Platform Engineering Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Platform Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 225 312
Rank change year-on-year +30 +87 +66
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 709 451 532
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.99% 1.33% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.51% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 552 113 179
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,500 £40,833
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,000 £90,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,714 29,818 56,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.54% 88.25% 79.92%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 16,034 38,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,888 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -8.71%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Platform Engineering job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Platform Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
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 Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
North of England -20 292 £75,000 +8.09% 88
North West -29 180 £70,400 +2.86% 55
South East +38 157 £67,500 -4.26% 72
Midlands +30 104 £75,000 +3.45% 35
South West +16 86 £70,000 - 34
Yorkshire +31 80 £80,000 +18.52% 28
West Midlands +20 73 £75,000 +3.45% 23
East of England +16 33 £80,000 +3.23% 16
North East -22 32 £60,000 -20.53% 5
East Midlands +8 31 £80,000 - 12
Wales -29 26 £79,750 +57.95% 5
Scotland +14 10 £100,000 +32.70% 14
Northern Ireland - 1 £73,801 -
Platform Engineering
UK

Platform Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.41%) Apache
3 8 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.56%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.28%) Confluence
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 279 (39.35%) Azure
2 176 (24.82%) AWS
3 81 (11.42%) GitHub
4 78 (11.00%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (8.46%) GCP
6 56 (7.90%) GitHub Actions
7 54 (7.62%) PaaS
7 54 (7.62%) Serverless
8 42 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 40 (5.64%) SaaS
10 37 (5.22%) Azure AKS
11 31 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (4.09%) Amazon S3
13 28 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (2.82%) Entra ID
16 19 (2.68%) IaaS
17 18 (2.54%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.37%) Firewall
2 24 (3.39%) DNS
3 10 (1.41%) VPN
4 8 (1.13%) SAN
5 6 (0.85%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.71%) Broadband
6 5 (0.71%) NAS
6 5 (0.71%) WAN
7 4 (0.56%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.56%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.28%) BGP
8 2 (0.28%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.28%) DHCP
8 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.28%) SNMP
9 1 (0.14%) AMQP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTP
9 1 (0.14%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.14%) LAN
9 1 (0.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.26%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.12%) Spark SQL
6 14 (1.97%) DynamoDB
7 13 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 11 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.13%) Redis
10 7 (0.99%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.56%) MySQL
12 4 (0.56%) Power BI
13 3 (0.42%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.28%) Data Hub
14 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.28%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 51 (7.19%) Git
2 47 (6.63%) Jenkins
3 45 (6.35%) GitLab
4 15 (2.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (0.71%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.71%) JIRA
6 4 (0.56%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.56%) JMeter
6 4 (0.56%) Locust
7 3 (0.42%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.28%) MSI
8 2 (0.28%) Snyk
9 1 (0.14%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.14%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (12.83%) Social Skills
2 82 (11.57%) Finance
3 36 (5.08%) Public Sector
4 23 (3.24%) Law
5 18 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (2.26%) Legal
8 12 (1.69%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.41%) Banking
10 7 (0.99%) Games
10 7 (0.99%) Retail Banking
11 5 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.56%) Aviation
12 4 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.56%) Electronics
12 4 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.42%) Advertising
13 3 (0.42%) Automotive
14 2 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.28%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 296 (41.75%) Platform Engineer
2 158 (22.28%) Senior
3 127 (17.91%) DevOps Engineer
4 118 (16.64%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 108 (15.23%) Azure Engineer
6 97 (13.68%) Data Engineer
7 95 (13.40%) Lead
8 92 (12.98%) Cloud Engineer
9 81 (11.42%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 71 (10.01%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 56 (7.90%) Architect
11 56 (7.90%) Software Engineer
12 38 (5.36%) DevOps Platform Engineer
13 34 (4.80%) Senior DevOps
13 34 (4.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 32 (4.51%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 31 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (4.23%) Developer
17 27 (3.81%) Microsoft Engineer
17 27 (3.81%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.08%) Node.js
2 33 (4.65%) ARM Templates
3 26 (3.67%) REST
4 25 (3.53%) YAML
5 22 (3.10%) .NET
6 21 (2.96%) React
7 20 (2.82%) Kafka
8 17 (2.40%) PySpark
8 17 (2.40%) XMPP
9 16 (2.26%) Regular Expression
10 13 (1.83%) Spring Boot
10 13 (1.83%) Web Services
11 12 (1.69%) LDAP
12 11 (1.55%) OpenID
13 10 (1.41%) OAuth
14 9 (1.27%) Spring
15 8 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
15 8 (1.13%) RESTful
16 7 (0.99%) AWS CDK
16 7 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 112 (15.80%) Cloud Native
2 22 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (2.26%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (1.41%) Clustering
6 10 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (1.13%) Security Posture
8 7 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.85%) Digital Wallet
9 6 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (0.85%) Mainframe
9 6 (0.85%) Replication
9 6 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
10 5 (0.71%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.71%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.71%) PKI
11 4 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (14.95%) Linux
2 44 (6.21%) Windows
3 30 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (3.39%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.97%) CentOS
6 8 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.13%) Unix
7 6 (0.85%) Android
8 3 (0.42%) Debian
9 2 (0.28%) VMS
9 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (46.97%) DevOps
2 281 (39.63%) CI/CD
3 266 (37.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 132 (18.62%) Observability
5 112 (15.80%) Agile
5 112 (15.80%) AI
6 108 (15.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 102 (14.39%) Software Engineering
8 95 (13.40%) Containerisation
9 92 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 74 (10.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 74 (10.44%) Mentoring
11 72 (10.16%) Analytics
12 69 (9.73%) Technical Leadership
13 55 (7.76%) Cloud Security
14 53 (7.48%) Microservices
15 49 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
16 48 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
17 44 (6.21%) Cost Optimisation
17 44 (6.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 162 (22.85%) Python
2 74 (10.44%) Bash
3 71 (10.01%) SQL
4 53 (7.48%) PowerShell
5 41 (5.78%) Bicep
6 40 (5.64%) Java
7 27 (3.81%) C#
8 21 (2.96%) TypeScript
9 19 (2.68%) Go
9 19 (2.68%) Groovy
10 13 (1.83%) C++
10 13 (1.83%) JavaScript
11 10 (1.41%) C
12 7 (0.99%) PHP
13 6 (0.85%) COBOL
13 6 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.85%) Ruby
13 6 (0.85%) Scala
14 4 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
15 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 164 (23.13%) Security Cleared
2 101 (14.25%) SC Cleared
3 72 (10.16%) DV Cleared
4 29 (4.09%) Degree
5 16 (2.26%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.28%) CITP
8 2 (0.28%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.14%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.14%) LPIC
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.14%) RHCE
9 1 (0.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.39%) QA
2 16 (2.26%) GDPR
3 11 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.27%) SOC 2
6 6 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
6 6 (0.85%) NCSC
7 4 (0.56%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.56%) WCAG
8 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.42%) NIST
8 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.28%) SLA
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 101 (14.25%) Docker
2 31 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.54%) vSphere
4 12 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 265 (37.38%) Terraform
2 174 (24.54%) Kubernetes
3 65 (9.17%) Ansible
4 30 (4.23%) Grafana
5 25 (3.53%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.82%) Argo
7 15 (2.12%) Istio
7 15 (2.12%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.27%) linkerd
9 8 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.71%) Puppet
11 4 (0.56%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.56%) Nagios
12 3 (0.42%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
13 2 (0.28%) Mesos
13 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.14%) Nessus
14 1 (0.14%) Packer
14 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.65%) VMware
3 26 (3.67%) Oracle
4 24 (3.39%) Google
5 22 (3.10%) Red Hat
6 20 (2.82%) Databricks
7 15 (2.12%) Splunk
8 12 (1.69%) McAfee
9 8 (1.13%) Adobe
10 7 (0.99%) Foundry
10 7 (0.99%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.71%) Citrix
11 5 (0.71%) NetApp
12 3 (0.42%) Computacenter
12 3 (0.42%) Meraki
13 2 (0.28%) Cisco
13 2 (0.28%) F5
13 2 (0.28%) New Relic
13 2 (0.28%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds