Platform Engineer Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Platform Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Platform Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 101 109
Rank change year-on-year +42 +8 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 2 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.39% 0.19% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.20% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.60%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £49,250
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +72.04% -15.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 479 1,479 1,220
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 93.73% 86.34%
Number of salaries quoted 316 1,140 575
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,975 £27,200
25th Percentile £38,855 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,925
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,001 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Platform Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Coverage
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree