Platform Specialist
UK

The median Platform Specialist salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 862 948 1208
Rank change year-on-year +86 +260 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Specialist 21 11 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.012% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 24
10th Percentile £40,000 £68,000 £43,425
25th Percentile £50,000 £73,438 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +29.17% +22.83%
75th Percentile £100,000 £83,438 £65,000
90th Percentile - £101,250 £65,310
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £75,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.67% +42.86% +7.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 94,483 90,798 154,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,539 57,358 84,412
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Platform Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Platform Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Specialist in the UK

Platform Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Platform Specialist in the UK

Platform Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Specialist over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Specialist in the UK

Platform Specialist
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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 +107 20 £72,500 -6.45% 9
London +127 15 £90,000 +16.13% 7
Work from Home +75 9 £100,000 +48.15% 6
UK excluding London -11 6 £47,500 -36.67% 3
North of England - 5 £40,000 - 1
North West - 3 £40,000 - 1
North East - 2 £55,000 -
Scotland - 1 £120,000 -

Platform Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Platform Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Azure
3 4 (19.05%) Python
3 4 (19.05%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 3 (14.29%) Delta Lake
4 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Law
4 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 3 (14.29%) ETL
4 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 3 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (14.29%) R
4 3 (14.29%) Power BI
4 3 (14.29%) Databricks
4 3 (14.29%) PySpark
5 2 (9.52%) Data Transformation
5 2 (9.52%) Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
5 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
5 2 (9.52%) JIRA
5 2 (9.52%) Wealth Management

Platform Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (14.29%) Delta Lake
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
1 3 (14.29%) Law
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Back Office
3 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.76%) Hedge funds
1 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
2 3 (14.29%) ETL
2 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.52%) Analytics
3 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
3 2 (9.52%) Data Transformation
3 2 (9.52%) ITSM
3 2 (9.52%) Service Management
3 2 (9.52%) Wealth Management
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.76%) Data Management
4 1 (4.76%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.76%) Data Security
4 1 (4.76%) DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Migration
4 1 (4.76%) SDLC
4 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) R
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Databricks
2 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) VMware