Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in South London
Platform Engineer
London > South London
The median Platform Engineer daily rate in South London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 44 | 29 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | - | - |
| Contract Platform Engineer jobs | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in South London | 0.94% | 5.64% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.02% | 5.88% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £484 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £497 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £525 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £559 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £576 | - |
| London median daily rate | £561 | £550 | £628 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.91% | -12.35% | +4.58% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
South London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in South London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in South London matching a recognised job title | 293 | 187 | 206 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.56% | 95.90% | 96.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 164 | 125 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £164 | £255 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £506 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.86% | -3.71% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £590 | £588 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £698 | £709 | £725 |
| London median daily rate | £550 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.38% | -1.36% | -3.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.12 | £17.98 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £27.08 | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £58.74 | £58.74 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +201.21% | -55.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.90 | £73.21 | £35.91 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.50 | £76.58 | £61.41 |
| London median hourly rate | £41.00 | £26.89 | £37.15 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.47% | -27.62% | -2.44% |
Platform Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in South London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Platform Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.
Platform Engineer Daily Rate Trend in South London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in South London.
Platform Engineer Contract Job Locations in South London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Platform Engineer jobs within the South London region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | -12 | 3 | £488 | -7.14% | 1 |
| Platform Engineer London |
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Platform Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Platform Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Platform Engineer job ads across the South London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon ECS | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Docker | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Firewall | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Nessus | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Terraform | 100.0% | 3 |
| 8 | Amazon Aurora | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon CloudWatch | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon EC2 | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon ELB | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon Linux | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon RDS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon S3 | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | AWS Certification | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | AWS KMS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Azure | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Azure Certification | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Change Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | CI/CD | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Cloud Security | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Confluence | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Containerisation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | DevOps | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | DFS Replication | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Digital Transformation Programme | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | DNS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Dovecot | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | FTP | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Git | 66.7% | 2 |
Platform Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Engineer | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 100.0% | 3 |
| 3 | AWS DevOps Engineer | 66.7% | 2 |
| 4 | AWS Platform Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |