Platform Architect Jobs

Platform Architect
UK

The median Platform Architect salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 879 1156
Rank change year-on-year +149 +277 -257
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 174 40 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.043% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.047% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 160 18 34
10th Percentile £57,500 - £71,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £93,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -14.67% +17.19%
75th Percentile £98,125 £88,750 £114,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,500 £124,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - +23.08%

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Platform Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Architect.

Salary trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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
England +143 152 £90,000 +12.50% 13
UK excluding London +70 126 £90,000 +12.50% 8
Work from Home +137 111 £90,000 +5.88% 7
North of England - 40 £100,000 -
West Midlands +27 39 £62,500 -21.88% 1
Midlands 0 39 £62,500 -21.88% 1
London +96 38 £62,500 -21.88% 6
Yorkshire - 30 £100,000 -
South East - 23 £90,000 - 5
Wales - 13 £67,500 -
North West - 10 £92,500 -
South West -35 7 £90,000 +12.50%
East of England - 4 £95,000 -

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Platform Architect 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 Platform Architect in the job title.

1 136 (78.16%) Power Platform
2 92 (52.87%) Dynamics 365
3 89 (51.15%) Microsoft
4 60 (34.48%) Azure
5 59 (33.91%) PowerApps
6 57 (32.76%) Power Automate
7 53 (30.46%) Artificial Intelligence
8 52 (29.89%) Power BI
9 51 (29.31%) Business Intelligence
10 50 (28.74%) Machine Learning
11 44 (25.29%) Data Modelling
12 43 (24.71%) Performance Optimisation
13 36 (20.69%) C#
14 32 (18.39%) Social Skills
15 31 (17.82%) Degree
15 31 (17.82%) Security Cleared
16 30 (17.24%) SC Cleared
17 28 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 27 (15.52%) Public Sector
18 27 (15.52%) Translating Business Requirements
19 25 (14.37%) Technical Leadership
20 24 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
21 23 (13.22%) ERP
21 23 (13.22%) Computer Science
21 23 (13.22%) Computer Science Degree
21 23 (13.22%) Relational Database
22 22 (12.64%) Analytics
23 21 (12.07%) Workflow
24 20 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
24 20 (11.49%) Data Analytics

Platform Architect 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 14 (8.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 136 (78.16%) Power Platform
2 92 (52.87%) Dynamics 365
3 60 (34.48%) Azure
4 59 (33.91%) PowerApps
5 57 (32.76%) Power Automate
6 20 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.87%) AWS
8 5 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.30%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.72%) GCP
11 2 (1.15%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.15%) SaaS
12 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.57%) IaaS
12 1 (0.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (29.89%) Power BI
2 23 (13.22%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (4.60%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (4.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (18.39%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 20 (11.49%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.32%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.87%) Finance
7 3 (1.72%) Local Government
7 3 (1.72%) Retail
8 2 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.15%) Banking
8 2 (1.15%) Marketing
8 2 (1.15%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.02%) .NET
2 2 (1.15%) Spring
3 1 (0.57%) HTML
3 1 (0.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.02%) FMCG
2 3 (1.72%) Blog
2 3 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (1.72%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.57%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.46%) Artificial Intelligence
2 51 (29.31%) Business Intelligence
3 50 (28.74%) Machine Learning
4 44 (25.29%) Data Modelling
5 43 (24.71%) Performance Optimisation
6 27 (15.52%) Translating Business Requirements
7 25 (14.37%) Technical Leadership
8 23 (13.22%) Computer Science
8 23 (13.22%) ERP
9 22 (12.64%) Analytics
10 21 (12.07%) Workflow
11 20 (11.49%) Actionable Insight
11 20 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (11.49%) Data Analytics
11 20 (11.49%) Digital Strategy
11 20 (11.49%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 20 (11.49%) User Experience
11 20 (11.49%) Visualisation
12 18 (10.34%) Agile
13 16 (9.20%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.69%) C#
2 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (17.82%) Degree
1 31 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 30 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (13.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.15%) vSphere
Vendors
1 89 (51.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.15%) Google
2 2 (1.15%) Veeam
2 2 (1.15%) VMware
3 1 (0.57%) IBM