Platform Architect
UK
The median Platform Architect salary in the UK is £90,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 695 | 742 | 919 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +47 | +177 | +207 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect | 34 | 141 | 42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.061% | 0.14% | 0.042% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.067% | 0.15% | 0.046% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 131 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £68,500 | £57,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £82,500 | £58,750 | £75,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £90,000 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -6.25% | -13.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £93,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,500 | £100,000 | £105,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £95,000 | £90,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.56% | +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 | 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% |
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 18 May 2025.
Platform Architect
Top 10 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 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 | +44 | 33 | £91,250 | +7.35% | 28 |
| UK excluding London | +96 | 16 | £95,000 | +5.56% | 22 |
| London | +95 | 16 | £90,000 | +44.00% | 10 |
| East of England | +48 | 10 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +57 | 9 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 17 |
| North of England | +24 | 4 | £95,000 | -5.00% | 1 |
| South West | +104 | 2 | £87,500 | -2.78% | 2 |
| North West | -9 | 2 | £95,000 | +2.70% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 1 | - | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £95,000 | - |
Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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: