Platform Engineering Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Platform Engineering
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London citing Platform Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 97 | 170 | 264 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | +94 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Platform Engineering | 740 | 247 | 93 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 2.58% | 1.46% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.15% | 1.65% | 0.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 453 | 183 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £393 | £413 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £430 | £463 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £537 | £530 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.32% | +0.95% | -9.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £622 | £588 | £609 |
| 90th Percentile | £704 | £662 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £540 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -10.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £68.55 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £72.13 | £59.75 | £59.39 |
| Median hourly rate | £82.96 | £69.38 | £63.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.57% | +8.77% | -18.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £98.82 | £74.26 | £68.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.00 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £77.50 | £69.38 | £63.79 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.70% | +8.77% | -4.80% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London
Platform Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 23,480 | 14,946 | 13,919 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 82.01% | 88.33% | 84.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,762 | 9,060 | 7,973 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £220 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £368 | £383 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,257 | 1,689 | 876 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £14.12 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.11 | £17.14 | £18.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.28 | £22.50 | £33.27 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.36% | -32.37% | -24.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.66 | £42.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.00 | £67.00 | £72.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -19.77% |
Platform Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Platform Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Platform Engineering Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Platform Engineering.
Platform Engineering Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.
Platform Engineering Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Platform Engineering.
Platform Engineering Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.
Platform Engineering Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | +28 | 215 | £513 | -2.38% | 238 |
| South East | +44 | 180 | £598 | +25.79% | 165 |
| Yorkshire | +63 | 134 | £501 | -4.11% | 75 |
| Midlands | +12 | 125 | £453 | -15.64% | 79 |
| South West | +39 | 98 | £550 | -4.35% | 73 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 92 | £460 | -14.58% | 46 |
| Scotland | +27 | 83 | £438 | -19.72% | 107 |
| North West | -37 | 68 | £575 | +4.55% | 133 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 32 | £388 | -9.88% | 33 |
| East of England | -11 | 29 | £525 | - | 67 |
| North East | -29 | 13 | £425 | -22.73% | 30 |
| Wales | - | 11 | £325 | - | 31 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 3 | £600 | - | 50 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - | |
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Platform Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 57.4% | 425 |
| 2 | DevOps | 52.2% | 386 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 49.3% | 365 |
| 4 | Observability | 28.2% | 209 |
| 5 | Containerisation | 21.1% | 156 |
| 6 | Continuous Improvement | 20.3% | 150 |
| 6 | Technical Leadership | 20.3% | 150 |
| 8 | Agile | 19.9% | 147 |
| 9 | DevSecOps | 18.0% | 133 |
| 10 | AI | 15.1% | 112 |
| 11 | Problem-Solving | 14.7% | 109 |
| 12 | Software Engineering | 14.2% | 105 |
| 12 | Stakeholder Management | 14.2% | 105 |
| 14 | Infrastructure Engineering | 13.9% | 103 |
| 15 | Site Reliability Engineering | 13.1% | 97 |
| 16 | Infrastructure Automation | 12.2% | 90 |
| 17 | Roadmaps | 11.2% | 83 |
| 18 | Migration | 11.1% | 82 |
| 19 | Cybersecurity | 10.3% | 76 |
| 20 | Configuration Management | 9.9% | 73 |