Platform Engineer
UK
The median Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £71,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 408 | 486 | 520 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +78 | +34 | +153 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer | 330 | 482 | 520 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.60% | 0.47% | 0.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.67% | 0.50% | 0.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 199 | 267 | 365 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52,000 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,176 | £60,650 | £54,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £71,000 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.33% | +7.14% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,125 | £93,750 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,750 | £112,500 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,560 | £60,000 | £65,351 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.07% | -8.19% | +18.82% |
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 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 28 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 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 |
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| England | +84 | 324 | £71,000 | -5.33% | 304 |
| UK excluding London | +112 | 195 | £57,560 | -4.07% | 206 |
| North of England | +59 | 147 | £57,560 | -4.07% | 62 |
| North West | +55 | 141 | £57,560 | -7.90% | 41 |
| London | +81 | 122 | £82,500 | -2.94% | 153 |
| Work from Home | +44 | 63 | £72,500 | -3.33% | 170 |
| South East | +82 | 23 | £71,750 | +19.58% | 66 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 11 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 13 |
| Midlands | +33 | 11 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 18 |
| South West | +86 | 6 | £82,626 | +22.41% | 26 |
| East of England | +35 | 5 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 19 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 5 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 16 |
| Wales | +39 | 2 | £63,250 | +17.67% | 2 |
| Scotland | +79 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| North East | +37 | 1 | £75,500 | -5.63% | 6 |
Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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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