Platform Engineering Jobs in England

Platform Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Platform Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 303 368
Rank change year-on-year +9 +65 -104
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 793 1,076 1,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.93% 1.16% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.22% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 391 741 928
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +20.83%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £128,750 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Platform Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,142 88,488 126,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.63% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,292 73,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineering in England

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Platform Engineering in England

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineering in England

Platform Engineering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
London -25 269 £82,500 -8.33% 92
North of England +32 178 £60,000 -11.11% 24
South East +61 141 £67,500 -3.57% 20
South West +28 89 £67,500 -3.57% 21
Midlands +19 78 £60,000 -14.29% 13
North West -3 78 £65,000 -7.14% 11
Yorkshire +74 75 £55,000 -14.10% 9
West Midlands +22 39 £65,000 -10.34% 10
East Midlands +2 39 £60,000 +9.09% 3
North East +13 27 £77,500 +62.57% 4
East of England +26 20 - - 6
Platform Engineering
UK

Platform Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (2.14%) Confluence
2 16 (2.02%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.38%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 434 (54.73%) Azure
2 399 (50.32%) GCP
3 360 (45.40%) AWS
4 133 (16.77%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (8.07%) Power Platform
6 52 (6.56%) PaaS
7 48 (6.05%) GitHub
8 47 (5.93%) SaaS
9 42 (5.30%) Serverless
10 41 (5.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 37 (4.67%) IaaS
12 36 (4.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 30 (3.78%) Azure AKS
14 26 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
15 23 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (2.52%) Amazon S3
16 20 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (2.52%) Entra ID
17 17 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.78%) Firewall
2 29 (3.66%) Network Security
3 24 (3.03%) DNS
4 12 (1.51%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.51%) VPN
5 11 (1.39%) LAN
5 11 (1.39%) WAN
6 9 (1.13%) Internet
7 7 (0.88%) DHCP
8 6 (0.76%) SSL
8 6 (0.76%) VLAN
8 6 (0.76%) Wireless
9 5 (0.63%) BGP
9 5 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.63%) IPsec
9 5 (0.63%) NGFW
9 5 (0.63%) OSPF
10 3 (0.38%) IPv4
11 1 (0.13%) Broadband
11 1 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (43.51%) BigQuery
2 325 (40.98%) Looker
3 216 (27.24%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (6.94%) Power BI
5 36 (4.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (4.04%) Data Lake
7 26 (3.28%) MySQL
8 25 (3.15%) NoSQL
9 22 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (2.27%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.77%) MongoDB
12 14 (1.77%) Redis
13 10 (1.26%) Hadoop
13 10 (1.26%) SQL Server
14 9 (1.13%) MariaDB
14 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 8 (1.01%) Big Data
15 8 (1.01%) Metadata
16 7 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 68 (8.58%) Jenkins
2 49 (6.18%) Git
3 26 (3.28%) JIRA
4 16 (2.02%) GitLab
4 16 (2.02%) TeamCity
5 11 (1.39%) Bitbucket
5 11 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (1.13%) Artifactory
6 9 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (1.13%) Subversion
7 7 (0.88%) Snyk
8 6 (0.76%) RStudio
8 6 (0.76%) Spinnaker
8 6 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.63%) DTrace
9 5 (0.63%) GDB
10 4 (0.50%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.25%) JMeter
11 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 366 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 112 (14.12%) Social Skills
3 86 (10.84%) Finance
4 65 (8.20%) Billing
5 33 (4.16%) Retail
6 30 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (3.53%) Banking
8 17 (2.14%) Legal
9 16 (2.02%) Law
10 12 (1.51%) Health Technology
11 11 (1.39%) Games
12 7 (0.88%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.50%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.38%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.25%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.25%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.25%) Marketing
15 2 (0.25%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.25%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 398 (50.19%) Platform Engineer
2 217 (27.36%) Data Engineer
3 155 (19.55%) Principal Engineer
4 151 (19.04%) Principal Data Engineer
5 143 (18.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 123 (15.51%) Architect
7 115 (14.50%) Data Architect
