Network Architect Jobs

Network Architect
UK

The median Network Architect salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 751 958
Rank change year-on-year +4 +207 -132
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Architect 157 170 306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 115 110 189
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,703 £62,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -15.15% +13.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -11.56% +5.00%

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £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 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +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 12 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 12 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 +58 149 £70,000 +7.69% 25
UK excluding London -10 126 £70,000 +7.69% 18
Work from Home +6 71 £85,000 +6.25% 7
South East -5 61 £70,000 +7.69% 6
North of England +48 47 £85,000 +21.43% 7
North West -10 23 £65,000 -7.14% 3
London +90 21 £72,500 +3.57% 8
Yorkshire - 17 £85,000 - 3
South West -48 8 £52,000 -13.33% 1
West Midlands -10 7 - - 4
Midlands -41 7 - - 4
North East - 7 £85,000 - 1
East of England -9 3 £72,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 56 (35.67%) Security Cleared
2 51 (32.48%) Cisco
3 47 (29.94%) SC Cleared
4 44 (28.03%) Network Security
4 44 (28.03%) Juniper
4 44 (28.03%) WAN
5 38 (24.20%) Network Design
6 36 (22.93%) LAN
7 31 (19.75%) Data Centre
8 28 (17.83%) Presales
9 27 (17.20%) Network Management
10 26 (16.56%) Network Architecture
10 26 (16.56%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (14.01%) MPLS
12 20 (12.74%) CCNP
12 20 (12.74%) SIEM
12 20 (12.74%) Technical Leadership
13 19 (12.10%) Roadmaps
13 19 (12.10%) Technology Roadmap
13 19 (12.10%) AWS
14 18 (11.46%) Mentoring
15 17 (10.83%) BGP
15 17 (10.83%) Firewall
16 16 (10.19%) Finance
16 16 (10.19%) SD-WAN
17 15 (9.55%) Wireless
18 13 (8.28%) OSPF
18 13 (8.28%) Social Skills
18 13 (8.28%) Business Strategy
19 12 (7.64%) Analytical Skills

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 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Simulink
2 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.10%) AWS
2 11 (7.01%) Azure
3 8 (5.10%) GCP
3 8 (5.10%) OCI
4 2 (1.27%) IaaS
4 2 (1.27%) PaaS
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.64%) SaaS
5 1 (0.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (28.03%) Network Security
1 44 (28.03%) WAN
2 36 (22.93%) LAN
3 22 (14.01%) MPLS
4 17 (10.83%) BGP
4 17 (10.83%) Firewall
5 16 (10.19%) SD-WAN
6 15 (9.55%) Wireless
7 13 (8.28%) OSPF
8 11 (7.01%) Multicast
9 10 (6.37%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (5.10%) Ethernet
10 8 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (4.46%) SSL
11 7 (4.46%) TCP/IP
11 7 (4.46%) Unified Communications
11 7 (4.46%) VPN
12 6 (3.82%) SAN
12 6 (3.82%) WLAN
13 4 (2.55%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (2.55%) JIRA
1 4 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (10.19%) Finance
2 13 (8.28%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.46%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.46%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.55%) Retail
6 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.64%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) Akka
2 2 (1.27%) Web Services
3 1 (0.64%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.75%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.73%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.46%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.46%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.18%) IoT
5 4 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.64%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.64%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.64%) PropTech
6 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.18%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (24.20%) Network Design
2 28 (17.83%) Presales
3 27 (17.20%) Network Management
4 26 (16.56%) Network Architecture
5 20 (12.74%) SIEM
5 20 (12.74%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (12.10%) Roadmaps
6 19 (12.10%) Technology Roadmap
7 18 (11.46%) Mentoring
8 13 (8.28%) Business Strategy
9 12 (7.64%) Agile
9 12 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (7.01%) Network Monitoring
10 11 (7.01%) Requirements Management
10 11 (7.01%) Technology Strategy
11 9 (5.73%) IT Strategy
12 8 (5.10%) Architectural Patterns
12 8 (5.10%) Coaching
12 8 (5.10%) Design Patterns
12 8 (5.10%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.91%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (35.67%) Security Cleared
2 47 (29.94%) SC Cleared
3 26 (16.56%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (12.74%) CCNP
5 10 (6.37%) Degree
6 8 (5.10%) CCIE
7 6 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.55%) CCNA
8 4 (2.55%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (2.55%) HNC
8 4 (2.55%) HND
9 3 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.91%) CCSE
9 3 (1.91%) CISSP
9 3 (1.91%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.27%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.27%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 7 (4.46%) Terraform
2 6 (3.82%) Endace
3 4 (2.55%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.64%) Ansible
4 1 (0.64%) CASB
4 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (32.48%) Cisco
2 44 (28.03%) Juniper
3 11 (7.01%) F5
4 8 (5.10%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.55%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.55%) Thales
6 3 (1.91%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.91%) Riverbed
7 2 (1.27%) Arista
7 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.64%) Aruba
8 1 (0.64%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.64%) HP
8 1 (0.64%) Meraki
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.64%) Tufin
8 1 (0.64%) VMware
8 1 (0.64%) Zscaler