network Security
5 10 (16.95%) WLAN
6 7 (11.86%) VPN
6 7 (11.86%) Wireless
7 5 (8.47%) Cisco Wireless
7 5 (8.47%) HTTP
7 5 (8.47%) SNMP
7 5 (8.47%) VLAN
8 4 (6.78%) HTTPS
8 4 (6.78%) MPLS
9 3 (5.08%) BGP
9 3 (5.08%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (5.08%) Ethernet
10 2 (3.39%) DMVPN
10 2 (3.39%) OSPF
11 1 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Git
1 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Telecoms
3 4 (6.78%) Aerospace
3 4 (6.78%) Banking
3 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Finance
5 1 (1.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) NETCONF
1 4 (6.78%) REST
1 4 (6.78%) RESTCONF
2 3 (5.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.12%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.47%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.78%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (6.78%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.69%) PKI
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Roadmaps
2 12 (20.34%) Migration
3 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (16.95%) Mentoring
5 9 (15.25%) Network Design
6 8 (13.56%) Network Architecture
6 8 (13.56%) Technical Leadership
6 8 (13.56%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (11.86%) High Availability
8 6 (10.17%) Business Strategy
9 5 (8.47%) Agile
9 5 (8.47%) AI
9 5 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (8.47%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.47%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (8.47%) Presales
9 5 (8.47%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (8.47%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (8.47%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (45.76%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (33.90%) CCIE
3 18 (30.51%) CCNP
4 15 (25.42%) Security Cleared
5 14 (23.73%) SC Cleared
6 7 (11.86%) DV Cleared
7 6 (10.17%) Degree
8 5 (8.47%) VCAP
9 4 (6.78%) Master's Degree
10 2 (3.39%) CCDE
11 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.69%) JNCIP
11 1 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.69%) GDPR
2 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Ansible
1 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
1 4 (6.78%) Terraform
2 3 (5.08%) Endace
2 3 (5.08%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 23 (38.98%) Cisco
2 7 (11.86%) Meraki
3 5 (8.47%) F5
4 4 (6.78%) CheckPoint
4 4 (6.78%) Palo Alto
4 4 (6.78%) SAP
4 4 (6.78%) VMware
5 3 (5.08%) Blue Coat
5 3 (5.08%) Google
5 3 (5.08%) Juniper
6 2 (3.39%) Aruba
6 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (1.69%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.69%) Zscaler