Platform Engineer Job Trends in Kent

Platform Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Platform Engineer salary in Kent is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 February 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.090% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +21.74% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,006 574 906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 81.42% 90.96%
Number of salaries quoted 571 229 752
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.30% +25.58% -14.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £59,063
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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 Kent.

Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Kent

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Engineer job vacancies in Kent

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 8 February 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 Kent region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform