Architect Job Trends in County Down

Architect
Northern Ireland > County Down

The median Architect salary in County Down is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 23 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 9.06% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.62% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £74,830 £82,801 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.63% +3.50% +10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
County Down

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in County Down. 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 County Down with a recognized job title 239 7 14
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 41.18% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 22 4 6
10th Percentile £39,000 - -
25th Percentile £40,125 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £90,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.11% +118.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,813 - £51,250
90th Percentile £70,000 - £55,625
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +5.00%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

Architect job vacancy trend in County Down

Architect
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the County Down region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Newtownards - 4 - -
Banbridge - 3 - -
Donaghadee - 2 - -
Holywood - 2 - -
Downpatrick - 1 - - 1
Castlewellan - 1 - -
Architect
Northern Ireland

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

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Architect 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 permanent job ads across the County Down region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
2 21 (91.30%) Azure
2 21 (91.30%) Business Case
2 21 (91.30%) Business Strategy
2 21 (91.30%) Cloud Computing
2 21 (91.30%) Containerisation
2 21 (91.30%) GRC
2 21 (91.30%) Information Security
2 21 (91.30%) Infrastructure as Code
2 21 (91.30%) LAN
2 21 (91.30%) Logistics
2 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 21 (91.30%) Network Architecture
2 21 (91.30%) Network Design
2 21 (91.30%) Project Delivery
2 21 (91.30%) Risk Management
2 21 (91.30%) Roadmaps
2 21 (91.30%) WAN
3 12 (52.17%) Architecture Roadmap
3 12 (52.17%) Enterprise Architecture
3 12 (52.17%) IT Strategy
3 12 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (52.17%) Power Platform
3 12 (52.17%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (8.70%) AI
4 2 (8.70%) Analytics
4 2 (8.70%) B2B
4 2 (8.70%) Business Development
4 2 (8.70%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Insight

Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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 21 (91.30%) Azure
1 21 (91.30%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (52.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (91.30%) LAN
1 21 (91.30%) WAN
General
1 23 (100.00%) Finance
2 21 (91.30%) Presentation Skills
2 21 (91.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (52.17%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
2 21 (91.30%) Business Case
2 21 (91.30%) Business Strategy
2 21 (91.30%) Containerisation
2 21 (91.30%) Information Security
2 21 (91.30%) Infrastructure as Code
2 21 (91.30%) Logistics
2 21 (91.30%) Network Architecture
2 21 (91.30%) Network Design
2 21 (91.30%) Project Delivery
2 21 (91.30%) Risk Management
2 21 (91.30%) Roadmaps
3 12 (52.17%) Architecture Roadmap
3 12 (52.17%) Enterprise Architecture
3 12 (52.17%) IT Strategy
3 12 (52.17%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (8.70%) AI
4 2 (8.70%) Business Development
4 2 (8.70%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (91.30%) GRC
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft