Platform Specialist Jobs in England

Platform Specialist
UK > England

The median Platform Specialist salary in England is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 940 1119
Rank change year-on-year +131 +179 -261
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 14 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.011% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.012% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 22
10th Percentile £43,875 £66,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,645 £73,125 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +29.17% +19.53%
75th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £84,750 £65,279
UK median annual salary £90,000 £77,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.13% +29.17% +19.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,480 84,673 126,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,246 53,649 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Platform Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Specialist in England

Platform Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Platform Specialist in England

Platform Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Specialist in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Specialist in England

Platform Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +133 13 £90,000 +16.13% 7
North West - 1 £40,000 - 2
North of England - 1 £40,000 - 2
Platform Specialist
UK

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Platform Specialist 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 England region featuring Platform Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (21.43%) Data Integration
2 3 (21.43%) Power BI
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 3 (21.43%) Delta Lake
2 3 (21.43%) Databricks
2 3 (21.43%) PySpark
2 3 (21.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (21.43%) R
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (21.43%) ETL
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) T-SQL
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) ITSM
3 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
3 2 (14.29%) JIRA
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 2 (14.29%) Data Privacy
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
4 1 (7.14%) Contract Management

Platform Specialist Skill Set
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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (21.43%) Delta Lake
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Law
2 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Social Science
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (21.43%) Data Integration
2 3 (21.43%) ETL
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Data Privacy
3 2 (14.29%) Data Transformation
3 2 (14.29%) ITSM
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
4 1 (7.14%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Contract Management
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.14%) Data Governance
4 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.14%) Data Science
4 1 (7.14%) Data Security
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
1 3 (21.43%) R
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
1 3 (21.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Databricks
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow