Platform Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Platform Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Platform Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £51,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 484 549 546
Rank change year-on-year +65 -3 +224
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 26 10 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.062% 0.028% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.030% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 14
10th Percentile £41,975 £66,250 £46,400
25th Percentile £42,313 - £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.14% +40.00% +29.87%
75th Percentile £61,500 - £52,500
90th Percentile £69,600 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +40.00% -18.03%

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 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Platform Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Platform Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Platform Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Platform Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Platform Specialist in the UK excluding London

Platform Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Scotland - 10 £51,000 -
East of England - 7 - -
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
Midlands - 3 - - 3
North of England +12 2 - -
South East - 2 £56,750 - 1
North West +16 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Platform Specialist
UK

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Platform Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
1 9 (34.62%) Windows Server
2 8 (30.77%) Asset Management
2 8 (30.77%) Charles River
2 8 (30.77%) Coaching
2 8 (30.77%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (30.77%) Investment Management
2 8 (30.77%) ITIL
2 8 (30.77%) JIRA
2 8 (30.77%) Order Management
2 8 (30.77%) SQL
2 8 (30.77%) Telnet
3 7 (26.92%) Power Automate
3 7 (26.92%) PowerApps
4 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (11.54%) Azure
6 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
6 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
7 2 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (7.69%) Power BI
8 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
8 1 (3.85%) AI
8 1 (3.85%) Analytics
8 1 (3.85%) API Integration
8 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps

Platform Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Power Automate
1 7 (26.92%) PowerApps
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.54%) Azure
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.85%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Telnet
2 1 (3.85%) DHCP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) JIRA
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Front Office
3 4 (15.38%) Legal
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (30.77%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Equities
1 8 (30.77%) Fixed Income
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
1 9 (34.62%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Asset Management
1 8 (30.77%) Coaching
1 8 (30.77%) Investment Management
1 8 (30.77%) ITIL
1 8 (30.77%) Order Management
2 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
4 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.85%) AI
5 1 (3.85%) Analytics
5 1 (3.85%) Build Automation
5 1 (3.85%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.85%) CRM
5 1 (3.85%) Data Integration
5 1 (3.85%) Data Privacy
5 1 (3.85%) DevOps
5 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.85%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
2 8 (30.77%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Charles River
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Dynatrace