Platform Engineer Jobs in Milton Keynes

Platform Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Platform Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £51,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 83 -
Rank change year-on-year +47 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 6 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 2.38% 0.37% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 0.39% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,000 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% - -
75th Percentile £54,000 £58,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £51,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 238 1,027 784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 95.09% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 131 675 541
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £41,875 £40,000 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -3.81% +0.96%
75th Percentile £69,375 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -5.00% -3.85%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings that featured Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Milton Keynes

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer in Milton Keynes.

Salary trend for Platform Engineer in Milton Keynes

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Platform Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) IBM Domino
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (66.67%) LAN
2 4 (66.67%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (66.67%) Android
2 4 (66.67%) Mac OS
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 2 (33.33%) REST
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (33.33%) Kafka
3 2 (33.33%) Jenkins

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (66.67%) IBM Domino
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (66.67%) LAN
1 4 (66.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
1 2 (33.33%) Kafka
1 2 (33.33%) React
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Android
1 4 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (33.33%) WSO2