Platform Engineering Jobs in England

Platform Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Platform Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 302 281
Rank change year-on-year +70 -21 +92
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 726 809 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.46% 0.94% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.10% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 335 395 742
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £56,176 £61,250 £59,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,019 £102,500
90th Percentile £104,500 £115,000 £136,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Platform Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,835 73,609 84,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.17% 85.09% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23,750 53,947 50,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 20 May 2025.

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 20 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
North of England +116 368 £57,560 -4.07% 99
North West +134 348 £57,560 -14.73% 63
London +46 206 £82,500 -2.94% 393
South East +34 80 £52,500 -22.22% 141
Midlands +12 31 £68,750 +14.58% 41
West Midlands +43 22 £67,500 +3.85% 27
South West +33 19 £77,500 +14.81% 22
Yorkshire +14 19 £65,000 +18.18% 23
East Midlands -6 9 £100,000 +66.67% 12
East of England +23 6 £77,500 - 27
North East +16 1 £75,500 -5.63% 13
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 18 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.10%) Apache
4 7 (0.96%) IBM Domino
4 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.83%) Confluence
6 4 (0.55%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.28%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.55%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 65 (8.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (8.95%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 190 (26.17%) Azure
2 179 (24.66%) AWS
3 75 (10.33%) GCP
4 56 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (7.16%) GitHub
6 36 (4.96%) PaaS
7 30 (4.13%) Pulumi
8 28 (3.86%) Amazon S3
9 27 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (3.44%) IaaS
10 25 (3.44%) SaaS
11 21 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (2.89%) Entra ID
12 20 (2.75%) Serverless
13 18 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 15 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 276 (38.02%) VPN
2 269 (37.05%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (3.72%) DNS
4 19 (2.62%) Firewall
5 11 (1.52%) DHCP
5 11 (1.52%) WAN
6 9 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.96%) LAN
8 5 (0.69%) HTTP
9 4 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.41%) FTP
10 3 (0.41%) SMTP
10 3 (0.41%) SSH
10 3 (0.41%) SSL
11 2 (0.28%) Internet
11 2 (0.28%) Multicast
11 2 (0.28%) VXLAN
12 1 (0.14%) Asterisk PBX
12 1 (0.14%) OpenLDAP
12 1 (0.14%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.34%) Data Lake
1 17 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (1.52%) Hadoop
4 9 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.10%) Big Data
5 8 (1.10%) DynamoDB
5 8 (1.10%) Power BI
6 7 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.69%) HBase
8 5 (0.69%) MySQL
9 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.55%) Tableau
10 3 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (8.95%) Rational DOORS
2 44 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.37%) GitLab
4 22 (3.03%) SonarQube
5 20 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (1.79%) Git
6 13 (1.79%) JIRA
7 9 (1.24%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.10%) Vagrant
9 5 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.41%) Vite
10 3 (0.41%) webpack
11 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.14%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 273 (37.60%) Analytical Skills
2 270 (37.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 95 (13.09%) Social Skills
4 77 (10.61%) Finance
5 64 (8.82%) Law
6 26 (3.58%) Banking
7 15 (2.07%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.38%) Marketing
9 8 (1.10%) Advertising
9 8 (1.10%) Front Office
10 7 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.69%) Legal
11 5 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.55%) Games
12 4 (0.55%) Retail
13 3 (0.41%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.28%) Electronics
14 2 (0.28%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.28%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 278 (38.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 259 (35.67%) Platform Engineer
3 78 (10.74%) Systems Engineer
4 77 (10.61%) Lead
5 71 (9.78%) Senior
6 61 (8.40%) DevOps Engineer
7 51 (7.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 50 (6.89%) Cloud Engineer
9 42 (5.79%) Azure Engineer
10 36 (4.96%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 32 (4.41%) Data Engineer
12 30 (4.13%) DevOps Platform Engineer
13 27 (3.72%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 26 (3.58%) AWS Engineer
14 26 (3.58%) Python Engineer
15 21 (2.89%) Linux Engineer
16 17 (2.34%) Lead Data Engineer
16 17 (2.34%) Software Engineer
17 16 (2.20%) AWS Platform Engineer
17 16 (2.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (36.78%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (4.82%) REST
3 28 (3.86%) Kafka
4 23 (3.17%) React
5 15 (2.07%) ARM Templates
6 13 (1.79%) Loki
6 13 (1.79%) Spring Boot
6 13 (1.79%) YAML
7 12 (1.65%) .NET
7 12 (1.65%) Spring
8 10 (1.38%) Node.js
9 9 (1.24%) ADO
10 7 (0.96%) AWS CDK
11 5 (0.69%) SAML
12 4 (0.55%) ActiveMQ
12 4 (0.55%) Django
12 4 (0.55%) LangChain
12 4 (0.55%) Web Services
13 3 (0.41%) OpenAPI
13 3 (0.41%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 262 (36.09%) Cyberattack
2 70 (9.64%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.51%) Cloud Native
4 28 (3.86%) Public Cloud
5 22 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.65%) Clustering
6 12 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.38%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.38%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
8 9 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.10%) Replication
10 7 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 7 (0.96%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.83%) Derivative
12 5 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.69%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.55%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 349 (48.07%) Linux
2 304 (41.87%) Windows
3 271 (37.33%) Android
4 23 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 19 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.24%) VMS
8 7 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.96%) Unix
9 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.55%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.55%) CentOS
10 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.28%) AIX
12 1 (0.14%) Debian
12 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (61.43%) DevOps
2 314 (43.25%) Problem-Solving
3 293 (40.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 273 (37.60%) Task Automation
5 272 (37.47%) Risk Management
6 266 (36.64%) Line Management
7 265 (36.50%) Mathematics
8 263 (36.23%) Storage Management
9 216 (29.75%) CI/CD
10 159 (21.90%) Infrastructure as Code
11 149 (20.52%) Agile
12 98 (13.50%) Containerisation
13 77 (10.61%) Analytics
14 71 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 65 (8.95%) ArchiMate
15 65 (8.95%) MODAF
15 65 (8.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 65 (8.95%) Programme Delivery
15 65 (8.95%) SysML
15 65 (8.95%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 472 (65.01%) Python
2 335 (46.14%) PowerShell
3 327 (45.04%) Bash
4 70 (9.64%) Java
5 47 (6.47%) SQL
6 44 (6.06%) Bicep
7 41 (5.65%) Go
8 28 (3.86%) TypeScript
9 26 (3.58%) Ruby
10 22 (3.03%) Scala
11 17 (2.34%) JavaScript
12 14 (1.93%) C#
13 13 (1.79%) Perl
14 12 (1.65%) Rust
15 9 (1.24%) C++
16 8 (1.10%) Groovy
17 7 (0.96%) C
18 5 (0.69%) Clojure
18 5 (0.69%) Elixir
18 5 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (17.91%) Degree
2 74 (10.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 65 (8.95%) TOGAF Certification
4 38 (5.23%) Security Cleared
5 35 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 31 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (3.44%) Master's Degree
8 18 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.24%) HNC
11 8 (1.10%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.10%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.14%) CCIE
13 1 (0.14%) CCNP
13 1 (0.14%) CCSP
13 1 (0.14%) CISSP
13 1 (0.14%) MCSE
13 1 (0.14%) PhD
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.48%) GDPR
2 14 (1.93%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 6 (0.83%) Data Quality
3 6 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.55%) QA
6 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.28%) NIST
6 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 380 (52.34%) Docker
2 268 (36.91%) Hyper-V
3 266 (36.64%) vSphere
4 262 (36.09%) VMware NSX
5 37 (5.10%) Active Directory
6 33 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.28%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.28%) Firmware
9 2 (0.28%) HDFS
10 1 (0.14%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.14%) Postfix
10 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 442 (60.88%) Terraform
2 368 (50.69%) Ansible
3 165 (22.73%) Kubernetes
4 38 (5.23%) Puppet
5 36 (4.96%) Grafana
6 35 (4.82%) Progress Chef
7 33 (4.55%) Prometheus
8 18 (2.48%) Podman
9 6 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
10 5 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.55%) Nessus
11 4 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.55%) SCCM
12 3 (0.41%) Nagios
12 3 (0.41%) Packer
13 2 (0.28%) Argo
13 2 (0.28%) Consul
13 2 (0.28%) Hadoop YARN
13 2 (0.28%) Rancher
13 2 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 274 (37.74%) Cisco
2 265 (36.50%) Juniper
3 264 (36.36%) Splunk
4 262 (36.09%) 3PAR
5 68 (9.37%) Microsoft
6 65 (8.95%) Sparx
7 39 (5.37%) VMware
8 28 (3.86%) Google
9 20 (2.75%) Databricks
10 17 (2.34%) Citrix
10 17 (2.34%) Oracle
11 12 (1.65%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.52%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.10%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.96%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.96%) Hitachi
15 5 (0.69%) Cloudera
15 5 (0.69%) OpenAI
16 4 (0.55%) EMC
16 4 (0.55%) WSO2