Platform Engineering Jobs in London

Platform Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 239 227
Rank change year-on-year +31 -12 +148
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 205 292 533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.63% 1.22% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.35% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 148 228 385
10th Percentile £67,500 £62,125 £59,150
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,188 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £89,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% -0.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £129,750 £123,250 £138,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

All Process and 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 12,081 21,583 31,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.41% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,866 15,843 22,594
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £55,656 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,576 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -5.90% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineering in London

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Platform Engineering in London

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

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 29 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
Central London +48 70 £82,500 -10.81% 19
East London - 1 £107,500 - 5
Platform Engineering
England

Platform Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.85%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (4.88%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.93%) Apache
4 5 (2.44%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) IIS
5 1 (0.49%) nginx
5 1 (0.49%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (49.76%) Azure
2 101 (49.27%) AWS
3 46 (22.44%) GCP
4 33 (16.10%) GitHub
5 28 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (13.17%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (13.17%) Pulumi
7 19 (9.27%) PaaS
8 15 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (4.88%) Entra ID
10 9 (4.39%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (4.39%) IaaS
10 9 (4.39%) SaaS
11 8 (3.90%) Datadog
12 6 (2.93%) Azure AKS
12 6 (2.93%) npm
12 6 (2.93%) Power Automate
12 6 (2.93%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.80%) DNS
2 12 (5.85%) DHCP
3 8 (3.90%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.90%) VPN
4 6 (2.93%) Firewall
5 5 (2.44%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.44%) WAN
6 2 (0.98%) HTTP
7 1 (0.49%) BGP
7 1 (0.49%) ICMP
7 1 (0.49%) Multicast
7 1 (0.49%) Network Security
7 1 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.49%) SAN
7 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.49%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.93%) Power BI
3 4 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.95%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.46%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.98%) ClickHouse
5 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.98%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.98%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.98%) HBase
5 2 (0.98%) MySQL
5 2 (0.98%) Tableau
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (16.10%) GitLab
2 25 (12.20%) SonarQube
3 18 (8.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (6.34%) Jenkins
5 8 (3.90%) JIRA
6 5 (2.44%) Git
7 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.49%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.49%) Vagrant
General
1 54 (26.34%) Finance
2 40 (19.51%) Social Skills
3 30 (14.63%) Law
4 19 (9.27%) Banking
5 11 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.90%) Front Office
6 8 (3.90%) Legal
7 7 (3.41%) Marketing
8 6 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.93%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.46%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.98%) Advertising
10 2 (0.98%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Automotive
11 1 (0.49%) Electronics
11 1 (0.49%) Games
11 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 118 (57.56%) Platform Engineer
2 39 (19.02%) DevOps Engineer
3 38 (18.54%) Senior
4 36 (17.56%) Lead
5 29 (14.15%) Data Engineer
6 28 (13.66%) Azure Engineer
6 28 (13.66%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 25 (12.20%) Python Engineer
8 24 (11.71%) Senior Platform Engineer
9 19 (9.27%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (8.78%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 18 (8.78%) DevOps Platform Engineer
11 17 (8.29%) Lead Data Engineer
12 15 (7.32%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (7.32%) Linux Engineer
12 15 (7.32%) Software Engineer
13 13 (6.34%) Automation Engineer
14 10 (4.88%) AWS DevOps
14 10 (4.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 9 (4.39%) Kubernetes Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.71%) REST
2 16 (7.80%) React
3 15 (7.32%) ARM Templates
3 15 (7.32%) Kafka
4 9 (4.39%) Loki
5 6 (2.93%) SAML
5 6 (2.93%) Spring
6 5 (2.44%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.44%) YAML
7 4 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.95%) LangChain
7 4 (1.95%) Node.js
8 3 (1.46%) .NET
8 3 (1.46%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.46%) JSON
8 3 (1.46%) Middleware
8 3 (1.46%) PyTorch
8 3 (1.46%) scikit-learn
8 3 (1.46%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.98%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.15%) Cloud Native
2 20 (9.76%) Public Cloud
3 13 (6.34%) Clustering
4 9 (4.39%) Distributed Computing
5 6 (2.93%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.93%) Replication
6 5 (2.44%) Derivative
6 5 (2.44%) Hedge funds
6 5 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.44%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.95%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.46%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.98%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.98%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 55 (26.83%) Linux
2 24 (11.71%) Windows
3 19 (9.27%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (5.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.95%) CentOS
5 4 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.98%) Unix
6 2 (0.98%) VMS
7 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (61.95%) CI/CD
2 97 (47.32%) DevOps
3 93 (45.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 65 (31.71%) Containerisation
5 40 (19.51%) Agile
6 36 (17.56%) Observability
7 35 (17.07%) Machine Learning
8 33 (16.10%) Artificial Intelligence
9 31 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (13.66%) Analytics
10 28 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (12.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 23 (11.22%) Computer Science
12 23 (11.22%) Data Science
13 22 (10.73%) Event-Driven
13 22 (10.73%) Fintech
13 22 (10.73%) Software Engineering
14 21 (10.24%) DevSecOps
15 19 (9.27%) Deployment Automation
15 19 (9.27%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 134 (65.37%) Python
2 50 (24.39%) Java
3 44 (21.46%) PowerShell
4 36 (17.56%) Go
5 35 (17.07%) Bash
6 22 (10.73%) SQL
7 17 (8.29%) Scala
8 16 (7.80%) Bicep
9 11 (5.37%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.88%) Ruby
11 6 (2.93%) C++
11 6 (2.93%) JavaScript
11 6 (2.93%) Perl
11 6 (2.93%) Rust
12 5 (2.44%) C#
12 5 (2.44%) Kotlin
12 5 (2.44%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.95%) C
14 2 (0.98%) Groovy
14 2 (0.98%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (12.20%) Degree
2 21 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (7.32%) Master's Degree
4 11 (5.37%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.49%) CCIE
9 1 (0.49%) CCNP
9 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.49%) MCSE
9 1 (0.49%) PhD
9 1 (0.49%) VCAP
9 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.37%) GDPR
2 6 (2.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 69 (33.66%) Docker
2 26 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.76%) Active Directory
4 14 (6.83%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.98%) Firmware
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 107 (52.20%) Kubernetes
2 105 (51.22%) Terraform
3 65 (31.71%) Ansible
4 22 (10.73%) Grafana
5 19 (9.27%) Prometheus
6 18 (8.78%) Progress Chef
6 18 (8.78%) Puppet
7 14 (6.83%) Podman
8 6 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (2.93%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.46%) Packer
10 2 (0.98%) Consul
11 1 (0.49%) Argo
11 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.49%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.49%) Salt
Vendors
1 32 (15.61%) VMware
2 29 (14.15%) Microsoft
3 19 (9.27%) Google
4 14 (6.83%) Citrix
5 11 (5.37%) Red Hat
6 9 (4.39%) Hitachi
6 9 (4.39%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.90%) Databricks
8 7 (3.41%) Oracle
9 6 (2.93%) Cisco
10 5 (2.44%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.95%) EMC
11 4 (1.95%) Remedy
11 4 (1.95%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.98%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.98%) Splunk
12 2 (0.98%) WSO2
13 1 (0.49%) Dynatrace
13 1 (0.49%) Meraki
13 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto