Network Architect Jobs

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £67,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 764 794
Rank change year-on-year +218 +30 +163
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 157 143 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 126 107 110
10th Percentile £56,250 £54,100 £61,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £64,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -15.15%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £84,375
90th Percentile £88,750 £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £69,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.47% +6.92% -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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

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 31 May 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 31 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
England +179 142 £66,500 -5.00% 63
UK excluding London +187 117 £65,000 -6.47% 55
Midlands +109 51 £65,000 - 14
West Midlands +100 51 £65,000 - 11
South East +52 39 £65,000 -7.14% 14
Work from Home +82 15 £71,250 -9.48% 31
London +98 13 £90,000 +20.00% 10
North of England +21 13 £62,500 -21.81% 7
North West -6 10 £62,500 +2.04% 1
East of England +55 7 £57,500 -11.88% 1
North East +51 3 £60,000 -27.24% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £110,000 - 2
Scotland - 3 - -
Yorkshire +48 2 - - 4
South West +104 1 - - 16

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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.

1 121 (77.07%) Security Cleared
2 118 (75.16%) SC Cleared
3 108 (68.79%) Cisco
4 103 (65.61%) WAN
5 73 (46.50%) Juniper
6 62 (39.49%) LAN
7 43 (27.39%) Network Management
8 42 (26.75%) Firewall
8 42 (26.75%) Azure
9 39 (24.84%) Cisco Certification
9 39 (24.84%) CCNP
10 36 (22.93%) Cisco ISE
10 36 (22.93%) SD-WAN
11 35 (22.29%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (22.29%) F5
11 35 (22.29%) Public Cloud
11 35 (22.29%) Data Centre
11 35 (22.29%) VMware
12 34 (21.66%) MPLS
12 34 (21.66%) Ethernet
12 34 (21.66%) GCP
13 32 (20.38%) FortiGate
13 32 (20.38%) Terraform
14 30 (19.11%) CCNA
15 29 (18.47%) CheckPoint
15 29 (18.47%) Python
16 27 (17.20%) BGP
16 27 (17.20%) JSON
16 27 (17.20%) Blue Coat
16 27 (17.20%) Google

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 4 (2.55%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.64%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 42 (26.75%) Azure
2 34 (21.66%) GCP
3 11 (7.01%) AWS
4 4 (2.55%) OpenShift
5 3 (1.91%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.27%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.27%) SaaS
7 1 (0.64%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.64%) Serverless
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 103 (65.61%) WAN
2 62 (39.49%) LAN
3 42 (26.75%) Firewall
4 36 (22.93%) Cisco ISE
4 36 (22.93%) SD-WAN
5 34 (21.66%) Ethernet
5 34 (21.66%) MPLS
6 27 (17.20%) BGP
7 25 (15.92%) Junos
8 22 (14.01%) IPsec
9 20 (12.74%) Network Security
10 18 (11.46%) Cisco IOS
11 13 (8.28%) SDH
12 12 (7.64%) ATM
12 12 (7.64%) Frame Relay
12 12 (7.64%) VPN
12 12 (7.64%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (5.73%) VoIP
14 6 (3.82%) DNS
14 6 (3.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) GitLab
General
1 26 (16.56%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.10%) Finance
3 14 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.55%) Advertising
5 2 (1.27%) Law
6 1 (0.64%) Automotive
6 1 (0.64%) Banking
6 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (17.20%) JSON
2 2 (1.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.29%) Data Centre
1 35 (22.29%) Public Cloud
2 4 (2.55%) Cloud Native
2 4 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (2.55%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (1.27%) PKI
3 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.27%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.64%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.46%) Linux
1 7 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.39%) Network Management
2 35 (22.29%) Technical Leadership
3 27 (17.20%) Due Diligence
4 24 (15.29%) Network Design
5 23 (14.65%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (8.92%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (5.73%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (5.73%) Requirements Management
7 9 (5.73%) Roadmaps
7 9 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (5.10%) Configuration Management
9 7 (4.46%) DevOps
9 7 (4.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (4.46%) Performance Monitoring
9 7 (4.46%) Presales
9 7 (4.46%) Thought Leadership
10 6 (3.82%) Network Architecture
10 6 (3.82%) Observability
10 6 (3.82%) Product Roadmap
10 6 (3.82%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.47%) Python
2 2 (1.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.64%) Bash
3 1 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 121 (77.07%) Security Cleared
2 118 (75.16%) SC Cleared
3 39 (24.84%) CCNP
3 39 (24.84%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (19.11%) CCNA
5 22 (14.01%) JNCIS
6 11 (7.01%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.55%) Degree
7 4 (2.55%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.91%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.91%) CCIE
9 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.64%) CCSA
9 1 (0.64%) CISSP
9 1 (0.64%) JNCIE
9 1 (0.64%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.19%) SLA
2 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.27%) NIST
3 1 (0.64%) COBIT
3 1 (0.64%) GDPR
3 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (17.20%) VMware NSX
2 7 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (20.38%) FortiGate
1 32 (20.38%) Terraform
2 27 (17.20%) Ansible
3 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.91%) CASB
Vendors
1 108 (68.79%) Cisco
2 73 (46.50%) Juniper
3 35 (22.29%) F5
3 35 (22.29%) VMware
4 29 (18.47%) CheckPoint
5 27 (17.20%) Blue Coat
5 27 (17.20%) Google
6 11 (7.01%) Fortinet
7 7 (4.46%) Red Hat
7 7 (4.46%) SevOne
8 6 (3.82%) Aruba
9 5 (3.18%) Microsoft
10 4 (2.55%) Meraki
10 4 (2.55%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.91%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.27%) Riverbed
13 1 (0.64%) Avaya
13 1 (0.64%) Extreme Networks
13 1 (0.64%) Mitel