Platform Engineering Jobs in Lancashire

Platform Engineering
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Platform Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 80 72
Rank change year-on-year +36 -8 +49
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 228 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.80% 0.61% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.94% 0.77% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 50 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,176 £67,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £70,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.77% +64.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,943 £72,500 £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £57,560 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.73% -3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Platform Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,293 1,041 655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 98.54% 79.22% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 875 352
10th Percentile £42,415 £28,000 £28,894
25th Percentile £47,683 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £62,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,772 £70,540
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineering in Lancashire

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineering in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Platform Engineering in Lancashire

Platform Engineering
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Blackburn - 15 £57,560 -
Blackpool - 14 £57,560 -
Lytham St Annes - 13 £57,560 -
Preston -14 12 £57,560 -17.77% 1
Skelmersdale - 3 - -
Accrington - 3 - -
Chorley - 2 - -
Clitheroe - 2 - -
Darwen - 2 - -
Rossendale - 2 - -
Newton-le-Willows - 2 - -
Ormskirk - 1 - -
Poulton-le-Fylde - 1 - -
Platform Engineering
North West

Platform Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Business Applications
1 65 (28.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 65 (28.51%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 163 (71.49%) Cisco IOS
1 163 (71.49%) VPN
Development Applications
1 65 (28.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 163 (71.49%) Analytical Skills
1 163 (71.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 163 (71.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 65 (28.51%) Platform Engineer
2 65 (28.51%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (71.49%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 163 (71.49%) Cyberattack
2 65 (28.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 163 (71.49%) Android
1 163 (71.49%) Linux
1 163 (71.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (71.49%) DevOps
1 163 (71.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 163 (71.49%) Line Management
1 163 (71.49%) Mathematics
1 163 (71.49%) Problem-Solving
1 163 (71.49%) Risk Management
1 163 (71.49%) Storage Management
1 163 (71.49%) Task Automation
2 65 (28.51%) Agile
2 65 (28.51%) ArchiMate
2 65 (28.51%) MODAF
2 65 (28.51%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 65 (28.51%) Programme Delivery
2 65 (28.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 65 (28.51%) SysML
2 65 (28.51%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 163 (71.49%) Bash
1 163 (71.49%) PowerShell
1 163 (71.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 65 (28.51%) BPSS Clearance
1 65 (28.51%) Degree
1 65 (28.51%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 163 (71.49%) Docker
1 163 (71.49%) Hyper-V
1 163 (71.49%) VMware NSX
1 163 (71.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 163 (71.49%) Ansible
1 163 (71.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 163 (71.49%) 3PAR
1 163 (71.49%) Cisco
1 163 (71.49%) Juniper
1 163 (71.49%) Splunk
2 65 (28.51%) Sparx