Platform Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Platform Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 90 97
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.19% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.36% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £424 - -
25th Percentile £441 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £541 - £525
90th Percentile £561 - £570
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
South West median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 996 1,122 1,342
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 90.27% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 534 807 922
10th Percentile £257 £300 £271
25th Percentile £364 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £575
90th Percentile £688 £719 £650
South West median daily rate £518 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.43% +5.00% +8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 138 116
10th Percentile £36.25 £29.70 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £63.95
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.38 £66.50
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +39.78% +9.41%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Bristol

Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Platform Engineer in Bristol

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Platform Engineer in Bristol

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Platform Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft