Platform Engineer Jobs in Preston

Platform Engineer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Platform Engineer salary in Preston is £57,560 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 34 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer 10 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 2.60% 1.38% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.65% 1.57% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,176 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 - £42,500
75th Percentile £58,943 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £57,560 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 378 191 237
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.18% 88.02% 86.18%
Number of salaries quoted 253 150 162
10th Percentile - £26,400 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £42,500 £42,098
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +0.96% +5.24%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,625 £62,412
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -4.26% +10.59%

Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineer in Preston

Platform Engineer
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Platform Engineer in Preston

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 5 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 Preston region featuring Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Teamcenter
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 10 (100.00%) MODAF
1 10 (100.00%) SysML
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
1 10 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 10 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 10 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 10 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 10 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
1 10 (100.00%) Sparx
1 10 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 10 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 10 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 10 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 10 (100.00%) MODAF
1 10 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 10 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 10 (100.00%) SysML
1 10 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
1 10 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Sparx