Platform Architect
UK

The median Platform Architect salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 933 1136
Rank change year-on-year +190 +203 -265
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 141 42 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.042% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.046% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 131 14 32
10th Percentile £57,500 - £71,275
25th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £91,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -12.33% +14.06%
75th Percentile £92,500 £93,438 £112,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,500 £124,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - +14.29%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £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 Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +162 119 £85,000 +6.25% 27
UK excluding London +85 96 £90,000 +12.50% 16
Work from Home +160 81 £82,500 +3.13% 15
West Midlands +49 39 £62,500 -21.88% 2
Midlands +29 39 £62,500 -21.88% 2
London +105 35 £62,500 -21.88% 12
North of England - 25 £100,000 -
Yorkshire - 15 £100,000 -
Wales - 13 £67,500 -
South East - 11 £90,000 - 10
North West - 10 £92,500 -
South West - 7 £90,000 -
East of England - 1 £90,000 - 5

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Platform 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 featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 103 (73.05%) Power Platform
2 81 (57.45%) Microsoft
3 67 (47.52%) Dynamics 365
4 55 (39.01%) Azure
5 49 (34.75%) Artificial Intelligence
5 49 (34.75%) PowerApps
6 48 (34.04%) Power Automate
7 47 (33.33%) Machine Learning
8 43 (30.50%) Power BI
9 42 (29.79%) Business Intelligence
10 40 (28.37%) Data Modelling
10 40 (28.37%) Performance Optimisation
11 33 (23.40%) C#
12 30 (21.28%) Social Skills
13 29 (20.57%) Degree
14 28 (19.86%) Security Cleared
15 27 (19.15%) SC Cleared
16 25 (17.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (17.02%) Public Sector
17 24 (17.02%) Translating Business Requirements
18 23 (16.31%) ERP
19 22 (15.60%) Analytics
20 21 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
20 21 (14.89%) Technical Leadership
20 21 (14.89%) Workflow
20 21 (14.89%) Computer Science
21 20 (14.18%) Microsoft Certification
21 20 (14.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
21 20 (14.18%) Actionable Insight
21 20 (14.18%) Cybersecurity

Platform Architect 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.71%) CMS
Business Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 103 (73.05%) Power Platform
2 67 (47.52%) Dynamics 365
3 55 (39.01%) Azure
4 49 (34.75%) PowerApps
5 48 (34.04%) Power Automate
6 15 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.55%) AWS
8 5 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.84%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.13%) GCP
11 2 (1.42%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.42%) SaaS
12 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.71%) IaaS
12 1 (0.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (30.50%) Power BI
2 20 (14.18%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.71%) Jackrabbit
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (5.67%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.71%) Git
2 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 20 (14.18%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (7.80%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.55%) Finance
7 3 (2.13%) Local Government
7 3 (2.13%) Marketing
7 3 (2.13%) Retail
8 2 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Banking
8 2 (1.42%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.96%) .NET
2 2 (1.42%) Spring
3 1 (0.71%) HTML
3 1 (0.71%) JSON
3 1 (0.71%) JSR 170
3 1 (0.71%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.96%) FMCG
2 3 (2.13%) Blog
2 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.71%) Robotics
3 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.75%) Artificial Intelligence
2 47 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 42 (29.79%) Business Intelligence
4 40 (28.37%) Data Modelling
4 40 (28.37%) Performance Optimisation
5 24 (17.02%) Translating Business Requirements
6 23 (16.31%) ERP
7 22 (15.60%) Analytics
8 21 (14.89%) Computer Science
8 21 (14.89%) Technical Leadership
8 21 (14.89%) Workflow
9 20 (14.18%) Actionable Insight
9 20 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (14.18%) Data Analytics
9 20 (14.18%) Digital Strategy
9 20 (14.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 20 (14.18%) User Experience
9 20 (14.18%) Visualisation
10 19 (13.48%) Agile
11 16 (11.35%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.40%) C#
2 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (20.57%) Degree
2 28 (19.86%) Security Cleared
3 27 (19.15%) SC Cleared
4 21 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (14.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.42%) vSphere
Vendors
1 81 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.42%) Google
2 2 (1.42%) Veeam
2 2 (1.42%) VMware
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe
3 1 (0.71%) IBM