Test Architect Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Test Architect
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Test Architect daily rate in Belfast is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Architect 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.52% - 4.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £500
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - £515
County Antrim median daily rate £475 - £500

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 175 115 132
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 89.15% 96.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 68 87
10th Percentile £366 £148 £173
25th Percentile £400 £219 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £488
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -33.33% +14.71%
75th Percentile £566 £514 £594
90th Percentile £638 £579 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £325 £488
% change year-on-year +46.15% -33.33% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 7
10th Percentile £13.71 £22.50 £12.69
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.18 £14.19
Median hourly rate £40.75 £29.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.52% +81.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.31 £16.12
90th Percentile - £75.27 -
County Antrim median hourly rate £28.22 £29.00 £16.12
% change year-on-year -2.69% +79.90% +7.47%

Test Architect Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 4 March 2026, Test 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 Test Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (100.00%) Infor LN
1 1 (100.00%) Infor M3
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Test 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (100.00%) Infor LN
1 1 (100.00%) Infor M3
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
Test Architect jobs