Platform Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Platform Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months to 28 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 343 301 301
Rank change year-on-year -42 0 -74
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 459 1,516 1,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 1.21% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.26% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 375 893 1,187
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £132,250 £110,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +26.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Platform Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,121 120,104 122,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.72% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 36,956 73,203 81,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +4.17%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineering in the UK

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineering.

Salary trend for Platform Engineering in the UK

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering over the 6 months to 28 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineering in the UK

Platform Engineering
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 2023. 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
England -37 432 £77,500 -3.13% 233
Work from Home -9 246 £75,000 -6.25% 154
London -14 229 £86,250 +1.47% 140
UK excluding London -35 194 £65,000 - 133
North of England +30 66 £66,250 +3.47% 40
South West +22 41 £47,529 -13.58% 23
Midlands +70 38 £55,000 -21.43% 14
South East +59 34 £75,000 +7.14% 29
North West +85 33 £77,500 +19.23% 21
East Midlands +41 28 £55,000 -21.43% 5
Yorkshire +40 27 £55,000 -8.33% 14
West Midlands +64 10 £77,500 +3.33% 9
Scotland +22 7 £79,632 +14.67% 12
North East +16 6 £55,000 -21.43% 6
Wales +8 5 £57,165 +14.33% 10
East of England +43 3 £75,000 +3.45% 6
Northern Ireland +35 2 £75,000 +20.00%

