Contract Platform Engineer Jobs in England

24 of 24 Contract Platform Engineer Jobs in England

Platform Engineer

Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Innovative Technology
Are you an experienced Platform Engineer, who is looking to work in a fast paced, global, market leading company? Here at Innovative Technology, we are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to join our team to design and implement scalable internal systems that empower developers, reduce operational friction, and promote secure-by-default best practices. You will … developer workflows to build reliable, self-service platforms that scale with the company.This role will be based at our Head Office in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Your Responsibilities as a Platform Engineer: Build internal platforms and paved paths that abstract complexity and enable teams to deploy, operate, and monitor their services independently Codify infrastructure using tools like Terraform or …/CD pipelines, scaffolds, environments) to standardize best practices across teams Design and implement observability frameworks (metrics, tracing, logging, alerting) that are easy to consume and part of the platform baseline Eliminate repetitive tasks through automation and opinionated defaults, so teams are not blocked by manual requests or low-level details Collaborate with engineers to understand common pain points More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Platform Engineer

Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Innovative Technology
Are you an experienced Platform Engineer, who is looking to work in a fast paced, global, market leading company? Here at Innovative Technology, we are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to join our team to design and implement scalable internal systems that empower developers, reduce operational friction, and promote secure-by-default best practices. You will … workflows to build reliable, self-service platforms that scale with the company. This role will be based at our Head Office in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Your Responsibilities as a Platform Engineer: Build internal platforms and paved paths that abstract complexity and enable teams to deploy, operate, and monitor their services independently Codify infrastructure using tools like Terraform or …/CD pipelines, scaffolds, environments) to standardize best practices across teams Design and implement observability frameworks (metrics, tracing, logging, alerting) that are easy to consume and part of the platform baseline Eliminate repetitive tasks through automation and opinionated defaults, so teams are not blocked by manual requests or low-level details Collaborate with engineers to understand common pain points More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
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Senior Platform Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Fruition Group
Senior Platform Engineer London (Fully Remote or Hybrid) 6 Month Contract A fantastic contract opportunity has opened for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join a highly respected technology organisation. Contractors speak positively about the culture here - fast-paced, collaborative, and with real autonomy to influence engineering outcomes. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you … developing runtime environments and cloud services, your work will directly enable faster, more reliable, and more secure software delivery at scale. This role goes beyond maintenance - as a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll be creating, iterating, and solving genuine engineering challenges. You'll collaborate closely with product and engineering teams across the stack to improve developer experience, strengthen … observability, and troubleshoot complex distributed systems. A focus on clean, maintainable code, cloud infrastructure, and strong security practices is essential. Senior Platform Engineer - Key Skills & Experience: Solid background in software engineering, with significant platform or backend experience Proficiency in Go, Java, or Python for building internal tools and services Strong expertise in AWS, including CloudFront and related More ❯
Employment Type: Contract, Work From Home
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Virtualisation Platform Engineer

Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Certes IT Service Solutions
Virtualisation Platform Engineer Duration: 6 Months Rate: £685.00 per day Location: Manchester & Remote (hybrid working) IR35 Status: Inside Start ASAP Role Overview: We require 2 experienced Virtualisation Platform Engineers for our higher education client to join their team within the IT Services department. You will form part of their high performing, collaborative technical team working on meaningful … high-impact projects. In this role you will be working on cutting-edge infrastructure, enable developer productivity and contribute to building scalable, secure and efficient systems. As the Virtualisation Platform Engineer you will play a key role in designing, building and maintaining the platforms and tooling that support their infrastructure provisioning and delivery lifecycle. You will collaborate with … cross-functional teams to automate infrastructure, improve observability and implement best practices in VMware, Hypervisor and DevOps. Essential Skills and Experience required: As the Virtualisation Platform Engineer you will: Possess proven experience as a Virtualisation Platform Engineer or a similar role Have strong knowledge of On-prem virtualisation platforms and container orchestration Proficiency with IaC tools More ❯
Employment Type: Contract, Work From Home
Rate: £680 - £685 per day + Negotiable
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Platform Engineer

