Architect Jobs in Northern Ireland

Architect
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Architect salary in Northern Ireland is £86,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 12 122 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.67% 16.25% 16.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.38% 16.99% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 13
10th Percentile £70,103 £62,500 £63,250
25th Percentile £76,077 £71,138 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +17.24% -6.45%
75th Percentile £95,313 £100,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £104,500 - -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% -5.88% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 223 718 794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.77% 95.61% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 57 354 449
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,500 £87,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Architect in Northern Ireland

Architect
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Architect in Northern Ireland

Architect
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Architect in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Architect in Northern Ireland

Architect
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
County Antrim -13 12 £86,250 -4.17% 20
Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 5 (41.67%) Network Security
3 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 4 (33.33%) QA
4 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Salesforce
5 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (25.00%) Law
5 3 (25.00%) Legal
5 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (25.00%) CASB
6 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (16.67%) NCSC
6 2 (16.67%) NIST
6 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Information Assurance
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) Boomi
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (8.33%) OCI
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (25.00%) Law
3 3 (25.00%) Legal
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (16.67%) Business Development
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Information Assurance
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security Management
4 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Presales
4 2 (16.67%) SABSA
4 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Security Management
4 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (16.67%) NCSC
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) Hyperion
4 1 (8.33%) JD Edwards
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (8.33%) Zscaler