Platform Manager Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Platform Manager
East of England > Suffolk

The median Platform Manager daily rate in Suffolk is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.01% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £409 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - -
75th Percentile £418 - -
90th Percentile £419 - -
East of England median daily rate £415 £350 -
% change year-on-year +18.47% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 175 72 58
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.94% 97.30% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 42 35
10th Percentile £325 £178 £105
25th Percentile £425 £200 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £275 £220
Median % change year-on-year +86.36% +25.00% -60.00%
75th Percentile £602 £394 £531
90th Percentile £725 £527 £575
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £430
% change year-on-year - +16.28% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 15
10th Percentile £16.25 - £11.25
25th Percentile £16.81 - £14.05
Median hourly rate £19.37 £17.79 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% +21.85% -2.67%
75th Percentile £23.00 £31.99 £48.75
90th Percentile - £40.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £43.20 £43.90
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.59% +2.09%

Platform Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Platform Manager job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Platform Manager
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Manager within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ipswich - 2 £415 - 3
Platform Manager
East of England

Platform Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, Platform Manager 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 Suffolk region featuring Platform Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Check_MK
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Hazelcast
1 2 (100.00%) InterSystems Cache
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi

Platform Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (100.00%) Hazelcast
1 2 (100.00%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Garbage Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Check_MK
2 1 (50.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware