Network Architect Job Trends

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 484 751
Rank change year-on-year -144 +267 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 75 158 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.38% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.42% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 46 123 87
10th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £50,200
25th Percentile £70,000 £63,150 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £67,500 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.96% -2.17% -13.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,950 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -5.80% +6.15%

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 81,353 37,364 89,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 89.32% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51,978 23,468 66,062
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 12 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 21 April 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 -147 64 £77,500 +16.98% 19
UK excluding London -151 33 £75,000 +15.38% 10
London -1 32 £93,500 -6.50% 11
South East -61 16 £75,000 +15.38% 2
North of England -62 10 £95,000 +52.00% 2
Work from Home -10 9 £75,000 +3.45% 4
North East -35 5 - - 2
West Midlands -78 4 £75,000 +15.38%
Midlands -85 4 £75,000 +15.38%
Scotland -18 3 £75,000 -
North West -34 3 £95,000 +52.00%
Yorkshire -61 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 21 April 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 31 (41.33%) WAN
2 30 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (38.67%) Firewall
4 24 (32.00%) Cisco
5 23 (30.67%) CCIE
6 21 (28.00%) CCNP
6 21 (28.00%) Network Security
6 21 (28.00%) SD-WAN
7 19 (25.33%) LAN
8 16 (21.33%) Roadmaps
8 16 (21.33%) Security Cleared
9 15 (20.00%) Azure
10 14 (18.67%) AWS
10 14 (18.67%) Presales
11 13 (17.33%) Migration
12 12 (16.00%) GCP
13 11 (14.67%) SC Cleared
13 11 (14.67%) Translating Business Requirements
13 11 (14.67%) Wireless
14 10 (13.33%) Mentoring
14 10 (13.33%) Network Architecture
14 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 9 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
15 9 (12.00%) High Availability
15 9 (12.00%) Network Design
15 9 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
15 9 (12.00%) WLAN
16 8 (10.67%) Agile
16 8 (10.67%) Meraki
17 7 (9.33%) Business Strategy

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 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.00%) Azure
2 14 (18.67%) AWS
3 12 (16.00%) GCP
4 3 (4.00%) OCI
5 1 (1.33%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.33%) Datadog
5 1 (1.33%) Stackdriver
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (41.33%) WAN
2 29 (38.67%) Firewall
3 21 (28.00%) Network Security
3 21 (28.00%) SD-WAN
4 19 (25.33%) LAN
5 11 (14.67%) Wireless
6 9 (12.00%) WLAN
7 6 (8.00%) Cisco Wireless
7 6 (8.00%) VLAN
7 6 (8.00%) VPN
8 5 (6.67%) HTTP
8 5 (6.67%) SNMP
9 4 (5.33%) HTTPS
9 4 (5.33%) MPLS
10 3 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (2.67%) BGP
11 2 (2.67%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (2.67%) DMVPN
11 2 (2.67%) Ethernet
12 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Git
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 14 (18.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.67%) Banking
4 4 (5.33%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) NETCONF
1 4 (5.33%) REST
1 4 (5.33%) RESTCONF
2 2 (2.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 3 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.67%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) PKI
6 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.33%) Roadmaps
2 14 (18.67%) Presales
3 13 (17.33%) Migration
4 11 (14.67%) Translating Business Requirements
5 10 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 10 (13.33%) Network Architecture
5 10 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (12.00%) High Availability
6 9 (12.00%) Network Design
6 9 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (10.67%) Agile
8 7 (9.33%) Business Strategy
8 7 (9.33%) ITIL
8 7 (9.33%) Zero Trust
9 5 (6.67%) AI
9 5 (6.67%) Computer Science
9 5 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (6.67%) Service Delivery
9 5 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (30.67%) CCIE
3 21 (28.00%) CCNP
4 16 (21.33%) Security Cleared
5 11 (14.67%) SC Cleared
6 7 (9.33%) Degree
6 7 (9.33%) DV Cleared
7 5 (6.67%) VCAP
8 4 (5.33%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.33%) JNCIP
8 4 (5.33%) Master's Degree
9 3 (4.00%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.00%) CCIE Security
9 3 (4.00%) CCSA
9 3 (4.00%) CCSE
9 3 (4.00%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.67%) CCDE
11 1 (1.33%) CCNA
11 1 (1.33%) CISM
11 1 (1.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.33%) GDPR
2 1 (1.33%) NIST
2 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (8.00%) Terraform
2 5 (6.67%) Ansible
3 4 (5.33%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.00%) Endace
5 2 (2.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (32.00%) Cisco
2 8 (10.67%) Meraki
3 6 (8.00%) CheckPoint
4 5 (6.67%) Fortinet
4 5 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.33%) F5
5 4 (5.33%) SAP
6 3 (4.00%) Juniper
7 2 (2.67%) Blue Coat
7 2 (2.67%) Google
7 2 (2.67%) VMware
8 1 (1.33%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.33%) Infoblox
8 1 (1.33%) Zscaler