Network Architect Jobs

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 22 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 592 841
Rank change year-on-year +58 +249 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 218 189 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.30% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 157 108 102
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -13.85% +1.56%
75th Percentile £85,250 £82,438 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £93,250 £95,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £78,750
% change year-on-year +6.56% -22.54% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 60,481 62,441 102,413
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 95.37% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 27,906 46,369 66,468
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £52,711
% change year-on-year +7.00% -5.14% +5.42%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architect.

Salary trend for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect over the 6 months to 22 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 15 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 22 January 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
England +29 206 £75,000 +7.91% 34
UK excluding London +21 158 £65,000 +6.56% 27
Work from Home +50 87 £71,250 +9.62% 22
Midlands +32 63 £65,000 +8.33% 10
West Midlands +16 63 £65,000 +8.33% 10
South East -1 54 £75,000 +7.14% 12
London +32 49 £96,000 +6.67% 6
North of England -9 16 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South West +7 14 £77,500 +40.91% 2
North West -30 9 £56,250 -6.25% 1
Yorkshire +30 7 £50,000 -39.39%
East of England -27 4 £57,500 -18.15% 2
Northern Ireland +17 3 £50,000 -
Scotland +25 2 £50,000 -
Wales +22 2 £50,000 -16.67% 1

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 January 2025, Network Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 128 (58.72%) Security Cleared
2 124 (56.88%) SC Cleared
3 114 (52.29%) Cisco
4 97 (44.50%) WAN
5 87 (39.91%) SD-WAN
6 79 (36.24%) Network Management
7 68 (31.19%) DV Cleared
7 68 (31.19%) LAN
8 64 (29.36%) Presales
9 60 (27.52%) Juniper
10 56 (25.69%) Firewall
11 50 (22.94%) Azure
12 45 (20.64%) SIEM
12 45 (20.64%) Cisco Certification
13 44 (20.18%) MPLS
13 44 (20.18%) Network Design
14 40 (18.35%) Requirements Management
15 39 (17.89%) CCNP
15 39 (17.89%) Data Centre
16 36 (16.51%) Cisco ISE
17 27 (12.39%) Network Security
18 26 (11.93%) WLAN
19 25 (11.47%) Meraki
20 24 (11.01%) FortiGate
20 24 (11.01%) Terraform
20 24 (11.01%) VMware
21 23 (10.55%) Ethernet
22 21 (9.63%) BGP
22 21 (9.63%) Ansible
23 20 (9.17%) F5

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 50 (22.94%) Azure
2 16 (7.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 16 (7.34%) GCP
3 11 (5.05%) AWS
4 6 (2.75%) SaaS
5 3 (1.38%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (0.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (0.92%) AWS Control Tower
6 2 (0.92%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.92%) Route 53
7 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 97 (44.50%) WAN
2 87 (39.91%) SD-WAN
3 68 (31.19%) LAN
4 56 (25.69%) Firewall
5 44 (20.18%) MPLS
6 36 (16.51%) Cisco ISE
7 27 (12.39%) Network Security
8 26 (11.93%) WLAN
9 23 (10.55%) Ethernet
10 21 (9.63%) BGP
11 19 (8.72%) Wireless
12 18 (8.26%) IPsec
13 16 (7.34%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (5.96%) Internet
14 13 (5.96%) Junos
14 13 (5.96%) Software-Defined Networking
15 12 (5.50%) VPN
16 10 (4.59%) Cisco IOS
17 9 (4.13%) Cisco Nexus
17 9 (4.13%) OSPF
General
1 15 (6.88%) Finance
2 8 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (3.67%) Law
3 5 (2.29%) Advertising
3 5 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (2.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (2.29%) Social Skills
4 3 (1.38%) Banking
4 3 (1.38%) Legal
5 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.46%) Automotive
6 1 (0.46%) Retail
6 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.34%) JSON
2 1 (0.46%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.89%) Data Centre
2 16 (7.34%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.21%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (2.75%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.83%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.92%) Robotics
8 1 (0.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.46%) IoT
8 1 (0.46%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.21%) Linux
1 7 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (36.24%) Network Management
2 64 (29.36%) Presales
3 45 (20.64%) SIEM
4 44 (20.18%) Network Design
5 40 (18.35%) Requirements Management
6 16 (7.34%) Due Diligence
6 16 (7.34%) Roadmaps
6 16 (7.34%) Technical Leadership
7 12 (5.50%) Converged Infrastructure
7 12 (5.50%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (5.05%) Network Virtualisation
9 10 (4.59%) Architectural Design
9 10 (4.59%) IT Strategy
9 10 (4.59%) Network Architecture
10 9 (4.13%) Requirements Gathering
11 8 (3.67%) Configuration Management
11 8 (3.67%) Supplier Management
12 7 (3.21%) Performance Monitoring
12 7 (3.21%) Zero Trust
13 6 (2.75%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.72%) Python
2 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) Bash
3 1 (0.46%) SQL
3 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (58.72%) Security Cleared
2 124 (56.88%) SC Cleared
3 68 (31.19%) DV Cleared
4 45 (20.64%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (17.89%) CCNP
6 20 (9.17%) CCNA
7 16 (7.34%) CCIE
8 12 (5.50%) JNCIS
9 8 (3.67%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.29%) CITP
12 4 (1.83%) CISSP
13 3 (1.38%) Degree
14 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.92%) JNCIA
14 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
15 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
15 1 (0.46%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.59%) SLA
2 1 (0.46%) COBIT
2 1 (0.46%) GDPR
2 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.46%) NIST
2 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (7.80%) VMware NSX
2 8 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (11.01%) FortiGate
1 24 (11.01%) Terraform
2 21 (9.63%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 114 (52.29%) Cisco
2 60 (27.52%) Juniper
3 25 (11.47%) Meraki
4 24 (11.01%) VMware
5 20 (9.17%) F5
6 18 (8.26%) CheckPoint
7 17 (7.80%) Palo Alto
8 16 (7.34%) Blue Coat
8 16 (7.34%) Google
8 16 (7.34%) Microsoft
9 13 (5.96%) Aruba
10 9 (4.13%) Fortinet
11 7 (3.21%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.21%) Riverbed
11 7 (3.21%) SevOne
12 5 (2.29%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.92%) HP
13 2 (0.92%) Mitel
14 1 (0.46%) Broadcom