Platform Engineer Contracts in England

Platform Engineer
UK > England

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 387 464
Rank change year-on-year -15 +77 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 141 278 353
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.55% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.58% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 222 248
10th Percentile £421 £480 £434
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +8.24%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £636
90th Percentile £658 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 2
10th Percentile - £53.75 -
25th Percentile - £56.25 £57.50
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -
75th Percentile - £78.00 £62.50
90th Percentile - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,513 47,748 67,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,922 33,906 48,257
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,408 1,904
10th Percentile £12.96 £14.34 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.65 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in England

Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Platform Engineer in England

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Platform Engineer in England

Platform Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Platform Engineer in England

Platform Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +38 86 £588 -2.08% 47
South East +18 25 £530 -9.79% 6
North of England -18 14 £550 - 14
North West +8 8 £613 +6.52% 7
South West -2 6 £550 - 8
Yorkshire -9 5 £525 -4.55% 5
Midlands +27 4 £375 -31.82% 4
West Midlands +27 4 £375 -31.82% 3
North East - 1 £413 - 2
Platform Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 England region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 128 (90.78%) Platform Engineering
2 73 (51.77%) Terraform
3 58 (41.13%) Azure
4 55 (39.01%) Python
5 52 (36.88%) AWS
5 52 (36.88%) Kubernetes
6 51 (36.17%) DevOps
7 48 (34.04%) CI/CD
8 45 (31.91%) Infrastructure as Code
9 36 (25.53%) Ansible
9 36 (25.53%) Linux
10 32 (22.70%) Docker
11 28 (19.86%) Agile
11 28 (19.86%) SC Cleared
11 28 (19.86%) Security Cleared
12 26 (18.44%) Containerisation
13 24 (17.02%) Git
14 23 (16.31%) Public Sector
14 23 (16.31%) Bash
15 22 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (14.18%) Serverless
17 19 (13.48%) PowerShell
18 18 (12.77%) GitLab
18 18 (12.77%) Social Skills
19 17 (12.06%) VMware
19 17 (12.06%) Finance
19 17 (12.06%) SQL
19 17 (12.06%) DNS
19 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
20 16 (11.35%) GCP

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.96%) Confluence
3 4 (2.84%) nginx
4 3 (2.13%) Apache
4 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.42%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (1.42%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.71%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 58 (41.13%) Azure
2 52 (36.88%) AWS
3 22 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (14.18%) Serverless
5 16 (11.35%) GCP
6 15 (10.64%) IaaS
7 14 (9.93%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (9.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (9.22%) Azure AKS
9 12 (8.51%) GitHub
9 12 (8.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (7.80%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (7.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (7.09%) PaaS
12 9 (6.38%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (6.38%) Datadog
13 8 (5.67%) Amazon S3
14 6 (4.26%) AWS CloudTrail
14 6 (4.26%) Entra ID
14 6 (4.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.06%) DNS
2 13 (9.22%) Firewall
3 5 (3.55%) SAN
3 5 (3.55%) VPN
4 4 (2.84%) IPv4
5 3 (2.13%) DHCP
6 2 (1.42%) Network Security
6 2 (1.42%) Skype
6 2 (1.42%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.42%) VSAN
7 1 (0.71%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.71%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.38%) MongoDB
1 9 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (4.96%) MySQL
3 6 (4.26%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (3.55%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.55%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.13%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.13%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.42%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.42%) Redis
7 1 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.71%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.71%) Bigtable
7 1 (0.71%) CockroachDB
7 1 (0.71%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (17.02%) Git
2 18 (12.77%) GitLab
3 10 (7.09%) Jenkins
4 9 (6.38%) JIRA
5 4 (2.84%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.84%) SonarQube
6 3 (2.13%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.13%) JMeter
7 2 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.71%) CA Gen
8 1 (0.71%) GoCD
8 1 (0.71%) Snyk
General
1 23 (16.31%) Public Sector
2 18 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.06%) Finance
4 6 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.13%) Banking
6 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.42%) Billing
8 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.71%) Back Office
8 1 (0.71%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.09%) YAML
2 8 (5.67%) REST
3 6 (4.26%) Kafka
3 6 (4.26%) Node.js
4 3 (2.13%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.13%) JSON
4 3 (2.13%) React
5 2 (1.42%) ADO
5 2 (1.42%) Django
5 2 (1.42%) HornetQ
5 2 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.42%) SAML
5 2 (1.42%) VCL
6 1 (0.71%) CSS
6 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.71%) HTML
6 1 (0.71%) LDAP
6 1 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.71%) RESTful
6 1 (0.71%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.55%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.13%) Machine to Machine
4 3 (2.13%) PKI
4 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.42%) Replication
5 2 (1.42%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.71%) MPEG
6 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) PropTech
6 1 (0.71%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 36 (25.53%) Linux
2 15 (10.64%) Windows
3 10 (7.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (7.09%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.67%) Unix
5 6 (4.26%) Debian
5 6 (4.26%) VMS
6 5 (3.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (2.13%) Windows 10
8 3 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.71%) CentOS
9 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (90.78%) Platform Engineering
2 51 (36.17%) DevOps
3 48 (34.04%) CI/CD
4 45 (31.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 28 (19.86%) Agile
6 26 (18.44%) Containerisation
7 12 (8.51%) Scrum
8 11 (7.80%) Configuration Management
9 10 (7.09%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (5.67%) Computer Science
10 8 (5.67%) DevSecOps
10 8 (5.67%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (5.67%) Migration
11 7 (4.96%) Analytics
11 7 (4.96%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (4.96%) Data Encryption
11 7 (4.96%) Key Management
12 6 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (4.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 6 (4.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 55 (39.01%) Python
2 23 (16.31%) Bash
3 19 (13.48%) PowerShell
4 17 (12.06%) SQL
5 14 (9.93%) Go
6 9 (6.38%) Java
7 8 (5.67%) Shell Script
8 5 (3.55%) C++
9 4 (2.84%) JavaScript
10 3 (2.13%) C#
10 3 (2.13%) Ruby
10 3 (2.13%) Rust
11 2 (1.42%) Bicep
11 2 (1.42%) C
11 2 (1.42%) Scala
12 1 (0.71%) Clojure
12 1 (0.71%) Groovy
12 1 (0.71%) Haskell
12 1 (0.71%) Natural
12 1 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (19.86%) SC Cleared
1 28 (19.86%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.09%) Degree
3 6 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.71%) CCNA
6 1 (0.71%) CCNP
6 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.71%) MCSE
6 1 (0.71%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.84%) NIST
2 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.71%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.71%) NIST 800
System Software
1 32 (22.70%) Docker
2 15 (10.64%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.67%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.96%) vSphere
6 5 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.55%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.42%) Varnish
9 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.71%) KVM
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (51.77%) Terraform
2 52 (36.88%) Kubernetes
3 36 (25.53%) Ansible
4 10 (7.09%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (6.38%) Packer
6 7 (4.96%) Grafana
7 6 (4.26%) Prometheus
7 6 (4.26%) vRealize
8 5 (3.55%) Argo
9 3 (2.13%) Consul
9 3 (2.13%) HP Fortify
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (2.13%) WSUS
10 2 (1.42%) HAProxy
10 2 (1.42%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.42%) SCCM
11 1 (0.71%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.71%) Salt
11 1 (0.71%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
1 17 (12.06%) VMware
2 14 (9.93%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.09%) Red Hat
4 7 (4.96%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.26%) Oracle
6 5 (3.55%) Databricks
6 5 (3.55%) Splunk
7 4 (2.84%) Arqiva
7 4 (2.84%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.84%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.84%) Veritas
8 3 (2.13%) Cisco
8 3 (2.13%) New Relic
8 3 (2.13%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.42%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.42%) Google
9 2 (1.42%) Veeam
10 1 (0.71%) Remedy
10 1 (0.71%) webMethods