Network Architecture
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Architecture over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 617 852
Rank change year-on-year +230 +235 -72
Permanent jobs citing Network Architecture 664 399 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.40% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.41% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 197 168 239
10th Percentile £37,800 £40,500 £48,730
25th Percentile £46,199 £45,938 £57,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% -2.14% +21.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £99,300 £108,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £59,313
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.37% +3.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Network Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Architecture over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Architecture in the UK

Network Architecture
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London +145 518 £57,500 -8.00% 50
England +155 452 £57,500 -14.81% 53
North of England +114 166 £50,000 +17.65% 10
North West +62 100 £51,250 +13.89% 6
Midlands -23 80 £57,500 -8.00% 9
London +126 79 £75,000 -6.25% 11
Work from Home +16 75 £50,000 -25.93% 72
Scotland -6 74 £65,000 +7.45% 9
South West +21 60 £59,000 -9.23% 10
South East +34 56 £65,000 +4.00% 7
East Midlands -22 52 £57,500 -17.86% 3
Wales +35 41 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire +94 39 £42,500 -16.64% 2
Northern Ireland +61 36 - - 1
West Midlands 0 28 £44,500 -28.80% 6
North East +10 27 £42,500 - 2
East of England -1 5 £51,333 -26.67% 2

Network Architecture
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 28 (4.22%) IIS
2 24 (3.61%) Apache
2 24 (3.61%) Tomcat
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (3.61%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (9.64%) Azure
2 49 (7.38%) AWS
3 17 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (1.20%) GCP
5 6 (0.90%) OCI
6 4 (0.60%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.45%) IaaS
7 3 (0.45%) PaaS
7 3 (0.45%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.45%) SaaS
8 2 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.30%) Google Ads
8 2 (0.30%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.30%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.15%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.15%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 404 (60.84%) VSAT
2 69 (10.39%) Firewall
3 64 (9.64%) Network Security
4 60 (9.04%) LAN
5 37 (5.57%) WAN
6 36 (5.42%) DNS
7 31 (4.67%) OSPF
8 29 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (4.07%) Wireless
10 24 (3.61%) VLAN
10 24 (3.61%) VPN
11 23 (3.46%) BGP
12 21 (3.16%) Internet
13 20 (3.01%) MPLS
13 20 (3.01%) WLAN
14 19 (2.86%) Software-Defined Networking
15 18 (2.71%) DHCP
16 17 (2.56%) TCP/IP
17 14 (2.11%) SD-WAN
17 14 (2.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.07%) Oracle Database
2 8 (1.20%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.75%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.45%) Power BI
5 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.30%) MySQL
5 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (1.05%) JIRA
2 4 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 95 (14.31%) Social Skills
2 53 (7.98%) Public Sector
3 46 (6.93%) Finance
4 37 (5.57%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (3.61%) Local Government
5 24 (3.61%) Police
6 21 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (3.01%) Telecoms
8 11 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.36%) Retail
10 8 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.05%) Law
12 6 (0.90%) Automotive
12 6 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.60%) Legal
14 4 (0.60%) Marketing
15 2 (0.30%) Advertising
15 2 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 462 (69.58%) Architect
2 404 (60.84%) Software Architect
3 58 (8.73%) Network Engineer
4 46 (6.93%) Senior
5 25 (3.77%) Security Architect
6 24 (3.61%) Applications Support
7 23 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (3.31%) Lead
9 21 (3.16%) Senior Network Engineer
10 20 (3.01%) Consultant
10 20 (3.01%) Network Architect
11 17 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 15 (2.26%) Team Leader
13 12 (1.81%) Analyst
13 12 (1.81%) Security Technical Architect
13 12 (1.81%) Technical Architect
14 11 (1.66%) Infrastructure Team Leader
14 11 (1.66%) Network Team Leader
15 10 (1.51%) Network Specialist
15 10 (1.51%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.92%) Web Services
2 4 (0.60%) Akka
2 4 (0.60%) OpenDaylight
3 3 (0.45%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.30%) CSS
4 2 (0.30%) HTML
4 2 (0.30%) Middleware
5 1 (0.15%) .NET
5 1 (0.15%) Anaconda
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.05%) Data Centre
2 33 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 18 (2.71%) Cyberattack
5 15 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (2.11%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.81%) iPhone
8 10 (1.51%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.20%) CCTV
10 7 (1.05%) FMCG
10 7 (1.05%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.90%) IoT
12 5 (0.75%) CMDB
12 5 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.60%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.60%) SCADA
13 4 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (7.83%) Windows
2 47 (7.08%) Linux
3 24 (3.61%) Solaris
3 24 (3.61%) Unix
4 10 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.30%) Debian
6 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (62.35%) Network Management
2 413 (62.20%) Validation
3 408 (61.45%) Requirements Management
4 404 (60.84%) Model Validation
4 404 (60.84%) Technical Architecture
5 403 (60.69%) TOGAF
6 368 (55.42%) Actionable Insight
7 70 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (7.23%) Roadmaps
10 41 (6.17%) Mentoring
11 34 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (4.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (4.82%) Information Security
13 31 (4.67%) Server Management
14 30 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (4.37%) Coaching
15 29 (4.37%) Project Management
16 27 (4.07%) Security Architecture
17 25 (3.77%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 24 (3.61%) Shell Script
2 9 (1.36%) SQL
3 8 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 6 (0.90%) Python
5 3 (0.45%) C#
5 3 (0.45%) Java
5 3 (0.45%) VB
6 2 (0.30%) Go
7 1 (0.15%) Bash
7 1 (0.15%) C
7 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.15%) R
7 1 (0.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 84 (12.65%) Degree
2 70 (10.54%) Cisco Certification
3 65 (9.79%) Security Cleared
4 44 (6.63%) CCNP
5 31 (4.67%) CISSP
6 25 (3.77%) CISM
6 25 (3.77%) SC Cleared
7 23 (3.46%) CCIE
8 22 (3.31%) AWS Certification
8 22 (3.31%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (3.01%) CCNA
10 12 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.81%) OSCP
11 11 (1.66%) CCDP
11 11 (1.66%) CCSP
12 10 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.51%) DV Cleared
13 8 (1.20%) Master's Degree
14 7 (1.05%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.71%) SLA
4 16 (2.41%) NIST
5 13 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (1.05%) NCSC
8 6 (0.90%) GDPR
8 6 (0.90%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.75%) IASME
9 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.75%) QA
10 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.45%) IEC 61131
12 1 (0.15%) GRC
12 1 (0.15%) GxP
12 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.15%) PMO
12 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (5.27%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.96%) Firmware
3 12 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.51%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.15%) Docker
7 1 (0.15%) LXC
Systems Management
1 10 (1.51%) Ansible
2 9 (1.36%) Terraform
3 7 (1.05%) Icinga
3 7 (1.05%) Nagios
4 4 (0.60%) Cacti
4 4 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (0.45%) Puppet
6 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 88 (13.25%) Cisco
2 71 (10.69%) Microsoft
3 35 (5.27%) Oracle
4 32 (4.82%) Juniper
5 29 (4.37%) VMware
6 25 (3.77%) Palo Alto
7 24 (3.61%) NEC
8 14 (2.11%) Aruba
9 12 (1.81%) SolarWinds
10 11 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.51%) Google
12 7 (1.05%) Ekahau
12 7 (1.05%) F5
12 7 (1.05%) MikroTik
12 7 (1.05%) TP-LINK
12 7 (1.05%) Veeam
12 7 (1.05%) ZyXEL
13 6 (0.90%) Sandvine
14 4 (0.60%) Thales
14 4 (0.60%) Ubiquiti