Network Architect Jobs

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £73,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 701 730 978
Rank change year-on-year +29 +248 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 141 157 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.21% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 113 115 178
10th Percentile £52,100 £52,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £64,750 £61,250 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £65,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.31% -21.21% +13.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £88,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% +7.14%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 16 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 26 July 2024. 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 +39 128 £74,750 +15.00% 17
UK excluding London -1 116 £75,000 +15.38% 14
Work from Home +46 83 £76,250 +8.93% 9
South East +23 53 £70,000 +7.69% 6
North of England +47 48 £85,000 +21.43% 3
Yorkshire - 22 £85,000 -
North West 0 18 £85,000 +21.43% 2
London +61 11 £70,000 -9.68% 5
North East - 8 £85,000 - 1
South West -15 6 £51,000 -7.27% 2
East of England -3 3 £72,500 -
Northern Ireland +21 2 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands -12 2 £50,000 -20.00% 2
Midlands -33 2 £50,000 -20.00% 2
Wales +25 1 £50,000 +5.26%
Scotland -43 1 £50,000 +16.90%

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 46 (32.62%) Cisco
2 42 (29.79%) Security Cleared
3 38 (26.95%) SC Cleared
4 35 (24.82%) Juniper
5 30 (21.28%) WAN
6 29 (20.57%) Network Security
7 26 (18.44%) LAN
8 21 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (14.18%) CCNP
9 20 (14.18%) Network Design
9 20 (14.18%) AWS
10 19 (13.48%) Azure
11 18 (12.77%) Presales
12 17 (12.06%) Data Centre
12 17 (12.06%) Network Architecture
13 16 (11.35%) Network Management
13 16 (11.35%) Finance
13 16 (11.35%) Roadmaps
14 15 (10.64%) BGP
15 14 (9.93%) Technology Roadmap
16 13 (9.22%) Mentoring
16 13 (9.22%) F5
17 12 (8.51%) Firewall
17 12 (8.51%) Wireless
17 12 (8.51%) OSPF
18 11 (7.80%) Ethernet
18 11 (7.80%) GCP
18 11 (7.80%) Cloud Native
18 11 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
18 11 (7.80%) Social Skills

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.18%) AWS
2 19 (13.48%) Azure
3 11 (7.80%) GCP
4 10 (7.09%) OCI
5 2 (1.42%) IaaS
5 2 (1.42%) PaaS
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon Kinesis
6 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.71%) SaaS
6 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (21.28%) WAN
2 29 (20.57%) Network Security
3 26 (18.44%) LAN
4 15 (10.64%) BGP
5 12 (8.51%) Firewall
5 12 (8.51%) OSPF
5 12 (8.51%) Wireless
6 11 (7.80%) Ethernet
7 10 (7.09%) MPLS
7 10 (7.09%) SD-WAN
7 10 (7.09%) VPN
8 9 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (4.96%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (4.96%) Multicast
10 5 (3.55%) IPsec
11 4 (2.84%) 802.11
11 4 (2.84%) BIG-IP
11 4 (2.84%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (2.84%) HSRP
11 4 (2.84%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
General
1 16 (11.35%) Finance
2 11 (7.80%) Social Skills
3 7 (4.96%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.13%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.55%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.71%) JSON
2 1 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.06%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.80%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.67%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.96%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.84%) IoT
6 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.71%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Linux
1 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (14.18%) Network Design
2 18 (12.77%) Presales
3 17 (12.06%) Network Architecture
4 16 (11.35%) Network Management
4 16 (11.35%) Roadmaps
5 14 (9.93%) Technology Roadmap
6 13 (9.22%) Mentoring
7 11 (7.80%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (7.09%) Agile
8 10 (7.09%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (7.09%) Coaching
8 10 (7.09%) Design Patterns
8 10 (7.09%) IT Strategy
8 10 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (5.67%) High Availability
10 7 (4.96%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (4.96%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (4.96%) SIEM
11 6 (4.26%) Analytics
11 6 (4.26%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.42%) Python
2 1 (0.71%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (29.79%) Security Cleared
2 38 (26.95%) SC Cleared
3 21 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (14.18%) CCNP
5 9 (6.38%) CCIE
6 7 (4.96%) CISSP
6 7 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.26%) CCNA
8 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.84%) Degree
8 4 (2.84%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.13%) CCSE
10 2 (1.42%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.71%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (5.67%) Terraform
2 3 (2.13%) Endace
3 2 (1.42%) Ansible
4 1 (0.71%) CASB
4 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (32.62%) Cisco
2 35 (24.82%) Juniper
3 13 (9.22%) F5
4 10 (7.09%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.55%) Aruba
5 5 (3.55%) HP
6 4 (2.84%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.13%) Meraki
7 3 (2.13%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.13%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.42%) Arista
8 2 (1.42%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.42%) Okta
8 2 (1.42%) VMware
9 1 (0.71%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.71%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.71%) Google
9 1 (0.71%) Riverbed
9 1 (0.71%) Tufin