Platform Specialist Contract Job Trends in West London

Platform Specialist
London > West London

The median Platform Specialist daily rate in West London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West London 1.02% 0.46% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 0.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £310 - -
25th Percentile £381 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% - -
75th Percentile - £419 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £500 £450 £440
% change year-on-year +11.11% +2.27% -37.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 245 207 435
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.05% 94.95% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 155 334
10th Percentile £210 £216 £190
25th Percentile £357 £341 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £528 £503 £609
90th Percentile £625 £598 £684
London median daily rate £533 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 25
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.18 £17.45
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.46 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.90 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -52.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £33.24 £30.32 £67.00
90th Percentile £41.88 £44.88 £81.00
London median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
% change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%

Platform Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Platform Specialist job vacancy trend in West London

Platform Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Specialist job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Platform Specialist job vacancies in West London

Platform Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Platform Specialist in West London over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Platform Specialist in West London

Platform Specialist
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Specialist within the West London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Harrow - 1 £275 -
Platform Specialist
London

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, Platform Specialist 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 West London region featuring Platform Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Control
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Control
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft