The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 4 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
30
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Platform Engineering
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
137
176
286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside
79.65%
78.22%
87.20%
Number of daily rates quoted
84
88
217
10th Percentile
£143
£144
£303
25th Percentile
£203
£245
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£444
£400
£488
Median % change year-on-year
+10.94%
-17.95%
+13.37%
75th Percentile
£546
£498
£550
90th Percentile
£650
£608
£634
North West median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted
9
25
9
10th Percentile
£13.28
-
£16.24
25th Percentile
-
£15.50
£16.25
Median hourly rate
£17.44
£18.50
£18.50
Median % change year-on-year
-5.73%
-
+52.55%
75th Percentile
£20.00
£34.32
£23.75
90th Percentile
£25.22
£37.18
£27.84
North West median hourly rate
£32.50
£22.11
£36.00
% change year-on-year
+46.99%
-38.58%
+71.43%
Platform Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Platform Engineering Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineering in Merseyside.
Platform Engineering Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Platform Engineering also mentioned 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 Merseyside region with a requirement for Platform Engineering.
Platform Engineering Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:
