Platform Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Platform Engineer
England > East of England

The median Platform Engineer salary in the East of England is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 212 227
Rank change year-on-year +50 +15 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 6 13 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.20% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +72.04% -15.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 - £49,250
90th Percentile £79,500 - £52,500
England median annual salary £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 2,665 5,696 4,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 93.93% 84.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 4,346 2,298
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,675
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,206 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in the East of England

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Platform Engineer in the East of England

Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineer in the East of England

Platform Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +35 3 £77,500 -3.13% 5
Cambridgeshire +41 2 £45,000 - 4
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 5
Platform Engineer
England

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 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 East of England region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (50.00%) Ansible
2 3 (50.00%) Docker
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) GitLab
2 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Bash
3 2 (33.33%) OpenShift
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Artifactory
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) Code Coverage
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (33.33%) Rancher

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IBM Domino
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) OpenShift
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) GitLab
2 2 (33.33%) Artifactory
2 2 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Code Coverage
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) RAD
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
1 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (33.33%) Rancher
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto