Platform Engineer
UK
The median Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 397 | 480 | 533 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +83 | +53 | +150 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Engineer | 331 | 485 | 498 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.47% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.66% | 0.49% | 0.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 197 | 267 | 352 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52,000 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,176 | £60,650 | £54,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.33% | +7.14% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,750 | £93,750 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,250 | £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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £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 | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
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 31 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 31 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 | +87 | 326 | £71,750 | -4.33% | 232 |
| UK excluding London | +91 | 193 | £57,560 | -4.07% | 136 |
| North of England | +53 | 146 | £57,560 | -4.07% | 49 |
| North West | +61 | 140 | £57,560 | -7.90% | 32 |
| London | +66 | 125 | £82,500 | -2.94% | 102 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 61 | £72,500 | -3.33% | 140 |
| South East | +70 | 23 | £71,750 | +19.58% | 22 |
| West Midlands | +48 | 12 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 14 |
| Midlands | +39 | 12 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 18 |
| South West | +79 | 5 | £85,253 | +26.30% | 19 |
| East of England | +41 | 5 | £77,500 | -3.13% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 5 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 13 |
| Scotland | +78 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| North East | +39 | 1 | £75,500 | -5.63% | 5 |
| Wales | +32 | 1 | £63,250 | +17.67% | 2 |
Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 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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