Network Architect Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Network Architect salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 242 268
Rank change year-on-year +96 +26 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 54 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.21% 0.11% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.12% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 37 1 2
10th Percentile £62,500 - -
25th Percentile - £78,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £82,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +32.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £86,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 - -
England median annual salary £66,250 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.99% +6.15% -21.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,992 6,812 5,981
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.37% 94.09% 89.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 5,151 3,348
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Network Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Architect in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architect in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Architect in the West Midlands

Network Architect
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +86 49 £65,000 -21.21%
Solihull - 4 £75,000 -
Coventry - 1 £75,000 -
Network Architect
England

Network Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Network Architect in the job title.

1 53 (98.15%) Cisco
2 49 (90.74%) Juniper
2 49 (90.74%) Security Cleared
3 47 (87.04%) SC Cleared
4 44 (81.48%) WAN
5 29 (53.70%) Network Management
6 18 (33.33%) MPLS
7 17 (31.48%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (31.48%) LAN
7 17 (31.48%) CCNP
8 16 (29.63%) CCNA
9 15 (27.78%) BGP
9 15 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (25.93%) IPsec
10 14 (25.93%) JNCIS
11 13 (24.07%) Network Design
11 13 (24.07%) Junos
12 12 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (20.37%) SLA
14 9 (16.67%) Finance
14 9 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
15 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
15 5 (9.26%) AWS
16 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
17 3 (5.56%) Meraki
17 3 (5.56%) Network Security
17 3 (5.56%) Firewall
17 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
18 2 (3.70%) Configuration Management
18 2 (3.70%) Internet

Network Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) AWS
2 2 (3.70%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.85%) Cloudflare
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) Serverless
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (81.48%) WAN
2 18 (33.33%) MPLS
3 17 (31.48%) LAN
4 15 (27.78%) BGP
5 14 (25.93%) IPsec
6 13 (24.07%) Junos
7 12 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (5.56%) Firewall
8 3 (5.56%) Network Security
8 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.70%) Internet
9 2 (3.70%) VoIP
9 2 (3.70%) WLAN
10 1 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.85%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.85%) OSPF
10 1 (1.85%) TACACS
10 1 (1.85%) VLAN
10 1 (1.85%) VPN
10 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
General
1 9 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.85%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
1 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (53.70%) Network Management
2 15 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
3 13 (24.07%) Network Design
4 9 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (3.70%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.70%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (3.70%) Observability
5 2 (3.70%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (1.85%) Agile
6 1 (1.85%) B2B
6 1 (1.85%) Business Continuity
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security
6 1 (1.85%) Design Patterns
6 1 (1.85%) ITIL
6 1 (1.85%) Network Architecture
6 1 (1.85%) Roadmaps
6 1 (1.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (1.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (1.85%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (1.85%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (90.74%) Security Cleared
2 47 (87.04%) SC Cleared
3 17 (31.48%) CCNP
3 17 (31.48%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (29.63%) CCNA
5 14 (25.93%) JNCIS
6 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.70%) CCIE
7 2 (3.70%) CITP
7 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.37%) SLA
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Ansible
1 2 (3.70%) Terraform
2 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 53 (98.15%) Cisco
2 49 (90.74%) Juniper
3 3 (5.56%) Meraki
4 1 (1.85%) Aruba
4 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.85%) Mitel
4 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.85%) SevOne
4 1 (1.85%) VMware