Platform Manager Job Trends in England

Platform Manager
UK > England

The median Platform Manager salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 638 630
Rank change year-on-year +75 -8 +291
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Manager 49 42 30
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.094% 0.084% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.091% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 27 36 23
10th Percentile £60,000 £54,375 £52,027
25th Percentile £62,625 £55,163 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - -21.21%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,125 £80,625
90th Percentile £97,000 £103,125 £99,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.77% - -21.21%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 47,143 46,289 42,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 92.98% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,526 24,707 33,707
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Platform Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Platform Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Platform Manager job vacancy trend in England

Platform Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Platform Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Manager job vacancies in England

Platform Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Platform Manager in England

Platform Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
London +77 31 £85,000 -15.00% 18
Midlands +34 10 £60,000 -14.29% 7
West Midlands +34 7 £60,000 -14.29% 6
East of England - 4 - -
North of England +11 3 £65,000 +85.71%
East Midlands - 3 - - 1
North East - 2 £65,000 -
South East +23 1 £85,000 +52.45% 2
North West +22 1 £62,500 +78.57%
Platform Manager
UK

Platform Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Platform Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Platform Manager in the job title.

1 21 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (20.41%) Azure
5 9 (18.37%) Agile
5 9 (18.37%) Platform Engineering
5 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (16.33%) Analytics
6 8 (16.33%) CRM
6 8 (16.33%) Migration
7 7 (14.29%) Data Migration
7 7 (14.29%) Degree
7 7 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (14.29%) Release Management
7 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 7 (14.29%) Salesforce
7 7 (14.29%) SDLC
8 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
8 6 (12.24%) GraphQL
8 6 (12.24%) IT Asset Management
8 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
8 6 (12.24%) Performance Optimisation
8 6 (12.24%) REST
8 6 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (12.24%) Scrum
8 6 (12.24%) ServiceNow
9 5 (10.20%) Incident Response
9 5 (10.20%) Windows

Platform Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Azure
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.08%) GitHub
3 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (4.08%) Slack
4 1 (2.04%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.04%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.04%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) GitLab
2 2 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.04%) Git
General
1 19 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.45%) Finance
2 11 (22.45%) Legal
3 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.29%) Banking
3 7 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 6 (12.24%) Law
5 2 (4.08%) Retail
5 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.04%) Front Office
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.24%) GraphQL
1 6 (12.24%) REST
2 2 (4.08%) Middleware
3 1 (2.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 7 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 6 (12.24%) CMDB
2 6 (12.24%) Product Ownership
3 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.08%) PKI
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Business Strategy
1 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (18.37%) Agile
3 9 (18.37%) Platform Engineering
3 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.33%) Analytics
4 8 (16.33%) CRM
4 8 (16.33%) Migration
5 7 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 7 (14.29%) Release Management
5 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 7 (14.29%) SDLC
6 6 (12.24%) Data Analysis
6 6 (12.24%) IT Asset Management
6 6 (12.24%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (12.24%) Scrum
7 5 (10.20%) Incident Response
8 4 (8.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.04%) Bicep
2 1 (2.04%) C#
2 1 (2.04%) C++
2 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Terraform
2 2 (4.08%) Grafana
2 2 (4.08%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) Salesforce
3 6 (12.24%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.04%) Oracle