Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services
UK
The median Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services salary in the UK is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 677 | 864 | 910 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +187 | +46 | +224 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Platform Engineer | 15 | 32 | 79 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.029% | 0.032% | 0.076% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.032% | 0.034% | 0.083% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 31 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,625 | £57,500 | £53,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,813 | £72,500 | £58,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £78,750 | £77,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.61% | +10.71% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,125 | £97,500 | £88,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,375 | £115,000 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £63,250 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.42% | -14.29% | +16.67% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
AWS Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured AWS Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
AWS Platform Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AWS Platform Engineer.
AWS Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
AWS Platform Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Platform Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
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| Work from Home | +183 | 10 | £75,000 | -1.64% | 28 |
| England | +155 | 10 | £83,750 | +8.06% | 35 |
| London | +91 | 5 | £87,500 | +9.38% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | +207 | 4 | £63,250 | +5.42% | 25 |
| North of England | +86 | 2 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 12 |
| North West | - | 2 | £65,000 | - | 11 |
| Wales | - | 2 | £63,250 | - |
AWS Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, AWS 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 featuring AWS Platform Engineer in the job title.
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AWS Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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