Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Platform Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Platform Engineer daily rate in Shropshire is £536, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 21 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 5.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile £504 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 - -
75th Percentile £540 - -
90th Percentile £552 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £685 -
% change year-on-year -23.36% - -

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 316 97 41
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.76% 87.39% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 68 27
10th Percentile £380 £210 £236
25th Percentile £427 £409 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £477 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% +19.25% -24.46%
75th Percentile £537 £516 £450
90th Percentile £552 £552 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £12.21 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% - -
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile £28.12 £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.20
% change year-on-year +5.58% +7.32% +25.25%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer in Shropshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 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 16 December 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
Telford - 20 £536 - 1
Platform Engineer
West Midlands

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 Shropshire region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 18 (85.71%) Dynatrace
2 18 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 18 (85.71%) Security Cleared
3 15 (71.43%) Splunk
4 14 (66.67%) Observability
5 13 (61.90%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (52.38%) AppDynamics
6 11 (52.38%) Incident Response
6 11 (52.38%) Service Management
7 10 (47.62%) Analytics
7 10 (47.62%) Cisco
7 10 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (47.62%) Full-Stack Development
7 10 (47.62%) Log Analytics
7 10 (47.62%) Performance Monitoring
7 10 (47.62%) Proactive Management
7 10 (47.62%) Synthetic Monitoring
7 10 (47.62%) Test Strategy
8 9 (42.86%) Incident Management
8 9 (42.86%) Visualisation
9 7 (33.33%) SQL
9 7 (33.33%) Windows
10 6 (28.57%) Linux
10 6 (28.57%) Unix
10 6 (28.57%) WebLogic
11 5 (23.81%) Apache
11 5 (23.81%) AWS
11 5 (23.81%) Azure
11 5 (23.81%) Azure Monitor

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) WebLogic
2 5 (23.81%) Apache
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.76%) Tuxedo
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) AWS
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
1 5 (23.81%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (19.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
1 1 (4.76%) MSI
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Spring
1 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Linux
2 6 (28.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 14 (66.67%) Observability
3 13 (61.90%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (52.38%) Incident Response
4 11 (52.38%) Service Management
5 10 (47.62%) Analytics
5 10 (47.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (47.62%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (47.62%) Log Analytics
5 10 (47.62%) Performance Monitoring
5 10 (47.62%) Proactive Management
5 10 (47.62%) Synthetic Monitoring
5 10 (47.62%) Test Strategy
6 9 (42.86%) Incident Management
6 9 (42.86%) Visualisation
7 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
8 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (4.76%) Server Management
8 1 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 1 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 18 (85.71%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Dynatrace
2 15 (71.43%) Splunk
3 11 (52.38%) AppDynamics
4 10 (47.62%) Cisco
5 5 (23.81%) Oracle
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.76%) Fujitsu