Architect Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Architect
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Architect daily rate in Belfast is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 23 10
Rank change year-on-year -1 -13 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 4.02% 4.96% 12.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.47% 5.38% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £665 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £680 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £695 £650
90th Percentile £580 - £675
County Antrim median daily rate £500 £680 £600
% change year-on-year -26.47% +13.33% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 179 130 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.95% 92.20% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 68 91
10th Percentile £325 £143 £173
25th Percentile £400 £206 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% -
75th Percentile £570 £538 £581
90th Percentile £638 £588 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 9
10th Percentile £14.14 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £23.00 - £12.99
Median hourly rate £28.22 £24.18 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.71% +51.13% +9.65%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.89 £16.12
90th Percentile - £70.48 £16.50
County Antrim median hourly rate £25.77 £24.18 £16.06
% change year-on-year +6.58% +50.56% +10.06%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Architect job vacancy trend in Belfast

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Belfast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in Belfast

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 9 February 2026, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) SABSA
2 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
3 1 (12.50%) Intacct
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Sage
3 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) SABSA
2 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Sage
1 1 (12.50%) VMware