Platform Engineer
UK
The median Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 473 | 517 | 677 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +44 | +160 | -266 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer | 485 | 544 | 678 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.49% | 0.55% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.51% | 0.60% | 0.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 268 | 378 | 459 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £43,750 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £54,625 | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,750 | £87,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £113,250 | £102,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £65,175 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.10% | +18.50% | +15.79% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 94,593 | 90,744 | 154,424 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.69% | 91.51% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,603 | 57,335 | 84,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,521 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Platform Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer.
Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Platform Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 |
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| England | +20 | 411 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 120 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 290 | £62,500 | -4.10% | 72 |
| London | +89 | 172 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 69 |
| Work from Home | -26 | 141 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 65 |
| North of England | +31 | 114 | £60,000 | -13.60% | 27 |
| North West | -20 | 57 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +78 | 47 | £60,000 | -13.60% | 9 |
| Scotland | -23 | 47 | £62,500 | -10.00% | |
| Midlands | -3 | 38 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 2 |
| South West | -29 | 38 | £67,500 | -2.80% | 7 |
| South East | -13 | 30 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 27 |
| West Midlands | +2 | 20 | £70,000 | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 18 | £60,000 | -18.64% | |
| East of England | +4 | 13 | £80,000 | +72.04% | 6 |
| North East | +4 | 12 | £80,000 | +14.29% | |
| Wales | +13 | 10 | £53,750 | +34.38% | 2 |
Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Platform Engineer 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 featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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