Software Architecture Job Trends in County Antrim

Software Architecture
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.15% 2.03% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 2.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £65,000 - £65,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 507 189 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 77.52% 95.94% 87.06%
Number of salaries quoted 268 46 273
10th Percentile - £44,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £50,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £97,500 £87,500
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Larne - 1 £65,000 -
Software Architecture
Northern Ireland

Software Architecture
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware