Platform Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Platform Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Platform Engineer salary in Berkshire is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 174 180
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 2 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.064% 0.44% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.48% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +47.37% -34.48%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £83,125
90th Percentile - £100,000 £84,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +14.29% +13.51% -22.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,963 2,942 3,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 92.34% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 1,680 2,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.44% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,034 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Berkshire

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Platform Engineer in Berkshire

Platform Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Reading -7 2 £77,500 +10.71% 2
Platform Engineer
South East

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Groovy
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform