Solutions Architect Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Solution Architect
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Solution Architect salary in Northern Ireland is £47,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 48 34
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 9 5 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 2.09% 1.01% 4.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 1.03% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £41,129 - £66,750
25th Percentile £41,380 £80,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.12% +13.79% -30.95%
75th Percentile £53,000 £87,500 £84,375
90th Percentile - £92,000 £89,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 369 484 328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.61% 97.98% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 165 247 251
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,800 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +17.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74,258 £75,000 £66,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary distribution trend for Solutions Architect job vacancies in Northern Ireland

Solutions 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 Solutions Architect within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 7 November 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 +7 3 £52,000 -36.97% 2
Newry - 1 - -
County Down - 1 - -
Solutions Architect
UK

Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 6 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) BCP
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Fault Analysis
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
3 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
3 5 (55.56%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (44.44%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) AI
6 2 (22.22%) B2B
6 2 (22.22%) Business Development
6 2 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Insight
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
6 2 (22.22%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Project Management
6 2 (22.22%) Python
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture

Solutions 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 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Entra ID
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) IaaS
4 1 (11.11%) PaaS
4 1 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 5 (55.56%) BCP
2 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
2 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity Planning
2 5 (55.56%) Fault Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 5 (55.56%) Problem Management
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) AI
5 2 (22.22%) Business Development
5 2 (22.22%) Customer Insight
5 2 (22.22%) Due Diligence
5 2 (22.22%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks