Network Architect Jobs

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 771 958
Rank change year-on-year +14 +187 -156
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 145 177 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 108 113 193
10th Percentile £55,500 £61,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £64,750 £65,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.15% +13.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -9.72% +2.86%

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 99,991 86,342 163,165
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 91.28% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 71,015 55,927 85,433
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +76 137 £70,000 +7.69% 35
UK excluding London +6 115 £70,000 +7.69% 28
South East +37 64 £70,000 +7.69% 7
Work from Home -5 56 £79,932 -0.09% 18
North of England +49 33 £82,466 +17.81% 15
London +94 20 £75,000 +7.14% 8
North West -3 19 £62,500 -10.71% 7
Yorkshire - 11 £85,000 - 5
South West -32 9 £52,000 -20.00% 2
West Midlands -4 7 - - 1
Midlands -22 7 - - 2
North East - 3 £85,000 - 3
East of England -8 2 £65,250 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 60 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 51 (35.17%) SC Cleared
3 49 (33.79%) Cisco
4 44 (30.34%) Juniper
5 41 (28.28%) Network Security
6 39 (26.90%) Network Design
7 38 (26.21%) WAN
8 31 (21.38%) Network Management
8 31 (21.38%) Data Centre
9 30 (20.69%) LAN
10 27 (18.62%) Presales
11 24 (16.55%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (15.86%) SIEM
13 22 (15.17%) MPLS
14 21 (14.48%) Network Architecture
15 20 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
16 18 (12.41%) CCNP
17 17 (11.72%) BGP
18 16 (11.03%) SD-WAN
19 15 (10.34%) Firewall
20 13 (8.97%) OSPF
20 13 (8.97%) AWS
20 13 (8.97%) Social Skills
20 13 (8.97%) Business Strategy
20 13 (8.97%) Roadmaps
20 13 (8.97%) Technology Roadmap
21 12 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
21 12 (8.28%) Mentoring
21 12 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
21 12 (8.28%) Agile

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 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Simulink
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.97%) AWS
2 5 (3.45%) Azure
3 2 (1.38%) GCP
3 2 (1.38%) IaaS
3 2 (1.38%) OCI
3 2 (1.38%) PaaS
4 1 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.69%) Amazon Kinesis
4 1 (0.69%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.69%) SaaS
4 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (28.28%) Network Security
2 38 (26.21%) WAN
3 30 (20.69%) LAN
4 22 (15.17%) MPLS
5 17 (11.72%) BGP
6 16 (11.03%) SD-WAN
7 15 (10.34%) Firewall
8 13 (8.97%) OSPF
9 11 (7.59%) Multicast
10 10 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (6.21%) Wireless
12 8 (5.52%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (4.83%) SSL
13 7 (4.83%) TCP/IP
13 7 (4.83%) Unified Communications
13 7 (4.83%) VPN
14 6 (4.14%) SAN
14 6 (4.14%) WLAN
15 4 (2.76%) Software-Defined Networking
16 3 (2.07%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.76%) JIRA
1 4 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (8.97%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.90%) Finance
4 8 (5.52%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.76%) Retail
7 2 (1.38%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.38%) Law
8 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) Akka
2 2 (1.38%) Web Services
3 1 (0.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 31 (21.38%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (4.83%) Public Cloud
2 7 (4.83%) Virtual Team
3 4 (2.76%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.07%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.38%) IoT
6 1 (0.69%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.69%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) PropTech
6 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.90%) Network Design
2 31 (21.38%) Network Management
3 27 (18.62%) Presales
4 23 (15.86%) SIEM
5 21 (14.48%) Network Architecture
6 20 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (8.97%) Business Strategy
7 13 (8.97%) Roadmaps
7 13 (8.97%) Technology Roadmap
8 12 (8.28%) Agile
8 12 (8.28%) Mentoring
8 12 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (7.59%) Network Monitoring
9 11 (7.59%) Requirements Management
9 11 (7.59%) Technology Strategy
10 8 (5.52%) High Availability
11 7 (4.83%) Customer Requirements
11 7 (4.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 6 (4.14%) Cloud Security
12 6 (4.14%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.07%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 60 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 51 (35.17%) SC Cleared
3 24 (16.55%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (12.41%) CCNP
5 10 (6.90%) Degree
6 8 (5.52%) CCIE
7 6 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.76%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (2.76%) HNC
9 4 (2.76%) HND
10 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.07%) CCNA
10 3 (2.07%) CISSP
10 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.38%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.38%) CCDA
11 2 (1.38%) CCDP
11 2 (1.38%) CCIE Data Center
Systems Management
1 7 (4.83%) Terraform
2 6 (4.14%) Endace
3 4 (2.76%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.69%) Ansible
4 1 (0.69%) CASB
4 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (33.79%) Cisco
2 44 (30.34%) Juniper
3 11 (7.59%) F5
4 8 (5.52%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.76%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.76%) Thales
6 3 (2.07%) Riverbed
7 2 (1.38%) Arista
7 2 (1.38%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.69%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.69%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.69%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.69%) Tufin
8 1 (0.69%) VMware
8 1 (0.69%) Zscaler