Senior Platform Engineer
UK
The median Senior Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £83,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 679 | 861 | 845 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +182 | -16 | +345 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Platform Engineer | 42 | 46 | 84 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.072% | 0.043% | 0.094% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.080% | 0.045% | 0.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 36 | 44 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £64,509 | £47,500 | £62,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £74,375 | £62,875 | £68,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £83,750 | £76,250 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.84% | +1.67% | -9.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £98,125 | £94,063 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,875 | £115,000 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £72,500 | £71,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.34% | +1.75% | -1.72% |
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 | 52,512 | 102,387 | 81,388 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.85% | 94.81% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,421 | 72,229 | 54,035 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| 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 | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
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 2 July 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 2 July 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 | +150 | 40 | £85,000 | +11.48% | 145 |
| London | +93 | 25 | £90,000 | +20.00% | 89 |
| Work from Home | +113 | 12 | £82,500 | +3.13% | 93 |
| UK excluding London | +188 | 9 | £80,000 | +10.34% | 56 |
| South East | - | 5 | £82,500 | - | 15 |
| North of England | +51 | 4 | £68,442 | -7.20% | 29 |
| North West | +24 | 3 | £69,384 | +2.79% | 17 |
| Yorkshire | +56 | 1 | £60,000 | -25.00% | 10 |
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 July 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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