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 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 670 | 870 | 865 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +200 | -5 | +284 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Platform Engineer | 41 | 40 | 99 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.075% | 0.039% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.083% | 0.041% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 34 | 39 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £63,750 | £62,000 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | £63,750 | £68,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £82,500 | £82,500 | £86,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +3.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £99,375 | £112,500 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,625 | £122,500 | £108,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £69,384 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.88% | -3.45% | +3.57% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 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 28 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 | +165 | 39 | £82,500 | - | 130 |
| London | +120 | 24 | £90,000 | -12.20% | 34 |
| Work from Home | +114 | 12 | £82,500 | - | 33 |
| UK excluding London | +198 | 11 | £69,384 | -0.88% | 117 |
| North of England | +42 | 6 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 24 |
| South East | - | 5 | £82,500 | - | 42 |
| North West | +2 | 4 | £68,442 | +5.30% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +62 | 2 | £62,500 | -21.88% | 7 |
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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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