Platform Architect Job Trends in Farnborough

Platform Architect
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Platform Architect salary in Farnborough is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 0.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 761 77 100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.45% 96.25% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 471 60 50
10th Percentile £50,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,250
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -0.92%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Platform Architect job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Platform Architect
Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in Farnborough.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in Farnborough

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, Platform Architect 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 Farnborough region featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (60.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) KVM
1 3 (60.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
1 3 (60.00%) ModSecurity
1 3 (60.00%) NAS
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
1 3 (60.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Monitoring

Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) NAS
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Private Cloud
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) High Availability
1 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
1 3 (60.00%) Network Segmentation
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
1 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (60.00%) KVM
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) VMware