Platform Architect
UK

The median Platform Architect salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 954 1082
Rank change year-on-year +177 +128 -232
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 134 45 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.043% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.047% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 124 15 35
10th Percentile £57,500 - £69,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -13.51% +15.63%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £111,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,000 £124,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - +10.34%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +157 112 £75,000 -6.25% 20
UK excluding London +78 91 £90,000 +12.50% 12
Work from Home +149 77 £82,500 +3.13% 11
Midlands +52 39 £62,500 -21.88% 1
West Midlands +51 39 £62,500 -21.88% 1
London +112 33 £62,500 -21.88% 6
North of England - 22 £100,000 - 3
Wales - 13 £67,500 -
Yorkshire - 12 £100,000 - 3
North West - 10 £92,500 -
South East - 9 £95,000 - 6
South West - 7 £90,000 -
East of England - 1 £90,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Platform Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 95 (70.90%) Power Platform
2 75 (55.97%) Microsoft
3 61 (45.52%) Dynamics 365
4 52 (38.81%) Azure
5 46 (34.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 46 (34.33%) PowerApps
6 45 (33.58%) Power Automate
6 45 (33.58%) Machine Learning
7 40 (29.85%) Power BI
8 39 (29.10%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (28.36%) Data Modelling
9 38 (28.36%) Performance Optimisation
10 31 (23.13%) C#
11 29 (21.64%) Social Skills
12 28 (20.90%) Degree
13 26 (19.40%) Security Cleared
14 25 (18.66%) SC Cleared
15 23 (17.16%) ERP
15 23 (17.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 22 (16.42%) Public Sector
16 22 (16.42%) Analytics
16 22 (16.42%) Translating Business Requirements
17 21 (15.67%) Workflow
18 20 (14.93%) Computer Science
18 20 (14.93%) Agile
18 20 (14.93%) Actionable Insight
18 20 (14.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 20 (14.93%) Computer Science Degree
18 20 (14.93%) Data Analytics
18 20 (14.93%) Cybersecurity

Platform Architect 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 10 (7.46%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.49%) CMS
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 13 (9.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (70.90%) Power Platform
2 61 (45.52%) Dynamics 365
3 52 (38.81%) Azure
4 46 (34.33%) PowerApps
5 45 (33.58%) Power Automate
6 12 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.73%) AWS
8 5 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.99%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.24%) GCP
11 2 (1.49%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.49%) SaaS
12 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.75%) IaaS
12 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (29.85%) Power BI
2 18 (13.43%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.49%) Jackrabbit
Development Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (5.97%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.49%) Git
2 2 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (21.64%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (16.42%) Public Sector
4 20 (14.93%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.21%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.73%) Finance
7 4 (2.99%) Marketing
8 3 (2.24%) Local Government
8 3 (2.24%) Retail
9 2 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.49%) Banking
9 2 (1.49%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) .NET
2 2 (1.49%) JSR 170
2 2 (1.49%) OSGi
2 2 (1.49%) Spring
3 1 (0.75%) HTML
3 1 (0.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.22%) FMCG
2 3 (2.24%) Blog
2 3 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.24%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.49%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.75%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 45 (33.58%) Machine Learning
3 39 (29.10%) Business Intelligence
4 38 (28.36%) Data Modelling
4 38 (28.36%) Performance Optimisation
5 23 (17.16%) ERP
6 22 (16.42%) Analytics
6 22 (16.42%) Translating Business Requirements
7 21 (15.67%) Workflow
8 20 (14.93%) Actionable Insight
8 20 (14.93%) Agile
8 20 (14.93%) Computer Science
8 20 (14.93%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (14.93%) Data Analytics
8 20 (14.93%) Digital Strategy
8 20 (14.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 20 (14.93%) User Experience
8 20 (14.93%) Visualisation
9 19 (14.18%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (11.94%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.13%) C#
2 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (20.90%) Degree
2 26 (19.40%) Security Cleared
3 25 (18.66%) SC Cleared
4 20 (14.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (13.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.97%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.99%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.49%) vSphere
Vendors
1 75 (55.97%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.49%) Adobe
2 2 (1.49%) Google
2 2 (1.49%) Veeam
2 2 (1.49%) VMware
3 1 (0.75%) IBM