Platform Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire
The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Shropshire is £544, 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 | 25 | - | 57 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +35 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire | 5.38% | - | 1.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 5.74% | - | 1.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| 25th Percentile | £537 | - | £545 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £544 | - | £580 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -11.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £551 | - | £605 |
| 90th Percentile | £551 | - | £607 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £544 | £375 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.93% | -31.82% | -10.42% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Shropshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title | 122 | 113 | 153 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.85% | 84.33% | 89.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 76 | 75 | 117 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £260 | £401 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £374 | £448 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £493 | £500 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.40% | -7.06% | +5.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £537 | £536 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £541 | £538 | £595 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £485 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.77% | -2.25% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £14.94 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £12.18 | £15.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.80% | -72.73% | +323.08% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £18.07 | £22.25 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.81% | +14.10% | +12.85% |
Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings that featured Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer in Shropshire.
Platform Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Telford | - | 7 | £544 | - | 2 |
| Platform Engineer West Midlands |
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Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Platform Engineer contract job roles required 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 Shropshire region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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: