Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services
UK
The median Platform Engineer - Amazon Web Services salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 708 | 851 | 885 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +143 | +34 | +285 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an AWS Platform Engineer | 21 | 32 | 76 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.032% | 0.077% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.041% | 0.034% | 0.084% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15 | 31 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,975 | £56,750 | £53,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £68,125 | £72,500 | £58,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £77,500 | £71,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +8.77% | +9.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,125 | £97,500 | £88,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,000 | £115,000 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
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 18 May 2025.
AWS Platform Engineer
Top 10 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 18 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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| England | +118 | 16 | £77,500 | +1.64% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 11 | £78,750 | +5.00% | 23 |
| UK excluding London | +178 | 7 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 15 |
| London | +96 | 6 | £90,000 | +12.50% | 16 |
| Midlands | +65 | 2 | £75,000 | +28.21% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 2 | £75,000 | +28.21% | 1 |
| North of England | +46 | 2 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 6 |
| Wales | - | 2 | £63,250 | - | |
| North West | - | 2 | £65,000 | - | 5 |
| South East | +90 | 1 | £87,500 | +12.90% | 7 |
AWS Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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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