Platform Engineering Jobs in England

Platform Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Platform Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 297 360
Rank change year-on-year -1 +63 -108
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 796 1,087 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.93% 1.18% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.23% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 391 741 906
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +20.83%
75th Percentile £96,125 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £130,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Platform Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,311 88,080 127,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.77% 95.63% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 54,025 52,110 73,883
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,322 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineering in England

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineering in England.

Salary trend for Platform Engineering in England

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineering in England

Platform Engineering
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
London -30 274 £85,000 -5.56% 112
North of England +48 180 £60,000 -11.11% 27
South East +56 138 £67,500 -3.57% 23
South West 0 89 £67,500 +3.29% 15
North West +3 79 £66,250 -5.36% 13
Midlands +34 77 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Yorkshire +88 76 £55,000 -14.10% 11
West Midlands +26 39 £65,000 -10.34% 10
East Midlands +6 38 £60,000 +9.09% 5
North East +13 27 £77,500 +62.57% 3
East of England +30 20 - - 7
Platform Engineering
UK

Platform Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 17 (2.14%) Confluence
2 16 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 13 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.50%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 439 (55.15%) Azure
2 401 (50.38%) GCP
3 360 (45.23%) AWS
4 133 (16.71%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (8.04%) Power Platform
6 54 (6.78%) PaaS
7 47 (5.90%) GitHub
7 47 (5.90%) SaaS
8 42 (5.28%) Serverless
9 40 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
10 37 (4.65%) IaaS
11 35 (4.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 31 (3.89%) Azure AKS
13 25 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
14 23 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
15 21 (2.64%) Entra ID
16 20 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
17 19 (2.39%) Amazon S3
17 19 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
18 18 (2.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.77%) Firewall
2 29 (3.64%) Network Security
3 25 (3.14%) DNS
4 13 (1.63%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.51%) VPN
6 11 (1.38%) LAN
6 11 (1.38%) WAN
7 9 (1.13%) Internet
8 8 (1.01%) DHCP
9 6 (0.75%) SSL
9 6 (0.75%) VLAN
9 6 (0.75%) Wireless
10 5 (0.63%) BGP
10 5 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.63%) IPsec
10 5 (0.63%) NGFW
10 5 (0.63%) OSPF
11 3 (0.38%) IPv4
12 1 (0.13%) Broadband
12 1 (0.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 345 (43.34%) BigQuery
2 325 (40.83%) Looker
3 215 (27.01%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (6.91%) Power BI
5 38 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (3.89%) Data Lake
7 28 (3.52%) MySQL
8 26 (3.27%) NoSQL
9 23 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (2.26%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.88%) MongoDB
11 15 (1.88%) Redis
12 10 (1.26%) Hadoop
12 10 (1.26%) MariaDB
12 10 (1.26%) SQL Server
13 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 8 (1.01%) Big Data
14 8 (1.01%) Metadata
15 7 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 69 (8.67%) Jenkins
2 50 (6.28%) Git
3 27 (3.39%) JIRA
4 17 (2.14%) GitLab
4 17 (2.14%) TeamCity
5 13 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (1.38%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.13%) Artifactory
7 9 (1.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (1.13%) Subversion
8 7 (0.88%) Snyk
9 6 (0.75%) RStudio
9 6 (0.75%) Spinnaker
9 6 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.63%) DTrace
10 5 (0.63%) GDB
11 4 (0.50%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.25%) JMeter
12 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 366 (45.98%) Analytical Skills
2 113 (14.20%) Social Skills
3 86 (10.80%) Finance
4 65 (8.17%) Billing
5 33 (4.15%) Retail
6 30 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (3.64%) Banking
8 17 (2.14%) Legal
9 16 (2.01%) Law
10 12 (1.51%) Health Technology
11 11 (1.38%) Games
12 9 (1.13%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.50%) Tech for Good
14 3 (0.38%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.25%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.25%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.25%) Marketing
15 2 (0.25%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.25%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 404 (50.75%) Platform Engineer
2 215 (27.01%) Data Engineer
3 155 (19.47%) Principal Engineer
4 151 (18.97%) Principal Data Engineer
5 148 (18.59%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 125 (15.70%) Architect
7 115 (14.45%) Data Architect
