Platform Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Platform Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

As of 12 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Platform Engineer salary in Glasgow.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 48 196
Rank change year-on-year -13 +148 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 2 1 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.20% 0.24% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.26% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £42,202
75th Percentile - - £44,928
90th Percentile - - £47,371
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 933 378 3,721
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 91.75% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 549 214 843
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £79,750
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -7.27%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 12 May 2026, Platform Engineer 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 Glasgow region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon EventBridge
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) PySpark
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon EventBridge
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (50.00%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft