Platform Engineering
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Platform Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 29 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 30 | 28 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +2 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing Platform Engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff | 1.48% | 0.60% | 0.49% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.98% | 0.65% | 0.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +48.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £353 | - | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £404 | - | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | £325 | - | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +48.15% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff
Platform Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 202 | 155 | 152 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 74.81% | 92.26% | 74.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 146 | 125 | 124 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £193 | £168 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £379 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £400 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -20.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £488 | £553 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £650 | £632 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £438 | £400 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -19.19% | -1.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.21 | £12.87 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £12.43 | £14.54 |
| Median hourly rate | £12.21 | £17.79 | £18.57 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.37% | -4.20% | +12.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £12.71 | £23.75 | £21.67 |
| 90th Percentile | £21.00 | £38.75 | - |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £21.38 | £22.50 | £20.24 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +11.19% | +11.55% |
Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Platform Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Platform Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Platform Engineering.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: