Platform Specialist
UK

The median Platform Specialist salary in the UK is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 978 1178
Rank change year-on-year +98 +200 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 16 10 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.010% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.011% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 25
10th Percentile £40,625 £66,500 £43,650
25th Percentile £50,000 £73,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +29.17% +19.53%
75th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £84,750 £65,310
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £75,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -46.67% +42.86% +7.09%

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 93,176 95,124 149,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,877 59,832 85,287
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Platform Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Specialist in the UK

Platform Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Platform Specialist in the UK

Platform Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Specialist over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Specialist in the UK

Platform Specialist
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Specialist within the UK 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
England +131 14 £90,000 +16.13% 10
London +133 13 £90,000 +16.13% 7
Work from Home +87 8 £100,000 +48.15% 5
UK excluding London -22 3 £40,000 -46.67% 4
Scotland - 2 £75,824 -
North West - 1 £40,000 - 2
North of England - 1 £40,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Platform Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
1 4 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) Databricks
2 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (18.75%) R
2 3 (18.75%) PySpark
2 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (18.75%) ETL
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Delta Lake
3 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (12.50%) JIRA
3 2 (12.50%) Wealth Management
3 2 (12.50%) Service Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITSM
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Data Privacy
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 2 (12.50%) Analytics
3 2 (12.50%) Data Transformation
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow

Platform Specialist 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 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (6.25%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
2 1 (6.25%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
2 3 (18.75%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (18.75%) Delta Lake
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Social Science
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
2 3 (18.75%) ETL
3 2 (12.50%) Analytics
3 2 (12.50%) Data Privacy
3 2 (12.50%) Data Transformation
3 2 (12.50%) ITSM
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Service Management
3 2 (12.50%) Wealth Management
4 1 (6.25%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (6.25%) Contract Management
4 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.25%) Data Science
4 1 (6.25%) Fintech
4 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) SDLC
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
1 3 (18.75%) R
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
1 3 (18.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Databricks
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) HubSpot
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.25%) Zoho