Platform Engineer
UK
The median Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £71,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 390 | 470 | 528 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +80 | +58 | +129 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer | 325 | 482 | 559 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.62% | 0.49% | 0.54% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.69% | 0.52% | 0.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 196 | 270 | 389 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £55,000 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,176 | £62,500 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,750 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.33% | +7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £92,500 | £90,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £112,500 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,560 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.45% | -3.70% | +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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 30 April 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 30 April 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 | +104 | 318 | £71,000 | -5.33% | 175 |
| UK excluding London | +116 | 194 | £57,560 | -11.45% | 105 |
| North of England | +109 | 151 | £57,560 | -4.07% | 49 |
| North West | +99 | 146 | £57,560 | -11.45% | 34 |
| London | +56 | 120 | £90,000 | +10.77% | 77 |
| Work from Home | +103 | 65 | £72,500 | -3.33% | 130 |
| South East | +100 | 19 | £60,500 | +0.83% | 14 |
| South West | +85 | 8 | £78,750 | +16.67% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +38 | 7 | £61,250 | -12.50% | 9 |
| Midlands | +31 | 7 | £61,250 | -5.77% | 13 |
| East of England | +51 | 6 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 4 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 9 |
| Wales | +31 | 2 | £63,250 | +15.00% | |
| Scotland | +82 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| North East | +40 | 1 | £75,500 | -5.63% | 6 |
Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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