Platform Engineer Job Trends in Basingstoke

Platform Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Platform Engineer salary in Basingstoke is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 52 45
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 0.29% 0.19% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.19% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -8.70% +105.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +4.35% +69.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Basingstoke with a recognized job title 329 523 283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 96.85% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 275 393 184
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,900 £27,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +44.44% -18.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, Platform Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace