Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Platform Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £562, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £535 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £578 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £554 £500 £570
% change year-on-year +10.80% -12.28% +14.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 275 158 247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.57% 96.93% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 95 95
10th Percentile £313 - £400
25th Percentile £450 £200 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +13.05% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £626 £790
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 33 100
10th Percentile £25.20 £25.15 £51.06
25th Percentile £30.40 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £63.31 £58.75 £70.43
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.50 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.82% +9.24%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 4 July 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 Portsmouth region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SFIA
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) SFIA
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes