Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £69,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 776 793 936
Rank change year-on-year +17 +143 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 127 191 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 90 116 187
10th Percentile £51,550 £62,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,375 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.15% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the UK

Network Architect
Top 13 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 1 May 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 +78 118 £69,000 +6.15% 26
UK excluding London +18 97 £69,000 +6.15% 19
South East +30 64 £70,000 +7.69% 10
Work from Home +11 36 £67,500 -15.63% 7
London +109 20 £75,000 - 7
North of England +48 17 £60,000 -14.29% 3
North West +13 14 £60,000 -14.29% 2
South West -23 9 £52,000 -22.96% 3
West Midlands +29 8 £82,500 +32.00%
Midlands +7 8 £82,500 +24.53% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £82,500 -
East of England +11 1 £58,000 - 1
North East - 1 £82,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 63 (49.61%) Security Cleared
2 53 (41.73%) SC Cleared
3 49 (38.58%) Cisco
4 44 (34.65%) Juniper
5 39 (30.71%) Network Design
6 38 (29.92%) Network Security
6 38 (29.92%) WAN
7 33 (25.98%) Data Centre
8 32 (25.20%) Network Management
9 29 (22.83%) LAN
10 23 (18.11%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (18.11%) SIEM
10 23 (18.11%) Presales
11 21 (16.54%) MPLS
12 20 (15.75%) Technical Leadership
13 19 (14.96%) Network Architecture
14 18 (14.17%) BGP
15 17 (13.39%) CCNP
15 17 (13.39%) SD-WAN
16 14 (11.02%) Social Skills
16 14 (11.02%) OSPF
16 14 (11.02%) Firewall
17 13 (10.24%) Business Strategy
18 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
18 12 (9.45%) F5
19 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
19 11 (8.66%) Multicast
19 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
19 11 (8.66%) Cisco Firepower

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 3 (2.36%) Simulink
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.87%) AWS
2 2 (1.57%) Azure
3 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (0.79%) GCP
3 1 (0.79%) IaaS
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.79%) PaaS
3 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (29.92%) Network Security
1 38 (29.92%) WAN
2 29 (22.83%) LAN
3 21 (16.54%) MPLS
4 18 (14.17%) BGP
5 17 (13.39%) SD-WAN
6 14 (11.02%) Firewall
6 14 (11.02%) OSPF
7 11 (8.66%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (8.66%) Multicast
8 8 (6.30%) Unified Communications
8 8 (6.30%) Wireless
9 7 (5.51%) SAN
9 7 (5.51%) TCP/IP
9 7 (5.51%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (4.72%) SSL
10 6 (4.72%) VPN
10 6 (4.72%) WLAN
11 4 (3.15%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (2.36%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) JIRA
1 4 (3.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (11.02%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.30%) Finance
4 7 (5.51%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.15%) Retail
6 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.57%) Law
7 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) Akka
2 2 (1.57%) Web Services
3 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (25.98%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.30%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.51%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.15%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) PropTech
5 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.71%) Network Design
2 32 (25.20%) Network Management
3 23 (18.11%) Presales
3 23 (18.11%) SIEM
4 20 (15.75%) Technical Leadership
5 19 (14.96%) Network Architecture
6 13 (10.24%) Business Strategy
7 12 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
8 11 (8.66%) Network Monitoring
8 11 (8.66%) Roadmaps
8 11 (8.66%) Technology Roadmap
8 11 (8.66%) Technology Strategy
9 10 (7.87%) Agile
9 10 (7.87%) Requirements Management
10 7 (5.51%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (5.51%) High Availability
10 7 (5.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (5.51%) Migration
10 7 (5.51%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.36%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.57%) Python
3 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (49.61%) Security Cleared
2 53 (41.73%) SC Cleared
3 23 (18.11%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (13.39%) CCNP
5 10 (7.87%) Degree
6 7 (5.51%) CCIE
6 7 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.15%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (3.15%) HNC
8 4 (3.15%) HND
9 3 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.36%) CCNA
9 3 (2.36%) CISSP
10 2 (1.57%) CCDA
10 2 (1.57%) CCDP
10 2 (1.57%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.57%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.57%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.79%) NCSC
1 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.30%) Terraform
2 6 (4.72%) Endace
3 4 (3.15%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.57%) Ansible
5 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (38.58%) Cisco
2 44 (34.65%) Juniper
3 12 (9.45%) F5
4 7 (5.51%) Fortinet
5 6 (4.72%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.15%) Thales
7 3 (2.36%) Riverbed
7 3 (2.36%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.57%) Arista
8 2 (1.57%) VMware
9 1 (0.79%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.79%) CA
9 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.79%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.79%) Google
9 1 (0.79%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.79%) Tufin