Platform Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Platform Architect
UK > UK excluding London

As of 12 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Platform Architect salary in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 541 548
Rank change year-on-year +48 +7 +210
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 13 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.028% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.030% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 10
10th Percentile - £67,750 -
25th Percentile - £86,875 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £95,000 £91,250
Median % change year-on-year - +4.11% -10.98%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £98,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £95,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% +22.58% -13.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,950 33,421 33,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 92.92% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 23,124 16,269 25,086
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Platform Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Platform Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Platform Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
South East +37 12 - - 3
West Midlands +23 1 - -
Midlands +17 1 - -
Platform Architect
UK

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 UK excluding London region featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Analytics
1 12 (92.31%) Architectural Design
1 12 (92.31%) BigQuery
1 12 (92.31%) Cloud Security
1 12 (92.31%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (92.31%) Cost Management
1 12 (92.31%) Cost Optimisation
1 12 (92.31%) Data Science
1 12 (92.31%) GCP
1 12 (92.31%) Go
1 12 (92.31%) Google
1 12 (92.31%) Java
1 12 (92.31%) Kubernetes
1 12 (92.31%) Mentoring
1 12 (92.31%) Performance Optimisation
1 12 (92.31%) Python
1 12 (92.31%) Roadmaps
1 12 (92.31%) Strategic Roadmap

Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (92.31%) BigQuery
General
1 12 (92.31%) Law
1 12 (92.31%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (92.31%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Analytics
1 12 (92.31%) Architectural Design
1 12 (92.31%) Cloud Security
1 12 (92.31%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (92.31%) Cost Management
1 12 (92.31%) Cost Optimisation
1 12 (92.31%) Data Science
1 12 (92.31%) Mentoring
1 12 (92.31%) Performance Optimisation
1 12 (92.31%) Roadmaps
1 12 (92.31%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) Go
1 12 (92.31%) Java
1 12 (92.31%) Python
Systems Management
1 12 (92.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Google