Platform Specialist
England > Midlands
The median Platform Specialist daily rate in the Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 110 | - | 166 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +43 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Platform Specialist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | 0.052% | - | 0.029% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.058% | - | 0.031% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | - | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £425 | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -4.35% | -17.86% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title | 1,725 | 2,532 | 3,256 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 90.13% | 91.84% | 94.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,147 | 1,707 | 2,290 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £213 | £223 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £325 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +3.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £552 | £588 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £688 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 106 | 213 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.62 | £11.84 | £12.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.00 | £14.27 | £15.21 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.82 | £19.59 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.94% | -2.05% | +16.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.18 | £35.00 | £28.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £35.58 | £54.60 | £61.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £30.62 | £36.31 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.67% | -19.32% | +100.00% |
Platform Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings that featured Platform Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Platform Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Platform Specialist in the Midlands.