Blandford Forum, Dorset, South West, United Kingdom
Damia Group Ltd
SC Cleared Platform Engineer - 6 month initial contract - Blandford, Dorset (3/4 days per week onsite) - £500-600p/d OUTSIDE IR35** Please note: Due to restrictions the candidate must be a UK National and hold SC clearance. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Platform Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate … will lead the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, IaC configuration, monitoring systems, repository management, automation, and other critical platform components. The Platform Engineer will ensure seamless integration of our offerings with the development team's requirements. While the role may encompass a broad scope, including deployment automation and CI/CD pipeline configuration initially … it will gradually shift towards supporting the platform's maintainability, supportability, security, and scalability/performance. Key Responsibilities: Develop IaC to support scalable and resilient application deployments. Lead the design and construction of CI/CD pipelines to streamline the deployment process and enhance development efficiency. Support on-premise platforms, ensuring consistency, reliability and maintainability through automation and Infrastructure More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
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Data Platform Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hays
Platform Engineer - Data, Azure, AI, IaC, Terraform £Market Rate (Inside IR35) London/Hybrid 6 months We are currently working with a client who urgently require a Platform Engineer with strong knowledge of Data to play a pivotal role in designing and engineering a robust, scalable Data Platform, with a strong focus on Azure and … services. This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise, resilience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex environment. Key Requirements: Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, within large, complex organisations Focus on Azure-based Data Platforms Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure AI, Data Lake, Cognitive Services and OpenAI More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £600.0 - £800.0 per day + £Market Rate (Inside IR35)
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Data Platform Engineer

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Platform Engineer - Data, Azure, AI, IaC, Terraform £Market Rate (Inside IR35) London/Hybrid 6 months We are currently working with a client who urgently require a Platform Engineer with strong knowledge of Data to play a pivotal role in designing and engineering a robust, scalable Data Platform, with a strong focus on Azure and … services. This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise, resilience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex environment. Key Requirements: Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, within large, complex organisations Focus on Azure-based Data Platforms Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure AI, Data Lake, Cognitive Services and OpenAI More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £600 - £800 per day
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Platform Engineer (Virtualization)

Manchester, United Kingdom
Adecco
Virtualisation Platform Engineer Location: Manchester Rate: £650 (a day) Duration: 6 Months (Initially) Ir35: Inside (Must use an umbrella company) About the Role: We're seeking an experienced Virtualisation Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain the platforms and tooling that underpin our infrastructure provisioning and delivery lifecycle. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams … Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and scripting languages. Promote DevOps and SRE principles across the engineering function. What We're Looking For: Proven experience as a Virtualisation Platform Engineer or similar role. Strong understanding of virtualisation platforms and container orchestration tools. Proficiency with automation and scripting (Terraform, Bash, Python). Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £600 - £650/day
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Platform Engineer Virtualization

Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Adecco
Virtualisation Platform Engineer Location: Manchester Rate: £650 (a day) Duration: 6 Months (Initially) Ir35: Inside (Must use an umbrella company) About the Role: We're seeking an experienced Virtualisation Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain the platforms and tooling that underpin our infrastructure provisioning and delivery lifecycle. You'll work collaboratively with cross-functional teams … Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and scripting languages. Promote DevOps and SRE principles across the engineering function. What We're Looking For: Proven experience as a Virtualisation Platform Engineer or similar role. Strong understanding of virtualisation platforms and container orchestration tools. Proficiency with automation and scripting (Terraform, Bash, Python). Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
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Platform Engineer

Wiltshire, South West, United Kingdom
Ncounter LTD
Contract Role: Platform Engineer Defence Cloud Programme We are working on a significant new programme in partnership with a leading global technology provider. This programme spans multiple £100m+ cloud transformation initiatives, and we are looking for skilled Platform Engineers to help drive delivery. The Role As a Platform Engineer, you will build, configure and optimise … national resilience for years to come. Apply now to secure your place on this journey. Key Requirements Active DV clearance (essential). Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) build, deployment, and optimisation. Familiarity with cloud automation, CI/CD pipelines and containerisation. Background in Defence or secure government environments. Collaborative approach, able to work closely with More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: From £550 to £600 per day Inside IR35
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Platform Engineer

Blandford Forum, Dorset, United Kingdom
Damia Group Ltd
SC Cleared Platform Engineer - 6 month initial contract - Blandford, Dorset (3/4 days per week onsite) - £500-600p/d OUTSIDE IR35 Please note: Due to restrictions the candidate must be a UK National and hold SC clearance. We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Platform Engineer to join our team click apply for More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 500 - 600 Daily
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Google CI/CD Platform Engineer (GCP, Jenkins, GKE, Terraform, Python)

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Staffworx Limited
Google Platform Engineer with strong GCP DevOps, Jenkins and/or Harness pipeline automation, Terraform, Python, GKE Location: [London] | Hybrid/Remote Duration: [3-6 months initial, likely long term extension] We're looking for an experienced Google Platform Engineer to lead a key migration project moving our CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to Harness … . If you're passionate about automation, cloud native technologies and building scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) , we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Bring: CI/CD & DevOps Tooling Deep hands-on experience with Jenkins , including: Shared Libraries SonarQube & Nexus integration Docker builds and image publishing Google Artifact Registry (GAR) integration Infrastructure & Cloud More ❯
Employment Type: Contract, Work From Home
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Data Platform Engineer

