Platform Engineering
West Midlands > Herefordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Herefordshire requiring Platform Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 24 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | -13 | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Platform Engineering | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Herefordshire | 10.81% | 5.26% | 5.71% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 12.90% | 6.06% | 6.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £639 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £678 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £685 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.19% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £675 | £800 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.93% | -15.63% | +20.30% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Herefordshire
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 Herefordshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 31 | 66 | 31 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire | 83.78% | 86.84% | 88.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 46 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £541 | £409 |
| 25th Percentile | £468 | £563 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £612 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.38% | +13.86% | +19.31% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £685 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £850 | £736 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £492 | £505 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.57% | +1.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.99 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £24.34 | £21.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.90% | -23.64% | +62.60% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire
Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Platform Engineering.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Herefordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 26 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledbury | -2 | 4 | £700 | +2.19% | |
| Platform Engineering West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Herefordshire 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: