Platform Engineering Job Trends in London

Platform Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Platform Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 192 229
Rank change year-on-year +72 +37 -11
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 406 232 313
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.83% 1.85% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 1.95% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 242 155 233
10th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £69,375 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,314 11,902 20,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.37% 94.85% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,537 7,392 15,118
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Platform Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Platform Engineering job vacancy trend in London

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Platform Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineering in London

Platform Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Central London -1 79 £100,000 +21.21% 42
West London - 2 £105,000 - 8
East London -2 1 - - 3
Platform Engineering
England

Platform Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 11 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.97%) Apache
3 7 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 2 (0.49%) Confluence
5 2 (0.49%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.49%) IIS
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.49%) WordPress
6 1 (0.25%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.99%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.49%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 184 (45.32%) Azure
2 164 (40.39%) AWS
3 49 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (11.58%) GitHub
5 43 (10.59%) SaaS
6 40 (9.85%) GCP
7 34 (8.37%) Amazon S3
8 31 (7.64%) Amazon EKS
8 31 (7.64%) Serverless
9 27 (6.65%) Azure AKS
10 26 (6.40%) Entra ID
11 23 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (5.42%) Power Platform
13 21 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
14 20 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (4.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (4.43%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (4.19%) PaaS
17 15 (3.69%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.17%) Firewall
2 11 (2.71%) Kerberos
2 11 (2.71%) VPN
3 8 (1.97%) Network Security
4 7 (1.72%) DNS
5 5 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.99%) Broadband
6 4 (0.99%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.74%) BGP
7 3 (0.74%) VLAN
8 2 (0.49%) DHCP
8 2 (0.49%) VoIP
9 1 (0.25%) AMQP
9 1 (0.25%) IPv4
9 1 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (4.68%) Power BI
3 15 (3.69%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.71%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.22%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.97%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.48%) MySQL
9 5 (1.23%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.23%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.99%) Big Data
10 4 (0.99%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.99%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (0.74%) Metadata
11 3 (0.74%) Redis
12 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.49%) Delta Lake
12 2 (0.49%) Flink
12 2 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (9.36%) Git
2 20 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.94%) GitLab
4 9 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (1.97%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (1.48%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.74%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.74%) JIRA
9 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.49%) JMeter
9 2 (0.49%) MLflow
9 2 (0.49%) rollup.js
10 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.25%) Locust
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
General
1 96 (23.65%) Finance
2 61 (15.02%) Social Skills
3 37 (9.11%) Banking
4 29 (7.14%) Law
5 27 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (6.16%) Retail
7 21 (5.17%) Public Sector
8 20 (4.93%) Financial Institution
9 19 (4.68%) Back Office
10 17 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (2.71%) Legal
11 11 (2.71%) Polish Language
12 8 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.23%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.99%) Games
15 4 (0.99%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.99%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.99%) Marketing
16 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 162 (39.90%) Platform Engineer
2 80 (19.70%) Senior
3 69 (17.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 65 (16.01%) Lead
5 49 (12.07%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 43 (10.59%) Azure Engineer
7 39 (9.61%) Data Engineer
8 37 (9.11%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 34 (8.37%) AWS Engineer
10 33 (8.13%) Engineering Manager
11 29 (7.14%) Architect
12 23 (5.67%) AWS Platform Engineer
12 23 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (4.93%) DevOps Platform Engineer
15 18 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (4.43%) Platform Manager
16 15 (3.69%) Principal Engineer
17 14 (3.45%) Software Engineer
18 13 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.65%) REST
2 18 (4.43%) OAuth
3 17 (4.19%) SAML
4 14 (3.45%) .NET
4 14 (3.45%) RESTful
5 12 (2.96%) OpenID
6 11 (2.71%) LDAP
7 9 (2.22%) Kafka
7 9 (2.22%) Node.js
8 7 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.48%) FastAPI
9 6 (1.48%) JWT
9 6 (1.48%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (1.23%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.23%) React
11 4 (0.99%) LangChain
11 4 (0.99%) Middleware
11 4 (0.99%) PySpark
11 4 (0.99%) Spring
11 4 (0.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (19.70%) Cloud Native
2 46 (11.33%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (3.94%) Public Cloud
4 14 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.96%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.46%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.22%) AI Agents
7 9 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.22%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.97%) Blog
8 8 (1.97%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.72%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.72%) Hedge funds
9 7 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
9 7 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.48%) CMDB
10 6 (1.48%) Replication
11 4 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.74%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 61 (15.02%) Linux
2 27 (6.65%) Windows
3 13 (3.20%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.71%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.99%) CentOS
5 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.99%) VMS
6 2 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Android
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (45.57%) CI/CD
2 174 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
3 156 (38.42%) DevOps
4 74 (18.23%) Observability
5 68 (16.75%) AI
5 68 (16.75%) Containerisation
6 67 (16.50%) Roadmaps
7 65 (16.01%) Agile
8 51 (12.56%) Mentoring
9 49 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (12.07%) Software Engineering
10 47 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (11.58%) Technical Leadership
11 43 (10.59%) Infrastructure Automation
12 41 (10.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 40 (9.85%) Disaster Recovery
13 40 (9.85%) Fintech
14 39 (9.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 38 (9.36%) Microservices
16 36 (8.87%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 145 (35.71%) Python
2 60 (14.78%) PowerShell
3 51 (12.56%) SQL
4 47 (11.58%) Bash
5 41 (10.10%) Java
6 24 (5.91%) TypeScript
7 17 (4.19%) Go
8 15 (3.69%) C#
9 9 (2.22%) Bicep
10 6 (1.48%) Rust
10 6 (1.48%) VBA
11 5 (1.23%) C++
12 4 (0.99%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.99%) Scala
13 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.25%) Groovy
14 1 (0.25%) Korn
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.25%) R
14 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (9.36%) Security Cleared
2 21 (5.17%) Degree
2 21 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 19 (4.68%) Azure Certification
4 16 (3.94%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.71%) CISSP
7 7 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.99%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.49%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.46%) QA
3 8 (1.97%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.72%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.99%) GDPR
6 3 (0.74%) NIST
7 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) RMADS
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (16.01%) Docker
2 33 (8.13%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.23%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 177 (43.60%) Terraform
2 117 (28.82%) Kubernetes
3 50 (12.32%) Ansible
4 34 (8.37%) Grafana
5 27 (6.65%) Prometheus
6 15 (3.69%) Argo
7 11 (2.71%) Packer
8 7 (1.72%) Istio
8 7 (1.72%) Puppet
8 7 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.48%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.99%) linkerd
10 4 (0.99%) Mesos
10 4 (0.99%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.74%) SCCM
12 1 (0.25%) Netcool
12 1 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 76 (18.72%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.45%) VMware
3 13 (3.20%) Google
4 11 (2.71%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.71%) Splunk
5 8 (1.97%) Databricks
6 7 (1.72%) Oracle
6 7 (1.72%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.48%) Cisco
7 6 (1.48%) EMC
7 6 (1.48%) F5
7 6 (1.48%) Foundry
7 6 (1.48%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.23%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.99%) Cribl.io
10 3 (0.74%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.74%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.74%) SAP
11 2 (0.49%) Adobe
11 2 (0.49%) Siebel