Platform Architect Job Trends in Leeds

Platform Architect
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Platform Architect salary in Leeds is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
30 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 77 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 8 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.30% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £65,875 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,503 818 2,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 94.79% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 552 1,698
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,813 £41,250 £40,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,500 £84,101
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

Platform Architect job vacancy trend in Leeds

Platform Architect
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in Leeds

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Platform Architect in Leeds

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 30 June 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 Leeds region featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) vSphere
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) VMware
Platform Architect jobs