Platform Engineer Contracts in Hampshire

Platform Engineer
South East > Hampshire

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Platform Engineer daily rate in Hampshire.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 87 98
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 2 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.27% 0.50% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.55% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £623 -
South East median daily rate £500 £530 £588
% change year-on-year -5.66% -9.79% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £57.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 712 1,451 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 90.12% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 824 865
10th Percentile £280 £363 £232
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £620
90th Percentile £661 £738 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 173 106
10th Percentile £20.03 £13.40 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £33.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%
75th Percentile £71.25 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Hampshire

Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Platform Engineer in Hampshire

Platform Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Platform Engineer in Hampshire

Platform Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Winchester -1 1 - -
Platform Engineer
South East

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) YAML
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) YAML
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat