Platform Engineering
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Platform Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 74 | 78 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +13 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Platform Engineering | 13 | 9 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 1.29% | 0.75% | 1.01% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.43% | 0.86% | 1.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 4 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £298 | £381 | £575 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £441 | £580 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £538 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.58% | -8.51% | -2.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £505 | £609 | £666 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £649 | £686 |
| North West median daily rate | £402 | £538 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.21% | -8.51% | -2.08% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 907 | 1,048 | 1,494 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 89.89% | 87.55% | 88.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 587 | 631 | 1,069 |
| 10th Percentile | £309 | £313 | £276 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £471 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.80% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £600 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £454 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.01% | -1.40% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 68 | 34 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.71 | £15.94 | £15.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.07 | £21.44 | £16.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.63 | £35.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.34% | +79.49% | -2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £39.31 | £62.50 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.13 | £87.45 | £70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £42.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.82% | +21.43% | +59.09% |
Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Platform Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Platform Engineering.
Platform Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.
Platform Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Manchester
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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Platform Engineering North West |
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Platform Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:
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