Platform Specialist Contracts in London

Platform Specialist
England > London

The median Platform Specialist daily rate in London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 481 581
Rank change year-on-year +94 +100 -115
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 6 24 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.090% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.094% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 25
10th Percentile £418 £373 £591
25th Percentile £431 £506 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -21.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile £480 £716 £725
90th Percentile £499 £725 -
England median daily rate £550 £575 £700
% change year-on-year -4.35% -17.86% +21.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,617 25,468 37,159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,021 18,449 27,170
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.21
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Platform Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Specialist in London

Platform Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Platform Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Platform Specialist in London

Platform Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
West London - 2 £441 - 5
Platform Specialist
England

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Platform Specialist 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 London region featuring Platform Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) High Availability
3 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Ansible
3 2 (33.33%) GitLab
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (16.67%) Replication
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Clustering
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Local Government
4 1 (16.67%) VMS
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Artifactory
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) VMS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Packer
3 1 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) VMware