Platform Engineering Jobs in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Platform Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Platform Engineering over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 388 356
Rank change year-on-year +64 -32 -117
Permanent jobs citing Platform Engineering 556 411 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.70% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.73% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 181 327 473
10th Percentile £38,890 £42,691 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £97,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Platform Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,837 56,365 67,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.55% 95.59% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 41,306 29,082 41,028
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Platform Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Platform Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Engineering in the UK excluding London

Platform Engineering
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
North of England +45 180 £60,000 -11.11% 45
South East +37 136 £67,500 -6.57% 53
South West +9 89 £67,500 +3.29% 11
North West -16 79 £67,500 -3.57% 27
Midlands +9 78 £60,000 -14.29% 10
Yorkshire +80 77 £55,000 -14.10% 16
Scotland -31 42 £72,500 +18.85% 8
East Midlands +11 39 £60,000 +9.09% 3
West Midlands +11 39 £65,000 -8.77% 7
North East +13 26 £80,000 +67.81% 2
East of England +17 20 - - 7
Wales +8 11 £55,000 +19.02% 2
Platform Engineering
UK

Platform Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (0.90%) Confluence
2 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 363 (65.29%) GCP
2 321 (57.73%) Azure
3 241 (43.35%) AWS
4 118 (21.22%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (8.45%) Power Platform
6 24 (4.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 18 (3.24%) PaaS
9 17 (3.06%) SaaS
10 16 (2.88%) GitHub
11 15 (2.70%) IaaS
12 14 (2.52%) PowerApps
13 12 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.98%) Datadog
14 11 (1.98%) Power Automate
15 10 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 10 (1.80%) Azure Key Vault
15 10 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.96%) Firewall
2 20 (3.60%) Network Security
3 14 (2.52%) DNS
4 11 (1.98%) LAN
4 11 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.98%) WAN
5 9 (1.62%) VPN
6 6 (1.08%) DHCP
6 6 (1.08%) Wireless
7 5 (0.90%) BGP
7 5 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.90%) IPsec
7 5 (0.90%) NGFW
7 5 (0.90%) OSPF
7 5 (0.90%) SSL
7 5 (0.90%) VLAN
8 1 (0.18%) 2G
8 1 (0.18%) 3G
8 1 (0.18%) 4G
8 1 (0.18%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (60.07%) BigQuery
2 324 (58.27%) Looker
3 189 (33.99%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (7.55%) Power BI
5 19 (3.42%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (2.88%) MySQL
7 15 (2.70%) NoSQL
8 13 (2.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.98%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.44%) Redis
11 6 (1.08%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.90%) Metadata
12 5 (0.90%) SQL Server
13 3 (0.54%) Ingres
13 3 (0.54%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.54%) Tableau
14 2 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 32 (5.76%) Git
2 27 (4.86%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.16%) JIRA
4 7 (1.26%) Spinnaker
5 6 (1.08%) RStudio
5 6 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.90%) Artifactory
6 5 (0.90%) GitLab
7 4 (0.72%) Snyk
8 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.18%) GoCD
10 1 (0.18%) Gradle
10 1 (0.18%) Maven
10 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.18%) Spock
10 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 353 (63.49%) Analytical Skills
2 75 (13.49%) Social Skills
3 72 (12.95%) Billing
4 45 (8.09%) Finance
5 26 (4.68%) Retail
6 24 (4.32%) Banking
7 9 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (1.62%) Law
7 9 (1.62%) Retail Banking
8 8 (1.44%) Legal
9 4 (0.72%) Marketing
10 3 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.54%) Games
10 3 (0.54%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.54%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.36%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.36%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.18%) Military
12 1 (0.18%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 259 (46.58%) Platform Engineer
2 180 (32.37%) Data Engineer
3 158 (28.42%) Principal Data Engineer
3 158 (28.42%) Principal Engineer
4 110 (19.78%) Architect
5 97 (17.45%) Data Architect
6 87 (15.65%) Engineering Manager
7 85 (15.29%) Data Manager
8 71 (12.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 51 (9.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 38 (6.83%) Lead
11 28 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (4.50%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.24%) Lead Data Engineer
14 15 (2.70%) DevOps Engineer
15 14 (2.52%) Senior
16 13 (2.34%) Business Intelligence Manager
17 10 (1.80%) Developer
18 9 (1.62%) AWS Engineer
19 7 (1.26%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.06%) ARM Templates
2 9 (1.62%) .NET
2 9 (1.62%) .NET Framework
3 7 (1.26%) JSON
3 7 (1.26%) Web Services
4 5 (0.90%) YAML
5 4 (0.72%) CSS
5 4 (0.72%) HTML
6 3 (0.54%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.54%) Node.js
6 3 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.36%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.36%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.36%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.36%) REST
8 1 (0.18%) Middleware
8 1 (0.18%) Spring
8 1 (0.18%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 252 (45.32%) Self-Motivation
2 89 (16.01%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 21 (3.78%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (2.16%) Public Cloud
6 11 (1.98%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.62%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.44%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.26%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
10 6 (1.08%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.54%) PMI
13 2 (0.36%) Mainframe
14 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
14 1 (0.18%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.83%) Linux
2 29 (5.22%) Windows
3 15 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.98%) Unix
5 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.90%) Android
7 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) CentOS
8 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (66.55%) Problem-Solving
2 360 (64.75%) Data Engineering
3 337 (60.61%) DevOps
4 310 (55.76%) Agile
5 288 (51.80%) Mentoring
6 210 (37.77%) ETL
7 194 (34.89%) Data Modelling
8 185 (33.27%) Data Pipeline
9 161 (28.96%) Data Science
10 159 (28.60%) DataOps
11 152 (27.34%) Change Management
12 150 (26.98%) CI/CD
13 118 (21.22%) Data Governance
14 110 (19.78%) Scrum
15 99 (17.81%) Data Integration
16 98 (17.63%) Data Architecture
16 98 (17.63%) Data Security
17 96 (17.27%) ERD
17 96 (17.27%) Innovative Thinking
18 85 (15.29%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 83 (14.93%) Python
2 64 (11.51%) SQL
3 56 (10.07%) PowerShell
4 46 (8.27%) Bash
5 26 (4.68%) Bicep
6 22 (3.96%) Java
7 20 (3.60%) C#
8 17 (3.06%) Go
9 14 (2.52%) JavaScript
10 13 (2.34%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.80%) Ruby
12 9 (1.62%) Groovy
12 9 (1.62%) Scala
13 6 (1.08%) PHP
13 6 (1.08%) R
14 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.54%) AWK
15 3 (0.54%) sed
15 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (4.32%) Degree
2 17 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.88%) Azure Certification
4 13 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 10 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.08%) Security Cleared
8 5 (0.90%) CCIE
8 5 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (0.90%) JNCIE
8 5 (0.90%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 3 (0.54%) HND
9 3 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.54%) PhD
9 3 (0.54%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (44.78%) GDPR
2 116 (20.86%) Data Quality
3 79 (14.21%) QA
4 14 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (7.91%) Docker
2 15 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.36%) KVM
6 2 (0.36%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (12.95%) Terraform
2 58 (10.43%) Kubernetes
3 40 (7.19%) Ansible
4 18 (3.24%) Prometheus
5 17 (3.06%) Grafana
6 9 (1.62%) Puppet
7 7 (1.26%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.72%) Istio
9 2 (0.36%) Kibana
9 2 (0.36%) logstash
9 2 (0.36%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
10 1 (0.18%) Podman
10 1 (0.18%) Salt
Vendors
1 347 (62.41%) Google
2 62 (11.15%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.16%) Databricks
4 11 (1.98%) New Relic
5 8 (1.44%) Splunk
6 6 (1.08%) Alteryx
6 6 (1.08%) SaltStack
7 5 (0.90%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (0.90%) PagerDuty
8 4 (0.72%) VMware
9 3 (0.54%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.36%) Nintex
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.18%) Apple
11 1 (0.18%) Sparx