Technical Architecture Job Trends in County Down

Technical Architecture
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring Technical Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 23 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 9.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.55% - -
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 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Down

Technical 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 Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 86.85% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 8
10th Percentile £39,000 - £27,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,851 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,426 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +63.80% -21.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - - £54,375
Northern Ireland median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £54,704
% change year-on-year -16.36% +0.54% +9.41%

Technical Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

Technical Architecture job vacancy trend in County Down

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Technical Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing Technical Architecture

Technical Architecture
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 Technical Architecture within the County Down region over the 6 months to 24 July 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 - -
Castlewellan - 1 - -
Technical Architecture
Northern Ireland

Technical Architecture
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
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Architect
2 21 (91.30%) Systems Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Business Case
1 21 (91.30%) Business Strategy
1 21 (91.30%) Containerisation
1 21 (91.30%) Information Security
1 21 (91.30%) Infrastructure as Code
1 21 (91.30%) Logistics
1 21 (91.30%) Network Architecture
1 21 (91.30%) Network Design
1 21 (91.30%) Project Delivery
1 21 (91.30%) Risk Management
1 21 (91.30%) Roadmaps
2 12 (52.17%) Architecture Roadmap
2 12 (52.17%) Enterprise Architecture
2 12 (52.17%) IT Strategy
2 12 (52.17%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (8.70%) B2B
3 2 (8.70%) Customer Insight
3 2 (8.70%) Due Diligence
3 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (8.70%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (91.30%) GRC
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft