Senior Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester
Senior Platform Engineer
North West > Manchester
The median Senior Platform Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 130 | 78 | 79 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -52 | +1 | - |
| Contract Senior Platform Engineer jobs | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | 0.19% | 0.28% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.21% | 0.31% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £520 | £400 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | £401 | £619 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £402 | £638 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.82% | -36.94% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £489 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £540 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £550 | £402 | £638 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.82% | -36.94% | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Manchester matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Manchester matching a recognised job title | 1,879 | 972 | 1,083 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.44% | 91.87% | 94.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,089 | 627 | 619 |
| 10th Percentile | £342 | £300 | £317 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £389 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £485 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -7.22% | -3.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £585 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £675 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 217 | 83 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.13 | £13.58 | £15.95 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.64 | £17.30 | £23.68 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £22.32 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +168.88% | -36.24% | +81.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £31.40 | £62.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £59.10 | £73.30 |
| North West median hourly rate | £47.56 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +89.11% | -28.14% | +6.06% |
Senior Platform Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Senior Platform Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Senior Platform Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Platform Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Senior Platform Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Senior Platform Engineer job ads across the Manchester region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 75.0% | 3 |
| 2 | GitHub | 75.0% | 3 |
| 4 | AWS | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Bash | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Containerisation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | DevOps | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | FinOps | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | GitHub Actions | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Kubernetes | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Microsoft | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Observability | 50.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Terraform | 50.0% | 2 |
| 15 | AI | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Amazon EKS | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Ansible | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Azure | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Azure API Management | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Azure DevOps | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Azure ExpressRoute | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Azure Functions | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Azure Logic Apps | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | B2B | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Bicep | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Cloud Security | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Collaborative Engineering | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Continuous Deployment | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Continuous Integration | 25.0% | 1 |
| 15 | Digital Engineering | 25.0% | 1 |
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 50.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Kubernetes Engineer | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | AWS Platform Engineer | 25.0% | 1 |
| 3 | Kafka Engineer | 25.0% | 1 |
| 3 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 25.0% | 1 |