Senior Platform Engineer
England > London
The median Senior Platform Engineer daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 357 | 384 | 454 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | +70 | +133 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Platform Engineer | 12 | 13 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 0.089% | 0.080% | 0.023% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.096% | 0.085% | 0.024% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £518 | £500 | £518 |
| 25th Percentile | £544 | £594 | £581 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £675 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.81% | +10.20% | -0.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £713 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | - | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £575 | £675 | £619 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.81% | +9.09% | +11.69% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 | 12,502 | 15,312 | 20,443 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.73% | 93.93% | 94.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,359 | 10,108 | 14,905 |
| 10th Percentile | £331 | £342 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £545 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.91% | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 203 | 181 | 224 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.00 | £17.50 | £18.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.83 | £23.80 | £22.28 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.15 | £35.00 | £37.42 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.57% | -6.47% | +20.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.50 | £57.50 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.46 | £75.00 | £76.18 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.11% | - | +73.08% |
Senior Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Senior Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Senior Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Platform Engineer job vacancies in London.
Senior Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Platform Engineer in London over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Platform Engineer 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: