Senior Platform Engineer Job Trends
Senior Platform Engineer
UK
The median Senior Platform Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 627 | 618 | 693 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +75 | +14 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Platform Engineer | 191 | 43 | 57 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.16% | 0.088% | 0.082% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.098% | 0.086% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 149 | 31 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £60,000 | £68,813 | £47,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | £69,406 | £63,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £82,500 | £69,308 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +19.03% | -15.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £89,500 | £83,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £99,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £75,000 | £80,000 | £69,308 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +15.43% | -4.40% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 110,883 | 43,839 | 65,925 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.32% | 89.78% | 95.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,898 | 25,844 | 37,668 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,450 | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £41,254 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £52,500 | £56,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -6.25% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £93,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
Senior Platform Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Platform Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Senior Platform Engineer Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for Senior Platform Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Senior Platform Engineer Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.
Senior Platform Engineer Top 14 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 20 October 2026. 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 | -24 | 157 | £75,000 | -9.09% | 375 |
| UK excluding London | -19 | 122 | £75,000 | -6.25% | 151 |
| London | -49 | 54 | £90,000 | -1.37% | 224 |
| South East | -14 | 42 | £75,000 | -9.09% | 38 |
| North of England | -39 | 35 | £70,400 | -4.61% | 40 |
| North West | -16 | 30 | £70,400 | -4.61% | 29 |
| Work from Home | -38 | 25 | £85,250 | +0.29% | 178 |
| Wales | -53 | 21 | £70,000 | -5.91% | |
| Midlands | -43 | 14 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 13 |
| West Midlands | -48 | 13 | £75,000 | -11.76% | 8 |
| South West | - | 9 | £75,000 | - | 30 |
| Yorkshire | -31 | 5 | £82,500 | +32.00% | 10 |
| Scotland | +11 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £80,000 | - | 5 |
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, Senior Platform Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Platform Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 96.3% | 184 |
| 2 | Azure | 61.3% | 117 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 50.3% | 96 |
| 3 | Infrastructure as Code | 50.3% | 96 |
| 5 | DevOps | 45.5% | 87 |
| 6 | Terraform | 44.5% | 85 |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 32.5% | 62 |
| 8 | Python | 27.2% | 52 |
| 9 | Security Cleared | 22.5% | 43 |
| 10 | AWS | 19.9% | 38 |
| 11 | Microsoft | 19.4% | 37 |
| 12 | GitHub | 17.3% | 33 |
| 12 | Observability | 17.3% | 33 |
| 14 | Azure DevOps | 15.7% | 30 |
| 15 | SC Cleared | 15.2% | 29 |
| 16 | GCP | 14.1% | 27 |
| 17 | Cloud Security | 13.6% | 26 |
| 17 | Infrastructure Automation | 13.6% | 26 |
| 19 | GitHub Actions | 13.1% | 25 |
| 20 | Mentoring | 12.6% | 24 |
| 21 | Azure AKS | 12.0% | 23 |
| 21 | RBAC | 12.0% | 23 |
| 23 | AI | 11.5% | 22 |
| 23 | Bash | 11.5% | 22 |
| 23 | Containerisation | 11.5% | 22 |
| 23 | SQL | 11.5% | 22 |
| 27 | PowerShell | 11.0% | 21 |
| 27 | Software Engineering | 11.0% | 21 |
| 29 | Infrastructure Engineering | 9.4% | 18 |
| 29 | Site Reliability Engineering | 9.4% | 18 |
Senior Platform Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 45.5% | 87 |
| 2 | Azure Platform Engineer | 31.4% | 60 |
| 3 | Senior DevOps Engineer | 18.3% | 35 |
| 4 | DevOps Platform Engineer | 17.8% | 34 |
| 5 | Senior Data Engineer | 11.0% | 21 |
| 6 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 10.5% | 20 |
| 7 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 6.8% | 13 |
| 7 | Senior Automation Engineer | 6.8% | 13 |
| 9 | DevOps Automation Engineer | 5.8% | 11 |
| 10 | AWS Platform Engineer | 4.7% | 9 |
| 10 | Senior Security Engineer | 4.7% | 9 |
| 12 | Snowflake Engineer | 4.2% | 8 |
| 13 | Microsoft Engineer | 3.1% | 6 |
| 13 | Senior VMware Engineer | 3.1% | 6 |
| 15 | Deployment Consultant | 2.6% | 5 |
| 15 | Deployment Engineer | 2.6% | 5 |
| 15 | Senior Consultant | 2.6% | 5 |
| 18 | Senior Linux Engineer | 1.6% | 3 |
| 19 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 1.0% | 2 |
| 19 | Senior Software Engineer | 1.0% | 2 |