Network Infrastructure Architect Jobs

Network Infrastructure Architect
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 900 944
Rank change year-on-year +189 +44 +270
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Architect 1 7 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.007% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £61,100
25th Percentile £92,500 - £61,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £66,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.11%
75th Percentile £97,500 - £96,125
90th Percentile - - £110,450
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

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 50,981 94,642 91,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.70% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,187 67,606 57,639
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%

Network Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Architect in the UK

Network Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Infrastructure Architect in the UK

Network Infrastructure Architect
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +146 1 £95,000 -
London +114 1 £95,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native

Network Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS