Architect Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Architect
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Architect daily rate in County Antrim 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 23 23 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 -14 +24
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 7 18
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 3.94% 4.90% 11.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.40% 5.30% 12.16%
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
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 £680 £600
% change year-on-year -26.47% +13.33% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 182 132 148
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.31% 96.73%
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
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 10
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £18.20 - £13.59
Median hourly rate £25.77 £24.18 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% +50.56% +10.06%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.89 £16.12
90th Percentile - £70.48 £18.08
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £15.63
% change year-on-year +4.01% +54.70% +7.11%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Architect job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Architect
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Architect job vacancies in County Antrim

Architect
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 9 February 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast -1 8 £500 -26.47% 4
Architect
Northern Ireland

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

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 County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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