Platform Architect Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Platform Architect
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Platform Architect salary in West Yorkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 118 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 8 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.22% 0.069% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.077% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £65,875 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 - £100,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,414 1,295 2,924
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 89.50% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,509 733 2,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,387 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -1.01% -5.71%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Platform Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Platform Architect job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Platform Architect
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Platform Architect job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Platform Architect in West Yorkshire

Platform Architect
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 June 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
Leeds -38 8 £70,000 - 1
Platform Architect
Yorkshire

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 30 June 2026, Platform Architect 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) vSphere
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless

Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) VMware