8 100 (12.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 88 (11.06%) Engineering Manager
10 84 (10.55%) Data Manager
11 80 (10.05%) Senior
12 78 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
13 58 (7.29%) Lead
14 55 (6.91%) DevOps Engineer
15 54 (6.78%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 45 (5.65%) AWS Engineer
17 31 (3.89%) Senior Platform Engineer
18 30 (3.77%) AWS Platform Engineer
19 26 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
20 24 (3.02%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.89%) Kafka
2 18 (2.26%) .NET
3 17 (2.14%) ARM Templates
4 10 (1.26%) .NET Framework
4 10 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (1.26%) Node.js
5 9 (1.13%) JSON
5 9 (1.13%) SAML
6 8 (1.01%) React
7 7 (0.88%) Web Services
8 6 (0.75%) HTML
9 5 (0.63%) CSS
9 5 (0.63%) YAML
10 4 (0.50%) AngularJS
10 4 (0.50%) FastAPI
10 4 (0.50%) REST
11 3 (0.38%) .NET Core
11 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.38%) AWS CDK
11 3 (0.38%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 261 (32.79%) Self-Motivation
2 85 (10.68%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.27%) Cloud Native
3 34 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (3.14%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.89%) Linux Command Line
6 18 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.51%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.38%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.13%) Cyberattack
10 9 (1.13%) Video\Live Streaming
11 8 (1.01%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.01%) Clustering
11 8 (1.01%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.01%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.01%) Replication
12 5 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.63%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (10.93%) Linux
2 39 (4.90%) Windows
3 29 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.51%) Unix
6 8 (1.01%) Oracle Linux
6 8 (1.01%) Solaris
7 7 (0.88%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.75%) Android
9 4 (0.50%) VMS
10 3 (0.38%) CentOS
10 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (52.14%) DevOps
2 395 (49.62%) Problem-Solving
3 369 (46.36%) Data Engineering
4 336 (42.21%) Agile
5 298 (37.44%) Mentoring
6 233 (29.27%) ETL
7 226 (28.39%) CI/CD
8 208 (26.13%) Data Modelling
9 196 (24.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 194 (24.37%) Data Pipeline
11 162 (20.35%) Data Science
12 151 (18.97%) DataOps
13 145 (18.22%) Change Management
14 133 (16.71%) Data Governance
15 128 (16.08%) Innovative Thinking
16 121 (15.20%) Data Integration
17 117 (14.70%) Data Architecture
18 115 (14.45%) Data Security
19 113 (14.20%) Scrum
20 111 (13.94%) ERD
Programming Languages
1 206 (25.88%) Python
2 118 (14.82%) SQL
3 92 (11.56%) PowerShell
4 70 (8.79%) Bash
5 61 (7.66%) Java
6 41 (5.15%) C#
7 38 (4.77%) Go
8 28 (3.52%) Bicep
9 20 (2.51%) JavaScript
10 17 (2.14%) Scala
10 17 (2.14%) TypeScript
11 16 (2.01%) Ruby
12 14 (1.76%) Perl
13 10 (1.26%) Groovy
13 10 (1.26%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.13%) C++
14 9 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (1.13%) U-SQL
15 8 (1.01%) C
15 8 (1.01%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (5.53%) Degree
2 24 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (2.89%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.51%) AWS Certification
5 19 (2.39%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.26%) DBS Check
7 17 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (2.14%) SC Cleared
8 10 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.63%) CCIE
11 5 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.63%) JNCIE
11 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.63%) PhD
12 4 (0.50%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.38%) CISSP
13 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.25%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (32.41%) GDPR
2 134 (16.83%) Data Quality
3 74 (9.30%) QA
4 17 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.25%) NIST
7 1 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 129 (16.21%) Docker
2 29 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 219 (27.51%) Terraform
2 185 (23.24%) Kubernetes
3 92 (11.56%) Ansible
4 38 (4.77%) Puppet
5 33 (4.15%) Progress Chef
6 31 (3.89%) Grafana
7 26 (3.27%) Prometheus
8 20 (2.51%) Salt
9 12 (1.51%) Packer
10 11 (1.38%) Istio
11 8 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.63%) Argo
14 4 (0.50%) Kibana
15 3 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.38%) logstash
16 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
16 2 (0.25%) Podman
16 2 (0.25%) Rundeck
17 1 (0.13%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 367 (46.11%) Google
2 112 (14.07%) Microsoft
3 32 (4.02%) Databricks
4 12 (1.51%) Red Hat
5 11 (1.38%) New Relic
6 10 (1.26%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.26%) SaltStack
7 8 (1.01%) Oracle
7 8 (1.01%) Serena
7 8 (1.01%) Splunk
7 8 (1.01%) YouTube
8 6 (0.75%) Alteryx
9 5 (0.63%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (0.63%) PagerDuty
9 5 (0.63%) VMware
10 3 (0.38%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.38%) Facebook
11 2 (0.25%) Confluent
12 1 (0.13%) Hortonworks
12 1 (0.13%) Sparx