Senior Platform Engineer
UK
The median Senior Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 656 | 860 | 881 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +204 | +21 | +226 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Platform Engineer | 36 | 36 | 108 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.069% | 0.037% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.077% | 0.039% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28 | 35 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £63,375 | £61,000 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £68,627 | £63,750 | £68,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £92,500 | £85,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.81% | +8.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £113,750 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £104,875 | £122,500 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -7.14% | -6.35% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Senior Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Platform Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Platform Engineer.
Senior Platform Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Senior Platform Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Platform Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 | +177 | 34 | £82,500 | -14.29% | 36 |
| London | +113 | 26 | £90,000 | -14.29% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +185 | 9 | £82,500 | -5.71% | 29 |
| UK excluding London | +209 | 7 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 26 |
| North of England | +86 | 6 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 7 |
| North West | +33 | 4 | £68,442 | +5.30% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +76 | 2 | £62,500 | -21.88% | 1 |
| South East | - | 1 | £82,500 | - | 10 |
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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