8 100 (12.61%) Cloud Engineer
9 89 (11.22%) Engineering Manager
10 84 (10.59%) Data Manager
11 82 (10.34%) Senior
12 76 (9.58%) Azure Engineer
13 57 (7.19%) Lead
14 56 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
15 51 (6.43%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 45 (5.67%) AWS Engineer
17 30 (3.78%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 29 (3.66%) AWS Platform Engineer
19 27 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
20 24 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.90%) Kafka
2 17 (2.14%) ARM Templates
3 16 (2.02%) .NET
4 10 (1.26%) Node.js
5 9 (1.13%) .NET Framework
5 9 (1.13%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (1.13%) JSON
6 8 (1.01%) React
6 8 (1.01%) SAML
7 6 (0.76%) Web Services
8 5 (0.63%) CSS
8 5 (0.63%) HTML
8 5 (0.63%) YAML
9 4 (0.50%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.50%) FastAPI
9 4 (0.50%) REST
10 3 (0.38%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.38%) AWS CDK
10 3 (0.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 261 (32.91%) Self-Motivation
2 86 (10.84%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (4.29%) Cloud Native
5 25 (3.15%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.51%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.13%) Cyberattack
12 8 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.01%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
13 7 (0.88%) Clustering
13 7 (0.88%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.88%) Replication
14 6 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
15 5 (0.63%) Blog
15 5 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 84 (10.59%) Linux
2 39 (4.92%) Windows
3 28 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (2.40%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.51%) Unix
6 7 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
6 7 (0.88%) Solaris
7 6 (0.76%) Android
8 4 (0.50%) VMS
9 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.25%) CentOS
10 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (52.59%) DevOps
2 394 (49.68%) Problem-Solving
3 371 (46.78%) Data Engineering
4 333 (41.99%) Agile
5 297 (37.45%) Mentoring
6 234 (29.51%) ETL
7 225 (28.37%) CI/CD
8 208 (26.23%) Data Modelling
9 199 (25.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 194 (24.46%) Data Pipeline
11 164 (20.68%) Data Science
12 151 (19.04%) DataOps
13 145 (18.28%) Change Management
14 134 (16.90%) Data Governance
15 128 (16.14%) Innovative Thinking
16 121 (15.26%) Data Integration
17 117 (14.75%) Data Architecture
18 115 (14.50%) Data Security
19 112 (14.12%) Scrum
20 111 (14.00%) ERD
Programming Languages
1 207 (26.10%) Python
2 116 (14.63%) SQL
3 90 (11.35%) PowerShell
4 67 (8.45%) Bash
5 61 (7.69%) Java
6 39 (4.92%) Go
7 38 (4.79%) C#
8 29 (3.66%) Bicep
9 19 (2.40%) JavaScript
10 17 (2.14%) Scala
11 16 (2.02%) Ruby
11 16 (2.02%) TypeScript
12 13 (1.64%) Perl
13 10 (1.26%) Groovy
14 9 (1.13%) C++
14 9 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.13%) U-SQL
15 8 (1.01%) C
15 8 (1.01%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (5.67%) Degree
2 24 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (2.90%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.40%) AWS Certification
4 19 (2.40%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 17 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 5 (0.63%) CCIE
10 5 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.63%) JNCIE
10 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.63%) PhD
11 4 (0.50%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.38%) CISSP
13 2 (0.25%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (32.53%) GDPR
2 134 (16.90%) Data Quality
3 74 (9.33%) QA
4 18 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.25%) NIST
7 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 127 (16.02%) Docker
2 28 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 220 (27.74%) Terraform
2 184 (23.20%) Kubernetes
3 89 (11.22%) Ansible
4 37 (4.67%) Puppet
5 32 (4.04%) Progress Chef
6 31 (3.91%) Grafana
7 25 (3.15%) Prometheus
8 20 (2.52%) Salt
9 12 (1.51%) Packer
10 10 (1.26%) Istio
11 7 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.63%) Argo
13 4 (0.50%) Kibana
14 3 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.38%) logstash
15 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
15 2 (0.25%) Podman
15 2 (0.25%) Rundeck
16 1 (0.13%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 366 (46.15%) Google
2 111 (14.00%) Microsoft
3 32 (4.04%) Databricks
4 12 (1.51%) New Relic
5 11 (1.39%) Red Hat
6 10 (1.26%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.13%) SaltStack
8 8 (1.01%) Splunk
8 8 (1.01%) YouTube
9 7 (0.88%) Alteryx
9 7 (0.88%) Oracle
9 7 (0.88%) Serena
10 6 (0.76%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.63%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (0.50%) VMware
13 3 (0.38%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.38%) Facebook
14 2 (0.25%) Confluent
15 1 (0.13%) Hortonworks
15 1 (0.13%) Sparx