Platform Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.18%) Confluence
1 10 (2.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 10 (2.18%) WebLogic
2 6 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.09%) Apache
3 5 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.09%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.87%) IIS
4 4 (0.87%) JBoss
5 3 (0.65%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.22%) Luigi
6 1 (0.22%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.22%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 223 (48.58%) Azure
2 202 (44.01%) AWS
3 109 (23.75%) GCP
4 73 (15.90%) Azure DevOps
4 73 (15.90%) GitHub
5 49 (10.68%) GitHub Actions
6 44 (9.59%) SaaS
7 43 (9.37%) OpenShift
7 43 (9.37%) PaaS
8 38 (8.28%) IaaS
9 37 (8.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (5.23%) Serverless
11 21 (4.58%) Azure AKS
12 17 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 16 (3.49%) Power Platform
14 15 (3.27%) Entra ID
15 14 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (3.05%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.70%) Internet
2 16 (3.49%) DNS
3 9 (1.96%) Firewall
4 8 (1.74%) Network Security
5 4 (0.87%) PBX
5 4 (0.87%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.65%) VPN
7 1 (0.22%) DHCP
7 1 (0.22%) IPv4
7 1 (0.22%) LAN
7 1 (0.22%) SAN
7 1 (0.22%) VSAN
7 1 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.02%) Data Warehouse
2 43 (9.37%) Data Lake
3 24 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 21 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 14 (3.05%) MySQL
5 14 (3.05%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.83%) BigQuery
6 13 (2.83%) Power BI
7 12 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.18%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.18%) Oracle ODI
8 10 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
9 8 (1.74%) Data Hub
10 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (1.31%) Redis
11 4 (0.87%) Big Data
11 4 (0.87%) Tableau
12 3 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.65%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 107 (23.31%) Jenkins
2 54 (11.76%) Git
3 44 (9.59%) GitLab
4 17 (3.70%) JIRA
5 16 (3.49%) Bitbucket
6 15 (3.27%) SonarQube
7 14 (3.05%) IBM UrbanCode
7 14 (3.05%) TeamCity
8 10 (2.18%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (1.53%) Maven
10 5 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.65%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.65%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.65%) Spinnaker
12 2 (0.44%) NUnit
12 2 (0.44%) Postman
12 2 (0.44%) Snyk
12 2 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 152 (33.12%) Finance
2 89 (19.39%) Banking
3 86 (18.74%) Social Skills
4 39 (8.50%) Investment Banking
5 38 (8.28%) Front Office
6 25 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (5.45%) Retail
7 17 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.27%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.27%) Retail Banking
9 8 (1.74%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.53%) Games
10 7 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.09%) Law
12 3 (0.65%) Legal
12 3 (0.65%) Marketing
13 2 (0.44%) Analytical Skills
13 2 (0.44%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 154 (33.55%) Platform Engineer
2 141 (30.72%) DevOps Engineer
3 81 (17.65%) AWS Engineer
4 71 (15.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 68 (14.81%) Senior
6 64 (13.94%) AWS DevOps
6 64 (13.94%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 61 (13.29%) Cloud Engineer
8 55 (11.98%) Azure Engineer
9 38 (8.28%) Data Engineer
10 37 (8.06%) Developer
11 29 (6.32%) Lead
11 29 (6.32%) Python Engineer
12 27 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
12 27 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 24 (5.23%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 24 (5.23%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 23 (5.01%) Full Stack Developer
15 21 (4.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 19 (4.14%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.19%) .NET
2 19 (4.14%) CSS
2 19 (4.14%) HTML
3 16 (3.49%) .NET Core
3 16 (3.49%) .NET Framework
4 13 (2.83%) AngularJS
5 11 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
5 11 (2.40%) Kafka
5 11 (2.40%) REST
6 10 (2.18%) SAML
6 10 (2.18%) YAML
7 9 (1.96%) ASP.NET
8 8 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
8 8 (1.74%) jQuery
8 8 (1.74%) React
9 6 (1.31%) OpenID
9 6 (1.31%) Web Services
9 6 (1.31%) Yii
10 5 (1.09%) JSON
10 5 (1.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.28%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.70%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
3 14 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (3.05%) Online Banking
3 14 (3.05%) Robotics
4 13 (2.83%) Private Cloud
5 12 (2.61%) Public Cloud
6 9 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.74%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.31%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.09%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.09%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.09%) PKI
10 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.87%) Hedge funds
10 4 (0.87%) Web3
11 3 (0.65%) Bitcoin
Operating Systems
1 86 (18.74%) Linux
2 28 (6.10%) Windows
3 22 (4.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.61%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.09%) Unix
6 4 (0.87%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.65%) CentOS
8 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (62.53%) DevOps
2 233 (50.76%) CI/CD
3 216 (47.06%) Agile
4 148 (32.24%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (16.99%) Containerisation
6 64 (13.94%) Artificial Intelligence
7 55 (11.98%) Software Engineering
8 46 (10.02%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (9.80%) Analytics
9 45 (9.80%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 44 (9.59%) Data Engineering
10 44 (9.59%) Migration
11 41 (8.93%) SDLC
12 40 (8.71%) Configuration Management
13 38 (8.28%) Release Automation
14 35 (7.63%) Machine Learning
15 34 (7.41%) SOA
16 33 (7.19%) Test Automation
17 32 (6.97%) Continuous Integration
17 32 (6.97%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 243 (52.94%) Python
2 105 (22.88%) Java
3 100 (21.79%) SQL
4 89 (19.39%) PowerShell
5 88 (19.17%) Go
6 84 (18.30%) Bash
7 43 (9.37%) C#
8 36 (7.84%) JavaScript
9 31 (6.75%) Ruby
10 23 (5.01%) Bicep
11 13 (2.83%) Shell Script
11 13 (2.83%) TypeScript
12 12 (2.61%) T-SQL
13 11 (2.40%) Perl
14 9 (1.96%) C++
14 9 (1.96%) PHP
15 8 (1.74%) Scala
16 6 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 6 (1.31%) Korn
16 6 (1.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (6.32%) Security Cleared
2 25 (5.45%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.23%) Degree
4 15 (3.27%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.61%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.09%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 4 (0.87%) CCNA
10 4 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.44%) MCSE
12 2 (0.44%) VCAP
12 2 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.22%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.83%) QA
2 9 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.31%) NIST
4 5 (1.09%) GDPR
4 5 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) GxP
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 169 (36.82%) Docker
2 23 (5.01%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.65%) vSphere
6 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) Ceph
7 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 234 (50.98%) Terraform
2 217 (47.28%) Kubernetes
3 100 (21.79%) Ansible
4 38 (8.28%) Rancher
5 35 (7.63%) Puppet
6 34 (7.41%) Argo
7 28 (6.10%) Grafana
8 24 (5.23%) Prometheus
9 21 (4.58%) Progress Chef
10 11 (2.40%) Salt
11 10 (2.18%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (1.31%) Packer
14 4 (0.87%) Istio
14 4 (0.87%) PingFederate
14 4 (0.87%) SCCM
14 4 (0.87%) SCOM
15 3 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.65%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 71 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.84%) Google
3 19 (4.14%) Databricks
3 19 (4.14%) Veracode
4 18 (3.92%) Red Hat
5 17 (3.70%) Splunk
6 15 (3.27%) IBM
7 14 (3.05%) Oracle
8 13 (2.83%) VMware
9 10 (2.18%) Hyperion
10 5 (1.09%) New Relic
10 5 (1.09%) SaltStack
11 4 (0.87%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.87%) Ping Identity
12 3 (0.65%) PagerDuty
13 2 (0.44%) Alteryx
13 2 (0.44%) AppDynamics
13 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.44%) NetApp
13 2 (0.44%) SolarWinds