Platform Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Platform Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Platform Engineer salary in Bristol is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 159 148
Rank change year-on-year +66 -11 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 8 10 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.64% 0.32% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.33% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 29
10th Percentile £66,875 £62,000 £53,750
25th Percentile £68,750 £66,859 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,576 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% -2.65% +26.09%
75th Percentile £93,778 £72,433 £91,250
90th Percentile - £74,460 £102,500
South West median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £69,447
% change year-on-year +14.81% -2.80% +20.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,186 2,991 2,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.18% 96.76% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 811 2,229 1,577
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,563 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -2.91% +3.00%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Bristol

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer in Bristol.

Salary trend for Platform Engineer in Bristol

Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineer in Bristol

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 20 April 2025, Platform Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Docker
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Azure AKS
3 4 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Bicep
3 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) SaaS
4 3 (37.50%) PaaS
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 3 (37.50%) QA

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (37.50%) OCI
3 3 (37.50%) PaaS
3 3 (37.50%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Fusion
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 4 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) Release Management
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) Bicep
2 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Progress Chef
2 1 (12.50%) Puppet
2 1 (12.50%) Salt
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat