Platform Manager
UK

The median Platform Manager salary in the UK is £83,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 957 1124
Rank change year-on-year +115 +167 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Manager 69 42 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.041% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.044% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 48 27 53
10th Percentile - £61,100 £62,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £72,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% -12.12% +13.79%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £112,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.90% +3.33% +15.38%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
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 £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Platform Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Manager in the UK

Platform Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Platform Manager in the UK

Platform Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Manager in the UK

Platform Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +115 60 £82,500 +11.86% 14
UK excluding London +20 46 £67,500 -12.90% 6
Work from Home +97 32 £85,000 +25.93% 12
North of England +54 22 £83,750 -20.24% 3
London +119 20 £83,750 +17.96% 7
North West +27 19 £83,750 -20.24% 1
South East +15 8 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Scotland -60 7 £65,000 -13.33% 1
Midlands +20 5 - -
East Midlands - 5 - -
North East - 3 - - 1
East of England - 3 - -
South West - 1 £90,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Platform Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 22 (31.88%) Azure
2 21 (30.43%) Product Ownership
3 19 (27.54%) Finance
4 17 (24.64%) Power Platform
5 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
6 15 (21.74%) Data Science
6 15 (21.74%) Project Management
7 14 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (18.84%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (18.84%) Low-Code
9 11 (15.94%) SQL
9 11 (15.94%) Machine Learning
9 11 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (15.94%) Artificial Intelligence
9 11 (15.94%) Wealth Management
10 10 (14.49%) Problem Management
10 10 (14.49%) Enterprise Architecture
10 10 (14.49%) Trend Analysis
10 10 (14.49%) SLA
10 10 (14.49%) Product Strategy
10 10 (14.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (14.49%) Programme Delivery
10 10 (14.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (13.04%) Databricks
11 9 (13.04%) Analytics
11 9 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
12 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
12 8 (11.59%) NoSQL

Platform Manager 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 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) CMS
2 1 (1.45%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (31.88%) Azure
2 17 (24.64%) Power Platform
3 11 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.49%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (14.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (11.59%) GCP
6 5 (7.25%) SaaS
7 4 (5.80%) IaaS
7 4 (5.80%) PaaS
8 3 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 3 (4.35%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.35%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.45%) AWS
9 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.45%) Serverless
9 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (11.59%) Data Lake
2 8 (11.59%) HDInsight
2 8 (11.59%) NoSQL
2 8 (11.59%) Power BI
3 6 (8.70%) Big Data
4 4 (5.80%) Looker
4 4 (5.80%) QlikView
4 4 (5.80%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.80%) Tableau
5 2 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 19 (27.54%) Finance
2 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 14 (20.29%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (18.84%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.80%) Marketing
6 3 (4.35%) Retail
7 1 (1.45%) Legal
7 1 (1.45%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Web Services
1 4 (5.80%) XML
1 4 (5.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.43%) Product Ownership
2 13 (18.84%) Low-Code
3 4 (5.80%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Data Science
1 15 (21.74%) Project Management
2 11 (15.94%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (15.94%) Machine Learning
2 11 (15.94%) Wealth Management
3 10 (14.49%) Enterprise Architecture
3 10 (14.49%) Problem Management
3 10 (14.49%) Product Strategy
3 10 (14.49%) Programme Delivery
3 10 (14.49%) Trend Analysis
4 9 (13.04%) Analytics
4 9 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (11.59%) Acceptance Criteria
5 8 (11.59%) Asset Management
5 8 (11.59%) DevOps
5 8 (11.59%) Epics
6 7 (10.14%) Agile
6 7 (10.14%) Data Engineering
7 6 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (8.70%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.94%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) C#
2 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.45%) Python
2 1 (1.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) Degree
2 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) SLA
2 4 (5.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (5.80%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (13.04%) Databricks
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.35%) Tealium