Platform Engineer
UK
The median Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £70,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 420 | 470 | 527 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +50 | +57 | +137 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer | 328 | 490 | 546 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.49% | 0.54% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.66% | 0.52% | 0.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 198 | 275 | 381 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,823 | £53,500 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,176 | £62,500 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,500 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.00% | +7.14% | +4.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £89,688 | £92,500 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £112,500 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,560 | £62,500 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.90% | -7.41% | +22.73% |
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 | 49,922 | 93,907 | 92,301 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.55% | 94.63% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,447 | 67,290 | 58,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Platform Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineer.
Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Platform Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 | +65 | 321 | £70,000 | -6.67% | 263 |
| UK excluding London | +79 | 196 | £57,560 | -7.90% | 177 |
| North of England | +85 | 150 | £57,560 | -4.07% | 53 |
| North West | +73 | 145 | £57,560 | -11.45% | 36 |
| London | +63 | 120 | £90,000 | +9.09% | 129 |
| Work from Home | +60 | 65 | £72,500 | -3.33% | 187 |
| South East | +85 | 20 | £51,000 | -15.00% | 62 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 9 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 14 |
| Midlands | +41 | 9 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 20 |
| South West | +76 | 8 | £78,750 | +16.67% | 16 |
| East of England | +39 | 6 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +27 | 4 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 12 |
| Wales | +32 | 2 | £63,250 | +15.00% | |
| Scotland | +67 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| North East | +34 | 1 | £75,500 | -5.63% | 5 |
Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 Platform Engineer in the job title.
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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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