Platform Engineer Contracts in Corsham

Platform Engineer
Wiltshire > Corsham

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Corsham is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 73 57
Rank change year-on-year +39 -16 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Corsham 4.29% 0.18% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% 0.20% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £499 - -
25th Percentile £568 £550 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £575
90th Percentile £665 - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £585 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% +9.09% -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Corsham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Corsham. 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 Corsham with a recognized job title 180 507 406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 91.02% 91.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 389 352
10th Percentile £425 £363 £401
25th Percentile £500 £463 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £694
90th Percentile £692 £738 £727
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 9
10th Percentile £18.58 - £52.25
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £71.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.42% +8.40% -2.86%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £68.25
90th Percentile £51.77 - £77.50
Wiltshire median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
% change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Corsham

Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

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

Daily rate trend for Platform Engineer in Corsham

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Corsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer in Corsham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Platform Engineer in Corsham

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Corsham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Corsham region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) Ansible
1 9 (100.00%) Terraform
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) NsoIT
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (88.89%) Platform Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) PowerShell
2 8 (88.89%) Git
2 8 (88.89%) Configuration Management
2 8 (88.89%) Python
3 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
3 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) GitOps
5 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) JIRA
5 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
5 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (11.11%) PowerCLI
5 1 (11.11%) vCenter Server
5 1 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Active Directory

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Corsham 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 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) IaaS
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Ubuntu
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Configuration Management
1 8 (88.89%) NsoIT
1 8 (88.89%) Platform Engineering
2 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) GitOps
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Pair Programming
3 1 (11.11%) Security Hardening
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) PowerShell
1 8 (88.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) OCA
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) Ansible
1 9 (100.00%) Terraform
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Nessus
2 1 (11.11%) Packer
2 1 (11.11%) PowerCLI
2 1 (11.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Atlassian
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
2 1 (11.11%) Veeam