Data Architect Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Data Architect
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Data Architect salary in Northern Ireland is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 33 56
Rank change year-on-year -84 +23 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Architect 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.15% 0.33% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.38% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,287 261 530
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 86.71% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 308 117 325
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £78,246 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Data Architect job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Data Architect
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Northern Ireland.

Salary distribution trend for Data Architect job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Data 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 Data Architect within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 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
County Antrim -49 2 £100,000 - 1
Data Architect
UK

Data Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 22 August 2026, Data 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Workday
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Change Data Capture
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scala
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership

Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Data Capture
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Scala
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Workday
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks