Platform Engineering Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Platform Engineering
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Platform Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Platform Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 0.85% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £50 - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £585 £465
% change year-on-year -3.85% +25.81% -24.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

Platform Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 91 65 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 77.78% 90.28% 79.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 46 52
10th Percentile £305 £310 £200
25th Percentile £344 £416 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -1.91% -0.48%
75th Percentile £541 £638 £600
90th Percentile £594 £719 £636
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile £33.49 - £12.00
25th Percentile £46.00 - £13.77
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £15.43
Median % change year-on-year - - -75.51%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £20.50
90th Percentile £71.75 - £30.25
Wiltshire median hourly rate £20.51 £60.00 £14.54
% change year-on-year -65.83% +312.65% -77.80%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Platform Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Platform Engineering job vacancy trend in Swindon

Platform Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Platform Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NonStop SQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) VMware