Reading, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Peregrine
Join us as a Data Platform Engineer for our client. At Peregrine, we re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector we are always in search of the best … you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries. The Role: As a Data Platform Engineer in a highly regulated environment, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure and scalable data infrastructure that supports both cloud and onpremises platforms. You … real-time streaming, and event-driven data pipelines across a variety of use cases. We re looking for candidates with over 3 years of relevant experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or a related field, with demonstrated hands-on expertise in NiFi and data pipeline design in regulated environments. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain robust and secure data pipelines More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 50,000 - 70,000 Annual
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Data Platform Engineer

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Peregrine
Join us as a Data Platform Engineer for our client. At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best … you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries. The Role: As a Data Platform Engineer in a highly regulated environment, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure and scalable data infrastructure that supports both cloud and onpremises platforms. You … real-time streaming, and event-driven data pipelines across a variety of use cases. We’re looking for candidates with over 3 years of relevant experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or a related field, with demonstrated hands-on expertise in NiFi and data pipeline design in regulated environments. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain robust and secure data pipelines More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £50000 - £70000/annum
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Platform Engineer AWS

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Randstad Technologies
Platform/DevOps Engineer Contract: 6-Month Contract (Remote) Industry: Financial Services Technology About the Role We're seeking a skilled Platform/DevOps Engineer to help manage and evolve the infrastructure that powers a broad suite of proprietary and third-party applications-including internal operations tools, client platforms, and online learning systems. This role focuses … thinking team. Opportunity to shape infrastructure for mission-critical systems serving global users. How to Apply Send your CV and a short cover letter to with the subject line "Platform/DevOps Engineer - Contract". Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
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Platform Engineer (AWS)

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Platform/DevOps Engineer Contract: 6-Month Contract (Remote) Industry: Financial Services Technology About the Role We're seeking a skilled Platform/DevOps Engineer to help manage and evolve the infrastructure that powers a broad suite of proprietary and third-party applications-including internal operations tools, client platforms, and online learning systems. This role focuses … Opportunity to shape infrastructure for mission-critical systems serving global users. How to Apply Send your CV and a short cover letter to (url removed) with the subject line "Platform/DevOps Engineer - Contract". Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £350 - £400/day
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Identity Platform Engineer - SC Cleared

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Identity Platform Engineer + SC Cleared role + Initial 12 month duration + Working hybrid from Berkshire + £580 to £630 Inside IR35 Key Skills: + AD, ADFS + SSO, RBAC This role requires deep technical expertise, hands-on implementation experience, and a strong understanding of identity federation, authentication, and access control. Key Duties and Responsibilities Implement and … optimisation. Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for automation, hardening, and enhanced monitoring of identity services. Required Competencies Experience of working in Defence Proven experience as an Identity Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or Systems Administrator with a focus on Microsoft identity technologies. Hands-on expertise in: Windows Server 2022 installation, configuration, and management. Active Directory design, replication, Group More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £580 - £630/day
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Identity Platform Engineer - SC Cleared

Reading, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Identity Platform Engineer + SC Cleared role + Initial 12 month duration + Working hybrid from Berkshire + 580 to 630 Inside IR35 Key Skills: + AD, ADFS + SSO, RBAC This role requires deep technical expertise, hands-on implementation experience, and a strong understanding of identity federation, authentication, and access control. Key Duties and Responsibilities Implement and … optimisation. Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for automation, hardening, and enhanced monitoring of identity services. Required Competencies Experience of working in Defence Proven experience as an Identity Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or Systems Administrator with a focus on Microsoft identity technologies. Hands-on expertise in: Windows Server 2022 installation, configuration, and management. Active Directory design, replication, Group More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP 580 - 630 Daily
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SC OaaS CDS Platform Engineer

Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Experis IT
Role Title : OaaS Dynatrace Platform Engineer Duration: Contract to run until 19/12/2025 (likelihood of extension) Location: Telford - 1 day per week onsite but this may be less frequent depending on need. Rate: up to £552 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: SC eligible but Active Security Clearance is desired Role purpose/… summary The Observability as a Service (OaaS) Programme comprising an Observability Centre of Excellence (COE) and Dynatrace SaaS platform requires an engineer with Dynatrace understanding to be responsible for supporting the Dynatrace OaaS platform and on-boarding Project/Services to the platform helping end users exploit the features of the platform. Perform engineering tasks to … maintain the Dynatrace SaaS Platform to agreed service levels; complete engineering tasks required to on-board project and services to the new Dynatrace SaaS Platform. Must have Skills/requirements Dynatrace Oaas App Dynamics Highly desirable skills Splunk All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: GBP Daily
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Platform VBA Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Pontoon
Platform VBA Engineer** (Contract) Duration: Up until 31 May 2026 (Possibility for extension) Location: Hybrid/London (2 - 3 days per week) Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates Role Overview We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Platform VBA & Microsoft Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Platform team. This critical role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: Maintain, monitor, and operate the Platform environment, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and procedures. Manage incidents and support tickets, ensuring prompt resolution and escalation to Senior Engineers when necessary. Proactively monitor and enhance platform environments … REST APIs and SQL databases. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Knowledge of scripting languages for automation (e.g., PowerShell). Understanding of security concepts applicable to the platform estate. Experience in managing and troubleshooting complex Windows environments and Active Directory. A good understanding of virtualized computing environments and enterprise datacentre technologies. Candidates will need to show evidence More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £550 - £600/day
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Platform VBA Engineer

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Pontoon
Platform VBA Engineer** (Contract) Duration: Up until 31 May 2026 (Possibility for extension) Location: Hybrid/London (2 - 3 days per week) Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates Role Overview We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Platform VBA & Microsoft Engineer to join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Platform team. This critical role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: Maintain, monitor, and operate the Platform environment, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and procedures. Manage incidents and support tickets, ensuring prompt resolution and escalation to Senior Engineers when necessary. Proactively monitor and enhance platform environments … REST APIs and SQL databases. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Knowledge of scripting languages for automation (e.g., PowerShell). Understanding of security concepts applicable to the platform estate. Experience in managing and troubleshooting complex Windows environments and Active Directory. A good understanding of virtualized computing environments and enterprise datacentre technologies. Candidates will need to show evidence More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
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Platform AVP Engineer

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Adecco
Job Title: Platform AVP Engineer Pay Rate: Competitive, inside IR35 Length of Contract: Until 31/05/2026 Location: London, Liverpool Street About the Role: Client is seeking a skilled Platform AVP Engineer to join their Business Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the administration, monitoring, and operation of the organisation's … global operating system platforms. This role supports a business-critical infrastructure including on-premises Windows servers, Cloud-based services, and enterprise datacenter environments. The Platform AVP Engineer will troubleshoot complex system issues, participate in IT projects, and collaborate with global IT teams across EMEA and North America. The role requires adherence to IT policies and processes, strong documentation … skills, and the ability to work flexibly, including out-of-hours support and occasional international travel. Key Responsibilities: Maintain, monitor, and operate the Platform environment in line with company policies. Resolve incidents and tickets raised through IT service management systems. Support Platform-related project work and deployment initiatives. Ensure systems are enrolled in capacity management and life-cycle More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Platform Automation Engineer - 6-month Contract - SC Cleared

Corsham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
We are currently hiring for a Contract Platform Automation Engineer with strong skills in VMWare, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible and Python. This is a 6-month Contract, working on a hybrid basis (1-2 days per week) in Corsham. Rates range between £580 - £680 per day InsideIR35. Please note active SC (MoD) Clearance is required for this role. This … is a senior engineering role working on mission-critical systems that support the armed forces. The platform is primarily built on VMWare, Windows, and Linux technologies, with automation focused on Windows Server components, VMware SDDC tools, REST APIs, and bespoke applications. Responsibilities include: - Develop high-quality production automation code using PowerShell, following best practices and version control workflows (GIT More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £580 - £680/day InsideIR35
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Platform Automation Engineer - 6-month Contract - SC Cleared

Corsham, Wiltshire, South West, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
CBSbutler Holdings Limited
We are currently hiring for a Contract Platform Automation Engineer with strong skills in VMWare, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible and Python. This is a 6-month Contract, working on a hybrid basis (1-2 days per week) in Corsham. Rates range between £580 - £680 per day InsideIR35. Please note active SC (MoD) Clearance is required for this role. This … is a senior engineering role working on mission-critical systems that support the armed forces. The platform is primarily built on VMWare, Windows, and Linux technologies, with automation focused on Windows Server components, VMware SDDC tools, REST APIs, and bespoke applications. Responsibilities include: - Develop high-quality production automation code using PowerShell, following best practices and version control workflows (GIT More ❯
Employment Type: Contract, Work From Home
Rate: £580 - £680 per day + InsideIR35
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Platform Engineer
England
10th Percentile
£363
25th Percentile
£450
Median
£525
75th Percentile
£623
90th Percentile
£725