Platform Architect
UK
The median Platform Architect salary in the UK is £86,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 682 | 758 | 923 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +76 | +165 | +212 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect | 29 | 152 | 41 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.053% | 0.15% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.059% | 0.16% | 0.046% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 142 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £66,750 | £57,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £71,250 | £58,750 | £75,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £86,250 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -6.25% | -14.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £96,875 | £93,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £100,000 | £105,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £91,250 | £90,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +12.50% | - |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Platform Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Platform Architect
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Architect.
Platform Architect
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Platform Architect
Top 9 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +57 | 28 | £87,500 | - | 51 |
| UK excluding London | +103 | 14 | £91,250 | +1.39% | 32 |
| London | +96 | 13 | £87,500 | +40.00% | 27 |
| East of England | +50 | 10 | - | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +37 | 7 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 28 |
| South West | +113 | 2 | £87,500 | -2.78% | 4 |
| North of England | +14 | 2 | £95,000 | -5.00% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +44 | 1 | - | - | |
| North West | -8 | 1 | £95,000 | +2.70% | 3 |
Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Platform Architect 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 Platform Architect in the job title.
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Platform Architect 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: