Senior Architect Jobs in Northern Ireland

Senior Architect
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior Architect salary in Northern Ireland is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Architect 3 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.13% - 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% - 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £73,500 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £85,000 - -
90th Percentile £86,500 - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £74,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -12.94% -2.86%

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 239 673 824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 95.73% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61 322 449
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,333 £87,500 £67,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Senior Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Architect in Northern Ireland

Senior Architect
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Senior Architect in Northern Ireland

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 18 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 - 3 £80,000 - 6
Senior Architect
UK

Senior Architect Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce