Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Platform Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Northampton is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 2.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £394 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £388 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 137 270 208
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 96.43% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 244 165
10th Percentile £360 £268 £355
25th Percentile £398 £340 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £445
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.73% -6.07%
75th Percentile £578 £450 £550
90th Percentile £609 £525 £604
Northamptonshire median daily rate £463 £380 £443
% change year-on-year +21.71% -14.12% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £15.22 - -
25th Percentile £15.55 - -
Median hourly rate £16.10 £21.39 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% - -
75th Percentile £16.65 - -
90th Percentile £16.98 - -
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £14.70 £21.39 £12.22
% change year-on-year -31.30% +75.04% -7.25%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Northampton

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 26 August 2026, Platform Engineer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Northampton region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Terraform

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Terraform
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Platform Engineer jobs