Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Platform Engineer
Wiltshire > Corsham

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Corsham is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 47 38
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 12 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 7.02% 1.01% 3.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.59% 1.18% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 10
10th Percentile - £526 £447
25th Percentile £525 £543 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £465
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +22.58% -19.13%
75th Percentile £588 - £492
90th Percentile £625 - £608
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £570 £465
% change year-on-year +0.88% +22.58% -15.45%

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 158 255 282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 85.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 192 202
10th Percentile £450 £463 £413
25th Percentile £525 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £756 £718
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% -2.18% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 15
10th Percentile £18.76 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £47.13
Median hourly rate £20.44 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.94% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £64.50
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £50.00
% change year-on-year +87.65% -74.42% -7.41%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Corsham

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Corsham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Corsham

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Platform Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Corsham region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (91.67%) Linux
2 11 (91.67%) VMware
3 10 (83.33%) Platform Engineering
4 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
5 8 (66.67%) DNS
5 8 (66.67%) Cisco
5 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (66.67%) Windows 10
5 8 (66.67%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (66.67%) vCenter Server
6 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
7 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
8 5 (41.67%) Service Management
8 5 (41.67%) Veeam
8 5 (41.67%) SolarWinds
9 4 (33.33%) Ansible
9 4 (33.33%) Terraform
10 3 (25.00%) Skype
10 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
10 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
10 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
10 3 (25.00%) Python
10 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
10 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (25.00%) WSUS
10 3 (25.00%) PKI

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
1 1 (8.33%) IaaS
1 1 (8.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) GitLab
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Advertising
2 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Linux
3 8 (66.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
5 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Platform Engineering
2 8 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) Service Management
4 3 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Logistics
4 3 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (25.00%) Server Management
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) TDD
6 1 (8.33%) Agile
6 1 (8.33%) Benchmarking
6 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
6 1 (8.33%) DevSecOps
6 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (8.33%) ITIL
6 1 (8.33%) Security Hardening
6 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) DV Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) MCSA
4 1 (8.33%) MCSE
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (8.33%) OCA
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (66.67%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (25.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) vCenter Server
2 4 (33.33%) Ansible
2 4 (33.33%) Terraform
3 3 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (25.00%) WSUS
4 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
5 1 (8.33%) Grafana
5 1 (8.33%) Nessus
5 1 (8.33%) Packer
5 1 (8.33%) Prometheus
5 1 (8.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) VMware
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Cisco
4 5 (41.67%) SolarWinds
4 5 (41.67%) Veeam
5 1 (8.33%) Atlassian
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle
5 1 (8.33%) Splunk