Architect Jobs in Belfast

Architect
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Architect salary in Belfast is £86,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +34
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 13 85 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 7.60% 16.57% 17.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.39% 17.31% 18.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 12
10th Percentile £70,103 £71,200 £62,875
25th Percentile £76,077 £74,050 £68,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £97,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +34.48% -6.45%
75th Percentile £95,313 £100,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £104,500 - £79,625
County Antrim median annual salary £86,250 £97,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.48% -6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 155 491 719
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.71% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 38 247 399
10th Percentile £41,750 £30,000 £32,050
25th Percentile £48,125 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £73,819 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £69,200
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Belfast

Architect
Salary Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Architect in Belfast.

Salary trend for Architect in Belfast

Architect
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Belfast over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Belfast

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 across the Belfast region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
4 5 (38.46%) Network Security
4 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
5 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
5 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
5 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (30.77%) QA
6 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
6 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
6 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 3 (23.08%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) Law
6 3 (23.08%) Legal
6 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
6 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (23.08%) CASB
6 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (15.38%) NCSC
7 2 (15.38%) NIST
7 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (15.38%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (15.38%) OCI

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (15.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Boomi
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) OCI
3 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
3 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Law
4 3 (23.08%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
2 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Business Development
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security Management
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) SABSA
4 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Security Management
4 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) NCSC
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
3 2 (15.38%) Hyperion
3 2 (15.38%) JD Edwards
3 2 (15.38%) MuleSoft
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) Zscaler